Converting your CreatrHS to run Klipper

This guide gives you some directions for converting your CreatrHS to run Klipper.

This guide is meant for people who know how to work with electricity and machines or think they do. Converting this Printer is not plug-and-play

The Configuration File: Printer.cfg

The Config file is here

Right now, it misses the Config for extruder 2 It will get its Config as soon as I get to it. (or if you make a merge request) A helpful help is the Board Schematics

Testing

You Probably want to test this idea first: Take off the right side panel and maybe the top electric cover. Connect your Raspi (with Klipper/MainsailOS installed) via USB to the Mainboard (green) and flash the board.

Conversion

Taking out the Mainboard

Also see leapfrog (archive)

• Remove the Following parts: (keep your screws sorted!)
  • Left and right Side-Panels
  • Top Cable Cover
  • Front Cable Cover
  • Back-Panel
• disconnect all cables from mainboard (and label them!)
• Take out the Mainboard (it's the green board)

Removing the Olimex

• Disconnect All Cables from the Olimex board (the red board)
• Take out the Cable used to connect to the Mainboard (we are going to use it later again)
• Also, take out the USB cable going to the back of the Printer. We can't use it anymore.
• Remove the Mainboard by compressing the clips.
• If you remove the Clips, be sure to also remove the screws for them.
• Remove The DC-DC-Power supply for the Olimex

(Optional) Add a RJ45 Passthrough for the Lan

• I used a Neutrik (archive) one
• Drill a Hole in the back according to your hole Pattern
  • I recommend a Step Drill
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  • Tip: Mark your final diameter with a bit of Tape
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Mounting The Raspberry Pi

• Aquire a Case for your Pi.
• You can Screw it in or glue the bottom side of the case down. Do what you want.
• If you want to mount it with screws:
  • Mark your Hole-Locations, Drill, and Tap them:
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  • Screw your Pi-Case into it.

Mount the Raspberry Pi Power supply

• I used a Traco TMDC 10-2411 (archive) DC-DC one.
• Mount the PSU between the Pi and the PSUs
  • Glue it down or
  • Screw it down
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Connect the Power

(you can fry your pi if you do something wrong here)

• Get a micro-USB-cable, cut it to length, and crimp the red and black wire.
• connect it to Vout of your PSU
• connect the Vin side of your PSU to 24V or 230V depending on your PSU

Putting it all back together

• Connect the power USB-cable to your pi
• Plug in the Lan-Cable
• Plug in the USB-A side of your USB cable to connect to your motherboard
• (optional) plug the front-usb-cable into your pi
• (optional) plug in a usb webcam (see [# Webcam](## (optional) Webcam) )
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• Screw in your mainboard
• plug everything back into your mainboard
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• mount the back-panel
• do a test (see also ##Testing if you didn't do it beforehand)
• mount all the other panels
• be happy :)

(optional) Webcam

It is easy to mount a webcam at the back and route the cable to the Pi. I use a Logitech C920

• Mark where you want to put your webcam. (remember the top)
• stick your webcam down with some tape
• route the cable to the pi