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An [https://www.klipper3d.org/Installation.html installation guide] is avilable on the Klipper website. I will follow that now.
An [https://www.klipper3d.org/Installation.html installation guide] is avilable on the Klipper website. I will follow that now.


''make menuconfig'' will ask for microcontroller - the E5+ uses atmega2560. See [https://github.com/KevinOConnor/klipper/blob/master/config/printer-creality-ender5plus-2019.cfg printer-creality-ender5plus-2019.cfg]
''make menuconfig'' will ask for microcontroller - the E5+ uses ''atmega2560''. See [https://github.com/KevinOConnor/klipper/blob/master/config/printer-creality-ender5plus-2019.cfg printer-creality-ender5plus-2019.cfg]
  You(and I) MUST read, understand and perform the [https://www.klipper3d.org/Config_checks.html Config checks] - [https://www.klipper3d.org/Manual_Level.html Manual Leveling] - [https://www.klipper3d.org/Probe_Calibrate.html Probe Calibration] & [https://www.klipper3d.org/Bed_Level.html Bed Leveling] BEFORE you try to print!!
  You(and I) MUST read, understand and perform the [https://www.klipper3d.org/Config_checks.html Config checks] - [https://www.klipper3d.org/Manual_Level.html Manual Leveling] - [https://www.klipper3d.org/Probe_Calibrate.html Probe Calibration] & [https://www.klipper3d.org/Bed_Level.html Bed Leveling] BEFORE you try to print!!
The [https://www.klipper3d.org/Overview.html overview page] is a valuable resource of information so i got a lot of reading to do ;-)
The [https://www.klipper3d.org/Overview.html overview page] is a valuable resource of information so i got a lot of reading to do ;-)

Revision as of 16:39, 10 October 2020

Purpose

I would like to unleash the power of my Ender 5 Plus(here after referenced as E5+) by removing the "bottleneck" that the weak mainboard processing power have. Klipper supposedly should do just this by moving all data processing from the E5+ mainboard on to the Raspberry Pi 4 i got connected already anyway.

First try/step will be a combo of Klipper and OctoPrint.

Later i might try the Klipper + Moonraker + MainSail combo.

Reference pages

  • Klipper is a 3d-Printer firmware. It combines the power of a general purpose computer with one or more micro-controllers.
  • OctoPrint provides a snappy web interface for controlling consumer 3D printers.
  • Moonraker is a Python 3 based web server that exposes APIs with which client applications may use to interact with Klipper.
  • Mainsail lightweight & responsive web interface for the Klipper 3D printer firmware.

Klipper + OctoPrint combo

An installation guide is avilable on the Klipper website. I will follow that now.

make menuconfig will ask for microcontroller - the E5+ uses atmega2560. See printer-creality-ender5plus-2019.cfg

You(and I) MUST read, understand and perform the Config checks - Manual Leveling - Probe Calibration & Bed Leveling BEFORE you try to print!!

The overview page is a valuable resource of information so i got a lot of reading to do ;-)

Depending on the result of the first Benchy test print I believe that the next tuning should be done in this order:

  1. Resonance compensation: A tool to reduce ringing in prints.
  2. Pressure advance: Calibrate extruder pressure.

Problems i ran into

  • OctoPrint reported errors in the Gcode that turned out beeing related to hidden ascii codes in the start_gcode. Solution was found somewhere on the Intarwebs i cannot recall...