@nightowl999
I have the initial M42 in the config.g because it does actually start with that on, so this sets it off, and then after that its in the pause and resume to set it correctly when pressed.
Yea, the out on the io's is 3.3v, I needed a transistor to bring it up to 5v for my LED, which in that one I showed above lists as 12v but looks great at 5v
So far this has worked well for me, the only issue is I do have to push the button until the command is recognized, so if the printer is doing a long line, it won't catch unless I have the button down at the end of the line before the next command goes in. This is probably expected and its not that big an issue in practice.
@nightowl999
This is all the magic from the config.g side, its the "T2" that sets it to run the second trigger file (trigger2.g) when the button is pushed.
;Pause Button
M950 J9 C"io8.in"
M581 P9 T2 S1
;if !exists global.PausePress ; if it's not created we do so now
global PausePress = false
trigger2.g, its the M24 and M25 that actually call the pause and resume files :
;echo "called at " ^ state.time
G4 P1 ; delay 10ms to debounce
if sensors.gpIn[9].value=1
;echo "debounce"
M99 ; break out if sensor value is zero again (bouncing)
if job.file.fileName !=null ; if there's a job filename then it's reasonably safe to say we are printing
if global.PausePress == false ; the button hasn't been pressed so we'll pause
;echo "Pause"
M25
else
;echo "resume"
M24
turning the light on and off was the easy part, just turn the pin for that on or off:
M42 P8 S0 ;LED off
set global.PausePress = !global.PausePress ; toggle the value from whatever it was before use "not"
and its magic in config.g:
;output for pause LED
M950 P8 C"io8.out"
M42 P8 S0 ; off by default
@owend
This seems to work, although I don't understand why it does and what I had before doesn't:
;echo "called at " ^ state.time
G4 P1 ; delay 1ms to debounce
if sensors.gpIn[9].value=1
;echo "debounce"
M99 ; break out if sensor value is zero again (bouncing)
if job.file.fileName !=null ; if there's a job filename then it's reasonably safe to say we are printing
if global.PausePress == false ; the button hasn't been pressed so we'll pause
;echo "Pause"
M25
else
;echo "resume"
M24
set global.PausePress = !global.PausePress ; toggle the value from whatever it was before use "not"
Even with the delay debounce 1ms it now works as expected, So Thank you!
As for the 2 buttons debate, these buttons are way to cool, and lend themselves to the "One button Pause/Resume" idea:
I light and dim the LED in the pause and resume macros so the button is a correct indicator. You can even put a label behind the plastic to mark what its for. The LED is a bit dim on the 3.3v from the output, but I think I can deal with that now that I have this working
@owend
So I gave this a try, but it now triggers the pause, and then immediately the resume.
I don't see your "Button wasn't pressed long enough" error, even if I push very quickly, and it always does the pause resume, even when I did a longer dwell.
G4 S5 ; put a delay in as your first line, The button must be held longer than this.
if sensors.gpIn[9].value != 1 ; the button isn't still pressed so we'll abort the macro
echo "Button wasn't pressed long enough" ; remove this line when done testing
M99 ; cancel macro
if job.file.fileName !=null ; if there's a job filename then it's reasonably safe to say we are printing
if global.PausePress == false ; the button hasn't been pressed so we'll pause
echo "Pause"
M25
else
echo "resume"
M24
set global.PausePress = !global.PausePress ; toggle the value from whatever it was before use "not"
important parts of config.g:
;Pause Button
M950 J9 C"io8.in"
M581 P9 T2 S1
global PausePress = false
and the console:
5/7/2022, 6:01:39 PM Printing resumed
5/7/2022, 6:01:35 PM resume
5/7/2022, 6:01:29 PM Printing paused at X207.1 Y192.9 Z6.6
5/7/2022, 6:01:24 PM Resume state saved
5/7/2022, 6:01:24 PM Pause
I'm trying to setup an external physical button that will pause and resume a job. I currently can pause from the button as expected, but I cannot resume.
I've setup a trigger and a file so that I can add logic, but my basic attempt seems to have failed, is there anyway to get the printing state from a macro, I've seen that it'll always show busy, but that didn't seem to match either.
My current trigger:
if state.status == "Paused"
M24
if state.status == "Printing"
M25
I pause by just replacing that with M25
@geon-han_kang I had to upgrade the duet3 to 3.4, there is a script that can help you downgrade the DSF, but I didn't use it, I wanted something from 3.4 anyways.
Yes!, that seems to be it I got the board to upgrade to 3.4 and now its accepting a file, thank you.
@resam
I did the update on the pi, is there more I should do, everything seems to imply all I have to do is:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Board: Duet 3 MB6HC (MB6HC)
DSF Version: 3.4.0
Firmware: RepRapFirmware for Duet 3 MB6HC 3.3 (2021-06-15)
I can now confirm it will print if I upload the Gcode as a Macro, just not as a "job"
@fcwilt very simple beginning code on the gcode, but even if I have a completely empty gcode file and tell it to run, it gives the same "file is already being printed" error. I don't believe any of it being run at all.
G90
M82
M106 S0
M140 S60
M190 S60
M104 S190 T0
M109 S190 T0
G28 ; home all axes
G32
; process Process1
; layer 1, Z = 0.200
T0
G92 E0.0000
G1 E-1.0000 F1800
I do have a T0 in the Gcode, it doesn't seem to even matter where, I tried moving it to the beginning of the file, no change.
I'm setting up a new Duet 3 Mainboard 6HC, with a TOOL1LC board, everything seems to work individually, but when I start to print a file I immediately get the error "Error: M32: Cannot set file to print, because a file is already being printed"
First there is no other file printing, it does seem to "start" the file, but no progress is ever made, the heaters do not turn on after any time.
If I put in the commands from the gcode file by hand, or even by a macro they work, I expect I could print the file this way, but gave up once it extruded.
I sometimes get the error "Error: Attempting to extrude with no tool selected." but not always.
Thank you for any help, anything I can do please let me know.
config.g
EDIT: in SBC mode