ReplicatorG for Reprap by ccotter247

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ReplicatorG for Reprap

ccotter247

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Published on October 22, 2011

Description

This is a new reprap.xml file for ReplicatorG that allows you to use your reprap or other Sprinter-based firmware machine with ReplicatorG. This version supports extruder control from the control panel. If there is a machine that you would like to have a driver for I will update the .xml file with a driver to suit your needs.

Tested Electronics
1. RAMPS
2. Sanguinololu

Tested Firmwares
1. Sprinter
2. Marlin

Instructions

1. Download
2. Open ReplicatorG folder.
3. Open machines folder.
4. Replace reprap.xml with this new one.
5. Restart ReplicatorG.
6. Select the Machine tab.
7. Under Driver select your machine.
8. Print!
9. Celebrate!

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Strahlex on December 23, 2012 said:

Great! Is there maybe also an GCode-Generator setting for the RepRap?

emmanuelmota on August 5, 2012 said:

Thank you! I have succesfully installed in in replicatorg and have communication, movement, heat etc.. I am using slice3r with start and stop gcodes. Replicatorg is not liking this :( How should I proceed? It should be stated that I am on ramps 1.4 with marlin.

Kendall on June 26, 2012 said:

Solidoodle is using a Sanguinololu Board, Marlin Firmware...

Kendall on June 26, 2012 said:

Posted on Solidoodles Group was a linke to this page. The post read that this .xml file should work with their new machine. I downloaded and followed the instructions, I'm up to the part to: Machine Type (Driver), and am wondering which machine to choose. Can anyone help me?

Anonymous on February 23, 2012 said:

I want to buy it, hopefully soon I can write to quenegociemos ...

Thank you ... encoontras me as "cer cris" in faceebock. ;)

Anonymous on January 25, 2012 said:

I do the machine or I buy? I need a 3d plastic printer and laser printer cut ..... I make a suggestion? would be sending to Mexico, which I recommend. Electromechanical Technician I, I have some ideas on the subject but I have to study more .... *DONT_KNOW*

DigiFab on January 21, 2012 said:

Now how do we get it to work with dual extruders on a RepRap? :)

abdrumm on October 24, 2011 said:

I love that a 14 year old student is making a difference in the RepRap community. Way to go, Caleb! Proud to be working with you. Keep up the great work. - Brook

onelonedork on October 25, 2011 said:

14 years old, that is impressive!

Pointedstick on October 23, 2011 said:

Wow, this works. I'm honestly really surprised. I changed the code to fix it for me (https://github.com/makerbot/Re... but this fixes it too and seems much simpler. What was your fix? I see no stepper_axis var in the new Prusa Mendel machine definition; was that is? Inquiring minds want to know!

ccotter247 on October 23, 2011 said:

Well what was happening is that previous versions were trying to determine the extruder as an axis. Which is how the Thing-O-Matic does. By doing this RepG looks for settings for that axis. When it can't find the settings it basically "forgets" about the extruder motor. By identifying it as part of the extruder and telling RepG that it is a stepper extruder it allows separate parameters to be set in the tool parameters.

Hope that helps!

nicgravel on October 23, 2011 said:

Can it work with the monolithic from techzonecom ?

http://techzonecom.com/detail....

ccotter247 on October 23, 2011 said:

In theory yes! As long as it is sprinter-based and it runs at 115200 your good!

GeoDelGonzo on October 23, 2011 said:

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! My bro and I have been poopin around trying to figure out how to control our RAMPS board successfully. I hope this does it justice.

Looking forward to try it out! XD

Using the RAMPS 1.4 with stepper motors from Ultimachine. For some reason it only goes in one direction when trying to move the stepper motors with the regular Replicator G files :S
I guess it could be the Sprinter firmware.

ccotter247 on October 23, 2011 said:

You are golden! Just plug in your endstops and they will go both directions!

onelonedork on October 22, 2011 said:

couldn't seem to get it working with Marlin 0.9.1, tried editing the rate to 115200 in my firmware then editing the .xml file to 250000 to match the original firmware.

Pointedstick on October 23, 2011 said:

I got Marlin working by setting the baud rate in the firmware to 115200, to match what's in the xml file. Works like a charm. Marlin is kickass, so I'm overjoyed!

ccotter247 on October 23, 2011 said:

Make sure that you have the right serial port selected, and make sure your baud rates are the same. I sounds like you could of easily mixed up your baud rates. I do not have a Gen6 board to test on so I guess your the guinea pig. :)

Botfarm88 on October 22, 2011 said:

Will this work for Ramps 1.4 with ulitmachine nema 17 stepper motors?

Can you attach the sprinter firmware you use?

ccotter247 on October 23, 2011 said:

Yes any Ramps board will work. My setup is using Ramps 1.4 and Ultimachine Steppers. I am using the regular Sprinter firmware from Github. You can find it here: https://github.com/kliment/Spr... Make sure to edit the Configuration.h file for your setup.

karandex on October 22, 2011 said:

for what electronics i can use it

ccotter247 on October 22, 2011 said:

It has been tested with Ramps and Sanguinololu. But any board running Sprinter-Based firmware at 115200 baud rate should work. Let me know what configurations work. I will add a list of tested electronics.