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Filament Tracker Instructions
Inputting Spool Information
The BB023 Filament Tracker is easy to use and easy to set up. The first thing to do is to measure the
spool you want to use and track. You need to measure the inside width and the inside diameter of the
spool. You might have to estimate this if the spool still has some filament on it. This isn't the diameter of
the hole in the center of the spool but is a bit bigger and is where the filament is wound onto. You also
need to measure the diameter of the outside. This is the distance from the top of the filament on the
spool to the other side. The picture here shows these measurements.
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Summary of Contents for Browns Brain BB023
- Page 1 Inputting Spool Information The BB023 Filament Tracker is easy to use and easy to set up. The first thing to do is to measure the spool you want to use and track. You need to measure the inside width and the inside diameter of the spool.
- Page 2 The next step is to type these values into the included spreadsheet. This will calculate the actual length of the filament on the spool. Here’s a picture of the spreadsheet. As can be seen in the picture, the measurements shown in the previous picture gives a filament length of 509.2 meters.
- Page 3 From there the filament goes into the printer as normal for that printer. Unloading is the reverse of this. To turn off the BB023, unplug the power cable.
- Page 4 To edit the length of a stored spool, turn on the BB023 and select the spool you want to edit. Press the button again for editing. The screen will flash, now press the button again to start entering the length,...
- Page 5 Once all digits are modified, the BB023 will return to normal operation. IMPORTANT: If you accidently press the button while a spool is displayed and do not want to edit its current length, simply unplug the power from the display unit before completing the editing.
- Page 6 The display unit can be mounted to one of the rails of the printer or simply positioned on the desk or table the printer is on. For the Chiron, a rail mount was used as shown in the next picture. This is also available for free download.