Dealing with power failures?
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:08 am
So, I think I've finally gotten my MAX dialed in so it's producing serviceable prints, and I started printing a real model (rather than a calibration target). Things were going along swimmingly until about 1/2 way through our neighborhood lost power due to a kamikaze squirrel.
From what I've seen, the stock config doesn't appear to keep state of where it is in a print job. Is anyone working on means of making sudden power outages more survivable? I'm guessing that it'd take a pretty large UPS to be able to run the motors and the heaters long enough to finish a job, but what about realizing that power's gone, saving the state of the job, and homing the arms on the towers?
From what I've seen, the stock config doesn't appear to keep state of where it is in a print job. Is anyone working on means of making sudden power outages more survivable? I'm guessing that it'd take a pretty large UPS to be able to run the motors and the heaters long enough to finish a job, but what about realizing that power's gone, saving the state of the job, and homing the arms on the towers?