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· Tronxy X5SA Build Volume Home Position Cura 5
I installed an X5sa 400 in Cura. It is NOT an "Origin at Center" printer. Looking at the StartUp and End G-Code in Cura 5, I don't see any problems (EDIT: I found a problem) Your End G-Code does contain this line:
G1 X{machine_width} Y{machine_depth} ; Park print head
Those keywords get replaced (with the settings in the Machine Settings dialog) when the actual gcode file is created. For the 400 I installed, that line would be replaced as:
G1 X400 Y400 ; Park print head
That should send the nozzle to the back right corner. If your build plate isn't that big (in the firmware) then there will be a crash into the end stops.
TronXY (or a Cura Community member) provides the definition files for TronXY printers. The author of the older definitions was "AdderMk2" and the author of the 5.0 definition was "KV/AdderMk2". So yes, there were changes made.
It looks like in previous Cura versions that line was G1 X0 Y0 and would have sent the print head to the left front corner (instead of right rear). That's probably what you were used to. Either way should work.
If you open an actual Gcode file in a text editor and go to the end - what does that line read?
EDIT: There is a problem in the 5.0 Ending Gcode in this line:
G91 ; Set Positioning to RelativeG1 Z10 ; Raise nozzle 10
It should read:
G91 ; Set Positioning to Relative
G1 Z10 ; Raise nozzle 10
This gcode file is just your start and end. In between the StartUp and Ending gcode I've put these lines.
G1 Z10 F600 ; Move up at 10mm/sec
G1 X200 Y200 F6000 ;Go to midpoint of the build surface at 100mm/sec
M300 ;Beep
G4 S5 ;Pause for 5 seconds
You can "print" that file and see what it does. You can open it in a text editor and make changes. When you get it the way you want, copy the relevant parts into your Machine Settings. You will need to uncomment the "retraction" line in the ending gcode and alter the "heating" lines in the startup gcode.
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I installed an X5sa 400 in Cura. It is NOT an "Origin at Center" printer. Looking at the StartUp and End G-Code in Cura 5, I don't see any problems (EDIT: I found a problem) Your End G-Code does contain this line:
G1 X{machine_width} Y{machine_depth} ; Park print head
Those keywords get replaced (with the settings in the Machine Settings dialog) when the actual gcode file is created. For the 400 I installed, that line would be replaced as:
G1 X400 Y400 ; Park print head
That should send the nozzle to the back right corner. If your build plate isn't that big (in the firmware) then there will be a crash into the end stops.
TronXY (or a Cura Community member) provides the definition files for TronXY printers. The author of the older definitions was "AdderMk2" and the author of the 5.0 definition was "KV/AdderMk2". So yes, there were changes made.
It looks like in previous Cura versions that line was G1 X0 Y0 and would have sent the print head to the left front corner (instead of right rear). That's probably what you were used to. Either way should work.
If you open an actual Gcode file in a text editor and go to the end - what does that line read?
EDIT: There is a problem in the 5.0 Ending Gcode in this line:
G91 ; Set Positioning to RelativeG1 Z10 ; Raise nozzle 10
It should read:
G91 ; Set Positioning to Relative
G1 Z10 ; Raise nozzle 10
This gcode file is just your start and end. In between the StartUp and Ending gcode I've put these lines.
G1 Z10 F600 ; Move up at 10mm/sec
G1 X200 Y200 F6000 ;Go to midpoint of the build surface at 100mm/sec
M300 ;Beep
G4 S5 ;Pause for 5 seconds
You can "print" that file and see what it does. You can open it in a text editor and make changes. When you get it the way you want, copy the relevant parts into your Machine Settings. You will need to uncomment the "retraction" line in the ending gcode and alter the "heating" lines in the startup gcode.
X5sa400 Start and End.gcode
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