DuetLapse available for Alpha testing

Damien

Hey guys,

Thanks for the help yesterday!

Ok, so I have installed python (latest) and ran script. I did not get any errors, so I am assuming that it is running (even though I didn't get any text to confirm this...possible addition?).

Now, the only question I have is...where are the images going? Do I have to edit either file to tell it where to save the pics and also where it need to look for the conversion to the time lapse?

I'm on PC btw..not Pi.

Danal

Duet lapse is very verbose. If you are getting no output, it is not working. If you are not seeing lots of output, it hung attempting something; press Ctrl-C to terminate it. Here's an example of the first part of a run:

Command issued:

./DuetLapse.py -camera web -weburl http://192.168.7.96/cgi-bin/currentpic.cgi -duet localhost

Output:

Attempting to connect to printer at localhost
Connected to a Duet V3 printer at http://localhost

##################################
# Options in force for this run: #
# camera   = web                 #
# printer  = localhost           #
# seconds  = 0                   #
# detect   = layer               #
# pause    = no                  #
# camparms =                     #
# vidparms =                     #
# movehead =   0.00   0.00       #
# dontwait = False               #
##################################

Waiting for print to start on printer localhost
Will take pictures when printing starts,
  and make video when printing ends.
Or, press Ctrl+C one time to move directly to conversion step.

Print start sensed.
End of print will be sensed, and frames will be converted into video.
Or, press Ctrl+C one time to move directly to conversion step.

Capturing frame     0 at X-3.87 Y375.83 Z9.80 Layer 0
2020-04-26 18:04:28 URL:http://192.168.7.96/cgi-bin/currentpic.cgi [182012/182012] -> "/tmp/DuetLapse/IMG00000001.jpeg" [1]
Capturing frame     1 at X136.41 Y107.90 Z0.30 Layer 1
2020-04-26 18:06:11 URL:http://192.168.7.96/cgi-bin/currentpic.cgi [184934/184934] -> "/tmp/DuetLapse/IMG00000002.jpeg" [1]
Capturing frame     2 at X151.73 Y184.54 Z0.45 Layer 2
2020-04-26 18:17:43 URL:http://192.168.7.96/cgi-bin/currentpic.cgi [186458/186458] -> "/tmp/DuetLapse/IMG00000003.jpeg" [1]
Capturing frame     3 at X99.61 Y178.44 Z0.60 Layer 3
2020-04-26 18:31:45 URL:http://192.168.7.96/cgi-bin/currentpic.cgi [190931/190931] -> "/tmp/DuetLapse/IMG00000004.jpeg" [1]
Capturing frame     4 at X166.89 Y184.79 Z0.75 Layer 4
2020-04-26 18:33:08 URL:http://192.168.7.96/cgi-bin/currentpic.cgi [186529/186529] -> "/tmp/DuetLapse/IMG00000005.jpeg" [1]
Capturing frame     5 at X178.56 Y131.07 Z0.90 Layer 5
2020-04-26 18:34:32 URL:http://192.168.7.96/cgi-bin/currentpic.cgi [185255/185255] -> "/tmp/DuetLapse/IMG00000006.jpeg" [1]
Capturing frame     6 at X164.44 Y179.88 Z1.05 Layer 6
2020-04-26 18:35:57 URL:http://192.168.7.96/cgi-bin/currentpic.cgi [187514/187514] -> "/tmp/DuetLapse/IMG00000007.jpeg" [1]
Capturing frame     7 at X119.43 Y124.66 Z1.20 Layer 7
2020-04-26 18:37:26 URL:http://192.168.7.96/cgi-bin/currentpic.cgi [185951/185951] -> "/tmp/DuetLapse/IMG00000008.jpeg" [1]
Capturing frame     8 at X143.62 Y172.98 Z1.35 Layer 8
2020-04-26 18:38:55 URL:http://192.168.7.96/cgi-bin/currentpic.cgi [189934/189934] -> "/tmp/DuetLapse/IMG00000009.jpeg" [1]
Capturing frame     9 at X160.05 Y182.59 Z1.50 Layer 9
2020-04-26 18:40:26 URL:http://192.168.7.96/cgi-bin/currentpic.cgi [184134/184134] -> "/tmp/DuetLapse/IMG00000010.jpeg" [1]```

Damien

@Danal

Do I still need to use the "./DuetLapse.py -duet 192.168.7.101 script first? (obviously changing to my printers IP.

Danal

I'm not sure what you mean by "first"?

DuetLapse.py is the script that runs from before the print job starts, throughout the entire capture, and makes the video at the end.

So, yes, you need to run it.

Damien

@Danal

I'll be more specific, hopefully it helps.

Here is the details of my setup:
IP Address of printer: 192.168.3.72
***Note: Priner is running 2.0.7 Firmware on a Duet 2 Maestro
IP Address of IPCam: 192.168.3.2
***Note: When I navigate to the IP address of the cam it shows a page with links to show different options of displaying.

Here is the page:

The following are what shows up the the address bar for each:
Web Browser Links
~ JPEG Video: http://192.168.3.2/video.html
~ MJPEG Video: http://192.168.3.2/av.html

Raw Video Links
~ JPEG Image: http://192.168.3.2/image.jpg
~MJEPG Video: http://192.168.3.2/video.mjpg

Here is the command that I put in:
"DuetLapse.py -camera web -weburl http://192.168.3.2/image.jpg -duet 192.168.3.72" (Of Course, without quotes)

I'm running V3.8 Python

When I run above, it asks what program to use and I select Python. It then jumps to the next line on the cmd prompt with no feedback.

There is one thing that I'm not sure if it matters. One your guide it says to "chmod 744 Duetlapse.py" When I do that in cmd is says its not a valid command...is that ok?

Hopefully you can find the solution in all of the above?
.

Danal

I can tell that the script is not running... and I have no clue as to how to get a python script to run in your environment.

I can tell you that chmod is a unix only command, and the purpose is to mark the "DuetLapse.py" file executable (on Unix). There is no windows equivalent. Windows picks things as 'executable' based on having an .exe or .bat or .cmd or similar file extension. Windows itself will not (and, AFAIK cannot be configured to) consider a .py file as an executable.

So the script doesn't even start.

You MAY need to enter:

python3 DuetLapse.py

Or similar. Is there a "demo" or "run this first" example for the Python you installed? How would that command be issued?

Damien

@Danal

Not that I know of... I think I'm going to have to try a different option. It seems that I don't have enough experience to make this work on PC.

You would think it would be rather easy, seeing as I can see the live stream from the DWC. I would have thought there would be a rather easy way to even do a screenshot of that feed every time the layer changes on the DWC?

Oh well...I guess I'll have to order a Pi.

Thank you for your help, all the same!

Danal

I have a windows PC with Python 3.8 installed on it. I copied DuetLapse.py over (and the API script) and ran it. It immediately blew up on a Unix only command... and that's followed by several others.

It is just not going to run on Windows.

It was designed to run under Raspbian Linux (Unix) on a Pi. It MIGHT also run under other flavors of Linux on a Pi. It even MIGHT MIGHT run on a Linux laptop or desktop.

It is really never going to run on Windows.

Danal

@Damien said in DuetLapse available for Alpha testing:

Oh well...I guess I'll have to order a Pi.

3B+ or 4B+ is preferred. 2G or 4G ram, either should work.

Zero will not work. I'm unsure about a 2 (and I don't think those are really available anyway).

Baenwort

I have it working under Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 now that I remembered not to right click. You have to install Python3-numpy and ensure you are using a recent version of ffmpeg and python3 (both should be installed normally by a Desktop linux distro)

As for a Windows PC it may be possible to get it working under Windows Subsystem for Linux: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

I haven't tried as all my old laptops and non-pi stuff do not have Windows 10 Licenses.

If @Danal wants a linux install guide I can write up what it took to get running on Ubuntu and it should be readily transferable to other Distros.

Danal

Despite having written this, I don't actually do timelapse all that often. As a result, I've tested DuetLapse in pieces, but I have never actually run it, with a camera, on a print. Therefore, just for fun, when running a test print yesterday, I set up a web cam and executed:

./DuetLapse.py -camera web -weburl http://192.168.7.96/cgi-bin/currentpic.cgi -duet localhost

The print ended up running for 17 hours 40 minutes. DuetLapse captured 1046 images, and produced a video that runs for 1:43.

Amusingly enough, the camera was double-stick-taped to a tripod, and it fell off about four hours before the print end. It is sort of comical that the printer is moving around in this image where the background is rock solid... and then you see the background start to 'ooze' (really, the camera just beginning to fall off the tape). It takes several seconds in lapse time, so probably 30 min or more of real time from the first detectable move to the fall. Then, bam, between one frame and the next, a nice view of the corner of the room from floor level.

It is just really funny to watch it ooze, accelerating as it bends its way off the tape, and knowing that motion would have been imperceptible in the real world, until the final fall.

Anyway, that was literally my first run of DuetLapse.

(Cool Story Bro)

Phaedrux

@Danal ....Can I see the video?

Danal

Sure,

http://danalspub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DuetLapse0427201124.mp4

Also, note it is at a horrible angle to show a print... the head blocks it. Camera power cord was very short, and I didn't really care about the content of the vid, just did the script work or not.

Phaedrux

That's great. Can't wait to start using it.

Adrian52

Great program, but I still have not got it quite right. I am currently using. /DuetLapse - duet 192.168.1.16 -camera pi -detect pause, with M25 and M400 added to each layer in gcode (easy to do in kisslicer). The problem is that two frames are taken, one when the head is moved away by pause.g, the second a bit later, when the print has resumed. I also get an error message on the console 'm24: cannot print because no file is selected'. It looks as though the m24 is being sent twice.
I have edited my pause.g so that there is no z shift.

Danal

I will take a look. Could you post a section of gcode that includes a pause, and the content of your pause.g and resume.g files, please?

Adrian52

@Danal Thanks. This is the gcode transition from layer 1 to 2:

 G1 X7.344 Y7.508 E0.06547
G1 X6.523 Y8.329 E0.05469
G1 X6.526 Y8.329 E0.00013
G1 X7.303 Y8.327 E0.0366
G1 X7.938 Y7.692 E0.04229
G1 X8.319 Y7.312 E0.02538
G1 X8.446 Y7.185 E0.00845
; trigger retract
G10
; Blending Fan to Cool (21.9% blend)
; Blended Fan at 11%
;
; 'Destring/Wipe/Jump Path', 0.0 [feed mm/s], 20.0 [head mm/s]
; head speed 20.000000, filament speed 0.000000, preload 0.000000
; Prepare for End-Of-Layer
; time estimate: pre = 66.853355, post = 66.451721
; Dwell time remaining = -46.451717
;
; Post-layer lift
G1 X8.446 Y7.185 Z0.4 E0 F3000
; END_LAYER_OBJECT z=0.200
;
; *** Every 1 Layers ***
M25
M400
;
; *** Estimate all extruders at 15.9 [s], Slowing 0.776x to 20.0 [s] ***
; BEGIN_LAYER_OBJECT z=0.400 z_thickness=0.200
; Fan set to Cool value 50%
;
; 'Loop Path', 1.8 [feed mm/s], 38.8 [head mm/s]
G1 X9.155 Y-7.346 Z0.4 E0 F7800
; trigger prime
G11
; head speed 38.793945, filament speed 1.827376, preload 0.000000
G1 X9.155 Y-7.153 E0.00908 F2327.6
G1 X9.155 Y-6.575 E0.02723
G1 X9.155 Y-5.612 E0.04538
G1 X9.155 Y-4.263 E0.06354
G1 X9.155 Y-2.529 E0.08169
G1 X9.155 Y-0.409 E0.09985
G1 X9.155 Y4.986 E0.25415
G1 X9.155 Y9.155 E0.19635
G1 X-4.417 Y9.155 E0.63929
G1 X-9.155 Y9.155 E0.22317
; Prepare for Perimeter
G1 X-9.155 Y-9.155 E0.86246

Pause.g

M83					; relative extruder moves
G1 E-3 F2000		; retract 3mm
;G91					; relative moves
;G1 Z20 F5000			; raise nozzle 20mm
G90					; absolute moves
G1 X-100 Y20 F10000		; move head out of the way of the print

Resume.g

;G1 R1 Z2 F5000     ; move to 2mm above resume point
G1 R1 F10000	; lower nozzle to resume point
M83         ; relative extruder moves
G1 E3 F1500     ; undo the retraction

As you see I have commented out my z moves

Danal

Thanks!

Also.. If you pulled the script from github after Sat Apr 25 21:27:50 CDT, it no longer looks at Z. It looks at layers. Which works MUCH better.

Danal

Aha!

M25 is not for pausing from within a file being printed. Please change these to M226.

Adrian52

@Danal thanks very much - will give it a go.