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Is there a way to see the estimated time left in a print job. Not just the estimated total time but a count down time to the end of the job. Also is there a way to see the current layer number and remaining layers left. I only see a percentage indicator in the machine control panel it would be nice if this also displayed the time left and layers left.

You can see the layer number if you have live preview on and preview by layer. It shows the current layer on the "max" slider.

There is no way (AFAIK) to see time remaining. This is something which has been requested before. However, it has also been observed that the Build Time estimate tends to be somewhat inaccurate anyway, so the time remaining is likely to be similarly limited.

If you open the machine control panel (gear icon on the right panel) while printing, it gives you a current percentage of completion. I don't know why they don't have an estimated time remaining since they give that time, but yeah.... kind of annoying.

I made a little webscript to do the calculation and countdown automagically. You can use it here if you want:
http://calibermengsk.com/3dprinting/timeRemaining.html

It doesn't update to the current real percentage obviously, so it can be off if for some reason your print runs faster or slower than expected, but you can just update the percentage at any point and hit the calculate button again.

It's all javascript and html, so it should work on any browser, including mobile.

Hope this helps