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                        <title>RE: Pause print in gcode</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2020 21:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Posted by: @sembazuru This is what I use, I keep the link to Joan&#039;s first post in this thread about this because I&#039;m using her comment (and so I can find this thread again). I hadn&#039;t really ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote data-userid="99746" data-postid="164030" data-mention="sembazuru"><div class="wpforo-post-quote-author"><strong> Posted by: @sembazuru </strong></div><p>This is what I use, I keep the link to Joan's first post in this thread about this because I'm using her comment (and so I can find this thread again). I hadn't really realized how much I've added to it since first seeing her post...</p><pre>{if layer_z=4.74}; Pause to insert objects<br />M400 ; wait for movement buffer to empty<br />M300 ; beep<br />M104 S0; Turn off extruder heater to avoid too much oozing<br />; code snippet originally Prusa forums joantabb here: https://forum.prusa3d.com/forum/original-prusa-i3-mk2-s-others-archive/pause-print-in-gcode/#post-125758<br />G1 X10.000 Y200.000 E0; parking position GET THE PRUSA TO STICK IT'S TONGUE OUT! (edited to revise Y coordinate)<br />M400; wait for bed to stop moving<br />M300; beep again<br />M84; disable motors (may not be necessary)<br />M0; user stop<br />G28 X Y; Home X and Y (only) to correct for accidentally moved bed or extruder (it is assumed Z didn't move because that is a harder axis to manually move).<br />M109 S; return nozzle to printing temperature<br />{endif}</pre><p>Change the layer_z value to what is required for your print, copy the full if...endif statement as many times as you need to pause and enter the proper layer_z value for each copy.</p><p>An error above earlier in this thread is using M105 to turn the hot end heater back on. (May originally have been a typeo that never got caught.) M105 only returns the temperatures to the console and M0 doesn't seem to turn off either the hot end nor the bed heaters. Turning off the hot end reduces oozing while paused but the bed stays hot so the part doesn't pop off of a cooling bed.</p><p>I haven't had any problem with the re-homing causing any layer shifts... Maybe I'm lucky? I like the idea above about moving the z axis up, but I wasn't sure if this would be executed before or after the generated gcode to move to the correct z height. If I put a z axis up command in, I'll use what I modified the original end gcode Z-height lift to after I decided 3cm above a low print doesn't get the z height high enough to clean the nozzle after a low print:</p><pre>{if layer_z &lt; max_print_height}G1 Z{z_offset+min((layer_z/max_print_height)*(max_print_height-100)+100, max_print_height)}{endif} ; Move print head up proportionally of print height to max </pre><p>This formula basically moves the Z to a height in the upper 10cm of the print volume proportionate to where the current z height is to the full print volume. I'm not sure how the z_offset works into this formula, but it was in the original code from Prusa. I figured if I didn't know what it was for I would leave well enough alone.</p></blockquote><p>@<a title="sembazuru" href="https://forum.prusa3d.com/forum/profile/sembazuru/">sembazuru</a> If i am not mistaken to add a pause now with the new custom g-code insert I don't need to add the {if layer_z=x.xx}...{End if } and just paste the rest of your code ?  </p><p>Ho wait... the Pause option is there to I completely forgot I used the custom g-code to configure a temp tower and have not register there a pause option in there now 😆  But its only a pause no move  So  your code is still better.  Have you experience with the M17 instead of homing? </p><p><a href="https://forum.prusa3d.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Print-Pause2-1-2.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-26266" src="https://forum.prusa3d.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Print-Pause2-1-2-600x283.png" alt="" width="600" height="283" /></a></p><p>Here what pause seems to add:</p><pre>;AFTER_LAYER_CHANGE<br />;94.8<br />M117 Place the "bolt" in slots and resume printing<br />M601</pre><p>I have been referring to this thread many time so thanks for all that guide us to be better maker!!! 👍 🍻 🥂 </p><p> </p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Pause print in gcode</title>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 01:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hi everyone,I&#039;d like to use some of the ideas you&#039;ve compiled here to achieve something you should (imo) be able to do in PrusaSlic3r with the ColorPrint feature (but currently can&#039;t): chang...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi everyone,</p><p>I'd like to use some of the ideas you've compiled here to achieve something you <em>should</em> (imo) be able to do in PrusaSlic3r with the ColorPrint feature (but currently can't): change filament mid-print <em>to a different kind of filament</em>. The ColorPrint solution (which uses M600) won't allow you to change parameters such as extruder temperature <em>between</em> ejecting the old filament and loading the new. Personally I need this because I'd like to experiment with adding one or two layers of something like FLEX on top of an object printed with ABS or PLA in order to get a less slippery surface.</p><p>From what I gather, this might be the best way to do it:</p><pre>M400 ; wait for movement buffer to empty<br />G1 Znnn ; move up a bit<br />G1 X10.000 Y200.000 E0 ; move aside<br />M400 ; wait for movement buffer to empty<br />M702 ; unload filament<br />M109 Snnn ; set extruder temperature for new filament and wait until reached<br />M300 ; beep<br />M1 Press any key to continue... ; wait for user to press button<br />M701 ; load new filament<br />G28 X Y ; re-home X and Y axes, just to be sure<br />G1 Xnnn Ynnn E0 ; return back to where we were on the XY plane<br />G1 Znnn ; restore Z</pre><p>The idea is to slice the model two times with (mostly) the same settings except the filament preset and to use the ColorPrint feature to have the M600 code inserted in both files at the same layer; then split the files by the M600 lines and re-join the appropriate parts with this piece of Gcode in-between (obviously filling in the <em>nnn</em>'s using values from the appropriate file). Does that make sense? :-D Or is there another approach you'd recommend?</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Pause print in gcode</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[@sembazuruFantastic code!  Thanks for taking the time to post this.  I kinda see what you are saying with the Z axis.  Thanks.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@sembazuru</p><p>Fantastic code!  Thanks for taking the time to post this.  I kinda see what you are saying with the Z axis.  Thanks.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Pause print in gcode</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2019 04:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[This is what I use, I keep the link to Joan&#039;s first post in this thread about this because I&#039;m using her comment (and so I can find this thread again). I hadn&#039;t really realized how much I&#039;ve...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is what I use, I keep the link to Joan's first post in this thread about this because I'm using her comment (and so I can find this thread again). I hadn't really realized how much I've added to it since first seeing her post...</p><pre>{if layer_z=4.74}; Pause to insert objects<br />M400 ; wait for movement buffer to empty<br />M300 ; beep<br />M104 S0; Turn off extruder heater to avoid too much oozing<br />; code snippet originally Prusa forums joantabb here: https://forum.prusa3d.com/forum/original-prusa-i3-mk2-s-others-archive/pause-print-in-gcode/#post-125758<br />G1 X10.000 Y200.000 E0; parking position GET THE PRUSA TO STICK IT'S TONGUE OUT! (edited to revise Y coordinate)<br />M400; wait for bed to stop moving<br />M300; beep again<br />M84; disable motors (may not be necessary)<br />M0; user stop<br />G28 X Y; Home X and Y (only) to correct for accidentally moved bed or extruder (it is assumed Z didn't move because that is a harder axis to manually move).<br />M109 S; return nozzle to printing temperature<br />{endif}</pre><p>Change the layer_z value to what is required for your print, copy the full if...endif statement as many times as you need to pause and enter the proper layer_z value for each copy.</p><p>An error above earlier in this thread is using M105 to turn the hot end heater back on. (May originally have been a typeo that never got caught.) M105 only returns the temperatures to the console and M0 doesn't seem to turn off either the hot end nor the bed heaters. Turning off the hot end reduces oozing while paused but the bed stays hot so the part doesn't pop off of a cooling bed.</p><p>I haven't had any problem with the re-homing causing any layer shifts... Maybe I'm lucky? I like the idea above about moving the z axis up, but I wasn't sure if this would be executed before or after the generated gcode to move to the correct z height. If I put a z axis up command in, I'll use what I modified the original end gcode Z-height lift to after I decided 3cm above a low print doesn't get the z height high enough to clean the nozzle after a low print:</p><pre>{if layer_z &lt; max_print_height}G1 Z{z_offset+min((layer_z/max_print_height)*(max_print_height-100)+100, max_print_height)}{endif} ; Move print head up proportionally of print height to max </pre><p>This formula basically moves the Z to a height in the upper 10cm of the print volume proportionate to where the current z height is to the full print volume. I'm not sure how the z_offset works into this formula, but it was in the original code from Prusa. I figured if I didn't know what it was for I would leave well enough alone.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Pause print in gcode</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 23:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Posted by: captclearleftG1 X10.000 Y200.000 Z100.000 E0; parking position GET THE PRUSA TO STICK IT&#039;S TONGUE OUT! (edited to revise Y coordinate)I added a Z100 so that I can clean the PETG g...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote data-userid="122402" data-postid="162548"><div class="wpforo-post-quote-author"><strong>Posted by: captclearleft</strong></div><p>G1 X10.000 Y200.000 Z100.000 E0; parking position GET THE PRUSA TO STICK IT'S TONGUE OUT! (edited to revise Y coordinate)</p><p>I added a Z100 so that I can clean the PETG goop off the nozzle.  </p></blockquote><p>The absolute Z100 will come back to haunt you; any Z move should take into account current Z position (aka - current print height).</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Pause print in gcode</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[This worked for me on my Mk2S.  ;Pause Print Here G1 X10.000 Y200.000 Z100.000 E0; parking position GET THE PRUSA TO STICK IT&#039;S TONGUE OUT! (edited to revise Y coordinate)M1; user stopM105; ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This worked for me on my Mk2S.  </p><p>;Pause Print Here <br />G1 X10.000 Y200.000 Z100.000 E0; parking position GET THE PRUSA TO STICK IT'S TONGUE OUT! (edited to revise Y coordinate)<br />M1; user stop<br />M105; return to current temp<br />;Resume Print Here (with Octoprint resume)</p><p>I added a Z100 so that I can clean the PETG goop off the nozzle.  </p><p> </p><p> </p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Pause print in gcode</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2019 21:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Posted by: torsten.lWhat exactly is the bug in the M601/M602 process proposed earlier? I would prefer to have the nozzle cool down during the pause, so as not to cook the filament if I&#039;m not...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote data-userid="8237" data-postid="130759"><div class="wpforo-post-quote-author"><strong>Posted by: torsten.l</strong></div><p>What exactly is the bug in the M601/M602 process proposed earlier? I would prefer to have the nozzle cool down during the pause, so as not to cook the filament if I'm not there to respond immediately (overnight prints!).</p><p>Yes, I could obviously insert the temp codes manually into the gcode file, but it's another step and a possible source of mistakes (just lazily copy+pasting from a previous print could, for example, result in a PETG print resuming at PLA temperature). Having the printer store the "temperature of the day" is safer.</p><p>/Torsten</p></blockquote><p>Use the placeholders ... they include the filament profile temps...</p><p> </p><p>M109 S ; set &amp; wait 1st layer extruder temp</p><p>or </p><p>M109 S ; set &amp; wait other layer extruder temp</p><p> </p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: Pause print in gcode</title>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2019 01:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Having some success with the suggested workaround.  Currently using this with my MK3:

G1 X10.000 Y200.000 E0; parking position
M17; turn on steppers*
M104 S0; set temp to 0
M300 S2500 P1000...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<t>Having some success with the suggested workaround.  Currently using this with my MK3:<br/>
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G1 X10.000 Y200.000 E0; parking position<br/>
M17; turn on steppers*<br/>
M104 S0; set temp to 0<br/>
M300 S2500 P1000; beep<br/>
M1 PAUSED; stop and print message<br/>
M109 S195; set and wait for temp<br/>
G28 X Y; home X and Y*<br/>
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I'm using the M17 and G28 alternately. When I know I'll be around for the pause, I'll do the M17 because I like that the bed can't accidentally move.  But if I'm away or it's overnight I'm instead using G28 to rehome after, as I don't like the idea of the steppers being statically engaged for 10+ hours.  Is that being overly cautious?  <br/>
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Unfortunately the G28 method has messed up a couple of prints, as it seems the X-axis shifted ~5mm in the process of rehoming (I definitely didn't bump the extruder during the pause). Is there an alternate method of re-homing that might not be susceptible to that issue?<br/>
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Thanks again for the solutions above. Happy to have this mostly solved for now.</t>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: Pause print in gcode</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2019 17:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[After moving to the parked position you could add &quot;M104 S0&quot; to turn the extruder heat off. Then on resume use &quot;M104 SXXX&quot; (where XXX is the temp you need for printing) and &quot;M109 SXXX&quot; (XXX =...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<QUOTE author="gnat" post_id="132309" time="1551975927" user_id="99262">
After moving to the parked position you could add "M104 S0" to turn the extruder heat off. Then on resume use "M104 SXXX" (where XXX is the temp you need for printing) and "M109 SXXX" (XXX = same value as the M104 command) which should wait for it to reach that temp before continuing.<br/>
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Looking at the list again, you may only need the M109 at restart, but I'm not sure. All the examples I've seen had both.
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Thanks, I will try this tonight and report back. Having a workaround will be great while Prusa (hopefully) fixes the M601/602 bug.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: Pause print in gcode</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2019 17:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[What exactly is the bug in the M601/M602 process proposed earlier? I would prefer to have the nozzle cool down during the pause, so as not to cook the filament if I&#039;m not there to respond im...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<QUOTE author="josh.w3" post_id="132304" time="1551974741" user_id="38809">
<QUOTE author="torsten.l" post_id="130759" time="1551170472" user_id="8239">
What exactly is the bug in the M601/M602 process proposed earlier? I would prefer to have the nozzle cool down during the pause, so as not to cook the filament if I'm not there to respond immediately (overnight prints!).<br/>
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Yes, I could obviously insert the temp codes manually into the gcode file, but it's another step and a possible source of mistakes (just lazily copy+pasting from a previous print could, for example, result in a PETG print resuming at PLA temperature). Having the printer store the "temperature of the day" is safer.<br/>
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/Torsten
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I would also like to know a solution for having the printer cool down and successfully heat back up when resumed (for long overnight prints when I'm not awake to immediately insert the objects and un-pause).  I too have experienced the M601 issue where the MK3 does not successfully resume.<br/>
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Has anyone figured out working gcode for a "long pause -- cool down -- heat back up -- resume "  with the MK3?  (using the current 'temp of the day' as Torsten suggests above, not hard-coded temps)  Would be very grateful for additional suggestions to try.<br/>
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Also, thanks to Joan and everyone else who's already contributed to this thread.  Super helpful.
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<a href="https://github.com/prusa3d/Prusa-Firmware/wiki/Supported-G-codes"><LINK_TEXT text="https://github.com/prusa3d/Prusa-Firmwa ... ed-G-codes">https://github.com/prusa3d/Prusa-Firmware/wiki/Supported-G-codes</LINK_TEXT></a><br/>
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After moving to the parked position you could add "M104 S0" to turn the extruder heat off. Then on resume use "M104 SXXX" (where XXX is the temp you need for printing) and "M109 SXXX" (XXX = same value as the M104 command) which should wait for it to reach that temp before continuing.<br/>
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Looking at the list again, you may only need the M109 at restart, but I'm not sure. All the examples I've seen had both.]]></content:encoded>
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