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| # Make sure the "Show Setup" checkbox is checked.
| | ==Changing Values in Franklin== |
| # Scroll to bottom of the page to show the printer control buttons.
| | Values in Franklin are presented with an input text box for making changes. The currently active value is shown next to the box. |
| # Click the "Home" button.
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| # Select the Z position text box (immediately below Z (mm)).
| | Those text boxes permit entry of a value which is then set by pressing the "Enter" key on the keyboard. Values can also be changed by selecting a text box (left click on it) followed by pressing cursor up and down movement keys on the key board: |
| # Enter 0 in the Z position box (or leave it empty) and click Enter on the keyboard. The end effector should move down to approximately 10mm from the build platform.
| | * Page Up: increase value by 10 |
| # Place a piece of plain, white paper on the build platform under the hot end.
| | * Page Down: Decrease value by 10 |
| # In the Motor Settings area, select the text box in the maroon row under Switch pos (mm) and increase the values until the paper is slightly pinched between the hot end and the build platform while the Z position is 0 - the paper should be mobile when pulled and pushed, but resistance should be felt.
| | * Up arrow: increase value by 1 |
| # Move to Z = 50mm (select Z pos text box, enter 50, press Enter).
| | * Down arrow: decrease value by 1 |
| # Select the Y position text box (immediately below Y (mm)) and enter a value of 100. Press Enter on the keyboard. The end effector should move near the vertex with the extruder drive mounted to it.
| | * Shift + Up arrow: increase value by 0.1 |
| # Move to Z = 0mm.
| | * Shift + Down arrow: decrease value by 0.1 |
| # Select the text box for the w motor switch position and change its value using the up and down arrow keys (with Shift as required) until the resistance on moving the paper is about the same as it was in the middle of the build platform.
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| # Move to Z = 50mm (select the Z pos text box, enter 50 and press Enter). The end effector will move 50mm off the build platform.
| | Math can also be performed in the text boxes; entering +1.5 (note plus sign) will add 1.5 to the value, entering +-1.5 (note the plus and the minus signs) will subtract 1.5 from the value. |
| # Select the Angle text box under the Delta section (it's a lone row in the middle of the position settings; '''not the setting at the bottom next to the target position'''.). Enter 240 and press Enter. The end effector should move to the U vertex (counterclockwise from extruder drive vertex when looking down).
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| # Move to Z = 0mm and adjust the u motor switch position until resistance is felt similar to that felt previously upon moving the paper.
| | All values of the same type can be changed at once by making the change in the maroon bar below the values. |
| # Move to Z = 50mm.
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| # Set the angle to 120 degrees (Delta section, Angle position = 120 followed by Enter).
| | Pressing enter on an empty box is the same as entering 0. Setting a value to something that Franklin cannot understand as a number sets it to NaN ("Not a Number"). For some settings, this is useful; for example, a temperature control is switched off that way. |
| # Move to Z = 0mm and adjust the v motor switch position until resistance is felt similar to that felt previously upon moving the paper.
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| # Home the printer.
| | The special values Infinity and -Infinity can also be entered (note the capital I), which is useful for some settings. |
| # Set the angle to 0. (The end effector will not move.)
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| # Move to Z = 0mm and readjust all of the switch positions (in the Motor Settings area, select the text box in the maroon row, Switch Pos (mm) column) until the resistance upon moving the paper is the same as felt before. Take care only to use arrow keys or values starting with a + sign: the differences between the values must not change.
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| # Move to Y = 100mm.
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| # In the Delta area, adjust the radius of all motors at once (with the box in the maroon bar) until the resistance upon moving the paper is the same as felt before. (Decreasing the radius makes it more tight, increasing the radius makes it less tight.)
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| # Save the profile by clicking the Profile Save (as) button.
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| # Save a backup of the profile to your computer by right-clicking on the "Export settings to file" link and selecting "Save link as...". Navigate to a logical location on your computer and save the file using a logical name. Should something happen that results in the loss of your profile, use this file to restore it. The backup can be reloaded by clicking the "Choose File" button just above "Export settings to file" followed by clicking the "Import" button. The backup can also be used as a starting point for calibration of a second Athena. Uncheck the "Show setup" check box to display the simplified print screen.{{clear}}
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Changing Values in Franklin
Values in Franklin are presented with an input text box for making changes. The currently active value is shown next to the box.
Those text boxes permit entry of a value which is then set by pressing the "Enter" key on the keyboard. Values can also be changed by selecting a text box (left click on it) followed by pressing cursor up and down movement keys on the key board:
- Page Up: increase value by 10
- Page Down: Decrease value by 10
- Up arrow: increase value by 1
- Down arrow: decrease value by 1
- Shift + Up arrow: increase value by 0.1
- Shift + Down arrow: decrease value by 0.1
Math can also be performed in the text boxes; entering +1.5 (note plus sign) will add 1.5 to the value, entering +-1.5 (note the plus and the minus signs) will subtract 1.5 from the value.
All values of the same type can be changed at once by making the change in the maroon bar below the values.
Pressing enter on an empty box is the same as entering 0. Setting a value to something that Franklin cannot understand as a number sets it to NaN ("Not a Number"). For some settings, this is useful; for example, a temperature control is switched off that way.
The special values Infinity and -Infinity can also be entered (note the capital I), which is useful for some settings.
