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V3.0 Creality Sonic Pad User Manual SHENZHEN CREALITY 3D TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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In addition, you can visit our official website at www.creality.com to find relevant software/hardware information, contact details, opera- tion, and warranty instructions.
Catalogue 01. Product Description 02. Packing list 03. Interface and button description 04. Operation Precautions 05. First use 06. Daily use 07. System upgrade 08. Advanced options 09. Time lapse video 10. Slicing software displays previews and thumbnails 11. Adaptation of other printers 12.
1. Product Description When the Creality Sonic Pad is connected to the FDM printer via a USB cable, it becomes the core system of the printer. Hardware Specifications T800 USB 2.0 interface Screen resolution & size 1024x600 & 7 Inch Wi-Fi protocol IEEE 802.11b/g/n...
(used), abide by professional ethics, pay attention to safety obligations, and strictly prohibit the use of our products or equipment for any illegal purposes. Creality will not be responsible for any violators' legal liability under any circustance. 5. First use 1.
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SENSOR 1.2 Connect the Creality Sonic Pad and 3D printer with a USB cable to your printer (Use the correct adapter if necessary). SENSOR 2. Boot Settings After the connection is completed, press the power button of the Creality Sonic Pad to enter the boot-up operation (follow the order of the guide instructions to configure the product).
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2.4.2 Add a network(optional) 2.4.3 The network connection is completed(optional) 2.6 Device Rename 2.5 Privacy setting, click next after reading and agree by selecting the checkbox 2.7 Printer firmware flashing (upgrade via SD/TF card) 2.7.1 Select printer model(users need to open up the printer to check the mother- board chip model.
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2.7.3 Write the firmware to the SD/TF card, then insert the SD/TF card into the printer, click Next step. 2.7.4 After the printer is powered on, the Creality Sonic Pad will automatically connect to the printer. (the firmware in SD/TF will be automatically flashed after the printer is powered on) 2.7.5 After the printer firmware is flashed, click Restart.
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flashing guide page. Please connect the printer to the screen terminal with a USB cable. 2.8.3 After clicking Next step, the Creality Sonic Pad will start flashing the firmware to the printer and wait for the flashing to complete. 2.9 Printer firmware flashing (update BootLoader) Please note that if the printer with atmega1284p chip cannot successfully flash ...
3. Functional self-check After the printer firmware is flashed, the Creality Sonic Pad will automatically restart the printer. After restarting, it will enter the function self-test and follow the on-screen instructions. After the self-test is completed, click Start your experience, the screen will save the relevant user configuration, and the system will be reload-...
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1.3 Enter printing interface, the printer starts to print, and the screen will display printing information such as estimated time. 1.4 Parameters can be adjusted during the printing process, the specific parameters are shown in the figure. Note: Parameter adjustment can only be performed after the printer starts printing, and cannot be adjusted during the preparation process (such as heating).
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1.7 Creality Sonic Pad will jump to the following interface after Emer- gency Stop, you need to manually click Restart to restore the connec- tion. 2. Slicing file management 2.1 Enter the gcode selection page and perform the following opera- tions.
1.2 Click System Upgrade and follow the on-screen prompts. After the upgrade is complete, the system will restart automatically. 2. USB drive upgrade 2.1 Please go to https://www.creality.com/pages/download Ecosys- tem to download the corresponding upgrade file. Decompression it and copy to the root directory of the USB drive. After inserting the machine, an upgrade prompt will pop up automatically.
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2. Console Click the button to show/hide the console. 3. HOTEND PID calibration Click to enter the calibration page, set the hotend calibration tempera- ture, click to start calibration, and confirm that the calibration is com- pleted according to the prompts, the system will automatically save. 4.
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5. Measuring resonances Go to Other settings, Advanced options, and click Measuring resonances. 5.1 Similar to Ender-3 S1 hotbed on the Y axis. 5.1.1 Enter the vibration compensation page, select the current machine type and click Next step. 5.1.2 After connecting and installing the sensor as shown, click Next step.
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5.1.3 When the sensor status is OK, click the Star test. 5.1.4 After the printer is reset to zero, the X-axis vibration compensation detection will start. 5.1.5 After the X-axis vibration compensation detection is completed, click Next step. 5.1.6 Install the sensor on the Y-axis as shown and click Next step.
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5.1.7 Wait for the Y-axis vibration compensation detection to be completed. 5.1.8 The sensor bracket can be removed after the Y-axis vibration compensation test is completed. 5.1.9 After the vibration compensation test is completed, please remove the sensor and disconnect the cable (the data has been saved). 5.2 Similar to Ender-5 Plus hot bed not on Y-axis 5.2 1Enter the vibration compensation page, select the current machine type and click Next step.
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5.2.2 After connecting and installing the sensor as shown, click Next step. 5.2.3 When the sensor status is OK, click the Star test. 5.2.4 After the printer is reset to zero, the X-axis vibration compensation detection will start. 5.2.5 After the vibration compensation test is completed, please remove the sensor and disconnect the cable (the data has been saved).
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5.3 Click Start test to start detection, the printer will reset to zero, and then perform automatic detection. 5.4 After the detection is completed, click Detection complete to exit the detection page. After saving the configuration, the Creality Sonic Pad will restart. 6. Automatic detection The self-test items can be freely selected.
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9. Time lapse video 1. Power off the Creality Sonic Pad before connecting the camera to the USB interface. Power it on then enter the Configure page and click the camera. 2. Go to the Camera page, click the camera icon, and check Connect camera.
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4. Click Connect automatically after activation, the camera will be enabled when the Creality Sonic Pad is powered on. Click to enable time lapse video, and the camera will shoot the printed model accord- ing to the set number of layers and rendering methods. After the shooting is completed, a time lapse video file will be automatically...
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10. Slicing software displays previews and thumbnails 1. Ultimaker Cura 5.1.0 1.1 Add thumbnails on Ultimaker Cura 5.1.0, select "Extensions" - "Post Processing" - "Modify G-code". 1.2 After entering, select the post-processing script shown in the figure (‘’Add a script’’-’’Create Thumbnail), and a red dot will appear in the post-script prompt box next to the slice button.
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3.1 Added thumbnails and previews on SuperSlicer 2.3.57. In expert mode, you can add custom size thumbnails and previews in "Printer Settings" - "Thumbnails" - ''Size for gcode''. 4.1 Add thumbnails and preview images on Creality Print, select "Tool" - "Manage Printer" to enter the printer management interface.
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4.2 In the printer management interface, check "Generate preview", and select the preview image size to add a preview image of a custom size. 11. Adaptation of other models 1. User-defined printer configuration process 1.1 Configure the printer firmware using the Printer Firmware Tool in the Creality Sonic Pad.
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1.2 Configure the printer.cfg file Please check the configuration tutorial on the official website https://www.creality.com/pages/download Ecosystem 1.3 Configure user-defined models on the Creality Sonic Pad. 2. Printer Firmware Tools Entry. 2.1 When a printer is connected. Go to Configure---Other Settings---Printer Firmware Tools.
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firmware via a USB cable. 4 Configure user-defined models. 4.1 Insert the USB drive into the Creality Sonic Pad and click Next step. (Please upgrade the printer firmware and configure printer.cfg file first, and connect the printer to the Creality Sonic Pad via a USB cable)
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4.2 After detecting the printer.cfg file, click Loaded. 4.3 Printer self-check will be performed after successful loading. 4.4 After entering the self-test process, please follow the instructions on the screen. After the self-check is completed, the system will be restarted. After the restart is completed, you can enter the home page and start using it.
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3. Fluidd LAN background login. Make sure that the PC and the Creality Sonic Pad are in the same local area network, enter the obtained IP address of the Creality Sonic Pad into the browser, or the local area network domain name spad-DN.lo- cal(DN is the first four digits of the screen DN number).
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2. If it prompts "download failed" when the network is normal, please check whether the storage of Creality Sonic Pad is more than 500MB. If the storage is insufficient, please try to clean up some of the slice files or time-lapse video files to ensure that the available space is more than 500MB before trying to upgrade.
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? The vibration sensor should be installed on the hotend . You can print the bracket which the model file provided by Creality, and then use the screws to fasten the sensor to the bracket without direction requirement. Printed model with poor edge quality. What are the appropriate acceleration and speed settings when slicing? You can refer to the slicing software configuration parameter suggestions provided by Creality.
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The camera can't be used normally after it is connected ? 1. The Creality Sonic Pad loads the camera device by default; if the camera is plugged in after booting, after selecting and enabling the camera, the camera will display enabled, wait for 2 minutes before the screen appears (sometimes need to switch pages), or after inserting the camera , the screen will appear after restarting the Creality Sonic Pad;...
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The SD card is inserted into the printer, but the corresponding file cannot be found in the Creality Sonic Pad? Please save the file in a USB disk and insert it into the Creality Sonic Pad USB interface to read the corresponding file.
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Open the printer setting option of the slicing software, and add the G90 command before the other motion commands in the initial Gcode. It is recommended to use the Creality Print slicing software, and the required starting Gcode instructions have been added by default.
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Join the Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/sonicpad +86 755 3396 5666 cs@creality.com MADE IN CHINA...
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十二. WEB操作端的使用 1. 获取Creality Sonic Pad IP地址 进入”配置-网络设置-无线网络/有线网络”,获取Creality Sonic Pad当前局域 网IP地址。 2. 获取Creality Sonic Pad序列号(DN号) 3. 登录fluidd局域网后台 确定PC和Creality Sonic Pad在同一局域网的情况下,将获取到的IP地址输入 到浏览器,或使用局域网域名spad-DN.local,DN为屏幕DN号前四位。 (示例:http://172.23.214.236或http://spad-8888.local)...
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