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Camera Settings Control

This allows to control camera settings with macros.

Warning

This feature is not compatible with the new hardware version of the camera.
You can control settings if you use a USB Cam by installing USB camera from USB port.

Note

This procedure must be repeated after restoring the printer to factory settings.

Installation

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

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

Use

  • 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 located in Helper-Script folder and edit this lines with the desired values:

    camera-settings.cfg
    [delayed_gcode LOAD_CAM_SETTINGS]
initial_duration: 2
gcode:
  CAM_BRIGHTNESS BRIGHTNESS=0
  CAM_CONTRAST CONTRAST=32
  CAM_SATURATION SATURATION=56
  CAM_HUE HUE=0
  CAM_WHITE_BALANCE_TEMPERATURE_AUTO WHITE_BALANCE_TEMPERATURE_AUTO=1
  CAM_GAMMA GAMMA=80
  CAM_GAIN GAIN=0
  CAM_POWER_LINE_FREQUENCY POWER_LINE_FREQUENCY=1
  CAM_SHARPNESS SHARPNESS=3
  CAM_BACKLIGHT_COMPENSATION BACKLIGHT_COMPENSATION=1
  CAM_EXPOSURE_AUTO EXPOSURE_AUTO=3
  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.


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