Knob direction for menu navigaion

[Noircogi]

I built the latest SeeMeCNC repetier firmware with machine type set to 5 for a Max V3.

The rotary knob direction is correct for entering numerical values, but backwards for menu navigation.

To fix that, open ui.h, and on line 1102, change the definition for UI_INVERT_MENU_DIRECTION from 1 to 0

[Eaglezsoar]

Thanks for the tip Noircogi. That is sure to help others.

[Mac The Knife]

Thanks!!! When I first installed a display on my Eris, they wer both wrong. After a firmware update, it was half wrong. Time to knock the dust off the Eris, and fix the other half.

[guanu]

that depends what color the board is for your lcd, if you have a white board, the directions are different than if you have a blue or red board. We have been shipping with LCD controllers that have a blue and red board for a few months, and the directions are different than the old white one, so the firmware was changed accordingly.

[briankb]

Can you reasonably change what appears on the menu? somethings like Home Axis are buried and I would like to see that on the first menu as well as a few others like PLA/BS Preheat.

[Xenocrates]

Can you reasonably change what appears on the menu? somethings like Home Axis are buried and I would like to see that on the first menu as well as a few others like PLA/BS Preheat.

Yes. The menu's are structured in the firmware, and would require re-compilation. I suggest that since these are somewhat non-standard things you'd like, and since I have no issues with them being buried since I use a different controller, that you read up on it, or find someone who is willing to give it a look who either feels the same way or owes you a favor (Alternatively, have them show you how to edit it).

It's doable, but it's more complicated and less common than I would want to take the effort to test myself and document here, or just hand you a fixed firmware version for. I hope you understand that.

[briankb]

Yes. The menu's are structured in the firmware, and would require re-compilation.

Thanks, that answers my question.

The rest of your reply should have been left inside your head, it was condescending and ingratiating. I did not ask anyone to do work for me, I only asked if it was possible.

[Xenocrates]

Yes. The menu's are structured in the firmware, and would require re-compilation.

Thanks, that answers my question.

The rest of your reply should have been left inside your head, it was condescending and ingratiating. I did not ask anyone to do work for me, I only asked if it was possible.

If that's the way you take it, then I apologize. I see how it could be taken that way, but if you look through my post history you'll see two major kinds of posts, which are short ones (often one line) making (bad) jokes or responding to them, or walls of text with either technical points or explanations of how to do it. In this case it's neither, but instead an explanation of no explanation. Since I don't interact with you on the forums much, I had no idea if you're the type of user who asks if somethings possible and means "Is there an explanation I can understand" rather than a strictly yes-no, as I've found is the case with some, or if you were comfortable in the firmware at all, as there are some people who are perfectly happy with a complex electromechanical device, but get nervous the second they hit a software issue.

I attempted to cover the bases of relatively common types of users, and seem to have missed on that account.

[briankb]

If that's the way you take it, then I apologize. I see how it could be taken that way, but if you look through my post history you'll see two major kinds of posts, which are short ones (often one line) making (bad) jokes or responding to them, or walls of text with either technical points or explanations of how to do it.

no worries. thanks again for the quick answer. If I do modify I will post in the forum but without a compiled version.

[briankb]

turns out that most of the things I wanted are in the "Printer Settings" aka "Quick Menu"

so I will not be changing any code other than the OP's direction change.

the LCD Menu is defined in uimenu.h file and starts around line 313 but there is a lot of good information and comments before that and throughout the file.

[RocketMagnet]

It's pretty simple to modify the menu, never did do a how to guide but how to do some simple tweaks is here:
http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php ... net#p60199

I recall the main issue I had at the time was getting the correct version of the Arduino compiler as some modern versions threw complier errors with the code... It's easy though and IMO you definitely need to be able to edit/compile the code the edit things like stepper motor powers...

I personally ended up with modified info similar to what's in the link above and I changed some of the menus around.