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    OwenD @dc42
    last edited by OwenD 11 Mar 2020, 21:50 3 Nov 2020, 20:34

    @dc42 Thanks for clarification.
    I might have locked up a few machines over the years with my clumsy work when using loops.
    I realise it's a valid method for those that think things through more than me before they press "executive" edit: "execute" (Stupid iPhone!!!) 😆

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      deckingman
      last edited by 3 Nov 2020, 20:52

      Err, in view of the above and as a further sanity check on my understanding, here is the full macro that I intend to start with ........

      G91; Set relative
      M400; wait for any moves to finish
      G1 F6000 ; set feedrate to 100mm/sec
      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
      G1 X-1 U-1 A-1 Y-1 V-1 B-1
      elif sensors.gpIn[8]; joystick left and backwards
      M400
      G1 X-1 U-1 A-1 Y1 V1 B1
      else ; joystick left only
      M400
      G1 X-1 U-1 A-1
      elif sensors.gpIn[6].value=0; joystick right
      if sensors.gpIn[7].value=0 ; joystick right and forwards
      M400
      G1 X1 U1 A1 Y-1 V-1 B-1
      elif sensors.gpIn[8]; joystick right and backward
      M400
      G1 X1 U1 A1 Y1 V1 B1
      else ; joystick right only
      M400
      G1 X1 U1 A1
      elif sensors.gpIn[7].value=0 ; joystick forwards only
      M400
      G1 Y-1 V-1 B-1
      elif sensors.gpIn[8].value=0 ; joystick backward only
      M400
      G1 Y1 V1 B1
      else break

      Is that about right?

      Ian
      https://somei3deas.wordpress.com/
      https://www.youtube.com/@deckingman

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        OwenD
        last edited by OwenD 11 Mar 2020, 22:32 3 Nov 2020, 22:30

        To clarify my comments.

        A "while" statement will loop if the condition test is true.
        In your case by testing all those inputs.

        If you put

        while true
        G1 X1

        Then you have an endless loop as true always equals true, so you're going to crash.
        Therefore you must ensure that you put a test in somewhere the calls "break" to get you out of the loop.

        In the suggested code above that test is satisfied when none of the IF statements resolve to true, so break is called.

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          deckingman
          last edited by 6 Nov 2020, 18:02

          OK, so that's all wired up and working. It does what I hoped it would and it respects the axis limits too (of course it does - I never doubted it would 🙂 ).

          But I'd like to add an embellishment if possible. I've used 1mm as a movement length which is great for reasonably precise positioning but naturally, it's a bit slow if I want to travel the full 400mm or so of axis travel. Increasing the step size to (say) 5mm is about right but then I lose precision. So what I'd like to do is a bit like how one sets the time on some digital clocks. That is to say, the longer one holds the button, the faster the time changes.

          So I'd like to alter the code so that if I hold the joystick in one position, it will move in 1mm increments but after (say) 5 iterations, the move length will increase to (say) 5mm). Ideally I'd like to do something a bit more sophisticated still, like keep increasing the move length the longer the joystick is held in one position but I'll settle for just a binary change after say 5 iterations of the same move.

          Here is the code that I have now (without the errors that I had in some of the elif commands when I last posted it 🙂 )

          G91; Set relative
          M400; wait for any moves to finish
          G1 F6000 ; 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
          G1 X-1 U-1 A-1 Y-1 V-1 B-1
          echo "Left and forward"
          elif sensors.gpIn[8].value=0; joystick left and backwards
          M400
          G1 X-1 U-1 A-1 Y1 V1 B1
          echo "Left and backwards"
          else ; joystick left only
          M400
          G1 X-1 U-1 A-1
          echo "Left"
          elif sensors.gpIn[6].value=0; joystick right
          if sensors.gpIn[7].value=0 ; joystick right and forwards
          M400
          G1 X1 U1 A1 Y-1 V-1 B-1
          echo "Right and forward"
          elif sensors.gpIn[8].value=0; joystick right and backward
          M400
          G1 X1 U1 A1 Y1 V1 B1
          echo "Right and backwards"
          else ; joystick right only
          M400
          G1 X1 U1 A1
          echo "Right"
          elif sensors.gpIn[7].value=0 ; joystick forwards only
          M400
          G1 Y-1 V-1 B-1
          echo "Forward"
          elif sensors.gpIn[8].value=0 ; joystick backward only
          M400
          G1 Y1 V1 B1
          echo "Backwards"
          else break

          Ian
          https://somei3deas.wordpress.com/
          https://www.youtube.com/@deckingman

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            dc42 administrators
            last edited by 6 Nov 2020, 18:37

            You could use the built-in 'iterations' variable to adjust the movement amount and/or speed.

            Duet WiFi hardware designer and firmware engineer
            Please do not ask me for Duet support via PM or email, use the forum
            http://www.escher3d.com, https://miscsolutions.wordpress.com

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              deckingman @dc42
              last edited by deckingman 11 Jun 2020, 19:44 6 Nov 2020, 19:28

              @dc42 said in Yet more conditional gcode help required:

              You could use the built-in 'iterations' variable to adjust the movement amount and/or speed.

              Thanks. Would I be right in assuming the "iterations" is a counter which increments by 1 every time the while loop runs?

              Scratch that - found it.

              Ian
              https://somei3deas.wordpress.com/
              https://www.youtube.com/@deckingman

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                deckingman
                last edited by 7 Nov 2020, 09:27

                That's all working now although the code is a bit "clunky".

                I'm guessing that once variables are introduced, I ought to be able to do something like ....

                MoveAmount= 0.5+(iterations/5)
                G1 X MoveAmount..............

                .......or some such. Anyway, this is what I've ended up with which may not be elegant but works.

                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
                if iterations<3
                G1 X-0.5 U-0.5 A-0.5 Y-0.5 V-0.5 B-0.5
                elif iterations<5
                G1 X-1 U-1 A-1 Y-1 V-1 B-1
                elif iterations<7
                G1 X-2 U-2 A-2 Y-2 V-2 B-2
                elif iterations<9
                G1 X-5 U-5 A-5 Y-5 V-5 B-5
                elif iterations<11
                G1 X-10 U-10 A-10 Y-10 V-10 B-10
                else
                G1 X-20 U-20 A-20 Y-20 V-20 B-20
                elif sensors.gpIn[8].value=0; joystick left and backwards
                M400
                if iterations<3
                G1 X-0.5 U-0.5 A-0.5 Y0.5 V0.5 B0.5
                elif iterations<5
                G1 X-1 U-1 A-1 Y1 V1 B1
                elif iterations<7
                G1 X-2 U-2 A-2 Y2 V2 B2
                elif iterations<9
                G1 X-5 U-5 A-5 Y5 V5 B5
                elif iterations<11
                G1 X-10 U-10 A-10 Y10 V10 B10
                else
                G1 X-20 U-20 A-20 Y20 V20 B20
                else ; joystick left only
                M400
                if iterations<3
                G1 X-0.5 U-0.5 A-0.5
                elif iterations<5
                G1 X-1 U-1 A-1
                elif iterations<7
                G1 X-2 U-2 A-2
                elif iterations<9
                G1 X-5 U-5 A-5
                elif iterations<11
                G1 X-10 U-10 A-10
                else
                G1 X-20 U-20 A-20
                elif sensors.gpIn[6].value=0; joystick right
                if sensors.gpIn[7].value=0 ; joystick right and forwards
                M400
                if iterations<3
                G1 X0.5 U0.5 A0.5 Y-0.5 V-0.5 B-0.5
                elif iterations<5
                G1 X1 U1 A1 Y-1 V-1 B-1
                elif iterations<7
                G1 X2 U2 A2 Y-2 V-2 B-2
                elif iterations<9
                G1 X5 U5 A5 Y-5 V-5 B-5
                elif iterations<11
                G1 X10 U10 A10 Y-10 V-10 B-10
                else
                G1 X20 U20 A20 Y-20 V-20 B-20
                elif sensors.gpIn[8].value=0; joystick right and backward
                M400
                if iterations<3
                G1 X0.5 U0.5 A0.5 Y0.5 V0.5 B0.5
                elif iterations<5
                G1 X1 U1 A1 Y1 V1 B1
                elif iterations<7
                G1 X2 U2 A2 Y2 V2 B2
                elif iterations<9
                G1 X5 U5 A5 Y5 V5 B5
                elif iterations<11
                G1 X10 U10 A10 Y10 V10 B10
                else
                G1 X20 U20 A20 Y20 V20 B20
                else ; joystick right only
                M400
                if iterations<3
                G1 X0.5 U0.5 A0.5
                elif iterations<5
                G1 X1 U1 A1
                elif iterations<7
                G1 X2 U2 A2
                elif iterations<9
                G1 X5 U5 A5
                elif iterations<11
                G1 X10 U10 A10
                else
                G1 X20 U20 A20
                elif sensors.gpIn[7].value=0 ; joystick forwards only
                M400
                if iterations<3
                G1 Y-0.5 V-0.5 B-0.5
                elif iterations<5
                G1 Y-1 V-1 B-1
                elif iterations<7
                G1 Y-2 V-2 B-2
                elif iterations<9
                G1 Y-5 V-5 B-5
                elif iterations<11
                G1 Y-10 V-10 B-10
                else
                G1 Y-20 V-20 B-20
                elif sensors.gpIn[8].value=0 ; joystick backward only
                M400
                if iterations<3
                G1 Y0.5 V0.5 B0.5
                elif iterations<5
                G1 Y1 V1 B1
                elif iterations<7
                G1 Y2 V2 B2
                elif iterations<9
                G1 Y5 V5 B5
                elif iterations<11
                G1 Y10 V10 B10
                else
                G1 Y20 V20 B20
                else break

                Ian
                https://somei3deas.wordpress.com/
                https://www.youtube.com/@deckingman

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                  dc42 administrators
                  last edited by dc42 11 Jul 2020, 09:49 7 Nov 2020, 09:48

                  Another way is to use your original code but replace all the XYUVABC coordinates in the G1 commands by calculated values, something like this:

                  G1 X{0.5+0.1 * iterations} Y{-(0.5+0.1 * iterations)} ...

                  Duet WiFi hardware designer and firmware engineer
                  Please do not ask me for Duet support via PM or email, use the forum
                  http://www.escher3d.com, https://miscsolutions.wordpress.com

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                    deckingman @dc42
                    last edited by 7 Nov 2020, 11:01

                    @dc42 said in Yet more conditional gcode help required:

                    Another way is to use your original code but replace all the XYUVABC coordinates in the G1 commands by calculated values, something like this:

                    G1 X{0.5+0.1 * iterations} Y{-(0.5+0.1 * iterations)} ...

                    Ahhh - that looks good! I tried something similar but it didn't work - because I used plain braces rather than curly ones. I'll give that a go..............

                    Ian
                    https://somei3deas.wordpress.com/
                    https://www.youtube.com/@deckingman

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                      deckingman
                      last edited by 7 Nov 2020, 18:14

                      For the sake of completeness, here is the final code that I ended up using. After playing around with it, I ended up using just G1 X{0.5+interations}........etc, rather than using fraction's of "iterations".

                      G91; Set relative
                      M400; wait for any moves to finish
                      G1 F6000 ; 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
                      G1 X{-(0.5+iterations)} U{-(0.5+iterations)} A{-(0.5+iterations)} Y{-(0.5+iterations)} V{-(0.5+iterations)} B{-(0.5+iterations)}
                      echo "Left and forward"
                      elif sensors.gpIn[8].value=0; joystick left and backwards
                      M400
                      G1 X{-(0.5+iterations)} U{-(0.5+iterations)} A{-(0.5+iterations)} Y{0.5+iterations} V{0.5+iterations} B{0.5+iterations}
                      echo "Left and backwards"
                      else ; joystick left only
                      M400
                      G1 X{-(0.5+iterations)} U{-(0.5+iterations)} A{-(0.5+iterations)}
                      echo "Left"
                      elif sensors.gpIn[6].value=0; joystick right
                      if sensors.gpIn[7].value=0 ; joystick right and forwards
                      M400
                      G1 X{0.5+iterations} U{0.5+iterations} A{0.5+iterations} Y{-(0.5+iterations)} V{-(0.5+iterations)} B{-(0.5+iterations)}
                      echo "Right and forward"
                      elif sensors.gpIn[8].value=0; joystick right and backward
                      M400
                      G1 X{0.5+iterations} U{0.5+iterations} A{0.5+iterations} Y{0.5+iterations} V{0.5+iterations} B{0.5+iterations}
                      echo "Right and backwards"
                      else ; joystick right only
                      M400
                      G1 X{0.5+iterations} U{0.5+iterations} A{0.5+iterations}
                      echo "Right"
                      elif sensors.gpIn[7].value=0 ; joystick forwards only
                      M400
                      G1 Y{-(0.5+iterations)} V{-(0.5+iterations)} B{-(0.5+iterations)}
                      echo "Forward"
                      elif sensors.gpIn[8].value=0 ; joystick backward only
                      M400
                      G1 Y{0.5+iterations} V{0.5+iterations} B{0.5+iterations}
                      echo "Backwards"
                      else break

                      Thanks for all the help guys.

                      Ian
                      https://somei3deas.wordpress.com/
                      https://www.youtube.com/@deckingman

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                        deckingman
                        last edited by 9 Nov 2020, 11:23

                        For further completeness, I've added a "turbo button". So instead of increasing the distance using "iterations", I simply press the button in conjunction with moving the joystick. What that does is move the gantries 20mm if the button is pressed or 0.5mm if it isn't. I prefer this method but either one works.

                        I've also wrapped the entire thing in a "if state.status != "processing"" statement (thanks for the suggestion @T3P3Tony). What that does is checks to make sure that a print is NOT in progress which will do what the M581 R2 parameter will do in the next firmware. Here is that version of the code

                        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

                        Ian
                        https://somei3deas.wordpress.com/
                        https://www.youtube.com/@deckingman

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                          appjaws @deckingman
                          last edited by 9 Nov 2020, 15:13

                          @deckingman I have followed this with interest but then I thought what was the actual problem? When I use the XY buttons in DWC my main XY and UV carriages move together and in sync. Have I not understood the problem?

                          appjaws - Core XYUV Duet Ethernet Duex5
                          firmware 3.5.0-rc.4 Web Interface 3.5.0-rc.4
                          Ormerod 1-converted to laser engraver, Duet wifi
                          OpenSCAD version 2024.03.18
                          Simplify3D 5.1.2

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                            deckingman @appjaws
                            last edited by 9 Nov 2020, 16:12

                            @appjaws said in Yet more conditional gcode help required:

                            @deckingman I have followed this with interest but then I thought what was the actual problem? When I use the XY buttons in DWC my main XY and UV carriages move together and in sync. Have I not understood the problem?

                            Hiya. I've changed things around a bit so that I no longer combine the axes after homing. So the DWC buttons only work for individual axes. i.e. XY moves will only move the hot end - not the hot end and extruder gantry (as they used to do when the axes were combined)

                            The reason being that I've exploited the fact that, because the extruders are connected to the hot end via short Bowden tubes, that extruder gantry doesn't have to exactly follow the hot end gantry. It doesn't have to replicate every tiny move that the hot end does - it only has to follow it within an allowable tolerance. So if there are small features (say a hole or a cylinder) then I can "park" the extruder gantry in the centre of that feature and let it sit there while the hot end does all those short moves which make that feature. The same applies to other short zig-zag type moves where the extruder gantry sits still while the hot end does the short zig-zags.

                            I made a couple of YouTube videos which explain it in a bit more detail
                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOP9QYAlhZU
                            and
                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTPV3Ss1D-4

                            So that's the reason why the axis button on DWC are no longer much use to me. A fuller explanation of what I wanted the joystick to do, and how that works in practice is here
                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCR5Ao0iH-c

                            Ian
                            https://somei3deas.wordpress.com/
                            https://www.youtube.com/@deckingman

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                              appjaws
                              last edited by 9 Nov 2020, 17:19

                              Hi again,
                              Very impressive videos @deckingman . Is it possible to have a copy of your python script that generates the movement please.
                              My machine really vibrates during short movements so your solution should solve it for me.

                              appjaws - Core XYUV Duet Ethernet Duex5
                              firmware 3.5.0-rc.4 Web Interface 3.5.0-rc.4
                              Ormerod 1-converted to laser engraver, Duet wifi
                              OpenSCAD version 2024.03.18
                              Simplify3D 5.1.2

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                                deckingman @appjaws
                                last edited by 9 Nov 2020, 18:44

                                @appjaws Sure. It's been a few years since we last communicated. Is your email address still the one ending ......ve.co.uk? If not, pm me with the address to use.

                                Be aware, that it's quite a lot of work to run the machine in "true" CoreXYUV mode. You need to change all you homing files so that they do not re-combine the axes, and change the "P" parameter in M581 so that the 5 axes are visible. Also any macros or gcode start and end scripts that have XY moves will need to be changed to incorporate XYUV moves.

                                Also be aware that, although the python code gets the job done, I'm not a writer of code, so it ain't pretty.

                                Ian
                                https://somei3deas.wordpress.com/
                                https://www.youtube.com/@deckingman

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                                  appjaws
                                  last edited by 10 Nov 2020, 13:21

                                  @deckingman Yes same email address.
                                  I was wondering if I could just change the XYUV to be individual just during a print similar to the way homeall.g works.
                                  M584 X0 U3 Y1 V4 Z7:8:9 E2:5:6 P5 ; temporarily separate and map drives to U and V axes

                                  complete the modified gcode part file using separate XYUV axes

                                  M584 X0:3 Y1:4 Z7:8:9 U10 V11 E2:5:6 P3 ; put motor mapping back to normal so that X uses drives 0 and 3 Y uses 1 and 4

                                  then once the printed part is removed from the bed run homeall.g

                                  can you see any problems with this?

                                  Thanks for your help

                                  appjaws - Core XYUV Duet Ethernet Duex5
                                  firmware 3.5.0-rc.4 Web Interface 3.5.0-rc.4
                                  Ormerod 1-converted to laser engraver, Duet wifi
                                  OpenSCAD version 2024.03.18
                                  Simplify3D 5.1.2

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                                    deckingman @appjaws
                                    last edited by 10 Nov 2020, 14:20

                                    @appjaws said in Yet more conditional gcode help required:

                                    @deckingman Yes same email address.
                                    I was wondering if I could just change the XYUV to be individual just during a print similar to the way homeall.g works.
                                    M584 X0 U3 Y1 V4 Z7:8:9 E2:5:6 P5 ; temporarily separate and map drives to U and V axes

                                    complete the modified gcode part file using separate XYUV axes

                                    M584 X0:3 Y1:4 Z7:8:9 U10 V11 E2:5:6 P3 ; put motor mapping back to normal so that X uses drives 0 and 3 Y uses 1 and 4

                                    then once the printed part is removed from the bed run homeall.g

                                    can you see any problems with this?

                                    Thanks for your help

                                    I can't think of a reason why that wouldn't work. That is to say, it'll allow you to use the DWC buttons to jog all the axes in sync before and after a print, and also run any macros that aren't run during a print.

                                    What I mean by that, is that I use macros to wipe and purge the nozzle, and these macros are called by the slicer gcode as part of the start and end scripts. As the axes are separated before the print starts, then these particular macros have to be modified. But of course, if you don't call any macros from the slicer gcode file that have G1 moves, then you won't need to worry about it.

                                    Ian
                                    https://somei3deas.wordpress.com/
                                    https://www.youtube.com/@deckingman

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                                      deckingman @appjaws
                                      last edited by 10 Nov 2020, 15:08

                                      @appjaws Email sent....

                                      Ian
                                      https://somei3deas.wordpress.com/
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                                        appjaws
                                        last edited by 11 Nov 2020, 10:04

                                        @deckingman This is my simplify3D start and end scripts

                                        Starting script
                                        M98 P"0:/macros/extra/Set LED Red"
                                        if !move.axes[0].homed || !move.axes[1].homed
                                        G28
                                        G28 Z
                                        ;M98 P"0:/macros/Conditional/Auto_Bed_Levelling"
                                        M98 P"0:/macros/Auto Nozzle Cleaning"
                                        M98 P"0:/macros/Move to Print Position"
                                        M98 P"0:/macros/extra/Set LED Blue"
                                        M98 P"0:/macros/MapDrivesXYUV"
                                        T0

                                        Ending script
                                        M98 P"0:/macros/End of Print"
                                        M98 P"0:/macros/CombineDrivest"
                                        M291 P"Print Completed " ; Display message

                                        These are untouched by the the generator
                                        Will be running the whole system later today, have sent you an email, requesting some advice.

                                        Paul

                                        appjaws - Core XYUV Duet Ethernet Duex5
                                        firmware 3.5.0-rc.4 Web Interface 3.5.0-rc.4
                                        Ormerod 1-converted to laser engraver, Duet wifi
                                        OpenSCAD version 2024.03.18
                                        Simplify3D 5.1.2

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                                          deckingman @appjaws
                                          last edited by 11 Nov 2020, 11:12

                                          @appjaws Yup, the script only adds UV (and AB) moves to existing gcode files. It doesn't modify any macro which might be called by the slicer start or end codes. But it looks like you are keeping the axes mapped to XY to do the other stuff, then mapping them to XYUV just before the print starts - so that ought to work I would have thought (make sue that you use an M400 at the start of your "MapDrivesXYUV" macro to ensure any moves are completed first).

                                          I've replied to your email.

                                          Ian

                                          Ian
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                                          https://www.youtube.com/@deckingman

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