Mainsail2.1 timelapse Tutorial

Timelapse tutorial for Mainsail/Klipper. I hope you will find this useful.
0:24 Intro
0:50 quick show off of Mainsail 2.1
3:35 configure your moonraker to get the Beta repo
4:10 update moonraker -update mainsail to 2.1 beta
4:50 install timelapse component
6:50 Enable the auto updater in moonraker
8:40 Activate time lapse component
11:30 configure timelapse
20:00 include klipper Macros
21:30 configure slicer
22:40 Add render macro to your end gcode (optional. If you shutdown printer through end gcode)
28:12 Printing and testing it
29:04 Timelapse exemple
29:27 conclusion
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[@jesseg9163]

Hey, i noticed that your fan controllers are all manually controlable via the GUI. Currently, only my hot en fan is manually controlable. Do you think you could tell me how to make the all controlable like yours?

[@EB3DPrinting]

This is exactly what I was waiting for!! Awesome!! Now the last thing I need to figure out is how to get Moonraker to communicate with my Kasa Smart Strip. After that, I'll be making the switch 100% to Mainsail

[@Vez3D]

There is a plugin for power stuff...like tplink

[@360worldviews4]

waiting for exlude object or area !

[@oDeathsentence]

dunno how I ended up here...but... that printer looks beast.

[@CruzMonrreal]

It is.

[@toma.cnc1]

Oh hell, now i have to go update a Voron Legacy and a converted Ender 5+, it is cold in the shop ! :) Thank you.

[@autofctrl]

Great video!! I sincerely wouldn't have known what to do without this video. Thank you so much.. you helped me a lot! I finally (thx to you) got it working! :)

[@gouichichefarouk2329]

thanks lot for valuable information shared

[@tommihommi1]

I got the beta through KIAUH

[@MacAdder1965]

Excellent video! Perfect speed and information. You nailed it and explained every part of the installation. Thank you so much.

[@puboilermaker360]

Anyone know if this is available or coming to Fluidd?

[@alanli8263]

Is there any way to install it on FLUIDD?

[@Vez3D]

The timelapse component yes.. since its moonraker..but you will have to rely on moonraker config

[@pablojesusperezdiaz4305]

@@Vez3D How do I get the beta version in fluidd?

[@pablojesusperezdiaz4305]

@@Vez3D modify the moonraker and add the _beta but no beta update appears

[@pokenchoke]

@@pablojesusperezdiaz4305 same thing happens to me

[@markpod2098]

brilliant vid on setting up the timelapse

[@alf9019]

Thanks for the great video! 👍 Mainsail is making awesome progress.

[@TAJPEJ84]

Thanks a lot for the video, it's a huge help.

[@MyGuyNoob]

Is there a way to move the directory where the timelapse is store, trying to store it to a USB

[@rangebear1]

Managed to get it to work! Thank you! Now if i might steal your thread, can anyone recommend a good usb camera for some decent money?

[@Vez3D]

the Pi cam v2 with the sony sensor is pretty good. I think it beats a lot of USB cam

[@Duckers_McQuack]

Damn, might switch over to moonsail after my current print :P also, can i have a part list for your voron setup? As my ender 3 pro with klipper at 60mm's printing is a snail compared to your printer lol

[@BH4x0r]

@Vez3D By the way little idea, wouldn't it be possible to use the 5160 HV's with a 24V board IF you manually connect the wires except for the 24V one and get the positive supply off of a 48V supply instead? That could perhaps be an interesting upgrade for alot of people who have the regular mainboards (Octopus 1/1.1, SKR, MKS etc..)? That way the stepper driver gets the 48V supply but you don't risk damaging components on the mainboards, and you can run stepper drivers on different voltages whenever you feel like it

[@Vez3D]

Yes you could. And I did that in the past...but you also need a 60v or 100v cap....and you have to be careful to noy shutdown the 48v psu while the 24v is on or you blow the drivers. A safer way is to use the Annex engineering super nova...and keep you board

[@BH4x0r]

@Vez3D Interesting, that board looks nice.. however i feel like it might be fine if you'd add something to slowly ramp down the voltage? AFAIK the instant poweroff is the thing that kills our drivers because of all of the energy stored in the stepper coils get discharged through the down-powered chips? maybe even a good cap bank with power input detection via a mosfet or something to directly turn off the EN to the drivers if something went wrong on the input so they can slowly discharge in voltage while the steppers are unpowered already That board looks nice though, but i like tinkering :D I feel like it would be nice to maybe make a board dedicated to that so drivers won't blow themselves on any board incl the BTT Octopus Pro

[@mr_uganda7062]

When i try to activate the timelapse component like at 8:24 It doesnt work. When I reload after pasting [timelapse] into the moonraker.cfg It doesnt show as a new feature in Mainsail. It does show timelapse in the update manager though. Anyone know what I did wrong here?

[@Armor3dprinting]

Followed the directions, but I'm not getting a timelapse.cfg to populate. I made the file manually, but it's empty. Any resources out there to find what I need to put in it?

[@Vez3D]

Its a bit dated now. I would suggest you check instruction on mainsail web site

[@Armor3dprinting]

@@Vez3D I tried might just have to wait for an update

[@jilesh12312]

I did as per the installation and now after some prints, all settings are same with layer change gcode inserted but still I dont see any status on the timelapse page. dont know what is the issue

[@dejanjustin9005]

hello nice video but i have a problem my timelapse.cfg file is empty so could you be so kind and copy it and send it back thanks

[@RawArtist]

Great video :D would be interested in how you maintenance your Linear rails and your Linear carriages would be happy to see a video about that Cheers :D

[@Vez3D]

Tons of video about this alrealy. I just clean them in 99% alcool then relube them

[@RawArtist]

@@Vez3D I know, but you go for much higher speeds would you share which lube did you use im still looking for good solutions

[@fractalsauce]

Just moved to Klipper and wanted to know if there was a timelapse plugin and found this. Perfect tutorial thanks so much!

[@TORDesign]

Terrific thanks - seems to be working even though I cannot see a timelapse.cfg file.

[@cjthemountain]

I haven't touched linux in a decade. Currently going down a rabbit hole on 3d printing because... well it's fun.This video was an excellent guide!

[@mohamedadam3085]

Hello, My timelapse is 640x480 resolution, can you please show me how to change that to a higher resolution?

[@Vez3D]

What type of cam?

[@fnclnz]

Great tutorial, unfortunately I stumble upon a problem with the beta, after installation Mainsail dashboard layout got messed up, missing buttons or text making Mainsail unusable, I had to revert back to the non beta version.

[@dibonko]

Ouch, I gave thumbs up before it works for me 😄 It doesn't really matter but in the End G-code P600000 would be 10 minutes, not 5, I believe 🙂

[@Vez3D]

Ooops yeah.. you are right haha

[@tohidbarzgary8841]

awesome content as always 👍

[@mtalbot74]

Thanks for the video. Helped alot.

[@lukaskurz3606]

Great vid as always. BTW u misspelled "timelapse" as "timelpase" in ur thumbnail :^)

[@Vez3D]

oh dang it... thanks

[@BH4x0r]

that looks so much better than Octoprint that there is no contest even tbh, too bad it isn't compatible with other firmwares (correct me if i'm wrong tho)

[@frysennberg]

mainsail/moonraker is klipper only sorry

[@androiduberalles]

If you can, you ought to give klipper a try. It has a steep learning curve like everything else, but it's pretty good!

[@BH4x0r]

@@frysennberg np, just made sure if it was or not. honestly maybe i should switch to Klipper either way but i've also got an RRF board.. uh well was planning to build a new large printer either way, and RRF already has a control similar to this, the new printer will get klipper with an octopus.

[@BH4x0r]

@@androiduberalles Yeah i don't like how you have to define everything in a config file, however otherwise it's just as simple as getting your boards pinout pdf and enter the ones ya want to use, guess it'll be for my Octopus build which will be in the future as i aint got enough money rn to really justify building a whole printer, i'd rather keep a reserve for if i really need it and linear rails are rather expensive especially on large machines also lots of design work to do as i still need to design the majority of it as i like the available ones, but i really want it 500x500x500(or 1000 high build area even..) and there aren't alot of options for printers this big out rn lol, i guess i could use a 500x500 HevORT design but oh well.. yeah aint for directly

[@mhgscrubadub9917]

Honestly consider the switch. Just a pi and possibly a $5 bootloader. Not the hardest thing in the world given your printer is still pretty standard. Learning curve seems daunting but once you get it is beautiful

[@sgerwald]

How do u probe ur bed?

[@Vez3D]

I dont

[@sgerwald]

@@Vez3D ah ok. Good to know ;)

[@jchristensen2022]

Nope...did not work for me sorry. Followed your instructions but am only getting a single jpg of 0kb. No files showing up in timelapse folder on mainsail and no status info when doing a timelapse print sequence. Any ideas?

[@Vez3D]

Very hard to say without knowing what you did and without seeing your config file. But on mainsail discord server you can have a lot of support

[@jchristensen2022]

@@Vez3D Thanks for the reply. would relally appreciate your help...discord is very slow to reply.

[@jchristensen2022]

@Vez3D I'm starting from scratch... literally... a new install of mainsail os on a clean SDcard as my current Fluiddpi install does have samba shares etc that could potentially effect operations. No biggy. Just thought I'd let you know.

[@ZorAxe]

I have this same issue. Did you ever find a solution?

[@jchristensen2022]

@@ZorAxe The fresh install worked from memory... it has been a while, however (coincidently) I have just yesterday done another fresh install because of other issue that I could not fix in the RPi install, however installing Timelapse now seems so much easier to install and it works out of the box (pretty much), of course there are a few little tweaks to do but nothing complicated. HIGHLY recommend to anyone, once your up and running and you are sucessfully printing, create a clone of that working SDcard.

[@mystamo]

Hey Vez! What camera are you interfacing with Klipper? Does it use USB or the Pi Ribbon?

[@Vez3D]

Ribbon. Its the picam

[@mystamo]

@@Vez3D Thank you sir.

[@pandronu3663]

@@Vez3D is it the new one with replacable lenses?

[@Vez3D]

@@pandronu3663 the one with the sony sensor

[@lonsdale16op]

Would there be a way to move the print head with a rotary encoder? Like a CNC?

[@Vez3D]

You mean servo motors? Yes ..i had servos before.. but went back to steppers

[@lonsdale16op]

@@Vez3D no i mean as an input instead of typing in a gcode to move the Printhead.