Beacon H - Z-offset

[cbix]

I just rebuilt my printhead on my Voron 2.4.  I now have StealthBurner, Revo Voron Hot End, Galileo 2, NiteHawk Toolboard, and the Beacon H.

 

I am just getting used to the Beacon H.  I love most things about it.  What I miss about my klicky probe, however, is that there was a z-offset number in the printer.cfg file that was super easy to make small adjustments to.  If I wanted the first layer to be squished a tiny bit more, then I would just go into the printer.cfg file and change that z-offset value by a few hundredths. 

 

I know I can change the z-offset in my slicer settings, but this printer is used by me along with a fairly large number of students who all have different copies of slicer software on their computers, so it is really helpful to have one central place where I can make small adjustments to the z-offset.  

 

Is there a way to duplicate this with the Beacon H?  

[mvdveer]

10 hours ago, cbix said:

Is there a way to duplicate this with the Beacon H?  

Should be possible to do this in PRINT_START macro:

As per the beacon documentation this allows for hotend thermal expansion, thus theoretically by changing this number you should be able to do what you want.

 

[TitusADuxass]

17 hours ago, cbix said:

I just rebuilt my printhead on my Voron 2.4.  I now have StealthBurner, Revo Voron Hot End, Galileo 2, NiteHawk Toolboard, and the Beacon H.

I am just getting used to the Beacon H.  I love most things about it.  What I miss about my klicky probe, however, is that there was a z-offset number in the printer.cfg file that was super easy to make small adjustments to.  If I wanted the first layer to be squished a tiny bit more, then I would just go into the printer.cfg file and change that z-offset value by a few hundredths. 

I know I can change the z-offset in my slicer settings, but this printer is used by me along with a fairly large number of students who all have different copies of slicer software on their computers, so it is really helpful to have one central place where I can make small adjustments to the z-offset.  

Is there a way to duplicate this with the Beacon H?  

Why don't you just baby step it down as so as the print starts. 

That's what I do when printing onto a none textured suface, I send the print, then I go to mainsail and click on the Z-Offest there.

[cbix]

On 8/30/2024 at 6:57 PM, mvdveer said:

Should be possible to do this in PRINT_START macro:

As per the beacon documentation this allows for hotend thermal expansion, thus theoretically by changing this number you should be able to do what you want.

I am going to give this a start.  If this works, this is perfect.  Not only that, but I can do the babystepping thing to figure out exactly what I should set this at.