New Davinci 1.0a with Repetier (Page 1 of 2)

Only if I can get repetier on it. They have the new ones so locked down that even with S3d I can't control the temps or speeds.

Really it comes down to a few key things. Most of what I print I need fairly tight tolerances on (ie. parts fitting inside other parts). I can print a file on my Flashforge machines without any need to adjust to file. I run my speeds fairly slow (25mm/sec) and run PLA on them and they produce amazing results. Nice clean and sharp lines with almost no finish work needed. On the XYZ however I am limited to their software and what they think I want, not what I actually want. I can't adjust the temp on the extruder head or bed therefore I cant run PLA. I also am not able to control the speed of the head either which in my opinion their "high quality" mode run much to fast to get clean crisp lines with good tolerances. If I could get Repetier on it I can adjust every aspect of the printer through S3d am I am sure it would produce great results.

There are many other design aspects of the printer as well that make it just an okay printer. Most of the components are just okay quality as opposed to the Flashforge's components. You can easily tell this just by the sound of the printers running. The Flashforge machines are very quiet with just the light noise of a fan an a "digital computer" type sound whereas the XYZ is much louder producing various vibrations, grunting type noises, and just overall a much lower quality sound. I believe this largely has to do with the stepper motors. I also realize that much of this is fixable, and I do plan on fixing the XYZ to make it a tighter performing printer, but it kind of seems pointless until I can get a better firmware on it or S3d figures out how to better control the printer.

At the same time how much money do you want to throw at a $500 printer to make it perform well? My limit is only a couple of hundred dollars as my last Flashforge (Creator Pro) I picked up on sale directly from Flashforge for $1099 after shipping (shipping is a big deal for me as I live in Alaska and it costs a fortune to ship anything up here).

In the mean time the XYZ gets used only for about one print every day or so as opposed to the Flashforges that stay running almost 24/7. Hopefully someone will get Repetier for the Davinci 1.0a so I can get that thing rocking and producing great prints.

That's interesting.  Why would things like not-crisp edges come from stock firmware and slicing software?  Is the software not creating proper toolpaths, or the firmware not driving the motors properly?

Does the firmware itself do anything different, or does it just allow you to use better/different toolpaths that address these problems?

I can see the appeal for many users for it to just be a "consumer product", and get decent results from standard settings.  The old 80%/20% rule... and it seems to do that.  Maybe they should add an "Advanced" options tab, to allow users to tweak some stuff?

I haven't tried modifying the gcode yet, but I will give that a try. I also have a cartridge resetter on the way, and am going to be ordering the XYZEROCART to give it a try as well. Why wouldn't S3d just automatically add in the correct gcode since it is doing everything else. I thought that was supposed to be part of the XYZ compatibility they just implemented on the last update. Seems kind of silly that you process it through S3d to get the gcode, modify it in a text editor, then bring it back into S3d to print. Either way can't wait for the Repetier for this version of the printer!

So what are the commands should I add at the beginning of the gcode for an XYZ? There is a spot in S3d to add scripts to the beginning of the generated code, and I have only added [G1 Z01] to give the first layer a little more room as the extruder was almost hitting the bed through S3d.

The nozzle with the default S3d settings was to tight against the glass bed and unable to extrude (would only click until it hit layer 2) so by adding the Z offset of 1 it is now a perfect 0.15 mm (within about 0.01mm) with a feeler gauge, and the first layer is just about 1.5x as wide as it is tall with good adhesion to the bed and the next layer.

I will have to read up on gcode. Which extruder number is it for deviance 1.0a? I have read somewhere you need to set it as extruder=1 instead of extruder=0. I figured out how to get the bed temp to respond, but trying to set the extruder temp to 220, and it runs at 224. The only thing I can think of is I was using extruder=0.

Last I heard still in process due to the board change. The IO pins on the processor where switched around so they have to reverse engineer those and deal with normal life as well. I'm sure holidays and family slowed things down as well.

Is there any special way to get it on there or just short J27 and proceed as usual. I had read somewhere that you might be able to do it through the SD card?

So, I am working on doing the flash and just installed a new copy of Arduino (I'm on a MAC) and I get to step 4 of these directionshttps://github.com/luc-github/Repetier-Firmware-0.92 and it says to

Update arduino files (variants.cpp and USBcore.cpp) with the ones prensent in src\ArduinoDUE\AdditionalArduinoFiles\1.5.8. NOTE: You do not need to compile arduino from source these files are in the arduino directory structure. On Mac you will need to right click on the Arduino.app to Show Package Contents.

Where/how do I update the files? I have them downloaded, but can't find where to put them in the package contents, or is there something else I need to do to load them?

Off the top of my head it it either J27 or J37, but yes I can flash it. I havnt yet as I am making sure I can get the software running properly first.

Does anyone have any success flashing stock firmware 1.0.1 on the new board (J37)?