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User Guide
Before you can use
Repetier-Host
to control the output from your idbox, you have to configure the program so it knows how to communicate
with the idbox. It needs to know the idbox’s bed size, the range of the movements its printer head can do and the temperature settings for
the nozzle. These settings only need to be entered once. The way to set up Repetier to work with your computer is shown below, first for a
Windows computer and then for a Mac. After this, you check that the computer and idbox are connected properly.
Configure Repetier-Host for a Windows computer
3.
Next, you set the number of extruders
and the nozzle size and so on. Click the
Extruder tab. The idbox has a single
extruder, so select 1. The diameter of the
nozzle supplied with the idbox is 0.4mm,
so enter that as the value by Diameter.
SETTINGS
Number of Extruder:
1
Diameter:
0.4
1.
Click the Printer Settings button
on the top right of the window. Once
the Printer Settings window is open,
click the Connection tab and enter the
values as shown in the image on the left
and in the SETTINGS text on the right.
This procedure should be performed
with as few devices attached to the PC
as possible. Depending on the precise
configuration of your hardware and
software, you might also see the setting
for Reset on Connect. If so, set it to
DTR low->high->low. The setting for
Communication timeout can be left at
the default value.
SETTINGS
Connector:
Serial Connection
Port:
Auto (If this does not work, test
each of the other options in sequence)
Baud Rate:
115200
Transfer Protocol:
Autodetect
Reset on Emergency:
Send emergency
command and reconnect
Receive Cache Size:
63
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3
2
2.
Now click the Printer tab and enter the
values shown in the image on the left
and in the SETTINGS text on the right.
The values here are the recommended
values for the idbox when printing using
PLA. ‘Default Extruder Temperature’
should be set to 220℃, and ‘Default
Heated Bed Temperature’ should be
set to 60℃. The actual temperatures for
printing will be determined by the printing
temperature upon the start of printing.
Even though the idbox does not have
a heated bed, you can set the ‘Default
Heated Bed Temperature’ here anyway.
SETTINGS
Travel Feed Rate:
4800 [mm/min]
Z-Axis Feed Rate:
200 [mm/min]
Manual Extrusion Speed:
2, 20 [mm/s]
Manual Retraction Speed:
5 [mm/s]
Default Extruder Temperature:
220℃
Default Heated Bed Temperature:
60℃
Park Position:
X:0 Y:0 Z:0
Add to comp. printing time:
10%
Other check boxes: (see image, left)
Configuring Repetier-Host to work with the idbox
The printer settings that
Repetier-Host
uses are chosen by selecting a name entered
for the Printer at the top of the Printer settings window. They are stored every time you
click on OK or Apply. To create a new set of printer settings, enter a new printer name
in ‘Printer’ and click Apply. The new settings will have whatever the current values are in the
Printer Settings window. You can then change them if you want, and then click OK.
