Can I completely reset averything with my CubeX?

[rafael...@uconn.edu]

My club has been having some issue with our CubeX Trio.

Well, I seem to find a lot of issue every time someone other than me has been messing around with the printer. At the moment the issue seems to be that the bed (aftermarket) goes right into the print heads when I try to set the z-gap. I don't know how the hell people manage some of these issues, but nothing I can do about it (except prohibit use, which I think I will be doing).

I would love to be able to just completely wipe all settings when need be. Is that possible?

[Steven]

Rafael,

I do not know how to reset all settings like you are asking.

However, I have two ideas on your z-gap issue if you are interested.  

It could be a z-sensor issue.  

Turn on the cubex. 

Press Move on the display (for manually moving the head around or the build plate up and down).

Take a magnet and hold it under the Z-axis sensor.  When the magnet gets near the sensor a "Z" should appear on the display.  Move the magnet away the Z indicator goes away.  If this does not work then you have a sensor issue.

To reset the Z gap without crashing (I have had this problem before).

Press Move on the display.

Manually move the build plate down closer to the bottom of the machine (do not crash into the bottom!)

Press Z-gap.  The head will home and start moving the build plate up to the top.

Hold your magnet near the z-axis sensor.  The machine should think it has reached Z origin and then continue to setup for setting the Z-gap.

Jog the table down a couple of inches (4 maybe 5).

Set the z-gap at this position.  The amount that you traveled downward will become the new z-gap.

Now try setting the z-gap as usual.   Hopefully the machine will raise the build plate up until it finds the origin, then drop it down away from the head to reach the "fake" z-gap.