Simplifying the questions,
can you write and debug python using visual studio, Yes.
Has it been ported to run on windows?
Kevin himself has a response to that
https://github.com/KevinOConnor/klipper/issues/197#issuecomment-369980605
Cartesian by its nature requires an extruder motor in addition to XYZ. some
setups have multiple extruder motors, post your config file so we can check
for issues before changing the code.
Warmest Regards,
Christopher P. Yarger
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Skype: cpyarger
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I have set up my machine with a spindle so I can do light milling, PCBs
etc. I should be able to run the spindle by pretending it is a fan (unless
there is a better way) but I also want to add 3 additional steppers,
actually axes since they’ll need end stops.
One to fully retract my Z-Probe (optical /IR) to protect it from swarf,
and 2 more for a vertically mounted pen style USB microscope (zoom and
focus) that I want to use to re-position and re-orientate the G-Code when
doing the second side of a double sided PCB.
I’ve had a look through the ‘stepper.py’ file and it appears that this
should be possible as long as I stick to single letter names (stepper_u,
stepper_v, stepper_w etc.) but when I tried it I get an error
*“!! Section 'stepper_u' is not a valid config section”*
Python is next on my list of languages to learn but at a guess I figure
that since the printer has the setting “kinematics: cartesian” it will only
accept x,y & z steppers.
So my question is, is it possible to do this with Klipper as it is or do I
have to accept that this is a perfect opportunity to learn Python by
writing and Extras Module??
If I do have to write an Extras Module, does anyone know if the Klipper
host can be built and tested on a Windows machine using Visual Studio (my
preferred IDE) and if not suggest a good IDE to use on Ubuntu since I can
run that using Windows Subsystem for Linux.
Regards
Dan
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