The
Temperature
pane contains everything you need to manually control the
temperatures for both the hot end and the heated bed. MatterControl provides room for up to
three temperature presets. You can edit them by clicking the pencil icon next to the
Extruder
Temperature
label. Creating a temperature preset will create a new button that will be aligned
with the pre-existing
OFF
and
PRESET
buttons. You can also enter in a temperature and heat
to that value by clicking on the
SET
button that will appear as soon as you begin typing.
The
Movement Controls
pane contains controls that will allow you to manually position the
Eris®'s effector platform.
The row of buttons to the right of the little house icon control “homing” of the movement
axes in the Eris®. Because the Eris® is a delta configuration printer, the only buttons active are
the
ALL
and
Z
buttons – they perform the same action. Connect your printer if you haven't
already and click on one of them to see what I mean. The printer will home itself and await
further instructions. (Good robot! Have a Scooby Snack!) The
RELEASE
button will tell the
Eris® to power down the stepper motors so that the motion axes and extruder can be moved by
hand. This is handy when you want to load new filament into the printer without having to turn it
off first.
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