[Request] Option to disable all checks for the printer

[Macj332]

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I have a 3D printer that I am using to test software on a tablet by attaching a stylus to the head of the printer. I need to be able to take snapshots of the display after certain button presses. Currently, I am unable to do this because Octolapse will not trigger from a Gcode trigger if no layer has been placed. I also needed to fill in a bunch of random data in the slicer settings area because I am not using a slicer.

It would be very convenient if Octolapse had a setting where it do nothing except take a picture when it sees a Gcode trigger. Please let me know if this is already a setting that I just haven't found yet. Thank you.

Version of Octolapse

Octolapse Version: 0.4.1

Version of OctoPrint

OctoPrint Version: 1.6.1

When you ran into the problem, did you have diagnostic logging enabled?

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What were you doing when the problem occurred

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What should have happened?

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What happened instead?

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Operating System running OctoPrint and Octolapse

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Printer model & used firmware incl. version

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Browser and version of browser, operating system running browser

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Link to the gcode file you were printing when the problem occurred

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Link to settings.json

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Link to plugin_octolapse.log

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Link to octoprint.log

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Link to contents of Javascript console in the browser

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[FormerLurker]

No, there is no convenient way to do this currently. However, it would be pretty easy to setup a script and use the GcodeSystemCommand plugin to capture an image from your camera's stream. You can even then use Octolapse to assemble the snapshots into a video by uploading them into the 'Videos and Images'->'Saved Snapshots'->'Import Snapshot Archive (zip)' functionality! Let me know if you need some help. The first timelapse I did was using the GcodeSystemCommands plugin, so I have a soft spot in my heart for that plugin :)

[Macj332]

Thank you. That is a neat plugin that I did not know existed. I will see if I can throw something together to get that to work. The one part I am having a little difficulty with is trying to take a picture while octoprint is using the camera. How did you get around that? Thank you for all the help.

[FormerLurker]

I basically downloaded the image from the snapshot url (http://ip_of_pi/webcam?action=snapshot) using curl. It will be a pretty short and easy script. I tried to find the one I used, but I might not have saved it :(

[Macj332]

I would not have thought of using curl. That is very helpful. Hopefully I can have this working today. Thank you again.