Anet A8 Extruder Mounted Filament Guide / Runout Sensor (Optical)

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I was messing around with another design, but the tolerance was way off and I kept getting a bad signal. Once @ChrisMayhew pointed out this one worked for him, I got right on making it work for my setup! I couldn't find one quite like it! 2017-07-24 13:49:36,201 - octoprint.plugins.filamentreload - INFO - Out of filament! 2017-07-24 13:49:36,203 - octoprint.plugins.filamentreload - INFO - Pausing print. 2017-07-24 13:49:36,818 - octoprint.plugins.filamentreload - INFO - Filament detected! 2017-07-24 13:49:37,302 - octoprint.plugins.filamentreload - INFO - Out of filament! 2017-07-24 13:49:37,304 - octoprint.plugins.filamentreload - INFO - Pausing print. 2017-07-24 13:49:37,742 - octoprint.plugins.filamentreload - INFO - Out of filament! 2017-07-24 13:49:37,744 - octoprint.plugins.filamentreload - INFO - Pausing print. 2017-07-24 13:49:38,145 - octoprint.plugins.filamentreload - INFO - Filament detected! 2017-07-24 13:49:38,545 - octoprint.plugins.filamentreload - INFO - Out of filament! 2017-07-24 13:49:38,552 - octoprint.plugins.filamentreload - INFO - Pausing print. 2017-07-24 13:49:38,946 - octoprint.plugins.filamentreload - INFO - Filament detected! The thing about these optical sensors is that they use infrared light to detect an object, so if the object is too transparent it won't work. I haven't gotten it to sense any white or clear filaments yet. Let me know if you do! I'm starting to think that only a mechanical runout sensor will be reliable with all filament!