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Discussion in 'Mods and Upgrades' started by Printed Solid, Jul 26, 2013.

  1. Knighrider

    Knighrider New Member

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    Yes I am
     
  2. SteveC

    SteveC Well-Known Member

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    Both the Full Graphics and the XXL controllers have "FR" followed by a percentage on the main display. I think the Smart LCD only has the percentage.
     
  3. Galaxius

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    You can see the FR (directly below the X coordinate) followed by its percentage. This is the flow rate. Decreasing it slows the print speed, and increasing it speeds the print up.
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  4. Knighrider

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    This FR
     

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  5. Galaxius

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    It will be the same I'm sure.
     
  6. bamhm182

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    Oh yeah, I wasn't sure what you're talking about, but that's definitely the Flow Rate. I always crank mine up to 150% because I'm impatient.

    On one functional print I did, I got past the point where the functionality ended and the rest of the prints was just for looks. Turned it up to 999% just to see what would happen. ZIPPED through the rest of the print and actually still turned out alright, thought I doubt it was actually 999%.
     
  7. scotta

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    Galaxius, did you ever upload your bracket design?
     
  8. Galaxius

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    Thanks
     
  10. tonycstech

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    Why do i get weird characters on the screen ?
    And it also blinks.
    Restarting the printer fixes the problem.
    It does off for no apparent reason printing same object slow or fast nothing seem to manually trigger. I tried pounding the printer but no luck, its random.
    DSC00009.JPG
     
  11. Galaxius

    Galaxius Well-Known Member

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    You don't accidentally have 2 LCD's active in your firmware?
    Have you tried reseating the cables and riser for the LCD?
    Did you insert spacers between the 2 PCB's of the LCD before screwing it into the case so they don't short together (not sure if you have to do this for the XXL, you do for the Full Graphic)?
     
  12. tonycstech

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    It happens random. At some point it works fine for days but recently it started to give me problems.
    It prints right now with no issues, but few hrs back it would go off in just a few seconds.

    I hit the printer, wiggle wires around but still works :)
    Spacers are there since day one. I even gave it some torcher while in print but no luck.
     
  13. tonycstech

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    Last year it was so bad i remember the solution was to reset the connectors on and off . I assume those IDC ribbon wires are very very cheap or pins were covered with some rust or what ever.
    Im not printing in the shower and my computer is not on the roof, but perhaps i have little too much moisture in the house because i saw my creative sound card ribbon cables went completely rusted in few years.
    Perhaps its the area i live in.
     
  14. Galaxius

    Galaxius Well-Known Member

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    Are you close to the coast?
     
  15. tonycstech

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    yep and in the forest as well and its raining state Washington
     
  16. Galaxius

    Galaxius Well-Known Member

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    That could be it. Salt air is a killer.
     
  17. Ziggy

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    I saw recently a forum member was asking about an LCD manual.

    In some versions of Marlin (not the Robo version) a menu tree is included as an excel spreadsheet. I haven't checked to make sure it is 100% accurate.
     

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  18. Mike Kelly

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    I really want to change the move axis commands to the main tree instead of down a level. I use those the most and they're the hardest to get to. Makes no sense.
     
  19. Bjorn

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    I Already moved it up to the top of the menu.

    I will take a look at it tomorrow to move it up to the main menu..
    From what I have seen, its not that difficult.

    ---- edit ----

    Ok not tomorrow then :)



    What do you have to do:

    1. Open up "ultralcd.cpp"

    look for this code: static void lcd_main_menu()
    And add this code:

    MENU_ITEM(submenu, MSG_MOVE_AXIS, lcd_move_menu);

    Code:
    static void lcd_main_menu()
    {
        START_MENU();
        MENU_ITEM(back, MSG_WATCH, lcd_status_screen);
        MENU_ITEM(submenu, MSG_MOVE_AXIS, lcd_move_menu);
        if (movesplanned() || IS_SD_PRINTING)
        {
            MENU_ITEM(submenu, MSG_TUNE, lcd_tune_menu);
        }else{
            MENU_ITEM(submenu, MSG_PREPARE, lcd_prepare_menu);
        }
      .....................................................................................


    And if you want to have Your Z and Extruder movements most up in the menu look for this code:

    Code:
    static void lcd_move_menu_axis()
    {
        START_MENU();
        MENU_ITEM(back, MSG_MOVE_AXIS, lcd_move_menu);
        MENU_ITEM(submenu, MSG_MOVE_X, lcd_move_x);
        MENU_ITEM(submenu, MSG_MOVE_Y, lcd_move_y);
        if (move_menu_scale < 10.0)
        {
            MENU_ITEM(submenu, MSG_MOVE_Z, lcd_move_z);
            MENU_ITEM(submenu, MSG_MOVE_E, lcd_move_e);
        }
        END_MENU();
    }
    and change this for:

    Code:
    static void lcd_move_menu_axis()
    {
        START_MENU();
        MENU_ITEM(back, MSG_MOVE_AXIS, lcd_move_menu);
        if (move_menu_scale < 10.0)
        {
            MENU_ITEM(submenu, MSG_MOVE_Z, lcd_move_z);
            MENU_ITEM(submenu, MSG_MOVE_E, lcd_move_e);
        }
        MENU_ITEM(submenu, MSG_MOVE_X, lcd_move_x);
        MENU_ITEM(submenu, MSG_MOVE_Y, lcd_move_y);
        END_MENU();
    }
     
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  20. Ziggy

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    Mike,

    Moving menus around in the LCD is dead simple. Why are you using the "move axis" command so much? Is it because you never have the PC connected?
     

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