Hello all,
I’m new to astroprint and have setup an astrobox (pi B-) to connect my Wanhao Duplicator 4 to this cloud.
I searched for some hints before but did not find them so think this can be useful info because it still took some days to get this working the way i liked. In between also tried Octoprint… also a nice development but…
create a material.
settings: ABS, filament:1.78mm, printtemp 220c and bedtemp 100c.
(or whatever material you are using… but here you program the bed-temp).
create printer profile using : sailfish/makerbot replicator 1 dual (or single)
settings and advanced settings: defaults except make sure the box fits and select format: X3G
Start commands and End commands: … paste the gcode content you have under replicatorG/machines in the apropriate files into these fields. Just cut and paste did it in my case. The samples made by staff here lok different … but this works for me.
;(**** start.gcode for The Replicator, dual head ****)
M103 ;(disable RPM)
M73 P0 ;(enable build progress)
G21 ;(set units to mm)
G90 ;(set positioning to absolute)
;(**** begin homing ****)
G162 X Y F2500 ;(home XY axes maximum)
G161 Z F1100 ;(home Z axis minimum)
G92 Z-5 ;(set Z to -5)
G1 Z0.0 ;(move Z to "0")
G161 Z F100 ;(home Z axis minimum)
M132 X Y Z A B ;(Recall stored home offsets for XYZAB axis)
;(**** end homing ****)
G1 X-110.5 Y-72 Z50 F3300.0 ;(move to waiting position)
G130 X20 Y20 A20 B20 ;(Lower stepper Vrefs while heating)
M6 T0 ;(wait for toolhead, and HBP to reach temperature)
G130 X127 Y127 A127 B127 ;(Set Stepper motor Vref to defaults)
M108 T0
G0 X-110.5 Y-72 ;(Position Nozzle)
G0 Z0.6 ;(Position Height)
G92 E0 ;(Set E to 0)
G1 E4 F300 ;(Extrude 4mm of filament)
G92 E0 ;(Set E to 0 again)
;(**** end of start.gcode ****)
;(******* End.gcode*******)
M109 S0 T0 ;( Cool down the build platform )
M104 S0 T0 ;( Cool down the Right Extruder )
M104 S0 T1 ;( Cool down the Left Extruder )
M73 P100 ;( End build progress )
G0 Z150 ;( Send Z axis to bottom of machine )
M18 ;( Disable steppers )
G162 X Y F2500 ;( Home XY endstops )
M18 ;( Disable stepper motors )
M70 P5 ;( We <3 Making Things!)
M72 P1 ;( Play Ta-Da song )
;(*********end End.gcode*******)
then… upload a small stl as a model. After uloading to the cloud (using the nice filemanager tool) click on the 3d preview icon. The slicer opens.
Only changes i made were ’ no raft and nr of lines for skirt on 0.
And safe profile, slice, print …
Awesome prints come out this way here… best ever.
Pause and Unpause work from astrobox interface.
Hope u can rejuvenate your D4 also this way.