Hi James,
Duly noted and greatly appreciated! But yet more questions:
You’ll have to get into the supplied USB and find the arduino IDE “.ino” file and modify some parameters within the configuration.h file and then compile the source code and upload the resulting hex file to the microcontroller.
That sentence probably sounds dreadful to you. But you’ll have to either understand it or contract someone who does in order to get it working as it should
Where do I do this? in the Arduino software? and where do I find the “.ino” file? and where do I find the “configuration.h” file?
This is the process I use to edit the configuration.h source code:
//Step 1: Offset carriages and endstops same height form bottom of frame using a constant height offset from the base of the printer
//Step 2: Measure DELTA_DIAGONAL_ROD/DELTA SMOOTH_ROD_OFFSET/DELTA_EFFECTOR_OFFSET/DELT_CARRIAGE_OFFSET off the printer and change parameters to match your measurements
//Step 3: Home machine when connected to Pronterface/Printrun/Repetier Host using G28 command
//Step 4: Move nozzle close to bed using computer control and measure MANUAL_Z_HOME_POS making sure a 0.5 - 1.0mm gap is retained at Z home position (x,y,z 0,0,0)
//Step 5: Change ever so slightly any of the three variables from ‘Step 2’ in order to manipulate DELTA_RADIUS
//Step 6: Move nozzle to Z zero and probe bed until Z probe triggers (clicking noise) and enter offset (-0.0x mm below Z 0) in Z_PROBE_OFFSET
Again how and where do I do this? in the arduino software?
Understand that you will need to compile and load the Micromake.ino package of source code to the controller before the printer will begin to speak to the Pronterface terminal.
How do I do this? Where do I find that file? I can;t find it anywhere in the software provided on the USB stick that came with the printer.
Go ahead and download the Arduino IDE from the official Arduino Website and open up the source code. Get a cup of coffee and get ready to use Google to learn how to program the micro-controller and calibrate the printer. Search Google Images for “kossel mini delta 3d printer calibration”, as well YouTube and you will find lots of handy images describing the measurements of “DELTA_DIAGONAL_ROD/DELTA SMOOTH_ROD_OFFSET/DELTA_EFFECTOR_OFFSET/DELT_CARRIAGE_OFFSET”. There are also great documents such as the Blomker guide (http://www.robotdigg.com/upload/pdf/2a823cc8a8dcff9da99cce92710cc745.pdf).
Ill check out the guide, as I said I have no idea what I’m doing whatsoever and the manual is not helping much… there are way more steps involved than the manual supplies/implies…
Also I’m currently as far as that I can see the Marlin code in the arduino software… but there are a million other tabs as well…
Where do I have to change what exactly?
I’m sorry if my questions are obvious ones, but I really have no clue of what I’m doing here…
Kind regards,
Ritchie