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Marlin is an optimized firmware for RepRap 3D printers based on the Arduino platform. Many commercial 3D printers come with Marlin installed. Check with your vendor if you need source code for your specific machine.
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[FR] Delay start after N hours N minutes from now #9848

Open 452 opened 6 years ago

452 commented 6 years ago

Feature Request

I want to start print my 3D Model e.g at 07:30 AM automatically. (because I live in apartment house and I do not have a garage to get rid of the noise of the 3d printer)

Be very nice to have menu options to start delay printing

"Delay print" -> select model from sd card e.g test.gcode -> select delay e.g 05 min from now or 24 H 09 min from now -> start show and update time information "printing will begin after e.g 09 h 03 min from now, model test.gcode" (in delay printing bed and extruder and fans off - standby mode, enabled by gcode (fans return to previous state when start print))

shitcreek commented 5 years ago

Currently we support G4 to dwell/wait before continuing - http://marlinfw.org/docs/gcode/G004.html. The better solution though is probably to go with OctoPrint. I wouldn't recommend having a print run on its own unattended - this could be disastrous.