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  1. ArcticWolf_11

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    Hi, I have the R1 with auto leveling and I bought it mid this year. Do I use the new 3.0 firmware or the old R1 firmware?, Thanks!
     
    #1 ArcticWolf_11, Oct 18, 2015
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    Are you altering your firmware for a specific reason?
    The latest firmware is for the new threaded rod upgrade.

    If your firmware is working, leave it alone.
     
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    I needed to modify it because I installed an E3D V6 on it, and do you happen to know what I would need to modify in the firmware for it? Oh and also, how do I make the auto leveling go like 1 mm lower? When I print in 0.1 layer height it doesn't want to stick to the kapton tape but 0.2 works perfectly fine.
     
    #3 ArcticWolf_11, Oct 19, 2015
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    Configuration.h for the E3Dv6 if you are using their thermistor

    You can't actually affect auto-leveling they way you describe. But in startup G-Code you can add an offset to Z (M565) or you can use your slicer to increase the amount extruded (usually called "first layer height/width" or "first layer extrusion multiplier") for the first layer, either way (not both) will affect adhesion of the first layer regardless of layer height.
     
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    If you installed thermistor that came with the E3D (and if it is NOT the metal stud thermistor) then you need to change the thermistor type in CONFIGURATION.H


    Your changes should look something like this:

    #define TEMP_SENSOR_0 5
     
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    ah okay, and which firmware would I use? Thanks!
     
    #6 ArcticWolf_11, Oct 20, 2015
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    <shrug> Whatever matches your printer.
    There is a version for the Beta, there is a version for the R1 and a Version for the R1+ and a version for the R1 with threaded rods upgrade. Maybe others, I haven't looked in a while :)
     
    #7 mark tomlinson, Oct 20, 2015
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    v3 should be fine
     
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