Feature request: get user's attention when in Pause mode

[zapta]

Please add an option in PanelDue to periodically beep while in Pause mode. This is to attract the user's attention when the print paused at a certain layer to change filament color or to insert a magnet or a weight in a cavity in the printed object.

I use the Prusa Slic3r color change option which inserts the pause command automatically in the generated gcode.

[Danal]

You can partially have this right now.

When M600 is encountered Duet will run /sys/ filament-change.g. Place M300 and G4 commands in that file, and you will have (non-repeating) beeps from the PanelDue.

[zapta]

Thanks @danal, I will give it a try.

I also plan to add, as a work around, a buzzer to the Duet Monitor, this way it can play a periodic note and blink the large LED while the duet is in pause mode.

https://forum.duet3d.com/topic/10720/duet3d-monitor-adding-a-big-status-light-to-your-printer

[zapta]

This is how it looks with the Duet arduino monitor. LED blicks and a small speaker beeps periodically while in the Pause mode. Much better 'pause at layer x' experience.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/356yc0a1jyk5waq/pause_mode.mp4?dl=0

[Phaedrux]

@zapta Is that shave and a haircut tune from the Duet speaker?

[zapta]

@phaedrux said in Feature request: get user's attention when in Pause mode:

Is that shave and a haircut tune from the Duet speaker?

@phaedrux, I copied the melody from this programming example https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ToneMelody . This the relevant code:

// notes in the melody:
int melody[] = {
  NOTE_C4, NOTE_G3, NOTE_G3, NOTE_A3, NOTE_G3, 0, NOTE_B3, NOTE_C4
};
 
// note durations: 4 = quarter note, 8 = eighth note, etc.:
int noteDurations[] = {
  4, 8, 8, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
};