Just Installed orig klipper now ripping my hair out getting z offset to work at all

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Just Installed orig klipper now ripping my hair out getting z offset to work at all
My FLsun V400 printer was working great before this full install. I have tried reading all the github/wiki stuff I can.

I follow the instructions, and my nozzle will not lower. to the bed. about 1 to 3mm higher. Cannot print anything.

So, I need direction, a lesson or I revert back into the FLsun world (which I do not want to do). I see advantages to open source.

I am going bald and blind. I set aside 2 days and looks like I need 20.

S-Pad macros no longer allow me to set / save z-height.
New method with the click probe installed on the nozzle fails me.

  1. probe on & calibrate
  2. remove probe manually adjust to bed height
  3. obtain a Z-offset number.
  4. save / restart

Must I manually add the z-offset # somewhere?

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Thanks for anything you can do or say

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Where have you left this?

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The steps I follow when setting up my delta is (make sure to SAVE CONFIG after each step):

  1. Calibrate rotation distance on all steppers
  2. Extruder calibration
  3. Endstop phase calibration
  4. Delta calibrate (manual / cold nozzle/bed)
  5. Print enhanced delta calibration stl file
  6. Delta enhanced calibration - DELTA_ANALYZE CALIBRATE=extended
  7. Bed mesh calibration (manual / cold nozzle/bed)
  8. Resonance tuning / input shaping via ADXL345
  9. Pressure advance
  10. Hot end / heated bed PID tuning
  11. Probe calibration - if you use one (manual / cold nozzle/bed)

Follow all the Klipper documentation.

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I don’t have a delta, but I do know the Z height is controlled by the endstop heights for the A,B, and C towers. If those values are wrong, you won’t be able to lower the nozzle all the way to the bed.

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Back on track. Day later. To be honest. Don’t have a clue why Z offset was an issue (Must have been me).

I do wonder that Save & restart are not the same as running the save macro. (in certain conditions).

The fix / All I did is:

From Mainsail on PC

  1. Z Offset calibrate (Sensor installed)

              Preheat bed to PLA 
          Run macro **Z Offset Calibration** 
                  After probe is  raised up, remove probe & finished the with a manual paper test. 
          Run macro called **SAVE**.

  2. Delta Calibration (Sensor installed)

          Run Marco **Delta Calibration** 
          Accept & reboot.

  3. Bed leveling (Sensor installed)

              Preheat bed to PLA 
          Run macro called **Bed Leveling**
          Run macro called SAVE

Thats it. Started printing.

Thanks for listening. :upside_down_face:

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