SeeMeCNC Rostock MAX v2 Manual de usuario
Rostock MAX v2 User's Guide
Welcome to the User's Guide for the Rostock MAX v2.0 3D printer.
ersion 1.52, September 28th, 2016
First Edition
Covers MatterControl v1.4
Copyright 2015 by Gene Buckle
Licensed as Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
Questions or corrections should be emailed to geneb@deltasoft.com
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Read Me First!
This document is your instruction manual for your new SeeMeCNC® 3D printer machine.
Before using your new 3D printer, thoroughly read and understand this manual for safe and effecti e
operation of the machine.
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Warning
Adult supervision required. Children under 18 years of age require supervision.
Risk of Fire. Do not leave machine unattended.
Use genuine parts manufactured or designated y SeeMeCNC.
Keep a copy of this manual near the machine, easily accessi le to all operators.
Use of this machine is at your own risk.
Personal property damage, serious injury or death can result from not following
instructions or warning in the manual or misuse of the machine.
Automatic machine can start unexpectedly. Pay close attention and keep clear
while power is connected to the machine
The machine power supply is connected to AC voltage
and can e hazardous. Disconnect power efore
servicing this machine.
The hot end of the machine can reach very high
temperatures of 700F and can cause serious urns.
The heated print surfaces (heated ed) can also reach
temperatures high enough to cause severe urns. Allow
oth to cool for 20 minutes after turning off power.
Use caution near moving parts of the machine. Keep
ody and loose articles clear.
Poisonous gas, smoke, or fumes could e emitted y some materials you could
use with the machine. In such case, you should install ventilation.
Choking Hazard. This machine contains small parts and
can produce small parts which can e a choking hazard
to children.
Visit http://www.seemecnc.com to contact us if you have any questions.
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Table of Contents
READ ME FIRST!.....................................................................................................................................2
0 – Introduction and Acknowledgments....................................................................................................4
1 – Driver and Software Installation..........................................................................................................5
1.1 – Installing the RAMBo Driver..................................................................................................5
1.2 – Installing the Arduino IDE......................................................................................................7
1.3 – Configuring the Arduino IDE..................................................................................................8
1.4 – Test Upload..............................................................................................................................9
1.5 – Uploading Repetier-Firmware...............................................................................................11
1.6 – The LCD and Front Panel Controls.......................................................................................13
2 – Installing MatterControl and Calibrating the Printer.........................................................................16
2.1 – Downloading, Installing, and Configuring MatterControl....................................................16
2.2 – Initial Function Tests.............................................................................................................22
2.3 – Setting the Z Height...............................................................................................................27
2.4 – Motion Calibration.................................................................................................................29
2.5 – erifying Extruder Stepper Operation...................................................................................32
2.6 – Extruder Calibration..............................................................................................................32
3 – First Print: PEEK Fan Shroud............................................................................................................34
3.1 – Configuring the Slicer............................................................................................................34
3.2 – Printing The PEEK Fan Shroud.............................................................................................36
3.3 – Loading Filament...................................................................................................................37
3.4 – Preparing the Heated Bed......................................................................................................38
3.5 – Printing the PEEK Fan Shroud..............................................................................................39
3.6 – Installing the PEEK Fan and Shroud.....................................................................................41
4 – Second Print: Layer Fan Shroud........................................................................................................44
5 – Matter Control Basics: Slicing...........................................................................................................47
6 – MatterControl Basics: Loading and Printing Objects........................................................................61
7 – Advanced MatterControl: Configuration...........................................................................................67
8 – Advanced MatterControl: Settings – General....................................................................................71
9 – Advanced MatterControl: Settings – Filament..................................................................................81
10 – Advanced MatterControl: Settings – Printer....................................................................................85
11 – Using the 3D and Layer iews.........................................................................................................88
12 – A Strategy for Successful (and great!) Prints...................................................................................97
Appendix A: Maintenance and Troubleshooting....................................................................................110
Print Layer Issues..........................................................................................................................111
Machine Won't Move!...................................................................................................................113
LCD Panel Not Working...............................................................................................................113
Appendix B: Alternate Calibration Method...........................................................................................115
Appendix C: The MatterControl Touch.................................................................................................119
Appendix D: Printing From the SD Card...............................................................................................126
Appendix E: Optimizing The Temperature Control Algorithms............................................................127
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0 – Introduction and Acknowledgments
I’d like to welcome you to the 1st Edition of the Rostock MAX v2 User's Guide!
Acknowledgments
I'd like to thank the gentleman that runs http://minow.blogspot.com.au/ for his excellent guide
on calibrating delta configuration 3D printers.
I'd also like to thank the whole gang over at the SeeMeCNC forums for providing excellent
feedback. This would be a much lesser creation without their contributions and insights.
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1 – Driver and Software Installation
The Rostock MAX v2 does not include the firmware required to operate it. This was a
conscious decision by SeeMeCNC to encourage builders to become more proficient in the operation of
their new 3D printer.
Downloading the tools necessary to build and upload Repetier-Firmware is simple and easy.
However, before you get to that point, you're going to need to install a driver in order to communicate
with the RAMBo controller. If you're using MacOS or Linux, you can skip the driver installation
instructions.
1.1 – Installing t e RAMBo Driver
Download the USB Driver zip file from this location:
http://download.seemecnc.com/Software/RAMBo_USBdriver.zip
The driver will work with all versions of Windows – XP to v8.1.
If you haven't done so already, connect the Rostock MAX to your computer using the included
USB cable and turn the Rostock MAX on using the power switch you installed previously.
Unzip the file to a temp directory or other place that you know the location of. For Windows
users (and likely XP, Windows 8 and Vista users as well , plug in the RAMBo and let Windows “fail”
to find the correct driver for the board. Open up the device manager by right-clicking on “Computer” or
“My Computer” and select “Properties” followed by “Device Manager”. Scroll down to the “Unknown
Devices” entry and right-click on the RAMBo entry. Choose “Update Driver” and then “Browse my
computer for driver software” (or something similar to this . Choose “Let me pick from a list of device
drivers on my computer”, then click the button for “Have Disk”. Browse to where you unzipped the file
you downloaded and then click “OK”. It may complain (depending on OS that the driver isn’t signed –
allow it to install it anyway. That’s all there is to it. The RAMBo will now appear on your computer as
a standard serial port. On my computer it appeared as COM10 – it will most likely be different on
yours.
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The easiest way to find out what port your RAMBo is listening on is to open up the Device
Manager and look for the RAMBo entry. In order to discover this bit of information, you'll need to
open up Device Manager (right click on My Computer, click “Properties” and then click “Device
Manager” . You'll get a window that looks something like this:
The entry we're looking for is highlighted
in green. Your “COM” entry will more than likely
be different from mine. Write this entry down as
you'll need it very soon.
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Fig. 1.1-1: The RAMBo in the Device Manager
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1.2 – Installing t e Arduino IDE
In order to compile and upload the firmware to the RAMBo controller, you're going to need the
Arduino IDE. This is an open source software development environment targeted at the Arduino
family of ATMega-based microcontroller project boards. At its heart, the RAMBo controller is just an
Arduino Mega 2560 with a lot of goodies attached to it.
You can download the Windows, MacOS and Linux version of the Arduino IDE from here:
http://arduino.cc/download
The version of the IDE used as of this writing is 1.6.1, but later versions can be used.
Install the Arduino IDE using the downloaded installer.
Now you need to download the firmware from SeeMeCNC's github repository.
https://github.com/seemecnc/Firmware/archive/master.zip
Unpack the “master.zip” file that you downloaded into a directory where you can keep track of
it. You may need to reference it in the future.
Start the Arduino IDE – you should be presented with a screen that looks similar to this:
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Fig. 1.2-1: The Arduino IDE
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1.3 – Configuring t e Arduino IDE
Before we can use the IDE to upload the firmware to the RAMBo controller, we need to tell the
Arduino IDE what kind of board we have and what communications port it needs to use in order to
perform the upload task.
Click on the “Tools” menu item and then click on “Board” and then “Arduino Mega or Mega
2560”.
Next, you'll need to tell the Arduino IDE what port to talk to the RAMBo on. To do this, click on
“Tools”, “Serial Port” and then choose the COM port that your RAMBo appears as on your computer.
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Fig. 1.3-1: hoosing the board type.
Fig. 1.3-2: hoosing the Serial Port.
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1.4 – Test Upload
Ok, now that you've got the Arduino IDE configured, we're going to do a quick task that'll do
two things. First, it will validate that you've got the Arduino IDE configured properly and that you're
able to connect and upload a program to the RAMBo controller. Remember – the RAMBo controller is
just an Arduino Mega 2560 with a bunch of goodies piled on top!
Second, the program I'm going to have you run will clear the EEPROM on the RAMBo
controller to make sure you start with a clean slate. The EEPROM is an Electrically Erasable
Programmable Read Only Memory and it's where Repetier-Firmware will store settings. When you can
store configuration information in the EEPROM, it means that you don't have to re-upload the
firmware every time you make a change.
Click on “File”, “Examples”, “EEPROM”, and finally “eeprom_clear” as highlighted in blue in
the figure below.
The only thing you need to do now is click the “Upload” icon in the Arduino IDE. The upload icon is
represented by this symbol:
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Fig. 1.4-1: Loading the eeprom_clear program.
Fig. 1.4-2: eeprom_clear loaded & ready to go.
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Turn your Rostock MAX v2 on if you haven't already and then click the Upload icon.
When the upload is finished, you should see
results similar to that on the right. The “Done
uploading” is the status you want. There is no other
external evidence that the eeprom_clear program has
done its job, but it has!
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Fig. 1.4-3: Success!
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