Camera-Settings-Control.md

It's possible to control camera settings with macros.

Note

This procedure must be repeated if you update the firmware or if you restore the printer to default settings.

Installation

• Make sure you have followed this Installation Helper Script section before.

• In the script, enter in [Install Menu] by typing 1 and validate with Enter and install Camera Settings Control files:

  

Configuration

• Open printer.cfg file:

  • On original Fluidd Web Interface go to Configuration icon on the left side.
  • On original Mainsail Web Interface go to Machine tab on the left side.

• And add this lines:

  [include camera-settings.cfg]
  

• Then, click on SAVE AND RESTART button in the top right corner.

• Now you can use the different macros starting with CAM_ to configure your camera settings:

  

  CAM_SETTINGS macro can be used to show all current camera settings:

  

• When restarting the printer your camera settings will not be preserved, to correct this open camera-settings.cfg and add this lines by modifying the desired values:

  [delayed_gcode LOAD_CAM_SETTINGS]
  initial_duration: 2
  gcode:
    CAM_BRIGHTNESS BRIGHTNESS=0
    CAM_CONTRAST CONTRAST=32
    CAM_SATURATION SATURATION=56
    CAM_SHARPNESS SHARPNESS=3
    CAM_HUE HUE=0
    CAM_WHITE_BALANCE_TEMPERATURE_AUTO WHITE_BALANCE_TEMPERATURE_AUTO=1
    CAM_WHITE_BALANCE_TEMPERATURE WHITE_BALANCE_TEMPERATURE=4600
    CAM_GAMMA GAMMA=80
    CAM_GAIN GAIN=0
    CAM_POWER_LINE_FREQUENCY POWER_LINE_FREQUENCY=1
    CAM_BACKLIGHT_COMPENSATION BACKLIGHT_COMPENSATION=1
    CAM_EXPOSURE_AUTO EXPOSURE_AUTO=3
    CAM_EXPOSURE_ABSOLUTE EXPOSURE_ABSOLUTE=156
    CAM_EXPOSURE_AUTO_PRIORITY EXPOSURE_AUTO_PRIORITY=0
  

  [!NOTE] Here all macros are configured with their default value, you can remove unmodified ones if they don't need to be loaded when Klipper starts.

• Then, click on SAVE AND RESTART button in the top right corner.