Printer Controls
- Bobc
- Riley gunn
The HMI touchscreen on the machine and the Web Console are the two main ways to interact with the Pantheon HS3. This articles provides a quick overview of what each page contains, where specific controls are and what they do.
Index
- 1 Index
- 2 HMI
- 2.1 Main Menu
- 2.2 Sidebar
- 2.3 Move
- 2.4 Temperature
- 2.5 Extruder
- 2.6 Print
- 2.7 Printing
- 2.8 Utilities
- 2.9 Power
- 2.10 Emergency Stop
- 3 Web Console
- 3.1 Dashboard
- 3.2 Webcam
- 3.3 Console
- 3.4 Heightmap
- 3.5 G-Code Files
- 3.6 G-Code Viewer
- 3.7 History
- 3.8 Machine
HMI
The machine has a touchscreen display that lets the user interact with the machine.
tip All “boxes” are interactable elements, aka “buttons”
Main Menu
The highest level page. The machine will default to this page when powering on.
Sidebar
on the left hand, from top to bottom
Back - go back to the last screen
Home - go to the home screen
Power - power off, or restart
Emergency stop - emergency stop
Move
The MOVE sub-menu lets the user manually control the axis of the machine.
Caution When jogging the axes around, keep body parts out of the way of machine travel. After setting the print head and bed temperature, they will be hot enough to burn you.
Home
The HOME page lets the user home each or all the axis.
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 request a temperature value.
Extruder
The EXTRUDER page lets the user control the extrusion system of the printhead. Enabling and disabling the Auto Wet Filament Purge as well as the Runout sensor are configurable here. See why we use Auto Wet Filament Purge here: Filament Tube Moisture Ingress: Why the first few layers appear "crunchy" | Solution
The PRINT page lists all uploaded G-Code files.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Printing - Settings
The SETTINGS sub-menu allows the user access to some settings during an active print job.
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.
Printing - Exclude Object
The EXCLUDE OBJECT menu allows the user to select and cancel specific objects of the current print job.
Utilities
The UTILITIES sub-menu lets the user navigate to sub-systems of the machine.
Fan
Lights
The LIGHTS page lets the user control the lights of the camera.
Console
The CONSOLE page displays the machine’s console output. Manual entry of G-Code is possible here.
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.
Settings
The SETTINGS page allows the user to modify a few generic settings on the display.
Network
The NETWORK page is where available networks will be listed and can be connected to.
Notifications
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.
Emergency Stop
The EMERGENCY STOP hotkey brings up a confirmation window to STOP the machine or cancel the emergency stop request.
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.
Webcam
Shows the video stream of the on-board camera.
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.
Heightmap
The heightmap visually displays the probed bed mesh.
G-Code Files
The list of the uploaded G-Code files.
G-Code Viewer
An interactive 3D viewer of the G-Code.
History
The print history data of the machine.
Machine
The configuration folder of the machine and where to update applications.
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