Problem with calibration

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Problem with calibration

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I calibrated the xyz towers perfectly and then when i ran script 4 the hot end pinned the paper. So i read the instructions and this would be considered a concavity. I went in to arduino and changed the eeprom mode to 0 like they said to do and then bumped the printer radius down. When i saved it and uploaded it two things go on. 1- when i run script 4 the hot end is exactly 1"15/16 from the hot plate. 2- The speed is 100%. Now when i run a script 1,2 or 3 i have to kill it half way down because it wants to bury itself into the side of the supports thus going beyond its perimeters. When i change the printer radius up or down it doesn't matter, the script 4 always stops 1"15/16 from the hot plate. Any help would be appreciated.

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Re: Problem with calibration

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On the LCD, Calibrate Z height, rotate the knob till it's close to the table (about the thickness of a sheet of paper), press the knob and select "set new Z"

Are you changing the Eeprom setting in mattercontrol?
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I have changed the Printer radius different times and it always seems to end up about 1"15/16 above the build platform.
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Re: Problem with calibration

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Is this a Rostock Max v2 we're talking about?
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Re: Problem with calibration

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jonyzdude wrote:I went in to arduino and changed the eeprom mode to 0 like they said to do...
Not sure where you found an instruction saying to do that. As I understand it, setting eeprom mode to 0 causes the firmware to override the values in eeprom. So, if you set your Z height in eeprom and then set mode to 0, firmware will use default values from config which is why the head is high above the platform now.
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Re: Problem with calibration

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This is the Rostock Max. I bought it in 2013.
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Re: Problem with calibration

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You can do this by locating the line in Configuration.h that reads “#define EEPROM_MODE” You'll change the value
that's listed to “0” in order to turn off the EEPROM feature. Once your PRINTER_RADIUS
configuration is completed, change it back to “1” to re-enable the EEPROM.

I took this out of the instructional guide.
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Re: Problem with calibration

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jonyzdude wrote:You can do this by locating the line in Configuration.h that reads “#define EEPROM_MODE” You'll change the value
that's listed to “0” in order to turn off the EEPROM feature. Once your PRINTER_RADIUS
configuration is completed, change it back to “1” to re-enable the EEPROM.

I took this out of the instructional guide.
I think you are looking at an old manual. The up to date manual does not have you disable the eeprom. Although you may have a Max V1, use the Max V2 manual (Rostock-MAX-v2-Assembly-Guide-2ndEdition). Defeating the eeprom is why the head is at the wrong height.
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