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Re: Da Vinci calibration calculator

null@example.com (Atpalmer23) — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 06:14:27 +0000

Nice work on the calculator. It dialed me in on the first try.

Readings Adjustments Results
1 2 3 B C A 1 2 3 Date
34 88 94 -90 -360 -135 115 98 95 15/08/19 00:11

Re: Da Vinci calibration calculator

null@example.com (cosmosolano) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 04:16:18 +0000

carl_m1968 wrote:

He is referring to the sticky at the top of the XYZ Printing Da Vinci Section. Provided by yours truly..
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/8408/bed … beginners/

Thank you SO MUCH Carl, (and BTW, Barry wasn't referring to that link, YOU referred to that link, he just got on to tell us how stupid we are.

Thank you for using this forum as it should be used!!

Coz

Re: Da Vinci calibration calculator

null@example.com (carl_m1968) — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 23:51:31 +0000

GamingUnleashed wrote:

hang on you mean i wasted 6 hrs getting my BRAND NEW 2.0A calibrated and their is an Android Ap :S

sorry your calc kept putting my 2.0 further and further away , kept telling me to add turns
in the end got my spirit leveler then kept winding them back evenly until i was near 100 again on the calibrations .. 1 hr later started getting pass's
apparently 1 turn is worth 50 numbers ?

Run the calibration and enter the
3 values here:
Reading 1 211
Reading 2 80
Reading 3 206
Adjust the 3 screws and enter
the 3 values here:
Adjustment B 981
Adjustment C 1056
Adjustment A 56

when infact i had to go back a couple of turns and not ADD 1056 degree worth

Those numbers represent in decimal the distance between the nozzle and build plate. For example 215 would be .215mm.. Just save yourself a ton of heartache and do this.. It is the correct and tried and proven method of bed leveling.

http://www.soliforum.com/topic/8408/bed … beginners/

Re: Da Vinci calibration calculator

null@example.com (carl_m1968) — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 23:48:57 +0000

cosmosolano wrote:

Barry1685- that sounds like a good idea, so why not give us specifically what to do (I'm totally new to this stuff) rather than just telling us we're doing it the hard way? I for one would REALLY appreciate it.

He is referring to the sticky at the top of the XYZ Printing Da Vinci Section. Provided by yours truly..

http://www.soliforum.com/topic/8408/bed … beginners/

Re: Da Vinci calibration calculator

null@example.com (cosmosolano) — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 23:24:29 +0000

Barry1685- that sounds like a good idea, so why not give us specifically what to do (I'm totally new to this stuff) rather than just telling us we're doing it the hard way? I for one would REALLY appreciate it.

Re: Da Vinci calibration calculator

null@example.com (barry1685) — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 14:11:44 +0000

Why are you guys using autocalibration? Its terrible. You don't have to do autocal to do manual adjustments. All you have to do is print a sample demo and turn the printer off when it starts printing and manual calibrate.

Re: Da Vinci calibration calculator

null@example.com (GamingUnleashed) — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 10:05:32 +0000

hang on you mean i wasted 6 hrs getting my BRAND NEW 2.0A calibrated and their is an Android Ap :S

sorry your calc kept putting my 2.0 further and further away , kept telling me to add turns

in the end got my spirit leveler then kept winding them back evenly until i was near 100 again on the calibrations .. 1 hr later started getting pass's

apparently 1 turn is worth 50 numbers ?

Run the calibration and enter the
3 values here:
Reading 1 211
Reading 2 80
Reading 3 206
Adjust the 3 screws and enter
the 3 values here:
Adjustment B 981
Adjustment C 1056
Adjustment A 56

when infact i had to go back a couple of turns and not ADD 1056 degree worth

Re: Da Vinci calibration calculator

null@example.com (carl_m1968) — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 07:12:21 +0000

sleepvideo wrote:

I would buy a Ios app or even a Windows app. I have a Winbook so either one would work.
John

You can run Bluestacks in Windows. It is a free Android emulator and lets any PC or laptop behave like an Android device and run Android apps. I doubt the Winbook can do it as being an emulator it takes some serious resouces. I have a Winbook myself and know its limitations.

Re: Da Vinci calibration calculator

null@example.com (sleepvideo) — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 06:00:48 +0000

I would buy a Ios app or even a Windows app. I have a Winbook so either one would work.

John

Re: Da Vinci calibration calculator

null@example.com (scotthay) — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 01:03:35 +0000

I think it is actually $1.99 unless there is another one.

Re: Da Vinci calibration calculator

null@example.com (bigrednurse) — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 23:40:57 +0000

An android apk for calibration is available for free via amazon app store.!!

Re: Da Vinci calibration calculator

null@example.com (Neotko) — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 18:41:09 +0000

You should make an iPhone App for this since there's one for android only (maybe an app with html code) so it could run without internet access. The android app goes for a buck or so (go make some bling bling)

Re: Da Vinci calibration calculator

null@example.com (prpickett) — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 17:02:39 +0000

I removed the bed adjustment thumbwheels and marked them with red paint at the 0 and 180 degree positions and with blue paint at the 90 and 270 degree positions. My thumbwheels have 50 ridges on them so this corresponds to 7.2 degrees per ridge. After putting the wheels back on and running about a dozen standard calibrations (individual adjustments of 90-360 degrees per wheel) I was able to get a successful calibration of 230 (aiming for 225 at all 3 points) from a starting position of 325,345,165 in only 1 adjustment. I consider that very successful considering I used to take at least several tries to get into calibration from much closer starting values. I have since been able to calibrate successfully in 1 adjustment 4 times over the last week. One point to note is that sometimes the DaVinci doesn't seem to get the correct values when probing so if your result doesn't make sense such as a large value change for a small adjustment or increase when you expected a decrease, just run calibrate again without making any changes to verify the result. Also, minor variations are minimized by just doing your setup calibrations with 360 degree adjustments rather than smaller values. I recommend +/- 360 for each wheel individually and then a couple of combinations of 2 or more wheels.

Re: Da Vinci calibration calculator

null@example.com (stenci) — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 03:09:02 +0000

prpickett, thanks for the feedback.

I assumed that the Da Vinci 2.0 was just a smaller version of the 1.0, instead I just checked the documentation (http://support.xyzprinting.com/us_en/Support/document) and I found out that the positions of the adjustment screws are inverted, and that the suggested target for the 1 is between 200 and 250.

I modified the calculator. Now there are different images for the 1 and the 2, and the default targets results are 225 for the 1 and 100 for the 2.

Re: Da Vinci calibration calculator

null@example.com (prpickett) — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 16:42:03 +0000

I had success with this calculator after entering 7 data calibrations and it seems to work pretty well. I am using it on a Da Vinci 1.0. I would like to make 2 comments. First, the adjustment screw diagram seems backwards for my printer. I have 2 screws at the back and 1 in the front center. My measurement points are 1 rear right and 2 in the front. I just assumed the diagram for the screws was rotated and adjusted accordingly. The second point is that the program seems to want to calibrate to an offset of 100. I thought that the recommended setting was 200-250. Overall the program is helpful and I suspect any errors I have were due to approximating how much I rotated the screws.