Thanks got the catch on the max Z height - that was a typo. Was supposed to be 235. Yes, 'REPRAP_DISCOUNT_FULL_GRAPHIC_SMART_CONTROLLER' was the correct one. After wading through again, I discovered the multiple controllers and then that I had the wrong 'RepRap' one selected, so I got that working.
Then I decided to adjust the Z probe to where the nozzle was just touching the tape. After using some gluestick on the bed, it printed one of the better 1cm test cubes - it seemed to lay down the initial layer nicely after getting the skirt printed, but the cube had two anomalies - first, the base was a touch bigger than the rest of the cube, and the corners were raised.
I went back and made the '#define FIX_MOUNTED_PROBE' change you recommended, which changed it's behavior - on initiating Z-home, it then raised back up to 10 or 15mm, rather than sitting at 0, and I noticed that now, there is a Z offset option in the 'motion' menu that wasn't there before, set to 0.8. Only problem with that is if I enter it's option, say to lower it to 0.4 for example, it shows -5.0 in the menu, and I can only go further negative. I fear that will really try to drill through the bed. I then have to reset the controller to reset that.
One issue that I'm seeing, that is persisting with the v1.1.8 firmware, is it seems it starts to extrude before the nozzle is at it's start destination, so by the time it gets there and starts to print, it's got a 5mm or so length of cooled filament that it has to try and work around, and usuallyu results in it getting dragged, not laying filament down right and goofing up a little unless I manage to grab it in time.
When I tried to print another cube after changing that, it started extruding pretty close to a full mm off the bed, which obviously wasn't right.
Any suggestions there?
Then I decided to adjust the Z probe to where the nozzle was just touching the tape. After using some gluestick on the bed, it printed one of the better 1cm test cubes - it seemed to lay down the initial layer nicely after getting the skirt printed, but the cube had two anomalies - first, the base was a touch bigger than the rest of the cube, and the corners were raised.
I went back and made the '#define FIX_MOUNTED_PROBE' change you recommended, which changed it's behavior - on initiating Z-home, it then raised back up to 10 or 15mm, rather than sitting at 0, and I noticed that now, there is a Z offset option in the 'motion' menu that wasn't there before, set to 0.8. Only problem with that is if I enter it's option, say to lower it to 0.4 for example, it shows -5.0 in the menu, and I can only go further negative. I fear that will really try to drill through the bed. I then have to reset the controller to reset that.
One issue that I'm seeing, that is persisting with the v1.1.8 firmware, is it seems it starts to extrude before the nozzle is at it's start destination, so by the time it gets there and starts to print, it's got a 5mm or so length of cooled filament that it has to try and work around, and usuallyu results in it getting dragged, not laying filament down right and goofing up a little unless I manage to grab it in time.
When I tried to print another cube after changing that, it started extruding pretty close to a full mm off the bed, which obviously wasn't right.
Any suggestions there?