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I'm looking at installing Ramps 1.4 to my Divinci 1.0 after my motherboard was fried. I've read a few posts regarding certain things ill need to change and such but I have a few questions no-one has mentioned yet. Can I use the standard drivers for the stepper motors or will i need to buy them and would it be best if so to buy a kit that basically has the whole ramps parts apart from stepper motors and bed ?
Thanks
you have to use different limit switches and different temp sensors
stepper motor wiring swaps over. i used sainsmart drivers.
The drivers in a Da vinci are not standard. They are physically larger and flipped upside down.
The limit switches do not have current limiting resistors as they should. Those are on the mainboard. A RAMPS does not have these resistors so if you used the stock limit sensors with a RAMPS it would kill them.
If you plan to use an LCD it to will need to be third party. A RAMPS cannot use the existing LCD.
I ordered a clone kit to simply get my printer running again till i can afford a better kit. I ordered some new optical sensors along with some new drivers. I will have to just play around with the stepper motor wiring till i find the correct setup.
OK, I've had to go and buy a 500W PSU to power the board, standard XYZ one isn't outputting 12v. I've hooked it upto the RAMPS board, powered it up and the LCD backlight powers up as seen in this image.
I've gone through the palarva of trying to install the repetier firmware to the arduino, it uploads and nothing is still showing on the LCD. This is all that there is being displayed.
serial
Any ideas anyone ? Really stuck now as I've trawled around and no-one has an answer to it on any forum.
if you can wait till friday ill upload my configuration
I am using the da vinci power supply. it had i think 24,12,8,and 5v output. the led light was the tricky part
Well all I was getting was 9v,7.8v, 5v and 3.3v. This PSU wasn't too bad, only cost me £11 and i get a load of free cable too.
The Da Vinci uses what is know as a Flex ITX PC power supply the outputs are 12V on the yellow and black wires, 5V on the Red and black wires, and then 3.3V which is on the Blue or other color wire. There are also wires for the remote switch and power good leads.
My screen did the same thing when I first got it. I ended up having to adjust the screw pots on the back of the screen
When you did the firmware did you add the U8glib to Arduino? The firmware needs that library to know how to use that display. If it is not added you will get that same issue.
Yes it was added, I've since had the ramps board go up in the smoke, it was sat on nylon stand offs with a regulated 11amp supply. So now i'm waiting for a new one.
This is the exact problem I am facing. Firmware flashed thanks to Carl, and I followed instructions on pins.h, but my screen is behaving just like RC1's.
If anyone has a solution, please share!
This is the exact problem I am facing. Firmware flashed thanks to Carl, and I followed instructions on pins.h, but my screen is behaving just like RC1's.
If anyone has a solution, please share!
So just to make sure you do have the U8glib library added to Arduino as well. You can check by clicking SKETCH the IMPORT LIBRARY and it should be listed at the bottom. If it is not listed then it was not installed and is not getting packed in the firmware build.
Yep! Downloaded that last time you helped me....thanks again for that.
I actually bought a new LCD thinking the first I got off another user was broken, but the new one is acting the same way. Adjust the contrast does nothing to bring about any icons or whatnot.
http://www.flemcodesign.com/files/DAVINCI1.0RAMPS.zip
there is my configuration.h
I use the same display, but my x and z home are going to be different with the extruder and hot end I'm using
Thanks for the share!
Personally, I'm using the following:
*Sainsmart RAMPS 1.4
*Arduino Mega 2560
*RRD LCD Smart Controller...pretty much the only thing I didn't cheap out on with this setup 
*Solidoodle Marlin firmware
So far, by scrolling through your configuration.h, I've found the only real difference from mine (aside from a massive difference) is that I did not include #include "pins.h". That has been changed, saved, compiles just fine, and I'll test it tomorrow.
For any future users reading this thread, especially for XYZ users, can you share the exact LCD model you use and the pins.h?
It would be nice to have a one stop shop for them during this upgrade
EDIT: Well, that didn't do the job 
http://www.flemcodesign.com/files/DAVINCI1.0RAMPS.zip
there is my configuration.h
I use the same display, but my x and z home are going to be different with the extruder and hot end I'm using
Thank-you dude! I'll have to try it when my new board arrives along with another LCD. Got a spare LCD for future uses.
Thanks for the share!
Personally, I'm using the following:
*Sainsmart RAMPS 1.4
*Arduino Mega 2560
*RRD LCD Smart Controller...pretty much the only thing I didn't cheap out on with this setup
*Solidoodle Marlin firmware
So far, by scrolling through your configuration.h, I've found the only real difference from mine (aside from a massive difference) is that I did not include #include "pins.h". That has been changed, saved, compiles just fine, and I'll test it tomorrow.For any future users reading this thread, especially for XYZ users, can you share the exact LCD model you use and the pins.h?
It would be nice to have a one stop shop for them during this upgrade
Why would you use SD Marlin if you are using a RAMPS? You should just download the base version from github and then make a few tweaks for you machine. Unless you did some really weird stuff for your machine, it should work out of the box as long as you go in and set the correct display under configuration.h.. Then it is just some simple tweaks to get endstops working. If you care to dig back through all my post I attached a copy of my Marlin to some of them several months ago and that was for a 1.0 and the whatever 2004 display with RAMPS. That copy of Marlin should have your machine purring and so quite you will have to check to see if it is running..
AZERATE wrote:Thanks for the share!
Personally, I'm using the following:
*Sainsmart RAMPS 1.4
*Arduino Mega 2560
*RRD LCD Smart Controller...pretty much the only thing I didn't cheap out on with this setup
*Solidoodle Marlin firmware
So far, by scrolling through your configuration.h, I've found the only real difference from mine (aside from a massive difference) is that I did not include #include "pins.h". That has been changed, saved, compiles just fine, and I'll test it tomorrow.For any future users reading this thread, especially for XYZ users, can you share the exact LCD model you use and the pins.h?
It would be nice to have a one stop shop for them during this upgradeWhy would you use SD Marlin if you are using a RAMPS? You should just download the base version from github and then make a few tweaks for you machine. Unless you did some really weird stuff for your machine, it should work out of the box as long as you go in and set the correct display under configuration.h.. Then it is just some simple tweaks to get endstops working. If you care to dig back through all my post I attached a copy of my Marlin to some of them several months ago and that was for a 1.0 and the whatever 2004 display with RAMPS. That copy of Marlin should have your machine purring and so quite you will have to check to see if it is running..
The github one isn't working. We've tried everything. No-one seems to know why either.
Why would you use SD Marlin if you are using a RAMPS? You should just download the base version from github and then make a few tweaks for you machine. Unless you did some really weird stuff for your machine, it should work out of the box as long as you go in and set the correct display under configuration.h.. Then it is just some simple tweaks to get endstops working. If you care to dig back through all my post I attached a copy of my Marlin to some of them several months ago and that was for a 1.0 and the whatever 2004 display with RAMPS. That copy of Marlin should have your machine purring and so quite you will have to check to see if it is running..
I do not own a Da Vinci. I have nothing but Solidoodles
carl_m1968 wrote:Why would you use SD Marlin if you are using a RAMPS? You should just download the base version from github and then make a few tweaks for you machine. Unless you did some really weird stuff for your machine, it should work out of the box as long as you go in and set the correct display under configuration.h.. Then it is just some simple tweaks to get endstops working. If you care to dig back through all my post I attached a copy of my Marlin to some of them several months ago and that was for a 1.0 and the whatever 2004 display with RAMPS. That copy of Marlin should have your machine purring and so quite you will have to check to see if it is running..
I do not own a Da Vinci. I have nothing but Solidoodles
But if you took out a the SD board and put in a RAMPS then it is no longer and SD... Or are you trying to put a display on an SD board?
carl_m1968 wrote:AZERATE wrote:Thanks for the share!
Personally, I'm using the following:
*Sainsmart RAMPS 1.4
*Arduino Mega 2560
*RRD LCD Smart Controller...pretty much the only thing I didn't cheap out on with this setup
*Solidoodle Marlin firmware
So far, by scrolling through your configuration.h, I've found the only real difference from mine (aside from a massive difference) is that I did not include #include "pins.h". That has been changed, saved, compiles just fine, and I'll test it tomorrow.For any future users reading this thread, especially for XYZ users, can you share the exact LCD model you use and the pins.h?
It would be nice to have a one stop shop for them during this upgradeWhy would you use SD Marlin if you are using a RAMPS? You should just download the base version from github and then make a few tweaks for you machine. Unless you did some really weird stuff for your machine, it should work out of the box as long as you go in and set the correct display under configuration.h.. Then it is just some simple tweaks to get endstops working. If you care to dig back through all my post I attached a copy of my Marlin to some of them several months ago and that was for a 1.0 and the whatever 2004 display with RAMPS. That copy of Marlin should have your machine purring and so quite you will have to check to see if it is running..
The github one isn't working. We've tried everything. No-one seems to know why either.
Did you go back to last year about October or so in my post history and find my post that I included my Da Vinci Marlin build on? I will be back later today and try to find one then and repost it here. But do look for it yourself if possible.
RC1 wrote:carl_m1968 wrote:Why would you use SD Marlin if you are using a RAMPS? You should just download the base version from github and then make a few tweaks for you machine. Unless you did some really weird stuff for your machine, it should work out of the box as long as you go in and set the correct display under configuration.h.. Then it is just some simple tweaks to get endstops working. If you care to dig back through all my post I attached a copy of my Marlin to some of them several months ago and that was for a 1.0 and the whatever 2004 display with RAMPS. That copy of Marlin should have your machine purring and so quite you will have to check to see if it is running..
The github one isn't working. We've tried everything. No-one seems to know why either.
Did you go back to last year about October or so in my post history and find my post that I included my Da Vinci Marlin build on? I will be back later today and try to find one then and repost it here. But do look for it yourself if possible.
Yeah i found it after you commented.
This is the exact problem I am facing. Firmware flashed thanks to Carl, and I followed instructions on pins.h, but my screen is behaving just like RC1's.
If anyone has a solution, please share!
Here is the whole source code folder I'm using on mine. It is the same screen that is pictured in this thread.
http://www.flemcodesign.com/files/Repetier.zip
The screen is really sensitive to bad cables, maybe try swapping the 2 around.
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