Franklin
Franklin is software designed to work with all 3-D personal manufacturing robots like Athena. It is both server and firmware, exposing all settings and controls on a web page served by the host computer, which in the case of Athena, is the Beaglebone Green.
Initial Setup
- Right click on http://192.168.76.2:8000/admin and select "Open Link in New Tab". Note "admin" at the end of the address - Franklin has different pages allowing different levels of access to features.
- Activate the setup check box as shown in the picture.
- A screen filled with buttons will be displayed. Because Franklin works with multiple different machines and connections, a variety of choices is available.
- Select the port over which communication will take place, for Athena with the second generation bridge board, it's ttyS4.
- Select the "Melzi from Beaglebone..." button.
- A red bar will appear at the top of the screen indicating that firmware is uploading.
- Franklin will display its admin page with no profile for the newly attached printer. Profiles permit saving different settings for different functions (Athena can do a lot more than just print 3-D objects).
- Right click on https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mtu-most/franklin/master/calibrate/Athena.ini. Save the page (File>Save Page As...) to a logical and memorable location on your hard disk.
- Click on the Browse button (near top, right of screen) and navigate to the location of the just-saved profile. Select the profile and click Ok.