The compressor by far, the rest of the machine is about as noisy as a 3d printer.
Some good ideas there @CescoAiel keep us updated with it interested to see what you do
I would advise against turning on and off the chiller between jobs, best leave it on the whole day if your using the machine frequently.
Compressor, Laser Psu, motors and extractor fan you can turn off when idle in between jobs to lower the noise and power usage.
@Bonne Wilce we may change it later on, but for now we’re more likely to forget to turn it off (because we cannot hear it) or on (only twice, and only for 4-5 seconds, but we want to prevent the chance of leaving it off for longer!)
We aren’t doing long sessions yet, as we’re still in the testing phase (BTW: I had to turn trickle back to 0.7 because it still fired very unreliably)
Smoothie config to allow for hard-reset by command (using pin 0.25)
##RESET switch
Switch module for reset control
M80 will pull it low, and the reboot will reset it to high
This allows for a hard reset by a command (M80)
when you don’t have access to the reset switch
switch.reset.enable true # Enable this module
switch.reset.input_on_command M80 # This switch is turned on (LOW) when M80 is sent
switch.reset.input_off_command M81 # This switch is turned off (HIGH) when M81 is sent
switch.reset.output_pin 0.25!^ # This pin is turned off (Low) when this switch is turned on, and vice-versa
switch.reset.output_type digital # No PWM, just on or off
The under-side of the FABkit, also the network cable from network to switch is there… The HDMI connects with a F/F HDMI coupler to another HDMI cable to an external monitor!
I have modified the plans a bit… I have on order a 2nd Samsung NC switch for the emergency cutoff button (you can fit up to 3 of those on the button itself)
I already have a 2nd SSR
I also cut holes for and already mounted in the back 3 IEC320 sockets (1 male for power in, 2 female for power out)
1 Power in so the cooler and extraction aren’t behind the same fuse the FABkit is on…
1 Power out connected to the 2nd emergency shut-off switch for the cooler, so it gets turned on and off with the rest of the FABkit (since I can’t reach the small switch on the back 90% of the time, we just use the big red button for that. Also the small switch also switches off the Pipo, Smoothie and network switch inside!)
1 Power out connected to the SSR, controlled by a free pin on the smoothie, to turn extraction on and off at the beginning and end of each job…
Added to the back 3 IEC plugs (2F/1M)
Top one goes to the cooler, via a 2nd breaker (NC) switch on the emergency stop
Middle one goes to air evacuation via a 2nd SSR
Bottom one is power in for the above two (so they’re not all behind the fuse for the FABkit itself)
Have you also thought to connect the chillers alarm up to a pin on the smoothie. Should be able to set it to Trigger the alarm state if not on or too hot.