Controlling Stepper motors via drive numbers EG G1 D4 700 F100
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Is there any way for me to control stepper motors without their drive letter, controlling them via drive number. I want to write custom tool change macros, but they can't do what I want them to do with the limited pre, post, and free macros. I always get the no extruder selected because of files being called between tool changes. I want to call a tool that is not selected to load the filament into the extruder, but I can't find a way to do this.
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What's the reason that you can't select the tool first, then do the filament loading in its tpre file?
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It wont let me extrude in tpre files as no extruder is selected
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I think it may make more sense if tpre allowed you to do extruder movement on the new tool. I'll take a look at this.
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@dc42 Instead, to prevent changing other peoples' file setup maybe add a tcurrent file. One that would run after the tool is selected.
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@jlink33 said in Controlling Stepper motors via drive numbers EG G1 D4 700 F100:
@dc42 Instead, to prevent changing other peoples' file setup maybe add a tcurrent file. One that would run after the tool is selected.
I think that would be over-complicating things. I think few people use the tpre files, and it's most unlikely that someone has an extruding command in one and they rely on it not working.
What's the reason you want to drive the extruder before the tool is selected and starts heating up?
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Good point, the tpre should allow extruder movements. Is there a way I can change the firmware myself or do I have to wait for the next release. Thanks