Filament usage reported is way off...

[Neptune]

so on the LCD display when you switch from the main screen to the Print Time and Filament used screen the Filament Used value on mine in like 3 times more than the filament I've used...? Or does this number represent the number of Meters of filament that have left the hotend...that would just about work out math wise as the hotend nozzle is .5mm and the filament I'm using is about 1.70

Just seemed odd!

Thanks

[Eaglezsoar]

so on the LCD display when you switch from the main screen to the Print Time and Filament used screen the Filament Used value on mine in like 3 times more than the filament I've used...? Or does this number represent the number of Meters of filament that have left the hotend...that would just about work out math wise as the hotend nozzle is .5mm and the filament I'm using is about 1.70

Just seemed odd!

Thanks

I think that the value reported is not very accurate. Another possible bug in the firmware?

[JFettig]

Yeah, I think I hit 1600m on the screen before I ran out of my 400m spool.

I modified my screen not to show that anymore, it shows x,y,z positions now.

[Neptune]

Yeah, I think I hit 1600m on the screen before I ran out of my 400m spool.

I modified my screen not to show that anymore, it shows x,y,z positions now.

do you mind sharing the "cookbook" on how to do that?

[JFettig]

Take a look in this thread: http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php ... ion#p60126

[Neptune]

Thanks JFettig, may try this.

[RocketMagnet]

Repetier Host / Slic3r calculates how much filament pretty accurately (last time I checked mine it was spot on). Yes the output on the Orion/Max is indeed miles out, not sure
why but could be due to retractions not being accounted for correctly? mine was over stating by 2-3X back calculating from ABS density, weight of object printed and filament diameter.

Ultimately both the sum total hours printed and sum total meters of filament used are pretty pointless stats other than you could use them for service intervals
but you can easily get at this info as it's stored in the Eeprom which is accessible from Repetier Host & Matter Control anyway.

I was considering doing a mini summary guide to updating/modifying the Orion/Max UI but clearly I'm concerned if people brick their Rambo's so I've not done it yet
and the info so far is not a step by step but brief code changes aimed only at people already comfortable already flashing their Rambo's.
It's nothing difficult nor does it require any real coding skills just a bit of understanding how the LCD works and how it's addressed. However someone could accidentally
edit the wrong section of code.... or turn the thing off mid update (flashing the Rambo).. however there is roughly the same risk as flashing an update... anything else you can
always go back to the original file from SeeMeCNC downloads.
Max users who built their own machines will have no issues as they will have edited the code and flashed their Rambo's during their builds anyway...

I've personally made 3 Basic changes.
1. Main Screen has increased info on it.
2. Totals page replaced with positional Info and repeated info from main screen.
3. I moved the Home towers command away from the Flow and Speed multipliers... Jeez who hasn't accidentally homed mid print... moving prevents it.

1. Main Screen Mods Heater Powers and Cooling Fan added

2. Replacement of Totals Page XYZ etc

REMEMBER: If you download and flash your Rambo with the default file from SeeMeCNC you'll have to check/reset your Motor Currents (Discussed already extensively on the boards where and how)
There are numerous other things you can display but none of them were particularly useful IMO that I didn't see the need for adding another page of info
and just overwrote the totals page.

[JFettig]

That is definitely a concern as there are multiple spots that look similar for the screen updates.

I found that the x and y position on the display isn't very useful as it refreshes so slowly, it'll be on the other side of the bed and back before it updates. Z height is nice to have though!

[RocketMagnet]

It displays where it's going not where it's currently at unless it stops long enough (like Z once its there is fixed for a relatively long time).. yes X,Y whizz around for obvious reasons.
The reason I've got them on there is for calibration, move and stop and you can see exactly where its at. However at printing at speed it changes too fast and polling is too slow for anything meaningful.

Looking through the possible other info to display there is nothing I can see that's useful to replace X and Y positions with...

Agree Z is the really useful variable.