Welcome to the SeeMeCNC Community

ORION users:
I've created a fork of the latest Repetier-Firmware and added the necessary code for the ORION.

The new firmware can be found here:
https://github.com/int2str/Repetier-ORION

Modifications over the stock firmware:
- Configuration.h adjusted for ORION
- Added support for SeeMeCNC LCD (new FEATURE_CONTROLLER 13)

Do you plan on doing the same for the Max?

Eaglezsoar wrote:Do you plan on doing the same for the Max?

No, sorry. Since I don't have a Max, I can't test with it.

However, if the Max uses the same LCD and same Rambo board, the changes to ui.h would apply as is and only the configuration.h would have to be adjusted for the Max. I've sent a pull request to the Repetier-Firmware maintainers. If they take that change, Max owners with the Rambo+LCD combo should be able to just set FEATURE_CONTROLLER to 13 and be done with it.

Hopefully that will happen....

The SeeMeCNC LCD patch has been merged into the official Repetier firmware!

int2str wrote:The SeeMeCNC LCD patch has been merged into the official Repetier firmware!

Good Job!

Do I need to migrate my configuration.h or will I be good to go out of the box?

brbubba wrote:Do I need to migrate my configuration.h or will I be good to go out of the box?

You would need to migrate your configuration.h see the writeup by Michael at: http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php ... 483#p26483

Eaglezsoar wrote:

brbubba wrote:Do I need to migrate my configuration.h or will I be good to go out of the box?

You would need to migrate your configuration.h see the writeup by Michael at: http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php ... 483#p26483

No. For the ORION it will work out of the box (assuming it's "stock").
That was the whole reason for me to make a ORION specific fork.

int2str wrote:

Eaglezsoar wrote:

brbubba wrote:Do I need to migrate my configuration.h or will I be good to go out of the box?

You would need to migrate your configuration.h see the writeup by Michael at: http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php ... 483#p26483

No. For the ORION it will work out of the box (assuming it's "stock").
That was the whole reason for me to make a ORION specific fork.

You are correct and I was wrong. I had forgotten that you created that Orion fork my apologies to you both.
For the record could you give the link to the Orion .91 fork that you created? I know you listed it once but it can't hurt to have it in this thread also.

Eaglezsoar wrote:For the record could you give the link to the Orion .91 fork that you created? I know you listed it once but it can't hurt to have it in this thread also.

It's the purpose and very first post in this thread

int2str wrote:

Eaglezsoar wrote:For the record could you give the link to the Orion .91 fork that you created? I know you listed it once but it can't hurt to have it in this thread also.

It's the purpose and very first post in this thread

That will teach me not to jump into the middle of a thread without first scanning the whole thread.

int2str wrote:

Eaglezsoar wrote:

brbubba wrote:Do I need to migrate my configuration.h or will I be good to go out of the box?

You would need to migrate your configuration.h see the writeup by Michael at: http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php ... 483#p26483

No. For the ORION it will work out of the box (assuming it's "stock").
That was the whole reason for me to make a ORION specific fork.

Thank you!!! If I have some time this weekend I'll give it a shot.

Was going to ask where to download a backup of the current firmware and then realized it's all still sitting on my SD card.

Alright, so the only critical thing I need to backup/save are the eeprom settings, right?

I have upgraded using this fork. A few things.

First is my menus now appear to be in German.

Second is that after I home it immediately drops a few mm.
Where as before it remained pinned to the top. Is this now the expected behavior or is something off? I had to adjust my z-height -4.7 mm.

Finally one of the benefits of this upgrade was to be able to adjust printer_radius in EEPROM, yet I do not see a printer_radius variable. I do see 3 delta radius variables. Are these the ones to adjust and if so in what way?

Thanks!

Found the language setting so I'm good there.

jmpreuss wrote:First is my menus now appear to be in German.

Sorry about that... I'm German and it's actually the first language in Repetier

Second is that after I home it immediately drops a few mm.

Yes, the firmware setting has it go to the end stop quickly, then back down, then trigger the end-stop slowly again and then release the end-stops. That is normal.

Finally one of the benefits of this upgrade was to be able to adjust printer_radius in EEPROM, yet I do not see a printer_radius variable. I do see 3 delta radius variables. Are these the ones to adjust and if so in what way?

The EEPROM setting is called "Horizontal radius". Note that it is the actual radius this time, so the value is nothing like the old "PRINTER_RADIUS" variable.

Any help somewhere on using the configuration tool? I'm getting constant stops on prints I need to try to upgrade

There's lots of pages with info I've never heard of before, can't find any help pages

I used the Repetier AVR folder from 0.91 and replaced my config.h file and tried to upload to the Rostock Max with Arduino but I get these errors.
Doing it wrong?
thanks
A

jmpreuss wrote:Found the language setting so I'm good there.

Could you share where the language setting is so if it happens to others they will know how to fix it?

Eaglezsoar wrote: Could you share where the language setting is so if it happens to others they will know how to fix it?

For English
#define UI_LANGUAGE 0

truenorthtrader wrote:Any help somewhere on using the configuration tool? I'm getting constant stops on prints I need to try to upgrade

There's lots of pages with info I've never heard of before, can't find any help pages

I used the Repetier AVR folder from 0.91 and replaced my config.h file and tried to upload to the Rostock Max with Arduino but I get these errors.
Doing it wrong?
thanks
A

I tried doing what you did, copy a previous config.h and I got the same error. I think you have to use the new config.h file and transfer over your machines values into it.

Thank you , so I just tried that twice. When it uploaded to the Rostock using Arduino, the Motors are making a ( da, da ,daaa daaaa )sound every few seconds like power is going through them and the heated lights on the board are on.


I'm using theRepetier Firmware folder inside the ArduinoAVR folder is that the right one?

Is there info on using the configuration tool? There's lots of parameters to fill in that I'm not familiar with past the first page

int2str wrote:

Finally one of the benefits of this upgrade was to be able to adjust printer_radius in EEPROM, yet I do not see a printer_radius variable. I do see 3 delta radius variables. Are these the ones to adjust and if so in what way?

The EEPROM setting is called "Horizontal radius". Note that it is the actual radius this time, so the value is nothing like the old "PRINTER_RADIUS" variable.

Thanks for your feedback!
I am still a little lost on this new "horizontal radius". I did some poking around in the files and this is my interpretation. Please anyone correct me if I'm wrong.
Horizontal radius = delta radius = (printer radius - end effector horizontal offset - carriage horizontal offset)
So if my old print radius = 197.75 my horizontal radius should equal (197.75 - 33 -35) = 129.75

Your horizontal radius should be somewhere around 74.2 "ish", that's what i've got on one here at my desk. I've attached a little gcode file to run with instructions on how to use it. Read the comments at the top of the gcode file for explanations

Just pulled the current Orion firmware and the default printer radius is set to 145.7 in config.h
Need to halve it yea?

mortinus wrote:Just pulled the current Orion firmware and the default printer radius is set to 145.7 in config.h
Need to halve it yea?

No, you should not have to.
In Repetier Host, pull up the EEPROM settings and check out the value for horizontal radius. It should already be in the 74.xxx range.

Thanks!! I had the gut feeling that it was diff. In EEPROM. Ended up adjusting my end stop screws. Works now, I'm calling it good.