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Johannes Weis
Mar 01

Klipper on the Proforge3

in Proofrge 3 General Discussion

Since the actual firmware is online is there any interest in getting Klipper to work or should I just leave that project in its unfinished state?

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Johannes Weis
Mar 02

For those interested in installing Klipper, here’s all you need. Unfinished version at the time of this comment but thats about to change soon.


https://github.com/WunderBertrand/Proforge3_Klipper

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Johannes Weis
Mar 02

Config slowly taking shape.

only thing left for me to do is leveling my probe and getting a benchy done. Everything added later is just for convenience or bragging.

Johannes Weis
Mar 03

Config done.

-start- and end-GCode implemented

-screen works (in Marlin mode)

-steppers and drivers adjusted


you just have to fine tune what’s left :)

Johannes Weis
Mar 05

Klipper config done and published. Works.

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Frederik Weis
Mar 05

@Johannes Weis it surely does! I also changed the 16 steps to 256 on X and Y. currently I’m trying to get the motors a bit quieter cause they are loud af

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Dries Douterloigne
Mar 08

I see you have an lcd section in the config, does that mean you can use the touchscreen?

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Frederik Weis
Mar 08

@Dries Douterloigne you can use it as a normal screen in Marlin-Mode. Works quite well but isn’t as fancy as a touch screen




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Johannes Weis
Mar 08

@Dries Douterloigne as Frederik said, works in Marlin mode (push the knob for a few seconds to change modes). It’s nice for quick information on temp/print time which is enough since you‘ll do most of the controlling via Octoprint anyways :)

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Dries Douterloigne
Mar 09

Thanks, once I got it assembled (I'm still waiting for the upgrade assembly guides) I will install marlin to verify if everything is working correctly and then move over to mainsail and Klipper which I already use on my other printers. This can take some weeks and I have to learn how to properly work with GitHub but if I can help with adding config sections I will do