I need help please ! I just set up a Diy adrunio ramp printer I configured marlin still can’t get my LCD to function it’s a reprap kit
Are you printing from sd? If not then at least it is non essential. I also found this difficult to setup when I switched to printrboard and ultimately skipped it. Octoprint served my needs better than a tiny screen.
I haven’t printed anything yet but I will be if I untether my computer I think that’s how you do it. That’s what I have read I’m really green at this. I haven’t get the printer to move yet I thought that was a must have.
I would work on movement instead. Try using printrun as a remote control while tethered to your computer.
I tried but all I can get is the command line to come up can’t get the GUI any suggestions.
Have you enabled it in marlin? Reprap discount LCD is found around line 559 in config.h file. You need to uncomment it to use it. You also need a library, I believe it’s uglib8 or something like that. If you don’t have it, arduino will tell you when you try to compile it.
Yes I have now I can’t even configure.h getting a error in proper (===) something about the board being wrong now not by the puter but man can anything else go wrong with this thing
If it is any consolation, what you are doing is legitimately difficult. Don’t blame yourself for having difficulties. Keep trying new things. Perhaps look for existing hex files and just get close? Seeing your machine move is really fun.
Thanks Matt I’m trying
On the board error, I found that sometimes I would forget to disconnect from repitier before trying to upload the firmware. Sometimes it would also bug out and I would need to either change USB ports on my PC or reboot altogether to get things talking again. As Matt said this is a difficult thing to do so patience and perseverance are definitely needed. On my first time working with firmware I found two things to be best practices. The first is I keep a word document with detailed notes on anything I change. This way if something goes wrong, I know exactly what line numbers I have altered, and how I changed them. The second thing I’ve learned is to hit the check button after every change(not the upload). This helps to quickly identify what changes are causing issues and also it takes board glitches out of the equation. I still use both of these practices now after having worked on tweaking firmware dozens of times.
Going back to what Matt said earlier, focus first on getting the machine to respond while tethered to your PC. It is perfectly fine to use your PC to print from instead of an LCD. Repitier is a good software to start with. Just install, then set the comm port and baud rate and hit connect. You will then be able to select the manual control tab and should be able to move the machine manually. Keep in mind the extruder will not work unless you have the hot end up to Temp.
I really appreciate you guys helping me I will do that I need to delete all file and restart I think.