These are the install instructions by Alex Or. He has done all of us a huge favour. I will be sending this to anyone who purchases a harness or kit, this will also be available to my patrons.
Klipper kit install instructions
Author: Rob L.
DDE Plate, and why you need it
The DDE (Direct Drive Extruder) kit is one of the most important upgrades for your Troodon’s if you want to be serious about performance and reliability. However, this does not mean it is perfect. The stock plate mounts with only 3 bolts that are heavily leveraged against as shown in following video.
The STL for the upgrade plate is available for download using the link below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Kvd5OL-qsA94Lqb9yHYOjGK3acGJ8lc/view?usp=sharing
Newest Klipper Mainsail update changes!
Klipper newest mainsail update (moonrakerv0.41-12 or newer) requires the following line to be added:
[octoprint_compat]Just paste it in the bottom of your moonraker.conf file as shown below.
You will find this in the Settings > Machine tab.
Orbiter modded by me
I added one designed to work with the vivedino front bearing.
only need the housing and latch if converting a dde . i included diff latch alignments cause i found that some diff clone gears are slightly diff length
Klipper guide for flashing and install
Alex Or is helping by putting a lot of my pictures and information together into a presentation. It should be ready soon, he had me review his draft. We are making a few changes, but it looks great already. It is time to make a video of the flashing procedure, so Jake Allen installed a new board and let me record a remote session of me flashing it for him.
Here is a video showing the basic harness install.
Holger asked for a picture of the pi camera mounting location.
Klipper harness install
The klipper harness is assembled with the intent of using the small triangles on the harness to locate the pins.
A rpi diagram courtesy of raspberrypi.org shows the pin numbers here
The harness comes with a diagram and shows the pin numbers. The main harness, the connector on the right in the below image, has the pin marked with a triangle go to pin number 2.
The harness connector on the left is for the accelerometer, and is not needed for the main install.
Connect the Panel Due harness in the manner that is described in the video below. Be careful of the orientation of the Panel Due plug you remove, and connect the power wires as described.
One of my Patreons is working on a presentation documenting the install, so I will add it when it is ready.
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Unlock with PatreonEasy weight reduction
The stock setup has a groove mount plate and an assembly that is just too heavy. As much as it is better than a lot of other groove mount implementations, I see that it can be made better.
This are the dragon mount and the 5015 fan shroud download links.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BtnqhWhkixEPdtRQnBg3gijz13YyvnBc/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qeLU5dZkYZxnouUQ3TwafIUh0kFKA1pV/view?usp=sharing
I do have stock fan shrouds too, but I think I have to adjust the height to work with the dragon and other short hotends, as I have modified these for someone with a stock setup when I first got the printer.
Useful macros
RRF aka stock troodon start scripts will be doing all slicers anyone asks for
This is start scripts i am doing cura,s3d,superslicer,prusaslicer but i will add anything anyone asks for i just may need them test it once for me to make sure i get the variable right . this will speed heating a lot as it will do things in tandem instead of waiting plus includes purge line to to make sure it clear and retract at end to make sure no clogs or ooze .
One click rrf3 files
So i am ready to make first attempt at the gantry upgrade
Klipper bible
Klipper guide “complete but Coffe installed with me on phone and gave his feedback on making klipper noob friendly so will be adjusting and also working on the other configs more so it still is a WIP for ease of install”
Fixed dde plate
This is way stronger than the stock plate and has spacers built in works with all stock hardware
Stock fan mounts Troodon @ versions
V6 dragon shroud is the hotend cooler it works with stock as well but works great for the dragon . Body 3 and 4 are very high resolution must be printed with .4 nozzle and line width or will have errors in most slicers. Body 10 is a diff file same setup just mirror for other side
This is a newer fan style and a bracket that fixes the stock ones flexing for the dde
5015 Fan duct for dragon hot end test3 is better flow
Gcode visualizer and more plugins
this is a beta version of the newest dwc for the 3.2 rrf it is awesome it works with my posted update for rrf3 which i have tweaked the install guide a little to make it very easy and bullet proof. You should be able to simply dload the duet 2and3 zip file and click install thats it . Then dload this beta by uploading in the system tab as well. The web control may work with 2x to i am going to downgrade and report back to let everyone know for people intimidated by the rrf3 upgrade
Should work with rrf2 as well
5015 Fan cooler
This is a prusa based fan cooler set for the dragon nozzle height .
This also allows the removal of the factory red housing to reduce weight .
**** make sure to set min layer time to at least 10 seconds and to block supports from the duct tips but to have supports on the arm where it hangs past base.
