Migrating from Cartographer to Scanner

If you've been using [cartographer] its time to update to [scanner]

Moonraker.conf Changes

[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

Printer.cfg Changes

  1. The [cartographer] section needs to be renamed to [scanner]

  2. The following lines need to be added under [scanner]

sensor: cartographer
#    this must be set as cartographer unless using IDM etc.
sensor_alt: carto
#    alternate name to call commands. CARTO_TOUCH etc  
  1. Update your [adxl345] or [lis2dw] sections

  1. Add to your existing [bed_mesh] section

  1. Remove the following macro

  1. Scroll down to the SAVE_CONFIG portion of printer.cfg and remove the following

What else?

  1. Run the following script via SSH

  1. Update your firmware to 5.0.0 or higher, using one of the firmware updating guides found here

  2. Restart klipper by entering the following code via SSH

All done!

Now just follow either the TOUCH or SCAN guides on re-calibrating.

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