Centering a print
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@jay_s_uk Thank you. That allowed me to move the nozzle away form the bed.
I have changed my two M208 lines back to the 'as supplied' figures where the zero is at the front left corner. I think it prudent not to change to zero at the bed center until I understand every implication of doing so.
How do I get the gantry parallel to the bed now?
I see this code in config.g but when is config.g run? (is there a command in the print file?)
; --- z-axis stepper leveling configuration ---
M584 X0 Y1 E3 Z6:5:8:7 ; four motors, at 5, 6, 7, and 8
;M671 X420:420:-100:-100 Y380:-115:-115:380 S20 ; Z belts at 4 corners
M671 X-100:-100:420:420 Y380:-115:-115:380 S20 ; Z belts at 4 cornersDoes the above actually level the gantry?
Finally, will the crash have affected my Z offset?
Cheers,
Derek
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@Derek-F config.g is ran at boot and loads all of your printers parameters into the firmware so it can be setup correctly.
G32would go through the levelling process. This runs the bed.g file, which contains the locations to probe the bed for levelling -
@jay_s_uk It's idle and powered on. Should I just send G32?
Or do I need to home it first?
Cheers,Derek
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@Derek-F you need to home first
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@jay_s_uk That was all successful. Thank you.
Do you think I need to reset my Z offset after the crash?
Cheers,
Derek
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@Derek-F you may do depending how hard the nozzle crashed into the bed.
You should also be running G32 before a print as the gantry/bed may have dropped whenever power has been turned off -
@jay_s_uk OK, I'll try a print and see how it goes.
Just checked and G32 is in my Start G-code routine.
BTW, is the following line bad to constantly write to memory (like the WiFi credentials)?
M550 P"VIVEDINO" ; Set machine name
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@Derek-F no, thats fine. that just sets the machine name in the firmware
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@jay_s_uk Everything is working again! Thank you!
Z offset looks ok. I'll monitor on further prints.
And I have centered the print, simply by changing the X5 to X0 in the 'M208 S1' line (M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1) and adjusting the X size of the bed in the slicer. (I clearly don't know enough to safely set zero at the center of the bed at the moment).
The printer already had a macro for WiFi ON and I just had to change the credentials to my set. I have commented out M587 in config.g .
I do have a couple of other unrelated questions but I should probably start new threads for those (unless you want to continue here).
Thanks to both of you for your gracious replies and patience with my lack of knowledge.
Cheers,
Derek
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@Derek-F probably best to start a new thread. Then we can tackle the subject of getting you upgraded to 3.5.2
