Output pins seem to have changed after updating to RatOS 2.1

This was the configuration of my daylight leds on previous version. On the latest version only the left LED goes on and the right one does weird behaviour, seems to illuminate sometimes when the printer is doing things.
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now today with tinkering on the rpi to resolve the voltage issues those damn dupont connectors came loose and without thinking I plugged it into PD12 again instead of PD14
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blacksmithforlife
blacksmithforlifeā€¢7mo ago
What board did you select in the configurator?
AsicResistor
AsicResistorOPā€¢7mo ago
the octopus v1.1 while printing the led goes on, after print it seems to go off when I start homing it also goes on
miklschmidt
miklschmidtā€¢7mo ago
Are you sure the power jumper is set correctly? Also are you sure you're not just frying those poor fan mosfets by running LED's on them? šŸ˜…
AsicResistor
AsicResistorOPā€¢7mo ago
I never had any issues with them, they run on 24v so the amps shouldn't be too high I would think I also always ran them at half the power
miklschmidt
miklschmidtā€¢7mo ago
in any case, RatOS can't change pins on your board. PD14 and PD13 is PD14 and PD13 @AsicResistor do you have any macro's defined for controlling those leds?
AsicResistor
AsicResistorOPā€¢7mo ago
No, all I had to do previously was add that to my printer.cfg and the sliders appeared in mainsail automatically
AsicResistor
AsicResistorOPā€¢7mo ago
That's why it seems like a software thing to me, it is very systematically that the right led strip goes on when I start a print and goes off when the print is done
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miklschmidt
miklschmidtā€¢7mo ago
Yeah then there's nothing from RatOS influencing it, it's all down to electronics and manual configuration unfortunately. RatOS has LED macro's that you may have inadvertently half overwritten, that's why i asked, but if you're not using any macro's that's not the case. If it's a software thing it's a klipper thing
AsicResistor
AsicResistorOPā€¢7mo ago
I found out what was wrong I previously used PD12 because it was the first port available on the board but when I put that in the config klipper gave me a warning that a system function uses that port and cannot be used for anything else
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AsicResistor
AsicResistorā€¢7mo ago
now today with tinkering on the rpi to resolve the voltage issues those damn dupont connectors came loose and without thinking I plugged it into PD12 again instead of PD14
miklschmidt
miklschmidtā€¢7mo ago
yeah that's the controller fan hahaha so your leds were acting like your controller fan šŸ˜‚ well that explains a lot Don't you have any driver cooling? Or are you using an always on fan?
AsicResistor
AsicResistorOPā€¢7mo ago
I'm running without any driver cooling šŸ˜…
miklschmidt
miklschmidtā€¢7mo ago
i really recommend cooling those! just in case (also extends their life)
AsicResistor
AsicResistorOPā€¢7mo ago
Now that you mention it, I've worked with them in the past and they do get toasty
miklschmidt
miklschmidtā€¢7mo ago
also non-performance mode is just so slow
AsicResistor
AsicResistorOPā€¢7mo ago
Waaaait That's all it takes to unlock performance mode?
miklschmidt
miklschmidtā€¢7mo ago
Yes
AsicResistor
AsicResistorOPā€¢7mo ago
I thought I needed cooled stepper motors šŸ„²
miklschmidt
miklschmidtā€¢7mo ago
nooooooooo
AsicResistor
AsicResistorOPā€¢7mo ago
This is great news haha
miklschmidt
miklschmidtā€¢7mo ago
šŸ˜…
AsicResistor
AsicResistorOPā€¢7mo ago
I feel like I got a next generation printer upgrade in one day, what is this šŸ„³

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