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9.4 Verify the auto-leveling result.

Auto-leveling probe is controlled by G29 command. As this is a DIY 3d printer, you

may need to help it complete the leveling:

1.You need to put down the auto-leveling probe manually.

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Summary of Contents for Delta Rostock mini G2

Page 1: ... to modify and upload the firmware by yourself so first of all let s start with the firmware compiling and uploading process 1 Download the firmware here Firmware for Delta Rostock mini G2 G2s pro 2 Connect GT2560 to your PC with a USB cable install FTDI drive Usually it will install automatically If not you need to install manually download the FTDI driver here 3 If there is nothing wrong with th...

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Page 4: ...e value you need to compile according to your printer we will elaborate which part of setting you need to change later one by one Upon compiling you can upload the firmware to your control board Simply click and to upload Note You need to disconnect the printer to Repetier Host before uploading ...

Page 5: ...Compiling ...

Page 6: ...Uploading ...

Page 7: ...Upload successfully 2 Printer preparing 1 Bed leveling Put a level meter on the bed when adjusting the 3 screws of the bed to check if it is level ...

Page 8: ...e that each top of each bed mounting point is the same after tightening the wing nuts Simply place a 10mm cube next to the bed not under and tighten the screw till the cube rightly fill gap between the bed and the base plate Take out the cube and repeat for the other two mounts ...

Page 9: ... To protect the bed and the nozzle from crashing please attach a piece of tape on the bed ...

Page 10: ... hear the motors idling Step 2 Open Repetier Host and ensure that you have a valid port selected for communications To do this simply click Printer Settings in the upper right hand corner to bring up the printer settings menu If you don t know what the parameters mean just hover your mouse over the item the explanatory note will prompt up As shown below ...

Page 11: ...Step 3 Choose the Connection menu to select the COM6 port and the Baud rate 250000 Click OK to continue ...

Page 12: ...the COM port you can check the device manager to see which port it is If you still cannot find the port please re install your USB driver here Step4 set the printing speed And un check the disable the motors after job kill ...

Page 13: ...Step5 Set the number and the offset of the extruders offset only need for duan extruder printer choose the nozzle size and different colors for each ...

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Page 15: ...pe as Rostock Printer circular shape and set the following parameters Home X 0 Home Y 0 Home Z Max Printer Radius 100mm Printable height 200mm this is the corresponding height in the firmware remember to modify this each time after you change the height in the firmware ...

Page 16: ...ript as shortcuts later to move the print head to the corresponding point For each point keep the Z as 2 For G2 or G2pro 1 0 0 2 2 0 50 2 3 43 3 25 2 4 43 3 25 2 For G2s or G2s pro 1 0 0 2 2 0 63 2 3 43 3 2 2 4 43 3 2 2 So we can set the following script ...

Page 17: ... Script 5 G0 X0 Y0 Z180 M84 S0 When you click the script icon the print head will move to the corresponding test point as shown in the following picture Code G2 or G2pro G2s or G2s pro Script1 G0 X0 Y0 Z2 G0 X0 Y0 Z2 Script2 G0 X0 Y50 Z2 G0 X0 Y63 Z2 Script3 G0 X43 3 Y 25 Z2 G0 X43 3 Y 2 Z2 Script4 G 0 X 43 3 Y 25 Z2 G 0 X 43 3 Y 2 Z2 ...

Page 18: ...Write the script 1 2 3 4 5 Here we take the G2 G2 pro as example Script 1 G0 X0 Y0 Z2 ...

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Page 20: ...Script 2 G0 X0 Y50 Z2 ...

Page 21: ...Script 3 G0 X43 3 Y 25 Z2 ...

Page 22: ...Script 4 G0 X 43 3 Y 25 Z2 ...

Page 23: ...Script 5 G0 X0 Y0 Z180 M84 S0 Note here we can add M84 S0 to stop the motors from creeping down the rods when hanging in the air ...

Page 24: ...you open the Repetier Host just choose the name of the printer you don t have to set the above parameters again Step9 Hit connect in the upper left hand corner You should see the details of the connection in the console window in the bottom section of the screen If it is ...

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Page 26: ...ack for the spider and the carriage Before homing you need to follow the next steps 1 Go to printer setting printer Set the travel feed rate and the Z axis feed rate as 300 mm min Even though we have set the speed as slow as possible for you you still need to adjust the feed rate 2 Hook up the probe with your hand we are not testing the auto leveling function right now So just leave it alone ...

Page 27: ...3 Move the extruder head to the middle and be ready for emergency stop You can click the emergency stop icon on the Repetier host or shut the power supply directly ...

Page 28: ... moves in the revers way find the following code in configuration h of the firmware and change true to false Re upload the firmware and home again Remember to disconnect the printer to the Repetier Host Invert the stepper direction Change or reverse the motor connector if an axis goes the wrong way define INVERT_X_DIR true DELTA does not invert define INVERT_Y_DIR true define INVERT_Z_DIR true def...

Page 29: ...e the initial Z axis height If the printer can home normally the three axis move in the same directions Up we can set the initial height of the Z axis now but this value may not be the final height For the G2s and G2s pro the height is on the base of the hotend 1 ...

Page 30: ...out 10mm 3 Change the height of Z axis into 210 in the firmware And upload it to the board Manual homing switch locations For deltabots this means top and center of the Cartesian print volume ifdef MANUAL_HOME_POSITIONS define MANUAL_X_HOME_POS 0 define MANUAL_Y_HOME_POS 0 define MANUAL_Z_HOME_POS 210 For delta Distance between nozzle and print surface after homing ...

Page 31: ... endif 2 Upon uploading change the corresponding setting in the Repetier Host and connect ...

Page 32: ...4 Use manual control to move the Z axis down to the building platform till the nozzle just touches the bed When moving the Z axis please slow it down Move 0 1mm per click ...

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Page 34: ... and center of the Cartesian print volume define MANUAL_X_HOME_POS 0 define MANUAL_Y_HOME_POS 0 define MANUAL_Z_HOME_POS 210 For delta Distance between nozzle and print surface after homing Then you can change the 210 into the height you got e g 205 or 206 in the firmware and upload it Disconnect the printer first Upon uploading the firmware you need to change the printing setting in the Repetier ...

Page 35: ...e height but to adjust the printer to make the height at 205mm That means the following adjusting is based on the the Z axis height of 205mm Step1 Homing the printer Step2 Tighten the screw trigger for each endstop make sure they reach out as long as possible ...

Page 36: ...g G code command to send the print head to the test points and observe the distance between the nozzle and the print surface separately for the test point 2 3 4 Click 2 on the manual control manual The print head will move to the corresponding point ...

Page 37: ...e Z axis carriage Test point 2 is near the Z axis If the print head has reached to 0mm but not touched the bed you need to screw the bolts tightly Repeat the steps for point 3 and 4 You may need to adjust again and again till the Z coordinates are 0 for the three point when they touch the bed At this step we are trying to adjust the distance between the nozzle and the print surface to keep the cen...

Page 38: ...ter point Click script 1 to send the print head to center point Then use manual control to move the Z axis down to the building platform If the nozzle touches the center point at the height of 2mm but not 0 mm that means the bed is a convex surface you should reduce the DELTA_RADIUS from 1 to 0 for example If the print head has reached to 0mm but hasn t touched the bed that means the bed is a conc...

Page 39: ...inting volume will increase or reduce 0 2 unit define DELTA_RADIUS DELTA_SMOOTH_ROD_OFFSET DELTA_EFFECTOR_OFFSET DELTA_CARR IAGE_OFFSET 1 You may have to adjust this for many times to keep the center point and its around point in one plane Be patient please After the above adjusting we can almost confirm the printing volume the height of ...

Page 40: ...determined we have win half the battle 7 Hotend leveling This step is exclusive for the dual extruder model As the above adjusting is only based on the hotend 1 now we need to level the two hotend You can adjust the M6 nut as the arrows show Loose the nut you can screw the barral to make the second nozzle flush with the first one DO NOT adjust the nut near the heating block or it will cause oozing...

Page 41: ...the slicer setting 1 Set the bed shape In the latest version of Slic3r V1 2 7 you can set the bed shape this is very important when printing with your delta Rostock mini go to general manual click set button choose circular and fill in the diameter of the printer bed ...

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Page 43: ...ip the file and drag them into the directory of your previous slic3r directory do please delete the old version Restart your Repetier and continue 2 Load config files Step 1 Download the config files here and unzip it Step 2 Click file Load file and find the file you just download ...

Page 44: ...Click OK to continue Step 3 Save the three parameters as G2s or G2 according to your printer and the config file you choose here i choose G2s ...

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Page 46: ...2 Confirm the parameters 1 confirm the start and end G code They should be like this ...

Page 47: ...2 confirm the extruder offset One is 13 another is 13 For G2 and G2 pro just set the number of the extruder as 1 ...

Page 48: ...D printing experience 9 Auto leveling function Though we have added an auto leveling probe for the Rostock mini but generally there is no G code in the sli3er so we need to add the G29 command to the sli3er 9 1 Start G29 command in Slic3r Step1 Click Slicer and configure waiting for a minute till the slicer window prompt up ...

Page 49: ...Step2 Choose printer setting Custom G code You can see from the start G code there is no G29 ...

Page 50: ...So you need to add the G29 after G28 to start it And change Z5 into Z50 Save the current printing setting click OK to continue ...

Page 51: ...9 2 Check the status of endstop Before going to set up for the auto leveling we need to check the status of the endstops 1 Check the wire connection the correct connection is as follow ...

Page 52: ...2 Put down the auto level probe And make sure the probe is not blocked by the red wires ...

Page 53: ...3 Homing the printer 4 Send M119 command Send the command M119 to verify the endstop first ...

Page 54: ...of the three axis if the endstop is triggered the feedback is Triggered If the endstop is not triggered the feedback is Open z_min is for the probe When probe is put down the feedback is Open When probe is hooked up the feedback is Triggered If the status is normal we can go on with the auto leveling set up ...

Page 55: ...When you hear the click of the endstop you can get the coordinate of the prob on the manual control panel In my case it is 19 11 0 9 you can add it to the following settings Note the minus sign Offsets to the probe relative to the extruder tip Hotend Probe X and Y offsets must be integers define X_PROBE_OFFSET_FROM_EXTRUDER 19 Probe on left right define Y_PROBE_OFFSET_FROM_EXTRUDER 11 Probe on fro...

Page 56: ...rify the auto leveling result Auto leveling probe is controlled by G29 command As this is a DIY 3d printer you may need to help it complete the leveling 1 You need to put down the auto leveling probe manually ...

Page 57: ...2 Homing the printer ...

Page 58: ...3 Send G29 command 4 Auto leveling probe will probe the the pre setted probing points After probing the print head will raise up a bit and stop in the air ...

Page 59: ...5 Hook up the probe manually ...

Page 60: ...3 Send G1 X0 Y0 command to move the printing head to the center 0 0 4 Click Z icon on manual control to move the print head down until it rightly touches the print bed ...

Page 61: ...5 Send M114 command to get the present coordinates ...

Page 62: ...6 If the coordinate is 0 0 0 the auto leveling is successful ...

Page 63: ...gain 8 You may have to test it for more than once but for the sake of better printing object please be patient 9 Once auto leveling is set up hook up the probe manually Then you can print your first prints Please be patient for the calibration process if you need helps please post your problem on our forum our tech support will help you ...

Page 64: ...l control to move the print head down until it touches the print bed just enough Send M114 command to get the present coordinates If the coordinate is 0 0 0 the auto leveling is successful If not you need to modify the Z_PROBE_OFFSET_FROM_EXTRUDER e g Reduce 1 2 to 1 5 and then re upload the firmware and test again 8 You may have to test it for more than once but for the sake of better printing ob...

Page 65: ...1 Load the filament into the pipe from the push fitting on the extruder 2 Download this stl file to test printing And unzip it 3 Click printing setting extruder change the number of extruder to 1 ...

Page 66: ...3 Open slis3r configuration 4 Click file Load the config file you download before ...

Page 67: ...5 Save the three parameters as G2 or anything you like ...

Page 68: ...1 Note the nozzle size below set it according to your printer the default kit is 0 4mm 2 The Extruder offset is x 0 y 0 mm ...

Page 69: ... We have covered all the important settings For other parameters you need to learn by yourself with the increasing of your 3D printing experience 7 Choose the printer and printing settings filament settings we just saved in the drop down menu Here we choose G2 ...

Page 70: ...8 Load the stl File you will print from Object placement icon Direct to the file and open it 9 Stl File is successfully loaded ...

Page 71: ...9 You can see it in the preview window And you can choose different point of view by clicking the cubic on the left ...

Page 72: ...11 Click Slic3r slice with Slic3r ...

Page 73: ...12 After slicing you will get the following information about this printing job ...

Page 74: ...ditor to save the file for future use Or if you have SD card you can click SD card to save it in the SD card 14 Click manual control and remove the slash on fan heated bed and extruder 1 If you are using extruder 1 now ...

Page 75: ...14 Click start print job to begin 15 When the temperature reaches the preset value the printer will start printing you will see the operation track of the print head as shown below ...

Page 76: ...inting job just click pause Now you can take a rest and wait till the model is built Example 2 Print with dual extruder 1 Download the stl File here and unzip 2 Click printing setting extruder change the number of extruder to 2 ...

Page 77: ...3 Choose the printer and printing settings filament settings we just saved in the drop down menu Here we choose G2s ...

Page 78: ...10 Load the stl File you will print from Object placement icon Direct to the file and open it Load both files 9 Stl File is successfully loaded ...

Page 79: ...Now you can see the two files are separated You need to put them together ...

Page 80: ...You need to put them together Choose the file and click center icon on the top separately Now the two files are centered and combined together ...

Page 81: ...10 Assign extruder for each file 11 Click Slic3r slice with Slic3r Choose No to continue ...

Page 82: ...12 After slicing you will get the following information about this printing job ...

Page 83: ...13 click G code Editor to save the file for future use Or if you have SD card you can click SD card to save it in the SD card ...

Page 84: ...and extruder 1 If you are using extruder 1 now 16 Click start print job to begin 17 The printer will home first and wait till the temperature reaches the preset value the printer will start printing you will see the operation track of the print head as shown below ...

Page 85: ...The printer is working now That is all for the geeetech rostock mini G2 and G2s pro If you have any problem running the printer please go to our forum for tech support ...

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