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===== Mesh Bed Levelling ===== | ===== Mesh Bed Levelling ===== | ||
Mesh bed levelling allows you to level the bed at as many points as you would like to, in a grid. This allows you to get perfect first layer height anywhere on the large bed - and it does not matter if it is warped or not! | Mesh bed levelling allows you to level the bed at as many points as you would like to, in a grid. This allows you to get perfect first layer height anywhere on the large bed - and it does not matter if it is warped or not! | ||
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DaHai has an [[https:// | DaHai has an [[https:// | ||
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Next, perform the following steps: | Next, perform the following steps: | ||
- | - Download and install [[https:// | + | - Download and install [[https:// |
- Open pronterface, | - Open pronterface, | ||
- Connect to the printer using baud-rate 250000, and using the correct Serial/COM port for your printer. | - Connect to the printer using baud-rate 250000, and using the correct Serial/COM port for your printer. | ||
- Pre-heat the bed to the printing temperature you normally use. | - Pre-heat the bed to the printing temperature you normally use. | ||
- The bed will warp depending on temperature, | - The bed will warp depending on temperature, | ||
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+ | === FAQ: What is GCode? === | ||
+ | Gcode is just the language for the instructions that the printer follows to perform a print. Cura or your slicer, simply translates the STL file into the GCode that the printer run on. Pronterface allows us a way to send individual GCode commands one by one, and this is the way we can communicate to the printer, and perform procedures like this one. | ||
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==== How To Perform Mesh Bed Levelling ===== | ==== How To Perform Mesh Bed Levelling ===== | ||
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If you want to check the mesh that you have produced, you can use the command "G29 S0" to print a mesh report to the command line history window. | If you want to check the mesh that you have produced, you can use the command "G29 S0" to print a mesh report to the command line history window. | ||
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+ | ====Mesh Bed Levelling via LCD==== | ||
+ | If you have installed both the custom motherboard firmware and the custom LCD firmware, then you can perform mesh bed levelling via the LCD screen. Note, that the LCD screen is very sensitive, so be careful to avoid causing double taps! | ||
+ | - Go the more menu. | ||
+ | - Press "mesh bed levelling" | ||
+ | - Use the "mesh up and down" buttons until the desired gap is correct. | ||
+ | - Press the "next point" button to go the next point. | ||
+ | - Repeat this until all the points have been levelled. | ||
+ | - After the last point is completed, when you press the "next point" button, the head will return to the home position. | ||
+ | - Press the "Save EEPROM" | ||
+ | - Don't forget to add M420 S1 to your [[: | ||
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==== More Info ==== | ==== More Info ==== | ||
For more information on the mesh bed levelling process and options, please see the [[http:// | For more information on the mesh bed levelling process and options, please see the [[http:// |
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