Repetier-Host Manual
Repetier-Host Manual English CONTENTS 3 Installation and Configuration of Repetier-Host 4 Installation 4 Installation in Linux 5 Installation in MacOS 5 Installation in Windows 6 Configuration of Repetier-Host 6 Connection 7 The printer 8 Dimensions of the printer 9 Advanced 9 Use of Repetier-Host with Slic3r 2
English Repetier-Host Manual INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION OF REPETIER-HOST To see how to use the Repetier-Host program to display the pieces, generate the laminate.gcode and print with the connected by USB. Repetier-Host is a simple interface which facilitates the connection of the USB to the 3D printer, the display of pieces in.stl format and their lamination in.gcode thanks to the Slic3r or Skeinforge laminators. You can use only your Slic3r program to print your designs, but you will find that Repetier-Host is graphically more friendly and provides more options for controlling and displaying.stl and.gcode formats. 3
Repetier-Host Manual English INSTALLATION First, you will need to download the compatible version (Windows, Linux, MacOS) from the Repetier website: http://www.repetier.com/download/. Installation in Linux 1. Place the compressed file.tgz, which you have downloaded, in the directory in which you wish to place Repetier-Host. 2. De-compress the file tgz: xzf repetierhostlinux_0_70b.tgz 3. Open the new folder of Repetier-Host: cd RepetierHost 4. Execute the file configurefirst.sh.. It will ask you for the password: sh configurefirst.sh. 5. Install dependencies: installdependenciesdebian Linux s own Shell may ask you whether you wish to install the necessary dependencies; in this case, enter Yes. You can always install them later. This operation can take a few minutes, and you will have to accept the downloading and installation of several bundles; this varies according to the software that you have installed in your equipment. In some distributions of Linux, normal users do not have access to serial ports.you have to include your user name in the dialout group. Then close the session and open it again. In Debian: usermod a G dialout yourusername. 4
English Repetier-Host Manual Installation in MacOS Installation in MacOS is direct. If the file.zip is downloaded, it suffices to decompress it and to drag the application to its applications folder. If the installer.pkg is downloaded, it only needs to be executed. Installation in Windows Execute the downloaded installer, for example: setuprepetierhost_0_95.exe. Follow the steps for the installation as shown in the pictures below: 5
Repetier-Host Manual English CONFIGURATION OF REPETIER-HOST Once you have the program installed, open a window and go to the option Printer Settings on the upper right-hand side. New window will appear, where you are going to configure the parameters of your 3D printer. Connection Connect the to the computer, using the USB cable, and update ports until you find the one for our printer. Set the Baud Rate at 115200 and the Receive Cache Size at 63. 6
English Repetier-Host Manual The printer Define the parameters of the printer as shown in the picture below: If the machine is equipped with two extruders, select 2 in the box Number of Extruder and change the configurations as shown below: 7
Repetier-Host Manual English Dimensions of the printer As in the previous step, define the dimensions of the printer as shown below: For the configuration of a printer with double extruder, the parameters are the following: 8
English Repetier-Host Manual Advanced Leave the default configuration. Write the name of the printer in the upper part of the menu (e.g. WitBox), press Apply and then OK. Now you can press the Connect button in the upper left-hand part Connect. USE OF REPETIER-HOST WITH SLIC3R If you have the program Slic3r installed in the computer, and printing profiles already defined,you can gain access to them from Repetier-Host to generate the format.gcode. NOTE: if you haven t yet saved the profiles, read the Manual Slic3r. 1) Generation of the format.gcode First, we open the file.stl in the menu File > Open. On the Slicer tab, you will see that you have the option to use Slic3r or Skeinforge. In this guide we only use Slic3r. You will see that you can select the saved profiles and configurations which you need for the printing, the printer and the extruder. 9
Repetier-Host Manual English Once you have selected the profile, press the button Slice with Slic3r, which will automatically generate the file.gcode. 2) Print the generated.gcode Once you have a.gcode format generated, you can proceed to print the pieces if you have the connected to the Repetier-Host by USB (press the button Connect and wait until it turns green). Connect You can check that everything is working correctly on the Manual Control tab: 10
English Repetier-Host Manual In this menu the axes of the printer can be moved by pressing the arrows or the house-shaped icons (home position), and the extruder can be made to extrude. To print the gcode, you need only press the Run Job button Now you know how to use the basics of the Repetier-Host program to print a piece and to control the 3D printer connected by USB, but this program gives us more options for use such as, for example, saving directly the.gcode generated in the printer s SD card or gaining access to the profiles of Slic3r to modify them in each printing: Run Job. 11
Repetier-Host Manual English You can also print several designs simultaneously from the options of the Object Placement tab, and you can add, eliminate or scale the pieces, or arrange them in the position that you want: For more information, please visit the official website: http://www.repetier.com/. 12
English Repetier-Host Manual For more information, please contact: witbox@bq.com www.bq.com