NEW! Bed Fans Smart Monitoring Control System

[FLYN]

Hi guys! Here’s a little something I’ve made & shared for any VORON 2.4 owners out there!
It’s a smart & adaptive bed fans monitoring & control system. It can be used as a stand-alone cfg on any system with bed fans, or part of my full VORON 2.4 macro pack, free links to that on the page.

Take a look & test it out, share it with friends & let me know how you get on with it. I put a lot of hours into this one. Hope you like it.

It’s fully automated so once setup it does it’s own thing & you don’t even have to think about it!
It has live preset adjustments that last for the duration of the print & full override control!

GitHub - 3DPrintDemon/Demon-Smart-Bed-Fans-Monitor-System-For-Voron-2.4-Chamber-Circulation: Smart Bed Fan Control & Monitoring For Klipper Printers

Smart Bed Fan Control & Monitoring For Klipper Printers - GitHub - 3DPrintDemon/Demon-Smart-Bed-Fans-Monitor-System-For-Voron-2.4-Chamber-Circulation: Smart Bed Fan Control & Monitoring For...

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[mkl]

Nice Idea!

Does it monitor the bed temperature to prevent cooling it too much?

I use Bedfans on my V0 and have to regulate them carefully by myself to keep the Bed hot enough...

 

[FLYN]

Nice Idea!

Does it monitor the bed temperature to prevent cooling it too much?

I use Bedfans on my V0 and have to regulate them carefully by myself to keep the Bed hot enough...

Hi, thanks. Yes it sure does, it compares the current bed temp with the set target & if the bed temp falls more than 5°c it’ll stop the fans to let the bed warm back up.

I tried to make this system as automated as possible, & as easy to use as possible.

 

[mkl]

How about adjusting them stepless to maintain the desired temperatures?

 

[ChrisA]

Hi, thanks. Yes it sure does, it compares the current bed temp with the set target & if the bed temp falls more than 5°c it’ll stop the fans to let the bed warm back up.

I tried to make this system as automated as possible, & as easy to use as possible.

5 C??? I think you want to control the bed fan RPM to keep the bed dead on its set point. The bed-fan control loop would need to look at the measured chamber temperature and the desired chamber temperature and decide on how much power to "pull off the plate" based on the differences.. THis is a "PID controlled chamber regulator. But there would have to be limits to keep the bed at constant temperature.

I foubd this thread because I want a bed fan, but I am afraid of over-cooling. So I plan a bed heater upgrade. It is a V0,2 with a 60W heater and before I add the fan I will convert to a 100W heater

You would not be able to simply look at bed temperature to know to turn down the bed fan because the bed temperature is being held constant by a control loop. Maybe it might be best to watch the PWM setting on the heater and as it gets high (perhaps 85% duty cycle?) back off the bed fan.

The purpose of a bed fan is really to make the bed heater generate more heat, but still maintain a constant temperature.

Can this be done with a macro or is a Klipper extension required. I don't know.

 

[FLYN]

5 C??? I think you want to control the bed fan RPM to keep the bed dead on its set point. The bed-fan control loop would need to look at the measured chamber temperature and the desired chamber temperature and decide on how much power to "pull off the plate" based on the differences.. THis is a "PID controlled chamber regulator. But there would have to be limits to keep the bed at constant temperature.

I foubd this thread because I want a bed fan, but I am afraid of over-cooling. So I plan a bed heater upgrade. It is a V0,2 with a 60W heater and before I add the fan I will convert to a 100W heater

You would not be able to simply look at bed temperature to know to turn down the bed fan because the bed temperature is being held constant by a control loop. Maybe it might be best to watch the PWM setting on the heater and as it gets high (perhaps 85% duty cycle?) back off the bed fan.

The purpose of a bed fan is really to make the bed heater generate more heat, but still maintain a constant temperature.

Can this be done with a macro or is a Klipper extension required. I don't know.

the macro has changed a bit since I posted that. I now have system that controls the fan both up & down around a calculated mid-point temperature. The fan power is also limited to a calculated percentage of maximum so it doesn't ramp up & outrun the bed heater during the print. I've been testing it over the last few weeks. For a non PID system it seems better than the previous hi/lo/on/off setup.

 

[FLYN]

How about adjusting them stepless to maintain the desired temperatures?

I have been working on something like this actually.

 

[mkl]

I´m testing your macro (v1.1) right now in my V0.

Works nicely, but it could be more smooth.

For a non PID system it seems better than the previous hi/lo/on/off setup

Are you sure you updated it on github?

 

[FLYN]

I´m testing your macro (v1.1) right now in my V0.

Works nicely, but it could be more smooth.


Are you sure you updated it on github?

I've not released it yet, still testing.

 

[mkl]

OK, i´ll wait