Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Bed Mapper Application and STL Files

I've finally got round to publishing the Bed Calibration Application that I discussed in this post.


The calibration application is now available, along with the STL for the bracket here.



This series of scripts requires the Python libraries: PySerial, Matplotlib and NumPy


Note: This script banks on the Mendel firmware supporting the M117 GCode. Without it, it won't work!


RepRapComms.py: Comms library for communicating with a Mendel.
ZCal.py: Main calibration routines.
PlotBed.py: Bed plotting routines.
gui.py: A GUI to make calibration easier.


To use the GUI:



  • Use the Printer Menu tab to configure the various settings to match your printer.
  • Calibrate Button, will perform a series of measurements across the whole bed at the specified X & Y step size.
  • Quick Cal Button, will perform a quick test at four specified points across the bed.
  • Variance Button, will perform a repeated measurement at a specified point to see what the variance is for the microswitch.

2 comments:

  1. hey
    are you able to help me get prog runnning on my box, having a few problems but really interested in this. thnx
    brianrowes

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  2. Sure, what seems to be the problem?

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