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        <title>Trigger Relay with Extruder Stepper Driver</title>
        <description> Is there a way that a relay can be triggered only when the stepper driver is moving in a positive direction, ie can I turn on a fan only when the extruder is extruding and turn it off when its retracting?</description>
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            <title>Re: Trigger Relay with Extruder Stepper Driver</title>
            <link>https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,629064,629185#msg-629185</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ You could tap off the direction pin on the driver board, that might do what you want.  You'd have to add a transistor / FET / op-amp or similar power amplifying device though.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>nebbian</dc:creator>
            <category>General</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2016 22:28:23 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: Trigger Relay with Extruder Stepper Driver</title>
            <link>https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,629064,629076#msg-629076</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ The M571 command does this (see [<a href="http://reprap.org/wiki/Gcodes#M571:_Set_output_on_extrude" target="_blank"  rel="nofollow">reprap.org</a>]), but AFAIK the only firmware that supports it is RepRapFirmware.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>dc42</dc:creator>
            <category>General</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:32:20 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Trigger Relay with Extruder Stepper Driver</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Is there a way that a relay can be triggered only when the stepper driver is moving in a positive direction, ie can I turn on a fan only when the extruder is extruding and turn it off when its retracting?]]></description>
            <dc:creator>vulcanrd</dc:creator>
            <category>General</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:04:16 -0500</pubDate>
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