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Octoprint change for mesh bed leveling in Marlin 1.1.0RC4

Discussion in 'Mods and Upgrades' started by John Edwards, Mar 26, 2016.

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  1. John Edwards

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    I decided to brave the Marlin 1.1.0RC4 firmware release. (Thanks to WheresWaldo!)

    Since I don't have an LCD and drive my printer via Octoprint, I wanted to be able to move the the head up and down easily by 0.025mm and otherwise drive the mesh-leveling process. So I added some controls via OctoPrint's config.yaml file. In case anyone else needs to do the same, I added the following lines in controls section.

    controls:
    - children:
    - command: G29 S1
    confirm: You are about to start automesh leveling
    name: Start
    - command: G29 S2
    name: Store point
    - commands:
    - G91
    - G1 Z-0.0250 F200
    - G90
    name: Down
    - commands:
    - G91
    - G1 Z0.0250 F200
    - G90
    name: Up
    - command: G29
    name: Report
    layout: horizontal
    name: Mesh leveling

    This adds a "Mesh leveling" section to the control page with "Start" "Store point" "Up" "Down" and "Report" buttons to the Control tab.

    John
     

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    This is great! good work
     
  3. Sean Carson

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    dumb question time: Is mesh leveling something the printer itself does, like auti bed leveling, or so I need to click one of those in octoprint before I start?
     
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    Mesh is a manual process, done one time, much easier with an LCD controller.
     
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    Is there a walkthrough for doing this in simplify3d? I don't have an LCD controller.
     
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    From the Wiki

     
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    Communication tab under machine controls, one command at a time. I ended up using my tablet with Octoprint. Be sure to save to EEPROM.
     
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    Does this section need to be manually added to the file on my Octopi or can it be uploaded via the web GUI?
     
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    Thank you!
     
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    I wish I knew enough to make it a real plug-in. I don't. So it needs to be manually added.
     
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    As I suspected, I guess I'll get to learn something today since I am just running the Octopi premade with no monitor lol.
     
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    How do I save to EPROM? I cant get the octoprint thing to work.
     
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    M500
     
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    To be complete:

    M500 Store current settings in EEPROM for the next startup or M501.
    M501 Read all parameters from EEPROM. (Or, undo changes.)
    M502 Reset current settings to defaults, as set in Configurations.h. (Follow with M500 to reset the EEPROM too.)
    So after firmware is fixed you need the M502 and an M500 at some point for them to work.
     
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    I'm trying to add this as well, but I can't seem to locate the file you are describing in my OctoPrint folder. Are you able to supply me with a path. I found one in tests. But that doesn't seem to be adding anything to my server.
     
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    config.yaml may be in ~/.octoprint
     
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    It should be noted that if you're having to resort to mesh leveling there is something seriously wrong with your build plate, but it is a useful tool if you have no recourse for getting a build plate that is actually flat.
     
  19. WheresWaldo

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    WTF are you talking about?

    Unless the build plate is machined to be perfectly flat there will always be some variation in the bed surface. Some will have more variation than others. Some materials used in beds may inherently be less flat than others. That is why leveling in some form or another was added to every single firmware (not just Marlin) used in 3D printing. MESH is just one way to accomplish that objective.
    .
     
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    The operative phrase is "having to". All of the manual adjusting and shimming in the world will not correct a bed that is out of flatness tolerance to allow proper first layer adhesion across said bed (and how much is allowable depends on your intended first layer thicknesses).

    My current printer has zero leveling in the firmware. 100% manual leveling of the bed based on a hard Z-Zero leveling point and adjusting screws for the plate (that I adjusted once, locked in place with the addition of some loc-nuts on the threads sticking out of the thumbscrews and left alone in the latter half of last year).

    Yes, it's a nice tool to have if there is a flaw somewhere in the design of your printer or in the materials used. Just because there is a large swath of poorly manufactured build plates out there doesn't mean that we should just go along with believing that is an acceptable thing.

    Didn't you swap the glass bed on your Robo for a sheet of MIC6 stock? That's guaranteed to be flat within .015"/.2mm regardless of sheet size (and with a duty tolerance of maintaining that flatness when heated to 800F/427C). That is well beyond flat enough for any 3d printed object if you're slicer settings are set up within reason for how accurate the stepper motors/drivers are to begin with.
     
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