Flexible lanes load slower; purge at the previous filament's temperature

- flex_lanes.cfg: a 5 s poller sets SET_LONG_MOVE_SPEED to 50 mm/s (AFC's
  minimum) for lanes whose material is TPU/TPE/flex and back to the
  configured long_moves_speed otherwise; reapplied after a restart.
- BLOBIFIER_CHECKED: remembers the temperature of the filament in the
  nozzle (saved nozzle_last_temp). When it is more than flush_margin
  (10C) above the new filament's, the purge runs at that temperature and
  the nozzle cools back afterwards, so the leftover melts out (seen: ASA
  leftover with TPU loaded at 210C).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

README.md

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ everything below, grouped by topic. Comment out what you do not use there.
 | **afc/** | | |
 | `xy_safety_check.cfg` | `AFC_XY_SAFETY_CHECK`, `_AFC_STORE_HOME_REFERENCE`, `AFC_XY_RESUME`: lost-step check around tool changes | `extras/xy_drift.py` (CoreXY) |
 | `lane_tools.cfg` | `LANE_FEED_UNTIL_HUB_OPEN`, `LANE_FEED_ABORT` | AFC |
-| `purge_check.cfg` | `BLOBIFIER_CHECKED`: checks every AFC purge with bd_pressure (and optionally bdwidth motion); a bd_pressure that does not answer fails the check, `PURGE_CHECK_IGNORE_SENSOR` lets the current print finish without it | Blobifier, AFC, `extras/bdpressure_check.py` + bd_pressure load-check firmware, `extras/bdwidth_status.py` |
+| `purge_check.cfg` | `BLOBIFIER_CHECKED`: checks every AFC purge with bd_pressure (and optionally bdwidth motion); a bd_pressure that does not answer fails the check, `PURGE_CHECK_IGNORE_SENSOR` lets the current print finish without it; when the previous filament (saved `nozzle_last_temp`) needs more than 10°C above the new one, the purge runs at the previous filament's temperature and the nozzle cools back afterwards, so its leftover melts out | Blobifier, AFC, `extras/bdpressure_check.py` + bd_pressure load-check firmware, `extras/bdwidth_status.py` |
+| `flex_lanes.cfg` | Lanes holding TPU/TPE (material from Spoolman) get slower long moves (50 mm/s, AFC's minimum) through the tube; back to the configured speed when the lane holds something else. Polls every 5 s, reapplies after a restart. The last stretch into the extruder (`tool_load_speed`) stays as configured | AFC |
 | `purge_until_empty.cfg` | `PURGE_UNTIL_EMPTY`: purges a snapped filament out until there is no more nozzle pressure | same as `purge_check.cfg` |
 | **pressure_advance/** | | |
 | `bd_pressure.cfg` | `[bdpressure bd_pa]` (I2C on the Nitehawk) and the vendor macros `PA_CALIBRATE`, `PA_E`, `PA_RESET`, `PA_STATE`; `PA_CALIBRATE` no longer sets Z back to a value read before the test (wrong after a Z hop in `G28 XY`) | `bdpressure.py` from the bd_pressure repo |

macros/afc/flex_lanes.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Flexible filament (TPU, TPE): slower long moves for the lanes holding it.
+#
+# Soft filament can buckle in the long tube at the normal 100-200 mm/s.
+# A poller checks the material of every lane (from Spoolman via AFC) every
+# 5 s and sets the lane's long-move speed: flex_speed for a flexible
+# material, the configured long_moves_speed again when the lane holds
+# something else. Only changes are sent. SET_LONG_MOVE_SPEED is runtime
+# only; after a Klipper restart the poller applies it again.
+#
+# Not covered: the last stretch into the extruder (tool_load_speed in
+# AFC/AFC_Hardware.cfg, 25 mm/s) has no runtime command and is the same
+# for every lane. The purge after the load is already slow (2.5 mm/s).
+
+[gcode_macro _FLEX_LANES_CFG]
+variable_materials: ["tpu", "tpe", "flex"]  # material containing one of these (any case) is flexible
+variable_flex_speed: 50                     # mm/s; AFC's minimum for SET_LONG_MOVE_SPEED is 50
+variable_slowed: ""                         # runtime: comma list of lanes now at flex_speed
+gcode:
+
+[delayed_gcode _FLEX_LANES_POLL]
+initial_duration: 10
+gcode:
+    {% set cfg = printer["gcode_macro _FLEX_LANES_CFG"] %}
+    {% if 'AFC' in printer %}
+      {% set settings = printer.configfile.settings %}
+      {% set default_speed = settings.afc.long_moves_speed|default(150) if 'afc' in settings else 150 %}
+      {% set was = cfg.slowed.split(',')|reject('equalto', '')|list %}
+      {% set now = [] %}
+      {% for lane in printer.AFC.lanes %}
+        {% set key = 'AFC_stepper ' ~ lane %}
+        {% set mat = (printer[key].material if key in printer else '')|default('', true)|string %}
+        {% set ns = namespace(flex=false) %}
+        {% for m in cfg.materials %}
+          {% if m in mat|lower %}
+            {% set ns.flex = true %}
+          {% endif %}
+        {% endfor %}
+        {% if ns.flex %}
+          {% set _ = now.append(lane) %}
+          {% if lane not in was %}
+            SET_LONG_MOVE_SPEED LANE={lane} FWD_SPEED={cfg.flex_speed}
+            RESPOND MSG="{lane} holds {mat}: long moves at {cfg.flex_speed} mm/s (flexible)"
+          {% endif %}
+        {% elif lane in was %}
+          {% set speed = settings[key|lower].long_moves_speed|default(default_speed) if (key|lower) in settings else default_speed %}
+          SET_LONG_MOVE_SPEED LANE={lane} FWD_SPEED={speed}
+          RESPOND MSG="{lane} holds {mat or 'nothing'}: long moves back at {speed} mm/s"
+        {% endif %}
+      {% endfor %}
+      {% if now|join(',') != was|join(',') %}
+        SET_GCODE_VARIABLE MACRO=_FLEX_LANES_CFG VARIABLE=slowed VALUE='"{now|join(',')}"'
+      {% endif %}
+    {% endif %}
+    UPDATE_DELAYED_GCODE ID=_FLEX_LANES_POLL DURATION=5

macros/afc/purge_check.cfg

@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ variable_start_counts: 0
 variable_start_e: 0.0
 variable_last_failed: False    # last check failed in enforce mode (read by _RESUME_PURGE_VERIFY)
 variable_ignore_missing_sensor: False  # set by PURGE_CHECK_IGNORE_SENSOR, cleared at print end
+# Hotter purge: the leftover of the previous filament (the piece below the
+# cutter) has to melt to be pushed out. When the filament that last went
+# through the nozzle (saved variable nozzle_last_temp) needs more than the
+# new one plus flush_margin, the purge runs at that temperature and the
+# nozzle cools back to the new filament's afterwards (seen: ASA leftover,
+# TPU loaded at 210C, purge only worked after heating by hand).
+variable_flush_margin: 10      # C; smaller differences purge at the new temperature
+variable_flush_restore: 0      # runtime: temperature to cool back to after a hot purge
 gcode:
 
 [gcode_macro BLOBIFIER_CHECKED]
@@ -77,6 +85,7 @@ gcode:
     # the purge too, so a bdwidth that does not see the movement cannot
     # pause the printer here; the pressure check judges the purge.
     {% set runout_off = has_bdw and (bdw_on or not cfg.motion_check) %}
+    _PURGE_FLUSH_HEAT
     {% if cfg.mode == "off" %}
         BLOBIFIER {rawparams}
     {% else %}
@@ -107,9 +116,41 @@ gcode:
             SET_FILAMENT_SENSOR SENSOR={bdw} ENABLE={runout_was}
         {% endif %}
     {% endif %}
+    _PURGE_FLUSH_DONE
 
 # Separate macros so the status is read when they run, not when
 # BLOBIFIER_CHECKED is rendered
+[gcode_macro _PURGE_FLUSH_HEAT]
+description: Helper for BLOBIFIER_CHECKED: heat to the previous filament's temperature when it is hotter than the new one
+gcode:
+    {% set cfg = printer["gcode_macro _PURGE_CHECK_CFG"] %}
+    {% set old = printer.save_variables.variables.nozzle_last_temp|default(0)|int %}
+    {% set new = printer.extruder.target|int %}
+    {% set top = printer.configfile.settings.extruder.max_temp|int - 15 %}
+    {% set hot = [old, top]|min %}
+    {% if new > 0 and hot > new + cfg.flush_margin %}
+      RESPOND MSG="Purge at {hot}C: the previous filament needs {old}C, back to {new}C after the purge"
+      SET_GCODE_VARIABLE MACRO=_PURGE_CHECK_CFG VARIABLE=flush_restore VALUE={new}
+      M104 S{hot}
+      TEMPERATURE_WAIT SENSOR=extruder MINIMUM={hot - 2}
+    {% else %}
+      SET_GCODE_VARIABLE MACRO=_PURGE_CHECK_CFG VARIABLE=flush_restore VALUE=0
+    {% endif %}
+
+[gcode_macro _PURGE_FLUSH_DONE]
+description: Helper for BLOBIFIER_CHECKED: cool back after a hot purge and remember the new filament's temperature
+gcode:
+    {% set cfg = printer["gcode_macro _PURGE_CHECK_CFG"] %}
+    {% set new = cfg.flush_restore|int if cfg.flush_restore|int > 0 else printer.extruder.target|int %}
+    {% if cfg.flush_restore|int > 0 %}
+      M104 S{new}
+      TEMPERATURE_WAIT SENSOR=extruder MAXIMUM={new + 3}
+      SET_GCODE_VARIABLE MACRO=_PURGE_CHECK_CFG VARIABLE=flush_restore VALUE=0
+    {% endif %}
+    {% if new > 0 %}
+      SAVE_VARIABLE VARIABLE=nozzle_last_temp VALUE={new}
+    {% endif %}
+
 [gcode_macro _PURGE_CHECK_START]
 gcode:
     SET_GCODE_VARIABLE MACRO=_PURGE_CHECK_CFG VARIABLE=start_counts VALUE={printer.bdwidth_status.total_move}

macros/klipper-macros.cfg

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 [include afc/lane_tools.cfg]
 [include afc/purge_check.cfg]
 [include afc/purge_until_empty.cfg]
+[include afc/flex_lanes.cfg]             # TPU/TPE lanes: slower long moves
 
 # Pressure advance per lane/spool (bd_pressure + Spoolman)
 [include pressure_advance/bd_pressure.cfg]   # [bdpressure bd_pa] and the vendor PA_CALIBRATE macros