Thanks for the replies all!
@phaedrux that was it! Thank you very much. This condensed my macro down to this:
G91 ; relative positioning
G1 Z50 F360 ; lift Z by 50mm
M98 P"/macros/print_scripts/goto_front_middle.g" ; move to front for filament change
M291 P"Change and purge filament. Resume when after complete." R"Mid-print Filament Change" S2;
G0 Z-50 ; drop back down to printing height
G90 ; absolute positioning
I want to setup a macro that pauses my print, waits for me to change the filament, and continues with the print after I confirm that the changeover is complete. From what I've been able to find, M291 would be the way to do that. However, when my macro is called, the printer moves to a clearance plane, displays the message, and continues to print at the elevated plane. When I confirm the message, it goes back down to the original printing height, and continues to print. Am I using M291 incorrectly? See macro code below:
M83 ; relative extruder moves
G1 E-1.5 F3600 ; retract
G91 ; relative positioning
G1 Z50 F360 ; lift Z by 50mm
G60 S5 ; save current position to slot 5
M98 P"/macros/print_scripts/goto_front_middle.g" ; move to front for filament change
M400 ; Wait for all moves to complete
M226 ; PAUSE AND WAIT
M291 P"Change and purge filament. Resume when changeover complete" R"Mid-print Filament Change" S2;
G0 R5 ; move back to saved position
G91 ; relative positioning
G0 Z-50 ; drop back down to printing height
M83 ; relative extruder moves
G1 E1.5 F3600 ; unretract
G90 ; absolute positioning
@resam I had the same idea using about using some sort of layer change to trigger a camera- Possibly through GPIO. I'm glad someone has done a lot of the footwork already- Thanks for sharing. I will try to do that this weekend! Would what you are describing be effectively identical to Simplify 3D's layer-change script field?
@Phaedrux I was also thinking the same thing about using G1 to move it to the same spot out of the way for layer change. To me that was one of the major appeals of emulating the Octolapse plugin- they just look so cool. Next would be to figure out how to achieve the axis-animation effect
I HOPE I can get to it this weekend. If I do I'll report back!
So I've seen a lot of people talk about Octoprint, a lot about cameras, a lot about time lapses...
But I haven't been able to find anything that directly talks about getting an Octolapse type function on the DuetWifi- Octoprint or however.
I am currently trying(not succeeding) to get a spare RPi I have to connect to my duet through USB, with a Logitech C920 for my camera. I'd imagine my problem has something to do with the fact that my Duet is trying to get power from the RPi or something- I don't know.
As everyone in the previous threads relevant to this topic has pointed out, the DuetWifi is great and has everything I need- Besides timelapses. So if there was a way to do it without messing with the RPi, that'd be preferrable.