filament position to Arduino over Panel due interface

CNCModeller

Hi All,
After participating in this thread;

https://forum.duet3d.com/topic/31702/filament-diameter-compensation/9

I think its potentially viable to use an Arduino based filament sensor that receives extruded filament length and pushes appropriate filament diameter corrections over the panel due interface.

I think I can push corrections by using the Arduino code for the CNC pendant as a starting point but I don't know how to read the current filament extrusion length from the panel due interface.

Is the panel due message set defined anywhere? If so is it something I can read with an Arduino? I assume so given the pendant does pass through.

Also could I use a dedicated gcode command to send a message over the panel due interface to the Arduino to set the distance between the sensor and nozzle?

Any constructive thoughts would be much appreciated.

All the best
Barry M

T3P3Tony

@CNCModeller the PanelDue uses the object model information so you can query that over the UART interface using M409

CNCModeller

@T3P3Tony said in filament position to Arduino over Panel due interface:

@CNCModeller the PanelDue uses the object model information so you can query that over the UART interface using M409

That's great news, I now need to figure out what that actually means lol. Definitely some reading ahead!

Many thanks @T3P3Tony, time to go back to school... again...

Cheers
Barry M

CNCModeller

So after some research.... and a quick look at the PrintEye code by @EasyTarget

https://forum.duet3d.com/post/110578

I think I have a plan based on the Json unpacking in PrintEye, to extract the following data:

extr: the positions of the extruders
efactor: the current extrusion factors (see M221 command), one value per extruder

Then sending a M221 to tune the extrusion factor after a user defined position delay based on filament path length between the sensor and the extruder melt zone.

The only kink is I'm not sure how to send a value to the Arduino to set the filament path length between the sensor and the extruder melt zone. I may have to hard code this to start with, or add a local display to set the value.

Does anyone know if I can add user defined elements to the json package sent to the Arduino as a response to M408? My thoughts are set a value for the filament path delta for each extruder with a user defined G/MCode (?) in the config.g.

I need to do some prototyping and merge it with Thomas Sanladerer's code and I possibly have a way forward!

https://www.printables.com/model/57154-infiDANK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYgdLPe_T0c

Multiple extruders needs a little thinking but I guess I could just connect multiple sensors to the one Arduino.

Also passthrough for the PanelDue, but I could use the code by @dc42 for the CNC pendant to sort that.

Will report back as and when I make progress! Another project to add to the list

Cheers
Barry M