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makerbot / ReplicatorG

An open-source gcode interpreter for driving RepRaps, Makerbots, and other similar CNC beasties
http://replicat.org
GNU General Public License v2.0
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Battery check and warning for live prints #143

Closed ErikDeBruijn closed 13 years ago

ErikDeBruijn commented 14 years ago

This feature would be great for fool-proof operation. At least at some point in each machine's life its operator will be distracted, especially when giving demonstrations, or generally when the operator is tired from working late hours hacking his machine the night before. It's really a shame to have a failed print that is unnecessary, moreover for non-5D prints it may cause extruders to not turn off (if you're unlucky) or cause a fire (if you're really unlucky).

The downside is that this needs to be implemented separately for each OS because different API's are involved. So this bugfix will require some testing, but I think it's worth it to solve this early rather than late (same for forced windows updates!).

phooky commented 13 years ago

Migrated to Lighthouse: http://replicatorg.lighthouseapp.com/projects/66325/tickets/