Hello. I'm new with 3D Printing, and have built and calibrated a Prusa 3D reprap printer (so yes, I have those scars). However, my hotend has not yet arrived, and I would like to do a fake print using Repetier. I can communicate and home the printer on all 3 axes, and I can slice a simple object, but when I press "Play", the printer homes all three axes then seems to wait for the hotend temperature to rise high enough:
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(Note that I have a temporary thermistor hooked up, just to confirm I have it setup right.)
How can I tell Repetier that I don't want to actually heat up the hot end... just start "printing"? (Of course, I have no filament in the extruder either.) I'd like to see the printer head moving about and the extruder gears moving as if it were pushing filament around. Is there any way to do this?
Thanks in advance.
Darryl
< 1:00:13 AM: T:24.0 E:0 W: ?
< 1:00:14 AM: T:24.0 E:0 W: ?
< 1:00:15 AM: T:24.0 E:0 W: ?
(Note that I have a temporary thermistor hooked up, just to confirm I have it setup right.)
How can I tell Repetier that I don't want to actually heat up the hot end... just start "printing"? (Of course, I have no filament in the extruder either.) I'd like to see the printer head moving about and the extruder gears moving as if it were pushing filament around. Is there any way to do this?
Thanks in advance.
Darryl