Standalone Config Snippets
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@deckingman Yep! I caught that! Just providing some flavor, I appreciate your input!
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@luke-slaboratory I'd guess the ultimate would be to have tools defined by some sort of unique identifier (e.g a bar code or mac address type of thing) in such a way that the process of fitting or loading a tool would mean that the firmware could read the tool identifier and configure itself. Perhaps each digit of the tool identifier would refer to some aspect or characteristic of the tool.
It would be a more sophisticated and elegant expansion on my crude method of using switches which get triggered by "lugs" attached to the tool mount, which in turn load complete configuration files. Two lugs only give me 4 possibilities. One switch triggered is hot end A, the other switch triggered is hot end B, both switches triggered are hot end C and no switches triggered means no hot end fitted.
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Yeah - I have a few ideas on barcodes, UUID's, QRcode tools (airtag now? lol) but it seems the firmware would have to re-write itself regardless between tool swaps. Definitely on the agenda tho.
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@deckingman said in Standalone Config Snippets:
Two lugs only give me 4 possibilities. One switch triggered is hot end A, the other switch triggered is hot end B, both switches triggered are hot end C and no switches triggered means no hot end fitted.
Is it possible to run a trigger macro with two inputs? Or do you have to read 'the other' trigger inside the macro and use 'if' conditions to finally start the right macro?
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@o_lampe said in Standalone Config Snippets:
@deckingman said in Standalone Config Snippets:
Two lugs only give me 4 possibilities. One switch triggered is hot end A, the other switch triggered is hot end B, both switches triggered are hot end C and no switches triggered means no hot end fitted.
Is it possible to run a trigger macro with two inputs? Or do you have to read 'the other' trigger inside the macro and use 'if' conditions to finally start the right macro?
I haven't actually implemented this "hot end sensing" system on my printer yet. The hot end mounts have the lugs but I haven't yet fitted the switches to the carriage. However, I plan to use the same system that I use with the joystick jog control that I have fitted. This uses 4 micro switches and gives me movement in 8 directions depending on which combination of either one or two switches are closed. There is also a button that when pressed, gives my long moves (about 20mm) and when not pressed gives me short moves (about 0.5mm). So 8 move directions and two "speeds" (actually distances) giving 16 combinations from 5 switches. Essentially it's a single macro which uses conditional gcode to sense the status of the 5 switches. It runs a loop and repeats as long as one or more switches are closed. Here it is in it's entirety which should show how it works.
; ******Trigger 5 - Joystick lefgt,right, forward or backwards ******** ; IO Pin to switch connections J5=left, J6=Right, J7=Forward, J8=Backward if state.status != "processing" ; make sure that a print is NOT running G91; Set relative M400; wait for any moves to finish G1 F3000 ; set feedrate to 100mm/sec M118 S"Trigger 5 - Joystick" while sensors.gpIn[5].value=0 | sensors.gpIn[6].value=0 | sensors.gpIn[7].value=0 | sensors.gpIn[8].value=0 if sensors.gpIn[5].value=0; joystick left if sensors.gpIn[7].value=0 ; joystick left and forwards M400 echo "Left and forward" if sensors.gpIn[4].value=0 ; check for long move button press G1 X-20 U-20 A-20 Y-20 V-20 B-20 else G1 X-0.5 U-0.5 A-0.5 Y-0.5 V-0.5 B-0.5 elif sensors.gpIn[8].value=0; joystick left and backwards M400 echo "Left and backwards" if sensors.gpIn[4].value=0 ; check for long move button press G1 X-20 U-20 A-20 Y20 V20 B20 else G1 X-0.5 U-0.5 A-0.5 Y0.5 V0.5 B0.5 else ; joystick left only M400 echo "Left" if sensors.gpIn[4].value=0 ; check for long move button press G1 X-20 U-20 A-20 else G1 X-0.5 U-0.5 A0.5 elif sensors.gpIn[6].value=0; joystick right if sensors.gpIn[7].value=0 ; joystick right and forwards M400 echo "Right and forward" if sensors.gpIn[4].value=0 ; check for long move button press G1 X20 U20 A20 Y-20 V-20 B-20 else G1 X0.5 U0.5 A0.5 Y-0.5 V-0.5 B-0.5 elif sensors.gpIn[8].value=0; joystick right and backward M400 echo "Right and backwards" if sensors.gpIn[4].value=0 ; check for long move button press G1 X20 U20 A20 Y20 V20 B20 else G1 X0.5 U0.5 A0.5 Y0.5 V0.5 B0.5 else ; joystick right only M400 echo "Right" if sensors.gpIn[4].value=0 ; check for long move button press G1 X20 U20 A20 else G1 X0.5 U0.5 A0.5 elif sensors.gpIn[7].value=0 ; joystick forwards only M400 echo "Forward" if sensors.gpIn[4].value=0 ; check for long move button press G1 Y-20 V-20 B-20 else G1 Y-0.5 V-0.5 B-0.5 elif sensors.gpIn[8].value=0 ; joystick backward only M400 echo "Backwards" if sensors.gpIn[4].value=0 ; check for long move button press G1 Y20 V20 B20 else G1 Y0.5 V0.5 B0.5 else break else break
