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How To Connect LED Light Ring

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  1. The LED Light Ring mounts onto the two back threaded holes on the underside of the Router-Clamp. If you have the Mafell, you will need to mount it over the top of the Dust-Shoe-Adaptor. Use two spare M5-Button-Head-Bolt-8mm bolts to secure it to the back two threaded holes.

    • The LED Light Ring mounts onto the two back threaded holes on the underside of the Router-Clamp.

    • If you have the Mafell, you will need to mount it over the top of the Dust-Shoe-Adaptor.

    • Use two spare M5-Button-Head-Bolt-8mm bolts to secure it to the back two threaded holes.

    • You will need to forgo the two front mounting bolts.

    • We sell Silicone Wire to connect it. Make sure you buy enough to go through the Drag-Chain-X.

    • The lengths you will need of each colour is: 500mm X-Axis = 1m. 750 or 1000mm X-Axis = 2m. 1500mm X-Axis = 3m.

    • Wire the LED Light Ring into the Extruder 1 Heater outputs on the controller.

    • There is a slot in the Controller-Case-Body directly opposite for the wires.

  2. Under File Management > System click on 'config-user-settings.g'. Then add the following lines

    • Under File Management > System click on 'config-user-settings.g'. Then add the following lines

    • ;Configure LED Light Ring

    • M950 P0 C"e1heat"

    • M42 P0 S1 ; Enable the LED Light Ring

    • This will turn the LED Light Ring on when the machine is turned on.

    • Press the software emergency stop in the top right corner to restart the controller.

    • Use M42 P0 S0 to turn the LED Light Ring off.

    • The S value can be between 0 - 1. It is a sliding scale between off and full brightness.

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I have the Katsu router motor with the dust shoe, in order to fit the shoe I had to use the supplies black adapter ring. This ring then obscures the led light ring fitted above it no light reaches the cutter. So it’s either have light and lots of dust everywhere or no light and all dust collected, so has anyone solved this conundrum.

roger - Reply

Hi Ryan.

I’m sorry but i think there is a little of confusion in this guide.

You are using the ‘H1 Terminal’ term to refer where to connect the led ring.

But on the board the printed label is ‘E1 Heat’.

So probably it is better if you substitute ‘H1 Terminal’ term with ‘E1 Terminal’ term.

Also it is a useful info if you specify that this port manages the Heater 2 on the Duet2 board (Heater 0 = Bed; Heater 1 = E0; Heater 2 = E1 )

Mirco - Reply

Can M42 P2 S1 be used either at the start of the Gcode itself or in the user interface as a pre-script in order to turn on the light when it’s needed? The other bit I don’t fully understand is how it knows which output to switch i.e. H1 or H2. Is it only because it is preceded by a M307 switching off the H2? I’m trying to use both H1 and H2 to switch on the led and trip a SSR controlling the DeWalt. Do I just omit the M307 command in my case?

Peter Holiday - Reply

Hi Peter, yes you can remove it from customconfig.g and put it at the start of your file, or anywhere else you want it come on. The M307 is just to insure nothing else is enabled on that port. For H2 it would be: M307 H3 A-1 C-1 D-1, M42 P3 S1.

Ryan Lock -

Hi Ryan yes I copied this text and pasted it to the customconfig.g

Pete Beetschen - Reply

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