Extending Control of LED Drivers Through Plugins

Original Document

https://github.com/julianschill/klipper-led_effect

Installation

Please use SSH tools such as MobaXterm_Personal to connect to your host computer via WIFI, and you need to confirm the following points

1. Please make sure the Klipper firmware is installed on the host computer
2. Please make sure the user you log in as must be the user who installed Klipper
3. Please make sure your input method is in English
4. Please make sure your host computer can normally detect the device
5. Please make sure all the above precautions are implemented, otherwise you cannot proceed to the next step

Tip

The FAST system already comes with this plugin, so there is no need to install it again.

This module can be installed into an existing Klipper installation using the installation script.

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/julianschill/klipper-led_effect.git
cd klipper-led_effect
./install-led_effect.sh

Reference Configuration

[neopixel TP_led]
pin: <led_pin>
chain_count: 25
# Number of LEDs
# Number of LED beads
color_order: GRB
initial_RED: 0.4    
initial_GREEN: 0.8
initial_BLUE: 1
initial_WHITE: 0.0
#66CCFF 

[led_effect sb_nozzle_cooling]
autostart:              false
frame_rate:             24
leds:
    neopixel:TP_led (9,10)
layers:
        breathing  3 1 top (0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.1)

[led_effect rainbow]
leds:
    neopixel:TP_led
autostart:                          true
frame_rate:                         24
layers:
    gradient  0.3  1 add (0.3, 0.0, 0.0),(0.0, 0.3, 0.0),(0.0, 0.0, 0.3)