Slowing down travel moves
I understand we can slow down the print speed using repetier server which is quite handy. I frequently use this as I print long prints overnight. I have a fire alarm and smoke detector all set up as well as cameras to monitor.
However what bothers me sometimes is the sound. My printer is very quiet when its doing just normal print moves and I suspect this is down to stealth chop. However travel moves are very noisy. I was wondering if a feature could be implemented to slow down travel moves only so that when I wake up I could then bump it back up and speed up the print, this saves me having to slice the file at lower travel speeds, which I cant then speed up.
I know its a very specific request but I think it would be handy.
I slice with Cura but I guess it could be implemented in such a way that if the move doesn't have an "E" on it then its not an extrusion move and as such could be throttled.
However what bothers me sometimes is the sound. My printer is very quiet when its doing just normal print moves and I suspect this is down to stealth chop. However travel moves are very noisy. I was wondering if a feature could be implemented to slow down travel moves only so that when I wake up I could then bump it back up and speed up the print, this saves me having to slice the file at lower travel speeds, which I cant then speed up.
I know its a very specific request but I think it would be handy.
I slice with Cura but I guess it could be implemented in such a way that if the move doesn't have an "E" on it then its not an extrusion move and as such could be throttled.
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I've give you an example where this might be handy.
Say ive been printing an object for a couple of hours, but I want to go to bed, my printer might be a bit noisy at full speed. My printer is only noisy when it does travel moves (100mm/s for example).
If I had the option to only throttle the travel speed I could go to bed with it travelling slower, then wake up in the morning and bump the travel speed back up.
The problem at the moment is that Repetier server throttles all print moves, when I dont need it to. I know its a bit of an edge case but it would be handy.
G1 F12000
you can write the rule
^G1 F12000$
and replace it with
G1 F6000
to reduce 200mm/s to 100mm/s.
All other speeds will be ignored in this case so you need to know the slicer gcode for travel move speed..
I guess I could send something like M203 X50 Y50 from the command console. Then when I wake up again send M203 X100 Y100.
Could write that I guess as a custom function that I can select from the drop down list... like "Night mode" and "Day mode" ill have a look at that. Saves me having to reslice all my files. Thanks for the suggestions.