Klipper Setup

Last Updated: December 7th 2024

Installation of the Cartographer Klipper Module

Clone the Klipper module from GitHub using the following commands, you then need to run our installation script.

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/Cartographer3D/cartographer-klipper.git
./cartographer-klipper/install.sh

This step will automatically create a link to the script and place it in the klipper/klippy/extra directory.

Note

If you are in Mainland China, use the following commands instead:

cd ~
git clone https://gitee.com/NBTP/cartographer-klipper.git
./cartographer-klipper/install.sh

Remember to update cartographer via the mainsail/fluidd UI

Caution

Legacy Klipper environements running on Python2 will need updating to Python 3.9 or later. The easiest way to do that is a complete fresh install, though we do have a guide that can help that is linked here

Managing Updates via Moonraker

In order to keep up to date with our latest Klipper software, please add the following config to the bottom of your moonraker.conf file.

[update_manager cartographer]
type: git_repo
path: ~/cartographer-klipper
channel: stable
origin: https://github.com/Cartographer3D/cartographer-klipper.git
is_system_service: False
managed_services: klipper
info_tags:
  desc=Cartographer Probe

Note

Are you from Mainland China?

Use this alternate moonraker.conf instead.

[update_manager cartographer]
type: git_repo
path: ~/cartographer-klipper
channel: stable
origin: https://gitee.com/NBTP/cartographer-klipper.git
is_system_service: False
managed_services: klipper
info_tags:
  desc=Cartographer Probe (Gitee)

upon completion, press SAVE & RESTART and it should now display in the update section of either Mainsail or Fluidd.

Cartographer Software updates managed via Moonraker.

If you get “Repo is dirty. Detected the following modified files: [‘install.sh’]”, a soft Recovery should fix it.

Finding the Serial or UUID

Note, you need to replace the serial path or UUID with your probes serial path or UUID, this can be found by running the following commands

For USB based probes

ls /dev/serial/by-id/

For CAN based probes

Note

If you order a CAN Probe it will have it’s baud rate set at 1,000,000. Make sure your system matches that.

~/klippy-env/bin/python ~/klipper/scripts/canbus_query.py can0

Take note of either the Serial ID or the UUID.