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  1. The led strip should light up when you turn your JellyBOX on.
    • The led strip should light up when you turn your JellyBOX on.

  2. When your JellyBOX is on, you should hear and see the hotend fan spinning.
    • When your JellyBOX is on, you should hear and see the hotend fan spinning.

    • Else the hotend will eventually overheat and you will get a terrible print quality or a even clogged hotend.

  3. The rest of the Preflight Check is conveniently pre-cooked in your JellyBOX.
    • The rest of the Preflight Check is conveniently pre-cooked in your JellyBOX.

    • Go to Maintenance > Preflight Check and go down the list.

    • ▶ Video: Test the Motors

  4. Prerequisite: Release the motors so that you can move them by hand freely.
    • Prerequisite: Release the motors so that you can move them by hand freely.

    • Maintenance > Release motors

  5. Insert wisdom here. Insert wisdom here.
    • Insert wisdom here.

    • ▶ Video: Check the Endstops

    • ▶ Video: Test the Endstops

    • ▶ Video: Set the X-Origin

  6. Make sure the hotend temperature is rising, then click to continue the Preflight. Target temperature
    • Make sure the hotend temperature is rising, then click to continue the Preflight.

    • Target temperature

    • Current temperature

  7. Make sure the bed temperature is rising, then click to continue the Preflight. Target temperature
    • Make sure the bed temperature is rising, then click to continue the Preflight.

    • Target temperature

    • Current temperature

  8. The filament fans should spin up and then slow down again.
    • The filament fans should spin up and then slow down again.

    • PS: Your Preflight Check may still have items 9. Load Filament and 10. Eject Filament. Simply SKIP THESE for now. We will load and eject filament a bit later as a part of your First Print.

    • These functions will be removed from the Preflight Check in the future. They are identical to the Load and Eject functions available through the Material Menu.

Conclusion

Congrats! Your JellyBOX seems to be functioning properly. We'll add some finishing touches, and we're done.

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