Does the status indicator light bar ever shut off?

Bambu Lab H2 Series
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So I’m referring to the light bar right under the print bed. I think its officially called the “status indicator” and it shows print progress by progressively illuminating over the course of the print.

When the print finishes, it starts to pulsate as a way of letting you know the print is done.

But it never stops pulsating. Is there a way to make it stop? Is there some condition/action its waiting for me to do to tell it to stop?

(My old printer’s chamber light would pulsate at the end of a print, but it would stop doing that as soon as you clicked a menu button telling it that you’ve removed the print.)

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Mine also does this, I have not found a way other than going into settings and turning the status bar light setting off.

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Mine turns off with the screen when the printer is idle.

Try changing your screen off time to like 5 minutes.

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Yes, I’ve noticed it shuts off when the screen shuts off. But if I tap the screen to wake it up, the bar starts pulsating again.

I find pulsating lights, when not actually trying to get my attention, to be quite annoying.

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Perhaps different modes would be good:

  • Normal (what it is now, on when the screen is)
  • While Printing (only when printing)
  • Only Errors (only when there’s an error/warning)
  • Off
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Could always remove it if it bothers you that much. Looks like a 30 second affair. Replace H2D Status Indicator | Bambu Lab Wiki

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I would love on option to have it only on while printing or if stopped by an error. If I look up and there is no light I would know the print is finished. I currently have mine off completely as I cant stand the light on 24/7.

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try using gcode as the light bar is controled by gcode

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If it’s controlled by GCODE then you could probably just add a line to the end GCODE.

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I don’t mind the light bar in general. I just want it to stop pulsating after there’s a reasonable expectation that I’ve attended to the printer once its done printing. You know, by be tapping the “print finished” notification on the screen, the printer detecting a door open/close, some modest timeout, or a combination of the above.

My last printer (different brand) had the whole chamber light pulsate when a print was finished. But the moment you clicked a “Print Removed” message on the UI, it stopped doing that.

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to shut it off theres one simple step turn the printer off