Renkforce RF2000 v2 Series - C) Installation of the Repetier-Host Software; D) Updating Of The Firmware

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The software Repetier-Host performs the following tasks:
• Placementofthe3D-objecttobeprintedontheprintingplate.
• Slicingoftheobjecttobeprintedintothinlayersthatthe3Dprintercanprintoutlayerforlayer.TheresultofthisprocessisaG-codele.
• ReviewoftheG-codelesforerrorandprintability.
• SendingtheG-codelestotheprinterorsavingonanSDcardforstandaloneprint.
• Monitoringthe3Dprinterinoperation.
• Settingandstorageofprinterandlament-specicdata.
c) Installation of the Repetier-Host software
• Installthele"setupRepetierHostRenkforce_x_x_x.exe" from the directory "Repetier-Host" from the download package or the SD card
(x_x_x designates the software version here).
InstallationofthecustomversionoftheRepetier-Hostrequiresadministratorrights,sincethenecessarycongurationlesand
printer settings will not be installed otherwise. If the corresponding message appears in Windows
®
,conrmitwithYesinanycase.
The installation will otherwise be interrupted.
 Ifsetupasksifyouwanttoinstalltheserialdrivers("Installserialdriver"),dothisinanycasefortherstinstallation,sincetheprinter
will not be recognised otherwise.
• Alternatively,theinstallationleforthebasicversionofthesoftwarecanalsobedownloadedfromwww.repetier.com.There,MacOSXand
LINUXversionsofthissoftwareareofferedaswell.
Prerequisites for installing under Windows
®
:
Microsoft .Net Framework 4 must be installed on the computer. This software can be downloaded free of charge from
www.microsoft.com or installed subsequently in the operating system via the Windows
®
features.
The further system requirements for installation of Repetier-Host (also for other operating systems) are found on www.repetier.com.
Updates for Repetier-Host are regularly published under www.repetier.com.
d)Updatingofthermware
Beforeyoucontinue,rstcheckifanewversionofthermwareisavailable.
 Theupdatedversionofthermwarealwaysiscontainedinthedownloadpackage"RF2000v2_SD_Vx.x.zip".Thermware
is also available for download on Github.
On this and the update process, always observe chapter "20. Firmware update with the Arduino
TM
IDE".