OctoPrint-PSUControl VS Octolapse

Replying to my other comment about the logs: Try enabling logging as detailed on the PSU-Control github. (I enabled both 'psucontrol' and 'psucontrol-tplink' to "debug" level).

Thanks for pointing me towards plugins. Didn't realize those would have the power to cause that kind of issue. Looks like it's probably my Home Assistant PSU Control plugin. Lots of error spam from it in my logs, and I found this issue: https://github.com/kantlivelong/OctoPrint-PSUControl/issues/262

Same. I use a TP-Link KP303 strip with the PSU Control plugin on OctoPrint. It cuts power 10m after the hotend and bed cool to 50c.

A few days before going the Home Assistant route I had installed the PSU Control plugin to be able to turn it off/on. It worked, but I thought it would be easier if I managed it with Home Assistant as it gave me many more options for including several conditional checks. Not to mention if I wanted to adjust the logic it was much quicker/easier to edit Home Assistant automations than to have to edit the plugin settings each time and hope I didn't screw it up.

Also, if you're willing to play with some wire cutters you can use a plugin for OctoPrint to turn on/off your 3D printer directly from the OctoPrint web interface. (Although if you go with the docker container you'll need to pass through GPIO control for this to work by mounting /dev/gpiochip0).

EDIT: this plugin https://plugins.octoprint.org/plugins/tplinksmartplug/ based on the more generic power control plugin https://github.com/kantlivelong/OctoPrint-PSUControl

Really need more info about your configuration. With the exception of catching M80/M81(configurable) PSU Control doesn't modify outgoing GCode. Logs also help. https://github.com/kantlivelong/OctoPrint-PSUControl/wiki/Troubleshooting#how-to-provide-logs

Here's an older tutorial on having Octolapse call on gPhoto2 to get the DLSR images - https://github.com/FormerLurker/Octolapse/wiki/V0.4---Configuring-a-DSLR

"Installing plugin from https://github.com/FormerLurker/Octolapse/releases/tag/v0.3.4... Error! Could not install plugin from https://github.com/FormerLurker/Octolapse/releases/tag/v0.3.4, was neither a plugin archive nor a single file plugin"

Try installing from the plugin manager by clicking 'get more' and using this url: https://github.com/FormerLurker/Octolapse/archive/refs/heads/devel.zip

If you get an error when installing it like I did, this page was helpful. You can download the zip and install it from the plugin manager. https://github.com/FormerLurker/Octolapse/issues/787

Have you gone through the Octolapse guide? https://plugins.octoprint.org/plugins/octolapse/. There’s a lot of info in there with suggestions. It mentions the wiki. That’s a great resource too: https://github.com/FormerLurker/Octolapse/wiki

This is the link to the instructions for enabling Custom Image Preferences.

Trying to install octolapse, so far its the only plug in giving me issue, all the others work fine.. I just get this - Installing plugin "Octolapse" from https://github.com/FormerLurker/Octolapse/archive/master.zip...

Some stringing is unavoidable (especially for bowden setups), but excessive stringing is usually settings related. If you have not done so, go through this guide and make sure 'automatic slicer settings' are used and correctly configured. If you are using Prusa Slicer, make sure you enable 'verbose gcode'. The smart layer trigger is usually your best bet, or 'snap to print' if you are more interested in quality vs a perfect timelapse. Lastly, check out this official guide on print quality. Good luck!