Neopixel Status light like the MK4 has.
For the future it might be interesting to control a small number of neopixels via the RPI. As a status display like the MK4 has. Was there already this idea? and would this be also realizable from the software side?
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OctoPrint and the plugin "WS281x LED Status" will do that for you.
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Yes I know 😉
But I like to have this feature within Prusalink/PrusaConnect.
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I am sure this feature will come right after the announced "Smart Box" for the enclosure! 🙂
It's not like the devs have a lot of free time on their hands and there are a lot of construction sites at the moment.
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I remember that "Smart Box" when the Enclosure was released. Curious to know what this box will be able to do and how it will be connected to the printer.
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Control the color LEDs on the LED strip in the enclosure (so far only the white LEDs can be switched on and off), control the filter fan via various sensors, engage and release the lock of the enclosure. Those are the features I remember off the top of my head.
A part (or most) of these features you can implement with OctoPrint right now, depending on your experience with electronics, micro-controllers and sensors. Just saying ... 🙂
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It should be pretty straightforward to code this to run alongside link. Just check the printer state through the API and set the led color depending on what it reports. But yea, not easy for a non programmer to do :/ But I don't think this will come to PrusaLink for the MK3, I might be wrong tho
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I'm unfortunately not a programmer. If someone feels addressed......;)
Am I right about that when it comes to a prusalink update on the RPI it will break the functionality?
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Not sure what you mean. What functionality will get broken by an update? Like yea, if you have to re-flash, you would need to set it up again. If you meant that, otherwise I don't know
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That is exactly what I meant that an update overwrites the modification for controlling neopixels.
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We hope to start requiring re-flashes less. But stuff can get in the way of that pretty easily. An update through the updater thing would not break it.
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Another idea that just came to me, control the neopixels with an ESP and WLED. WLED should be able to query the state of the printer via the API and let the neopixels light up in the corresponding color.
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Another idea that just came to me, control the neopixels with an ESP and WLED. WLED should be able to query the state of the printer via the API and let the neopixels light up in the corresponding color.
That is possible already ( that is not even requiring prusa connect) - I've got something like it for esp32 camera to trigger camera captures if Prusa Mini+ is printing, and API exposes enough info to integrate it with for example neopixel.
I guess Prusa link may expose similar data already?
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