This node's purpose is to collect useful custom controls you can add to OctoPrint's configuration in the controls section to fulfill certain tasks. Feel free to contribute, this is a wiki node that any member with a trust level of 1 or higher can edit!
Fan control
Adds two controls, one parametric control for enabling the fan which also allows you to specify the speed as a value between 0 (off) and 255 (full speed), and one simple button for turning the fan off.
- name: Enable Fan
type: parametric_command
command: M106 S%(speed)s
input:
- name: Speed (0-255)
parameter: speed
default: 255
- name: Disable Fan
type: command
command: M107
ATX Power Supply Control
Turn on and off your ATX power supply.
- name: PSU
type: section
children:
- name: Power On
type: command
command: M80
- name: Power Off
type: command
command: M81
Print speed and flow control
Use these two adjust speed and flow control during printing.
- name: Printing Controls
type: section
children:
- command: M220 S%(speed)s
name: Printer Speed
type: parametric_command
input:
- name: (0-200%)
parameter: speed
default: 100
- command: M221 S%(flow)s
name: Flow rate
type: parametric_command
input:
- name: (0-200%)
parameter: flow
default: 100
Get current position
Adds a command that queries the current position of the print head and extruder from the printer, parses the corresponding response and displays it in the UI.
- name: Get Position
type: feedback_command
command: M114
regex: "X:([0-9.-]+)Y:([0-9.-]+)Z:([0-9.-]+)E:([0-9.-]+)"
template: "Position: X={0}, Y={1}, Z={2}, E={3}"
A few more details:
"[...]
feedback_command: Like command, but you can defined a regular expression that will be checked against messages sent by the printer and allow displaying the extracted groups in the UI, e.g. "M114" ->
"ok C: X:10.00 Y:3.20 Z:5.20 E:1.24" -> "Current position is (10.00, 3.20, 5.20), E = 1.24". Uses Python's "str.format" method to merge the matched sub groups from the given regex ("(...)") into the template format string.
[...]"
Calibration controls for delta printers.
These controls allow you to quickly move between the three points used during delta calibration. Simply move to the desired point, jog the nozzle down (either with an LCD controller or octoprint), adjust your end stops, rinse and repeat.
- name: Calibrate
type: section
children:
- name: Move Z
type: parametric_commands
commands:
- G28
- G0 Z%(height)s F1500
input:
- default: 5
name: Height
parameter: height
- name: Zero Z axis
type: parametric_commands
commands:
- G28
- G0 X0 Y90 Z%(height)s F1500
input:
- default: 5
name: G0 X0 Y90 Z
parameter: height
- name: Zero Y Axis
type: parametric_commands
commands:
- G28
- G0 X77.94 Y-45 Z%(height)s F1500
input:
- default: 5
name: G0 X77.94 Y-45 Z
parameter: height
- name: Zero X Axis
type: parametric_commands
commands:
- G28
- G0 X-77.94 Y-45 Z%(height)s F1500
input:
- default: 5
name: G0 X-77.94 Y-45 Z
parameter: height
If you want to use these to also jog up and down to a specific location you can remove the G28 command.
Updating Repetier EEPROM values.
There are three parametric commands here. The first is for updating the XYZ max length. The second will change any value as long as you know the type, location and desired value. Finally, the last set can be used to update PID values.
- children:
- commands:
- M206 T3 P145 X%(maxLength)s
- M206 T3 P149 X%(maxLength)s
- M206 T3 P153 X%(maxLength)s
- M500
- G28
input:
- default: null
name: Max Z height
parameter: maxLength
name: Set XYZ max length
type: parametric_commands
- commands:
- M206 T%(type)s P%(location)s X%(value)s
- M500
- G28
input:
- default: null
name: Type
parameter: type
- default: null
name: Location
parameter: location
- default: null
name: Value
parameter: value
name: EEPROM
type: parametric_commands
- commands:
- M206 T3 P218 X%(pgain)s
- M206 T3 P222 X%(igain)s
- M206 T3 P226 X%(dgain)s
- M500
input:
- default: null
name: P-gain
parameter: pgain
- default: null
name: I-gain
parameter: igain
- default: null
name: D-gain
parameter: dgain
name: Update PID
type: parametric_commands
These controls were written for a delta printer using Repetier firmware on a rambo board. Please keep that in mind if you use them.
Filament Change
Establishes a section to swap out filament easily.
- name: Filament Change
children:
- name: Filament Out
type: command
commands:
- G91
- G1 E-600 F600
- G90
- name: Filament In
type: command
commands:
- G91
- G1 E550 F600
- G90
- name: Finish Load
type: command
commands:
- G91
- G1 E50 F300
- G90
- G92 E0
Details: G1 Ennn is dependent on how long your path from extruder to hotend is in mm. Fnnn is feedrate for the extruder, which is in mm/min. It's handy to have this value be a higher number than you normally use for the Extrude/Retract buttons in OctoPrint to expedite filament swap. The Finish Load button is intended to allow for manipulation of a long bowden tube at the very end where the filament may jam up if not positioned accurately, and I'm not sure the G92 E0 is strictly necessary but I've found it helpful for doing other tweaks with the extrude/retract function in the terminal. You can easily do away with the whole Finish Load section if you're confident that your filament is not prone to jamming at the juncture of whatever feed tube you may have installed. Add "layout: horizontal" without the quotes below Filament Change to modify the menu appearance. Happy tweaking and printing!