ST3Di Modelsmart 280 - Duet Maestro repair/upgrade

Blacksheep99

@danwilliams94 I just used to leave on of the spools on and then feed in any of the other filaments I wanted to use. That was before I swapped out to the Duet

Blacksheep99

@danwilliams94

Hopefully this word doc has the config files in. The principles should still be true.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T86iTxZwGsj3nLFBjzRinjlMTsEoz19Z/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116402951384827293733&rtpof=true&sd=true

I'd move to Cura or Prusaslicer rather than use the old ST3DI slicer if you can.

The pla@**** is what is telling the printer how much filament you have used from their spools.

DanWilliams94

@blacksheep99
Yeah I'll give it ago again trying to set it up on cura later on its just abit of headscraching and headache then I'll figure it out

Asdfasdf426

@blacksheep99 Hi I know I'm a bit late to the thread but I have a ST3Di 280 printer and I am trying to set it up with Cura and to use 3d party filament. But in you word document I am unable to open them and they seem to be formatted as images. do you have another way that I can access these files.

Blacksheep99

@asdfasdf426 Hi, send me a DM with your email. I'll send you the word doc. I hoped you could right click the links here and save as?

Asdfasdf426

@blacksheep99 I can open the links in this thread to get the google doc, my problem is that when you say save these file in the doc I cant because when I click on them they are images and I don't know what's happening same thing with the Cura profile (the one in the document that you have created I cant open it and when I click on it is treated like an image.) And I am unable to open/save the setup files. I am not sure what the problem is do you have any idea

Blacksheep99

@asdfasdf426

Link to a zip with the config files in

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JSyTzxHwKSFLeYJ-qqXJ88_kIwULIfp4/view?usp=sharing

let me know if this works.

Asdfasdf426

@blacksheep99 Hi I think I may be having a small problem when I load gcode (from cura) onto a Micro SD card and put it in the printer the printer says no models found. To set up cura I just copied and pasted the start and gcode from your ST3Di_Modelsmart_200.def.json.zip file. Was this the right way to that or have I done it wrong. Or do you know if this may be another Issue.
Additionally, do you know what I should put for the X and Y offsets for the nozzles because I don't really know what they are and how to find them out. (I just measured the distance between the nozzles with a vernier callipers and but that as the X offset Which I'm sure is not the right way, Do you possibly know how to do it and/or have the offsets?) Thanks for all your help so far.

Asdfasdf426

@blacksheep99 Also I just checked the Gcode files that cura is putting out are 0 bytes. Do you have any idea why this may be happening and possibly how to fix it?

Blacksheep99

@asdfasdf426 said in ST3Di Modelsmart 280 - Duet Maestro repair/upgrade:

@blacksheep99 Hi I think I may be having a small problem when I load gcode (from cura) onto a Micro SD card and put it in the printer the printer says no models found. To set up cura I just copied and pasted the start and gcode from your ST3Di_Modelsmart_200.def.json.zip file. Was this the right way to that or have I done it wrong. Or do you know if this may be another Issue.
Additionally, do you know what I should put for the X and Y offsets for the nozzles because I don't really know what they are and how to find them out. (I just measured the distance between the nozzles with a vernier callipers and but that as the X offset Which I'm sure is not the right way, Do you possibly know how to do it and/or have the offsets?) Thanks for all your help so far.

Hi, I'm struggling to remember if I'm honest. I'll check for old configs for the 280 as the ones in the zip are for the 200 (principle is the same). Did you save those files to the folders as per the guide?

For the 280 I think you need 2 extruder files and they should be referenced in the definition file.

I don't recall needing to change the offset of the two extruders as I think they FW controls it. You may be able to use Cura to tweak it though if they are slightly out.

Blacksheep99

@asdfasdf426

These are my old 280 files. Maybe a better starting point.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K6EtdznTIZRGNCmrj5GTYIlvQVWrrL8o/view?usp=sharing

These were my notes to myself.

ST3Di Modelsmart 280

Printer Profile

Explains how to setup a new printer profile, also where to save/edit the files.
https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/wiki/Definition-Files-Explained

Created by GH (15/5/19)

Updated version (20/05/2019) NOTE: May need to switch the left and right extruders in the definitions to match Cura. Currently Material 1 prints on the right extruder, I think logically you'd want it on the left and Material 2 on the right?

If you want a representation of the build plate (helps with positioning). Then save this to the meshes folder

Material I created (PLA)

In addition I wanted to find a way to have Cura save out the gcode files with the ebp extension. Using this link I was able to find a way….

https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/issues/1059

Save the file below to this location.
C:\Program Files\Ultimaker Cura 4.0\plugins\GCodeWriter

Copyright (c) 2015 Ultimaker B.V.

Cura is released under the terms of the LGPLv3 or higher.

from . import GCodeWriter

from UM.i18n import i18nCatalog
catalog = i18nCatalog("cura")

def getMetaData():
return {

    "mesh_writer": {
        "output": [{
            "extension": "ebp",
            "description": catalog.i18nc("@item:inlistbox", "G-code File"),
            "mime_type": "text/x-gcode",
            "mode": GCodeWriter.GCodeWriter.OutputMode.TextMode
        }]
    }
}

def register(app):
return { "mesh_writer": GCodeWriter.GCodeWriter() }

The next thing I'd like to figure out is how to edit or stop Cura adding text to the start of the output file. This needed to be deleted before you can print.

Example: Yellow text need deleting or a way of having the ebp@280 line first (I think the printer FW looks for this to authenticate the file is suitable for the printer).
;FLAVOR:Marlin
;TIME:5405
;Filament used: 5.85157m, 0m
;Layer height: 0.2
;Generated with Cura_SteamEngine 4.0.0
T0
M82 ;absolute extrusion mode
ebp@280
pla@1
pla@1
null@0
version@1_2_36@null@null
T0
M190 S40.0
M104 TO S210.0
G21
G90
M107
T0
G28
G29
M109 TO S210.0
M107
T0

themaninthesuitcase created this issue in Ultimaker/Cura

closed Add .g to allowed gcode file extensions #1059

Hpnonthuis

Hello Blacksheep99,
i am trying to get my stedi 280 running again and update to standard Marlin control is there any chance you have a configuration.f file that i can use?
any other tips would be very much appreciated
I would also like to get away from theb cassettes and use standard filament, do you see any problems there?
regards hpnonthuis

Blacksheep99

@Hpnonthuis I swapped out the control board for a Duet so it runs RRF. The original board was locked so it wasn't possible to upgrade the FW.

robinzulu

@Blacksheep99 Hi, very new to 3D printing. I recently bought a new ST3Di 3D-FP-ST-1001-00 3D Printer, ModelSmart Pro 280 but when I tried to download the software from the site as directed by the manual but it no longer exists. Sorry if this is the wrong forum but I am struggling to find it anywhere. Is there an alternative at all. Thanks very much for any help you offer.

Blacksheep99

@robinzulu I have the old slicer on my google drive.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f1yuOidiOxlcGvqfJhKm9rftpKGLOB2k/view?usp=share_link

You can create a profile in something like Prusaslicer and use this with the ST3Di as well. Just takes a bit of work.

robinzulu

@Blacksheep99 Thanks very much for you help, I will let you know how I get on.