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Add feature to cancel the current upload or download in mid-process. It can be simply done by changing the corresponding button to a cancel button.

Make sure that the buttons are properly enabled or disabled in accordance with the connection status and/or print status.

File upload issue was reported by user @MakerMatrix .

I'm having disconnects when trying to upload a file, on the latest release. It seems like maybe 2s timeout is too short for the actual upload. Chitubox is able to upload this same photon file that is repeatedly failing with PNC 1.2.

Out of curiosity, did this parameter change vs. the previous release? This did not happen with previous versions of this tool.

I can connect to the printer, see any files on the printers card but when I go to print it uploads the file then the program crashes after sending the file to the printer.

Please add an Auto Connect at Startup feature to the tool.
As soon a (preferred) Printer is found, the connection should be established.

It's a result of bad implementation this feature

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Add logging of every step the program takes so that it can be traced in case of a crash.

So for some reason uploading the 19MB file with the latest release takes ages, while uploading with the old sender takes about 2 minutes

Another thing i found is that the new version does not show the rest of the files on the USB.

I believe you made it intentional? but it should at least have the possibility to run all runnable photon files, likr the Update.bin, .LCD and .Gcode

The program pings for connectivity while checking print progress. The pinging causes the main windows to flicker. It is most noticable in Windows.

Quite self explanatory. Add all supported printer IP to a drop down box.

I have not found any direct way of querying the current layer from the printer so the layer number is just a derived one. We will lose this ability if we connect to the printer mid print. So I would show the current Z-height instead of the Layer.

For that I need to implement the functionality to query the Z position.

photon-tool-crash_dumps.zip

Validate all user inputs to make sure that the program is fool proof

The settings button doesn't get enabled after it's disabled once. This happens under Mac

Currently the program has to be run before starting a print and it only tracks the progress if the print is initiated from the software itself.

Add functionality to track progress if program is run mid-print

Found a new issue just now. I accidentally uploaded a .chitubox file and tried to print it (from the tool). The tool correctly reported that the printer was not printing, but the UI (The start, pause, stop buttons) did not register this. Start was still greyed out. I attempted to hit "stop" but it did not recover the correct state.

I'll put this here in case someone else comes later and needs this info.

What build environment do we need for this tool? How to build it on the different platforms? Thanks.

I have two photons (I may be an outlier)
I set them to have reserved IPs and set host names for them in /etc/hosts
It would be nice if:

1. you can nickname printers by IP in your tool OR
2. you allow hostnames instead of only IPs

This is a great tool so far, by the way. Looks great, works great. Thank you.

When the user adds IP manually they should be saved so that they don't get overwritten by search function. It might be wise to add a setting where users can add IPs and the program remembers them between runs