Started a print and went to bed. Woke up to a finished print and a hot printer. Turns out the printer was heating the bed and chamber all night.
Please add a shut off when print finishes feature.
My old QIDI X-Plus has this option.
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Sure this isn’t a USER ERROR? All my printers stop heating hotend/bed/chamber after print is finished!
Did you change the END-Gcode of CP?
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Thanks for the insult but, according to AI Creality does not have such a feature.
QIDI has it as a machine function on the UI.
Creality printers like the Ender 3 series do not have a built-in automatic shut-off feature after a print completes, requiring users to implement third-party solutions for this functionality.
There was an Error that the print did not finish due to out of range Y Axis. But it did finish the print.
Yes, Possibly the End gcode is changed. I changed it in Orcaslicer and it worked fine. But I used Creality Print Slicer for this print. I assume the gcode is the CP End gcode.
I would not have even asked and would have investigated further but when AI said there is not auto shut off I had to ask.
On my Creality Hi, once a print is finished, the bed and nozzle go to ambient temp.
I think I/we found the problem.
Afterall I did thank Mr MBR for the insult so I guess it is the honorable thing to do to thank him again for the insult. It is sorta USER ERROR!!! AI is to blame though.
I did not realize that somewhere along the way of bouncing from Prusaslicer to Orca to CP (now that CP has paint on Fuzzy Skin) I inserted an AI generate End gcode. I thought I only applied it to Orca. It is a gcode that stupid AI gave me that never worked. The Y Axis was set to 350 and the bed is only 300. So I figured it out in Orca slicer and fixed it but never checked CP until now.
I was relying on AI saying that Creality does not shut down after a finished print. AI has saved me efficiently a number of times but I have had to correct it many times too.
I haven’t run a print since correcting the End gcode but I’m confident that is the problem and I will mark this solved so as to not take up anyone else’s time.
So, say Human Error for listening to AI.
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Wow, Good catch!
Definetively I.A. can only generate broken code
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However, I have to add that it seems the printer does not shut off power. It may go idle but I don’t think it disconnects power like the QIDI. I have to turn it off on the back.
I retract the Solution desitgnation.
The gest of my question still has not been addressed. That is, “Please add a shut off when print finishes feature”.
Am I and AI incorrect that Creality does not have a Power Off feature?
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I currently have a couple of Ender-3 V3 printers along with 2 K series units that don’t have an automatic shut-off feature. Adding that option would be a great improvement. In the meantime, maybe you could use a digital timer. We use one for our aquarium lights.
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You’re suggestion of using a timer is too simple a solution. I need something more complicated and troublesome like AI suggests some 3rd party software/hardware and learning yet something else.
Congratulations! You just beat AI !
A simple yet absolutely brilliant solution.
Kind of peculiar that all printers do not have this feature. If you have a print farm and 50 printers are left on for hours while not producing, that can add up.
While not a solution it is a hack but, Creality, please add APO. Auto Power Off.
Can this be done in firmware?
I don’t think there’s the need to complicate this in firmware, there are power outlets or UPS (which is what I have) that you can set timer to power off
btw AI is wrong all the time, even worse is that it’s wrong with confidence 
always take it with a grain of salt 
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Now you mention it I have my Printer (and the external lighting) connected to remote controlled outlets, the ones with a physical remote, I really hate the «domotic» ones requiring a cloud service and wifi.
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Bill
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