Pulse Time is off…
This has been so frustrating! I've been trying to do my first multicolor print job, using the 4 square example I found somewhere here. It worked great for the first two colors, but failed to produce 3 pulses to choose T2, instead producing 4 pulses to choose T3. I finally created a GCode test file to test the half second delay:
; *******************************************
; This is to test the 3D Chameleon switch timing
; *******************************************
;; Reset feed rate and flow rate.
G90 ; Set all axes to absolute
M220 S100 ;Set Feedrate
;M221 S100 ;Set Flow Rate
G28 ; home all axis
G0 Y235 F2000 ; Switch Triggers @ Y238
M117 Testing
G4 P10000 ; wait 10 seconds
G91 ; move to relative mode
; press the button
G0 Y3 F2000
;Test Reset Command
G4 P3500 ; 3.5 seconds to trigger Reset
; release the button
G0 Y-3
M117 Reset Test CompleteThis should produce 7 Pulses to reset the Chameleon. Instead, it produces 8 pulses!
I experimented with the delay and arived at (450ms * 7) to get the 7 pulses. I then wrote this code to try setting the delay:
; *******************************************
; This is to test the 3D Chameleon switch timing and set it to 1/2 second.
; *******************************************
;; Reset feed rate and flow rate.
G90 ; Set all axes to absolute
M220 S100 ;Set Feedrate
;M221 S100 ;Set Flow Rate
G28 ; home all axis
G0 Y235 F2000 ; Switch Triggers @ Y238
M117 Testing
G4 P5000 ; wait 10 seconds
G91 ; move to relative mode
; press the button
G0 Y3 F2000
;Test Reset Command ; 3500 give 8 pulses. Changed to 450 per half sec.
G4 P3150 ; 3.5 seconds to trigger Reset
; release the button
G0 Y-3
M117 Reset Test Complete
G4 S5
M117 Press for 15 pulses
G90
G0 Y150 F2000 ; Move out of the way to press manually
G4 S10 ; Wait 10 seconds for command to be entered
G0 Y235 F2000 ; Position for triggering again
G4 S2
G91
G0 Y3 F2000
G4 P500 ; Press for 1/2 second
G0 Y-3 F2000
G4 S5 ; Wait 5 seconds
G0 Y3 F2000
G4 P1000 ; Press for 1 second
G0 Y-3 F2000
M117 Test againUnfortunately, this results in about 1/4 second pulses. I'm at a loss...
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Yea… I was really overcomplicating it! I just created a sequence of commands (1 through 7) while in mode 1 and tested. Then I reduced all of them by the same amount until they all worked! Turns out I needed to reduce the delay by 100ms for each.