QIDI Gcode Thumbnail

[pvusa]

QIDI Printers support an image on screen.
QIDI Printer slicer (Cura) supports adding these to gcode files, even when sending over WiFi.
I have the QIDI i-Fast.
Would be nice feature to have in S3D since the files get sent with a generic name date/time stamp.

[S3D-Jason]

Did you already try using the Qidi thumbnail option in V5 on the Output tab of your process settings? That works with several of the Qidi printers we have in our office.

[pvusa]

Yes, that is enabled. I did not see that option before. But it is enabled by default.
When viewing the file in Windows, I get this.
I changed it to OctoPrint, Klipper.... and now it works in Windows, but not on Printer Screen.
The encoding is not correct for the latest QiDi firmware?
I am not sure what I am running. It is whatever it came with when I got it around Christmas last year.

[zemlin]

I just picked up a couple of Qidi Plus 4 machines and am slicing with 5.1.2.

I have not been able to get thumbnails to work.

If I look at a GCODE file with working thumbnails I see this:

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; generated by QIDISlicer 1.1.4 on 2024-05-20 at 06:58:21 UTC


;
; thumbnail begin 272x272 24708
; iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAARAAAAEQCAYAAAB4CisVAABIKElEQVR4Ae2dh5sUVdb/9z/4vWsg55
; xh33XNuqusCkYQATEgIiA5DDAwwwxDVlAMYFgzugq6CibMIIooIGGYGTJi1lV33ZWNru/7Pud3v+dW
.
.
.
; AYhIJIosAYhIJIosAYhIJIosAYhIJIosAYhIJIosAYhIJIosAYhIJIosAYhIJIosAYhIJIosAYhIJI
; osAYhIJIosAYhIJIosAYhIJIosAYhIJIosAYhIJIosAYhIJIosAYhIJIosAYhIJIosAYhIJIosAYhI
; JIosAYhIJIosAYhIJIosAYhIJIqs/w8lKuwZCulHcQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==
; thumbnail end
;

;
; thumbnail begin 96x96 6344
; iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAGAAAABgCAYAAADimHc4AAASXElEQVR4Ae1dCXtV1RXtP2gBGUIgCZ
; kDaoFSolXAAgUhIENA5nkKYUhCBgghYZQ5gogWB0AKWgVBUUBRRFEEZJAMECAWBcSJWK2KGrXt7l77
; 3HvfffN7yUtu6nf3963vze/du9Y5ezrnJr8h2yy135BtlpotgMVmC2Cx2QJYbLYAFpstgMVmC2Cx2Q
.
.
.
; 4k7g7idhqQxgJPlESgZkIoEW7vO5X6TS6kdVv20Dunz1FDtgb/L0wgLmISBEaCAHGBfYePi8AA7h9i
; wSs/+lje//9k9v+QsdhsASw2WwCLzRbAYrMFsNhsASw2WwCLzRbAYrMFsNhsASw2WwCLzRbAYvsfal
; fXyalpqlEAAAAASUVORK5CYII=
; thumbnail end

Output from an S3D file looks like this:

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; thumbnail begin 96x96 5540
; iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAGAAAABgCAIAAABt+uBvAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAP7U
; lEQVR4nO2cWXMbV3qGn9PYQRIAVxEESDYpS/Z4kT3U4qUikh57Eluyr1KVuchNUvMPkluNp6zy/Ipk
; 8g9S5YptJVF5EeUarxJtybY8lrU0FwDcsQkAAXT3yQW6CXCR4aZIyXbwFoo6QDdOn/PyPe/39XeaEv
.
.
.
; vSsfqn2krl1U+zYf3lK0v9vzCyaYJDN0Hx6v9J80JeXouD4wzj5DJPefoO1IfmPRlLp2cbh387HNfC
; XW6H1kHEikrcZ9xoMh6GeE1v+80AT/v4r2u0CLoCb4Jdek9wS/5JLrnqBl0k3Q8qAmaHlQE7QU1AQt
; D2qCloKaoOVBTdBSUBO0PKgJWpl0E7Q8qAlaHtQELQ9qgpaCmuD/ADiuNAkXs4djAAAAAElFTkSuQm
; CC
; thumbnail end
; thumbnail begin 272x272 22132
; iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAARAAAAEQCAIAAAD3aLxCAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAgAE
; lEQVR4nO29aXcb2Z3m+QsAgZ0AwR1cIeWidK5OpavHUzUpKZ1295mlP8N0z3yMktPHSvsjTJ3TM/Ni
; 3veZ9zNZ5bIk97jaZUu5OndJIEUS3EkAxA5EzIt7byACCwkoJRGU7nN0oNgQCID3ief//9/n3jD+7/
.
.
.
; Gdw2hoDAGtMBoaQ0ATRkNjCGjCAmLnxgAAAG9JREFUaGgMgYChkxgNjYGhFUZDYwjoqWI1NIaAVhgN
; jSGg+2E0NIaAVhgNjSGgCaOhMQQ0YTQ0hoDOYTQ0hoBWGA2NIaAJo6ExBDRhNDSGgPaSaWgMAa0wGh
; pDQBNGQ2MI6LKyhsYQ0AqjoTEE/n8PLw2VUyy8EgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==
; thumbnail end
; G-Code generated by Simplify3D(R) Version 5.1.2

Nothing jumps out at me as a clear issue. I tried copy/paste to move the 272x272 preview to the top, but that doesn't change anything. Suggestions on what I might try here?