The HMI touchscreen on the machine and the Web Console are the two main ways to interact with Pantheon printers. This articles provides a quick overview of what each page contains, where specific controls are and what they do.

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HMI

The machine has a touchscreen display that lets the user interact with the machine.

Main Menu

The highest level page. The machine will default to this page when powering on.

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Sidebar

on the left hand, from top to bottom

• Back - go back to the last screen

• Main Menu - go to the main screen

• Power - power off, or restart

• Emergency stop - emergency stop

Move

The MOVE sub-menu lets the user manually drag the gantry around and the bed up and down. There is also a hot-key to home all the axes. You can access the precise-move sub-menu from here.

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Precise Move

The Precise-Move sub-menu lets the user precisely control the axes of the machine.

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Home

The HOME page lets the user home each or all the axis. The Z-Tilt operation is only available for HS-Pro.

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Temperature

The TEMPERATURE page lets the user set temperatures for the various heating elements in the machine. After tapping on a heating element, a number-pad will appear, allowing the user to enter a temperature value.

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Extruder

The EXTRUDER page lets the user control the extrusion system of the printhead. Enabling and disabling the Runout sensor is configurable here.

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Print

The PRINT page lists all uploaded G-Code files.

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To delete a file, change the view from icon view to list view using the toggle and a trash icon will appear next to the file.

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USB Print

For machines with USB print functionality, once the USB storage device is plugged in, press the refresh button and a folder called “flash_drive” will appear. Enter the folder and the machine will only display folders or g-code files. Click on a g-code file and it will bring up a window to copy the file to the printer. Back out of the “flash_drive” folder and the g-code file that was copied will be the one most recently added. It is safe to remove the USB at this point. The thumbnail/icon may take a few minutes to appear.

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Prime Printer

After a print job has been completed, to access the print jobs, the user will have to “Prime” the printer. The main menu will have a new box labelled Prime Printer where the Print menu is.

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The Prime Printer pop-up window informs the user to ensure the printer is ready for the next print job. On the backend, this operation also informs the Fleet Management software that the printer is ready. The Prime Printer operation does not warm up the machine to prepare for the next print job, it is a safety check to confirm the machine is ready for the next print job.

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Printing

The PRINTING page is the highest level page during an active print job. This page shows the progress of the current print and navigation buttons to sub-menus.

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Printing - Fine Tuning

The FINE TUNING menu is only accessible during an active print job. This menu allows the user to fine tune some printing characteristics on the current print job. These values reset after the print is complete.

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Printing - Settings

The SETTINGS sub-menu allows the user access to some settings during an active print job.

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Printing - Cancel

When the user presses the cancel button during a print, a confirmation window appears. The excluder object feature is accessible from this menu.

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Printing - Exclude Object

The EXCLUDE OBJECT menu allows the user to select and cancel specific objects of the current print job.

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Utilities

The UTILITIES sub-menu lets the user navigate to sub-systems of the machine.

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Fan

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Lights

The LIGHTS page lets the user control the lights of the camera.

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Console

The CONSOLE page displays the machine’s console output. Manual entry of G-Code is possible here.

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System

The SYSTEM page is the update manager for the various applications running on the machine. Be sure to check this page when updates are released.

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Settings

The SETTINGS page allows the user to modify a few generic settings on the display. The Wet Filament Purge is configurable in this menu. See why we use Auto Wet Filament Purge here: Filament Tube Moisture Ingress: Why the first few layers appear "crunchy" | Solution

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Network

The NETWORK page is where available networks will be listed and can be connected to.

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Notifications

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Power

The POWER hotkey brings up the option to shutdown or restart the operating system of the machine. Note this will not turn off all the systems of the HS3, just the operating system.

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Emergency Stop

The EMERGENCY STOP hotkey brings up a confirmation window to STOP the machine or cancel the emergency stop request.

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Web Console

This is a overview of how the web console works, please visit the Mainsail website for more information.

You can access the Web Console by using the name of your machine shown on the top panel of the touchscreen or the IP address found in the Network Menu once connected to a network. Be sure you are on the same network as the machine. Enter the name or the IP address into your web browser. For example:

• BigBear.local

• 192.168.1.171

Dashboard

The dashboard gives an overview of the printer, displaying the camera, temperatures, the print status, the console, and a few panels to control certain systems of the machine.

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Webcam

Shows the video stream of the on-board camera.

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Console

The console is a where you can directly send G-Codes to the machine. This is typically not used during normal operation but it does display some real-time information and will reiterate warnings and errors.

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Heightmap

The heightmap visually displays the probed bed mesh.

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G-Code Files

The list of the uploaded G-Code files.

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G-Code Viewer

An interactive 3D viewer of the G-Code.

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History

The print history data of the machine.

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Machine

The configuration folder of the machine and where to update applications.

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