Polar Electro Polar3D, Manual

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Contents
List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
1 Get connected to the Polar Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Connecting the Polar3D printer to the Polar Cloud via WiFi . 3
1.2 Connecting the Polar3D printer to the Polar Cloud via Eth-
ernet cable
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1.3 Errors at
ADD A PRINTER
screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
1.4 Network issues and solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
1.4.1 Static IP address for printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
1.4.2 MAC address for the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
1.4.3 Open HTTP ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
1.4.4 Solving network connectivity problems . . . . . . . . . 29
2 Start printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2.1 Load filament on the Polar3D printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2.2 An object to print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2.2.1 Find an object in the Polar Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
2.2.2 Experiment with adjusting object placement and print
settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
2.3 Start the print job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
2.4 Monitor the printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
3 The Polar3D printer local web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
3.1 Navigating through the Polar3D printer local web interface . . 59
3.1.1 The
Print File
tab and the
Project Details
screen 61
3.1.2 The
Controls
tab and the
Manual Printer Controls
screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
3.1.3 The
Calibration
tab and
Calibration
screen . . . . 63
3.1.4 The
Camera
tab and
Camera
screen . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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