PID Temperature Calibration for Prusa MK2 3D Printer

Created from Instructions given by Peter Bos

Step1: Open Pronterface, available from the Prusa Website

Step2: Connect your Prusa MK2 via USB to your Windows laptop/desktop (I’m not
an Apple guy)

Step3: Within Pronterface, to the right of “Port” you will see the “Connect” button.
Click “Connect”. If the printer does not connect, switch to the next available port
and try again. Once connected, continue on.

Step4: Within Pronterface, at the bottom of the large window there is a small line
to type in commands. Enter “M303” and either press enter or click “Send” at the
bottom right corner.

Step5: Be patient and wait until you see “PID Autotune finished! Put the last Kp, Ki
and Kd constants from above into Configuration.h” Continue to Step6.

Step6: Where P=output of Kp, I=output of Ki, and D=output of Kd. Create the
command line as follows. “M301 Pxx.xx Ixx.xx Dxx.xx” Copy this command line
(Control-C).

Step7: Close Pronterface and open Slic3r, also available from the Prusa website.
Go to the “Printer Settings” tab and select the “Custom G-Code”. Within the “Start
G-Code” there will be a bunch of custom commands specific to the Prusa MK2. On
the very first line, enter the command line created above and click on the save
button (small floppy disk icon).