In Accessory mode I want to create the splices first on the palette and after its done feed it through the printer. Questions is, is there a way to speed it up on the palette side since it’s not actually going through the printer yet?
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What?
This doesn’t make sense.
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In accessory mode canvas creates two different files. One is the .mcfx for the palette to splice the filament together. The other is a .gcode for the printer. Also in accessory mode the palette is not connected to the printer via USB or any other way. The normal way to run accessory mode is to hit start print on both the palette and printer at the same time. But you could splice the filament first on the palette and when it's completely done move the filament to the printer with the .gcode generated by canvas and it will print the filament in sequence made from the corresponding .mcfx
My question is, when I hit print on the palette with just the .mcfx file can I get the palette to feed out the filament faster than normal after each splice.
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I like this process for a few reasons. I wouldn't have to tie up palette with one print. I could make a full splice for one printer, start that printer and then make other full splices for other printers. Also it would be my little work around for Palette 3 pro not being compatible with Octoprint. I am run small manufacturing so I use the same files over again buy loading cavas's .gcode on to OctoPi and print as I normally do.
If I understand your comments, do you mean like the “custom” print modes that can start without the printer?
If so, then no- the Pallet needs pings and pongs to integrate away error in the drive system when the splice location needs to be consistently in the right spot.
Small prints might be able to get away with pre-spliced sections, where the accumulated error might not be bad enough to cause issues.
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Thanks for the response. Just read into pings and pongs. That gets rid of my dumb ass theory of splicing with out a printer. Sorry still new to the palette. I was mostly look for a work a round for using octoprint and thought I found other tricks. Very disappointed in no Octoprint compatibility. Thanks again for setting me straight.
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