filamentPresent not working with simple switch.

Surgikill

Hi all,

I'm trying to set up the macro files in this thread Re: Single Macro for filament handling?.

I am using a simple filament switch. The issue I am having is the object model sensors.filamentMonitors[0].filamentPresent returns a null value when querying it with M409. If I query sensors.filamentMonitors[0].status I receive either "ok" or "noFilament". The issue is, I can't use this in the if statement. Is there something I am doing wrong here? I thought the filamentPresent key would work correctly, or is that only for the laser filament monitor or the rotating magnet filament monitor?

Thank you

OwenD

@Surgikill

filamentPresent is for laser filament monitors
https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/wiki/Object-Model-Documentation#sensorsfilamentmonitorsfilamentpresent-laserfilamentmonitor--filamentmonitor

Use status

if sensors.filamentMonitors[0].status="noFilament"
   echo "No filament"
   ;do some stuff
else
   echo "Filament loaded"
   ; do some other stuff