Start fan from DSF

Donpi

Hi,

Is there a way to start a fan from the DSF ?
I tried Fan.ActualValue and Fan.RequestedValue as both have setters but it does nothing.

Thanks for the help

Bye
Juan

chrishamm

Yes, use M106. The object model is read-only.

Donpi

@chrishamm arf bad news...
but do you mean with /opt/dsf/bin/CodeConsole
or is there a way to do it inside the DSF ?

I am looking at DuetAPI.Commands but it seams to be one way too.

chrishamm

You can either send a preparsed code or a simple text-based code using a command connection. What programming language are you using?

Donpi

@chrishamm
I'am using c#
If you have a little code snipet it would save me the trouble of fumbling.

chrishamm

@Donpi Here is a very basic program that demonstrates the two ways how a G/M/T-code can be sent to DSF:

using DuetAPI.Commands;
using DuetAPIClient;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace TestApp
{
    static class Program
    {
        static async Task Main(string[] args)
        {
            using CommandConnection cmdConnection = new CommandConnection();
            await cmdConnection.Connect();

            // Do M106 like you would from a console
            await cmdConnection.PerformSimpleCode("M106 S0.18");

            // Do full code
            Code code = new Code
            {
                Type = CodeType.MCode,
                MajorNumber = 106
            };
            code.Parameters.Add(new CodeParameter('S', 0.18));
            await cmdConnection.PerformCode(code);
        }
    }
}

Donpi

@chrishamm \o/ \o/ \o/ Thank you

One last thing, can you tell me the diffrence between the two ways ?
Or are they strictly the same ?

chrishamm

@Donpi DSF uses the Code objects from the second example internally. You can use them to specify extra arguments as well (see the Flags property for example). When you perform a simple text-based code, DCS translates them internally to Code objects and executes them.