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Stage 08: Programming · Makertech 3D Help Center

Knowledge Base/ProForge 3/Guides/Stage 08: Programming

Stage 08: Programming

Moderate2 hrs28 steps

Steps

1 of 28

1Control Board Firmware
2Sanity Checks
3Powering On
4Powering On Continued
5Touch Screen Firmware
6Updating Touch Screen
7Troubleshooting Touch Screen
8Wipe Touch Screen SD Card
9Thermistor Check
10Endstop Checks
11Endstop Checks Cont.
12Filament Sensor Check
13Probe Check
14Print Fan Check
15Print Fan Check Cont.
16Motion Check
17Homing X/Y
18Homing Z
19Hotend Heater Check
20Hot Tightening Hotend
21Extruder Check
22Heated Bed Check
23Probe Offset
24P-Offset Cont.
25Saving the Probe Offset
26Auto-Levelling Mesh
27Saving the Mesh
28Ready to Print

Step 1 of 28

Step 1 Control Board Firmware
- Note: Download the Marlin firmware depending on your configuration (updated 9 April 2022):
  Reminder: Proforge 3 Direct Drive Firmware

Unzip and copy the firmware.bin file to the micro SD card.

Insert the SD card into the control board.

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Step 2 Sanity Checks

Step 2: Sanity Checks, image 1

Note: Double check all of your wiring with the wiring diagram.
Caution: In particular, the wiring of the power supply and heated bed.

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Step 3 Powering On

Step 3: Powering On, image 1

Plug the power cable into the back of the printer.
Power on with the switch on the front of the base.
Caution: If you find your power switch getting stuck 'ON', it is likely secured on too tightly. Loosen the nut holding it to the base.

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Step 4 Powering On Continued

Step 4: Powering On Continued, image 1

Note: Powering on for the first time should result in the following:
- Electronics Fan should spin.
- Hotend Cooling Fan should spin
- LED's should light up.
Reminder: If after a 2-3 minutes you do not get your hotend fan spinning, power off, wait 10 seconds and power on again.

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Step 5 Touch Screen Firmware

Step 5: Touch Screen Firmware, image 1

Note: Download the display firmware for the Direct Drive set-up here.
Delete any files on the SD card and copy these files onto the SD card.
With the printer powered down, insert the SD card into the display with the adaptor.

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Step 6 Updating Touch Screen

Step 6: Updating Touch Screen, image 1

Note: Powering on should result in the touch screening being updated. The update can take a few minutes.
Caution: Note, if you get a bed mesh error, that is normal, as no bed mesh has been set yet.

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Step 7 Troubleshooting Touch Screen

Note: If your touch screen shows an Illegal flash app error:
- 1. Wipe the SD card and put an empty text file named reset.txt onto it.
- 2. Power off the printer, insert the SD card into the display and power on again.
- 3. After the reset, power down, wipe the SD card, and copy the firmware files again and retry the installation.

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Step 8 Wipe Touch Screen SD Card

Note: Once the touch screen has been updated remove the SD card.
Note: Delete the contents of the SD card, it should now be ready to use with your printer.

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Step 9 Thermistor Check

Step 9: Thermistor Check, image 1

Thermistors should read room temperature.
Note: You may find that the hotend thermistor is a little off/jumpy, that's OK as it's a high temp thermistor and designed to be accurate at temps above 100C.

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Step 10 Endstop Checks

Step 10: Endstop Checks, image 1

Note: Before starting, make sure that none of the endstops are being triggered.
Note: Click on Menu
- Select terminal.
- Send an M119 command.
You should receive back that X and Y endstops are open.
The Z probe should also be open, and the filament sensor should be triggered (as there's no filament loaded).

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Step 11 Endstop Checks Cont.

Step 11: Endstop Checks Cont., image 1

Move the tool head to the bottom left as shown.
- Reminder: Both the X and Y endstops should be triggered.
Note: In the terminal, send the M119 command again.
- You should receive the following back with the X and Y endstops reporting as triggered.

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Step 12 Filament Sensor Check

Step 12: Filament Sensor Check, image 1

Use a piece of filament to check that the sensor is working.
Sending M119 should return back OPEN.

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Step 13 Probe Check

Step 13: Probe Check, image 1

Place a metal object underneath the probe.
The LED on the probe should now light up.
With the metal object still under the probe, send the M119 command again - it should return as TRIGGERED.

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Step 14 Print Fan Check

Step 14: Print Fan Check, image 1

In the menu screen, go to Heat/Fan
Click on Fan
Set fan to Full

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Step 15 Print Fan Check Cont.

Step 15: Print Fan Check Cont., image 1

Both part cooling fans should be spinning.
Note: Switch the fans off when done.

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Step 16 Motion Check

Step 16: Motion Check, image 1

In the menu go to Movement
Click on Move
Set the motion increments to 10mm.
Note: Use the buttons to move the X, Y and Z axes around and confirm that the printer is making the desired movements.

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Step 17 Homing X/Y

Step 17: Homing X/Y, image 1

Go to the Movement menu
Click on Home
Home X and Y
Note: The printer should home those axes.

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Step 18 Homing Z

Step 18: Homing Z, image 1

Note: Before starting, place the flexplate onto the heated bed, if you've not already done so.
Before homing the Z-axis, manually raise the platform to meet the tool carriage at the centre of the print platform.
- Reminder: Before being able to move the carriage by hand, you will need to disable the stepper motors. This button can be found in the movement menu (Disarm All).
The platform should trigger the probe (red light comes on) before the tip of the nozzle touches the flexplate.
With the above confirmed, home the Z-axis from the display.

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Step 19 Hotend Heater Check

Step 19: Hotend Heater Check, image 1

From the home screen click on the hotend.
Heat the hotend to 220C.

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Step 20 Hot Tightening Hotend

Step 20: Hot Tightening Hotend, image 1

Note: With the hotend hot, hot tighten the nozzle.
Do this using two pliers. Use one to hold the heater block, use the other to tighten the nozzle.
Caution: Be careful doing this, the hotend is hot enough to cause burns!

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Step 21 Extruder Check

Step 21: Extruder Check, image 1

Note: With the hotend hot you can send an extrude command to check the extruder.
In the main menu go to Movement
Then go to Extrude
Orbiter Extruder:
- Load: Turn clockwise
- Unload: Turn anticlockwise

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Step 22 Heated Bed Check

Step 22: Heated Bed Check, image 1

From the home screen, click on Bed
Heat the bed to 70C.
Reminder: MIC-6 NOTE: The printer reads the temperature of the silicone heater, not the platform. Therefore, even though the printer may report back that it has reached its temp, it will take approx 5-10 min for the platform surface to actually reach that temp.

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Step 23 Probe Offset

Step 23: Probe Offset, image 1

Note: Before beginning this step, make sure that the heated bed and hotend are heated up to your desired printing temp. We recommend 220C on the hotend and 70C on the heated bed as a good starting point.
- Reminder: The hotend and platform, when hot, would have expanded. Therefore, the z-offset is different for when the printer is hot versus cold.
Go to the Movement menu and then to the Bed Level menu.
Click on P Offset
- Press ON to begin the offset calibration.

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Step 24 P-Offset Cont.

Step 24: P-Offset Cont., image 1

Toggle the adjustment increment to 0.1mm.
Place a sheet of paper under the nozzle.
Lower the nozzle (raise the bed) in 0.1mm increments until the sheet of paper is trapped between the nozzle and platform. Feel free to drop down to 0.01mm for finer tuning.
- In our case, we had to lower the nozzle by just 0.1mm before this happened.

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Step 25 Saving the Probe Offset

Step 25: Saving the Probe Offset, image 1

Press next until the save button appears.
Press the save button and then press OK to save the offset to the printers' memory.

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Step 26 Auto-Levelling Mesh

Step 26: Auto-Levelling Mesh, image 1

In the Movement -> Bed Level menu, click on UBL
Click Start
- Note: The Proforge 3 should then run through the auto-levelling procedure.
Click OK when done.

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Step 27 Saving the Mesh

Step 27: Saving the Mesh, image 1

Click Save to save the mesh.
Save to slot 0
Press OK to confirm the save.

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Step 28 Ready to Print

Note: With all of these steps now completed, you are ready to begin your first print.

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