Auto Resume after Pause

stuartofmt

@techworld said in Auto Resume after Pause:

Recently installed DuetLapse3 plugin, the plugin is working fine we are able to get the time lapse video.

We have tried this

Stopped the DuetLapse3 plugin and tested pause function

here pause is working fine, I'm able to pause the print and its not resuming automatically.
But when I run DuetLapse3 plugin the print is automatically resuming after giving pause. When pause the print is getting paused, after few seconds again it's resuming.
We've tried different settings in DuetLapse3.config file but still the problem is occurring.

Can you please post your DuetLapse3.config file. There are options in DuetLapse3 that (deliberately) detect a pause and cause DuetLapse3 to capture an image and then resume. I suspect that is what is happening here.

techworld

@stuartofmt Please find the config file data:

-duet 192.168.29.90
-port 8082
-basedir /opt/dsf/sd/DuetLapse3
-camera1 stream
-weburl1 http://DP500:8081/0/stream
-seconds 20
-detect pause
-verbose
-keepfiles
-restart

stuartofmt

@techworld

Looks like DuetLapse3 is working as it should. The -detect pause is telling DuetLapse3 that if the print job is paused, capture an image, then unpause. The pause can come from DWC or be embedded in gcode. That option is based on the printer state.

If you remove -detect pause your current config will capture an image every 20 seconds

If, otherwise DuetLapse3 is working as you like, I'd also consider removing -verbose

Full descriptions of the options are on the github site. Also documented are gcode commands that you can include in your gcode (typically using slicer pre and post print) to turn DuetLapse on / of on a per print basis. So the whole process can be automated.

techworld

@stuartofmt We have changed the DuetLapse3.config as recommended, still auto resume is occurring.

stuartofmt

@techworld said in Auto Resume after Pause:

@stuartofmt We have changed the DuetLapse3.config as recommended, still auto resume is occurring.

Let me take a look. I re-arranged some code in that area as part of the "tidy-up' for the plugin and may have introduced a bug.

I will get to it quickly.

stuartofmt

DuetLapse3-5.2.x.zip.txt @techworld said in Auto Resume after Pause:

@stuartofmt We have changed the DuetLapse3.config as recommended, still auto resume is occurring.

I looks like it was a pretty obvious "one-liner" (silly on my part). I do not have time to test it for a couple of days. If you would like to try:
Here is a new Zip file for the plugin - you'll need to remove .txt from the filename:
DuetLapse3-5.2.x.zip.txt

techworld

Hi @stuartofmt I'm trying to install the plugin, got this error while installing.

Couldn't install Plugin

techworld

stuartofmt

@techworld

I cannot reproduce the issue on my machine. Here's what I suggest:

Use DWC --> plugins --> external. If DuetLapse3 plugin is there: stop the plugin, refresh the browser and uninstall the plugin.
Remove traces of DuetLapse from prior installs etc. with sudo rm -f /opt/dsf/dwc/js/DuetLapse3.*
Remove the -restart from your DuetLapse3.conf file. Its possible that DuetLapse 3 is still running in the background even though the plugin is stopped. I have not checked that behavior. In any case, when running as a plugin, -restart may not have any utility.
Reboot the pi
Install the plugin.

As an aside - when I downloaded the plugin from the post above I ended up (windows 11) with a file called 1682005550329-duetlapse3-5.2.x.zip.zip versus .txt at the end. In any case (out of curiosity) - I tried installing with the .zip.zip file and by removiing the last .zip ... BOTH worked !

stuartofmt

@techworld

Any update? I was able to test at my end and it seems to work fine. But I want to make sure its working OK for you before I assume success.

techworld

@stuartofmt I am not sure what has happened.

Automatically the plugin got installed. Now it is working fine.

We have the 'DuetPi Management Plugin' installed. Is it the one which made the installation?

Another question:

Can we make the auto pause at every layer change and take a pic? (The famous one with Octoprint)

Thanks for the support

stuartofmt

@techworld Glad you got it working.

The answer is "yes" you can auto-pause on layer change (using - pause yes and -detect layer). I encourage you to read the documentation as there are additional things to consider (see -rest and also the use of -seconds with -detect). Note that depending on your printer the resultant model may not be "great" - cooling between layers etc.

Lets close this discussion (about DuetLapse3) in this thread and continue future ones in the DuetLapse specific thread.

Do you have a link to "the famous one with Octoprint"? I'm curious