3D printing guides - Setting up a LCD and SD card controller panel
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 พ.ค. 2024
- Learn how to set up an LCD screen, click encoder input and SD card reader on your 3D printer!
0:46 Things you need
2:19 Connections
2:43 Firmware
3:49 Getting it right
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Neither of these have color changing displays. That's an editing joke!
u8glib download code.google.com/p/u8glib/
Fix the encoder scrolling with:
#define ENCODER_PULSES_PER_STEP 4
#define ENCODER_STEPS_PER_MENU_ITEM 1
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You're a legend!
This video was uploaded 8 years ago, and today helped me. Scrooling thru menu was not working. But it is now thanks to you!
I hope I'll have the pleasure to meet you one day in person!!!
Thanknyou so much!
ITS AMAZING!!! This educational video actually contains information, a talking human AND+ AND+ AND NO MUSIC!!! I was so happy I almost teared up. Thank you for a wonderful job!
I just built my new Printrbot Simple last night and my friend that has far more experience with this than I do suggested the improvement in the video. I never thought it would be so cheap or simple. Thanks for the information, I'm looking forward to giving it a try!
Thanks again Tom, proud patron here. Invaluable info that I needed to set up my Mini RAMBo 1.3 with a large LCD screen! The 1.3 having the USB isolated and not powering the board threw me for a bit of a loop. Couldn't upload a thing with the Arduino IDE till I added 12 volts DC to the board! This fixed my encoder steps and allowed me to select the proper screen for my configuration file.
Thanks for this explanation video, it helped me bring my LCD alive.
I'm on Marlin 1.1.0-RC8 and few things changed, but I could find and correct the settings.
Quick update for those who wonder where the line from 4:20 went in newer Marlin versions:
Conditionals_LCD.h is the file you want to look for the "if ENABLED (REPRAP_DISCOUNT.......)" for.
Thank you
Thanks. I found it, but it seems little confusing to me, since I am a newbie to the whole programing thing and Your post is the only one mentionning this change I found so far. Sorry for potentially dumb question but there is that "delete // to enable" feature missing in here and I am not sure what to do right now. Many if lines there, Im not sure what to write or delete where to get it going. Thanks for help.
There is nothing you have to uncomment there. This direction was supposed to point you to the file where you can add those two extra lines of codes. ((all starting at code line #101))
The whole file is just listing settings for all the different brands of displays out there, telling the rest of the firmware how to handle your hardware. That's why we are adding the two lines of code there. The line you have to uncomment to use your RRDFG display can be found in the Configurations.h at line #1231.
Thanks a lot for clarifying this. I got the controler working at last.
You sir, are a legend.
Thank you a lot Thomas. Your guides help me a lot when I set up my first DYI printer.
The annoying feedback beep for the LCD controller that Tom mentions at 5:12 has been tamed to a short click sound, so you can keep the BEEPER pin enabled with the latest Marlin. To fix this in Marlin 1.0.0, just re-flash the firmware with LCD_FEEDBACK_FREQUENCY_HZ set to 5000 and LCD_FEEDBACK_FREQUENCY_DURATION_MS set to 2.
Tom, first off GREAT VIDEOS! Thank you, my printrbot simple metal is printing fantastic thanks to your videos! Now my question, I have the 20x4 LCD working fine on my printrboard (revF). I also got the full graphic board but I can't get it to work. More specifically I can't successfully compile the source code for the full graphics LCD. I get overflow errors when compiling. Is the printrboard capable of running the full graphic LCD?
Thanks Thomas. This is exactly what i was needing to fix the knob on my LCD.
Great job Tom. Your a smart guy. When are you going to build a cnc router and get the ramps board running it?
Does anyone know what to change in Repetier FW v.91 to reverse the encoder direction and increase its sensativity? Also, does the light button have a pin assignment or is it just on the LCD display?
Thanks for the help.
Thanks for very good videos! I recently purchased a Printrbot Simple Metal - waiting for it now by studying how to set it up from my CAD-programs. I learnt some stuff already!
I´m running a Macbook Pro.
I have 1 question - please, is it so that all I need now at first - is the STL-plugin/programs able to export to STL, the Slic3er and the Repetier Host Mac?
Hi Thomas,
Can you tell me if you have tried the MKS 12864 OLED on RAMPS or a Smoothie? I hear that the Smoothie has no driver for this OLED but what worries me about this controller (which would be perfect for my printer) is that that the Wiki says Repetier may not work if I install it on my board. Anyway, any input would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Samer
Hi Tom great Videos just finishing off my printer after a year break using ramps 1.4 with lcd and marlin
what pc software do you suggest for a beginner
I use 2.5 drawing software and a post processor for my full size cnc mill but this is a bit different
Thanks Andrew
Thank you so much Thomas! You helped making mine work like a charm !!
Hello Tom,
I followed your guide exactly and was very pleased to find that my LCD display worked!
I then thought I would push my luck and plug in an AD card. The card was taken out of my other printer and plugged into the screen slot where it registers OK and the screen shows a "card inserted" message. However, when I select the next page on the display it still says "No SD Card" and I cannot find any of the files on the card. Am I missing something? The card works fine on my Anet printer.
RH
Hi Thomas... Great Videos, made setting up my Prusa (replacement for knackered Davinci) a bit more straightforward.
I have installed the graphical display, but cannot fix the pulses per step and steps per menu item as the new Marlin (Dec 2015) doesn't seem to have the section your editing?? Any ideas as I don't like scrolling left to go down a list!
Hi Tom great video , I've connected my arduino board to my ramps which has the LCD screen shown in this video. This was working before however no once i connect the two the LCD screen lights up for 5-6 seconds with no writing then it all turns off including the arduino. do you have any ideas as to why it would be happening? Thanks in advance
Hello Thomas all of your videos are very imformative ...thank you
I have a question how do you enable filament swap option on a Rep Rap full graphics controller ??
I have uncommented #if ENABLED(ULTIPANEL) in Configuration advh
does this this option show on the menu only if you are printing ??
Thanks for any help you can offer...stevep
Just wondering for this SD card reader does it matter what type of SD card you use? Because I am about to finish building mine and was just wonder if there is any one that is required and if not can you recommend a good one to get?
Above the "Mendel ready" icon is what appears to be an "FR 100%" I notice I can change this by turning the encoder on my smart controller lcd. What is FR? Sorry if this is a newbie question, I'm building my printer and haven't tried to print anything yet. Thank you!
Hi ,Super video,
I'm buy a new MSK GenV1.4 ,
What do I have to do first?
My old board is in the printer , may i can copie the setup ??? MFG
Hello Tom! I have a question, I have the MKS TFT32 and want to have also my stock 20x4 LCD screen working. Despite disabling the secure check for only only one display I simply cant make it work... its either one display or the other. Thank you for the videos
Again,
Really great video, detailed precise aaand short :D
Do you recommend using Octoprint? If I have a printer with an SD slot, Will using the SD improve the quality at all? I have heard using tethered lowers quality.
I'm using this for my Fabrikator Mini. Is it possible to add under the "prepare" or "control" menu items, a way to retract the filament? Sorry - I haven't watched the whole video yet - apologies if it's in there.
@Thomas Sanladerer: I intend to upgrade my Prusa I3 from Ramps 1.4 to a Megatronix v3 and want to use the LCD controller as you so excellently describe here (thanx for that!). I cannot find a converter for the controller to the Megatronix board, however, nor a tutorial how to connect it if I don't have a converter. Do you know if this can be done and if so, push me a bit in the right direction? your help is much appreciated!
regards,
Arthur
Would really like to see the printers output from the i2c interface from the pi running OctoPrint such as using a 1602 LCD.
My LCD (from Lulzbot) has two presets for temperature. One for PLA and one for ABS as in your video. Is it possible to add presets for other filament types and have them as options on the LCD controller?
I hope you can tell me if this LCD screen will work on my Anet A8, all the push buttons are a pain.
Hi Tom,
Thanks for your video, very helpful. However do not manage to crack it. My LCD turns on on start up, then the back light dimms a bit and it starts blinking. I have followed your steps. Any idea of what am I not doing right?
Thanks in advance
Just got this controller for my MM3 - thanks for the guide! :)
Hi Tom, I will try to control my 3040 CNC using this controller, is it possible? Do you have some ideas on how to use that in a CNC? I want to convert the PWM output of the extruder to control the spindle rotation. Thanks
Thank you for this informative video. Question - do you know how to remove the options on the LCD screen for a second extruder. I have a single extruder rigidbot. Thank you.
Thanks for the reply. I have a RigidBot big and using marlin. The line for dual extruder in the beginning of the configuration.h file is commented out correctly so I'm thinking somewhere else there must be code telling the LCD to show a second extruder but I can't find it.
At time mark 2:41 the back of the lcd is shown with the cables installed. I see that the red stripes are opposite of each other. My cables connect the same direction - Tom, is this why my lcd does not work??? I've been pulling out the little hair I have left over this.
Your videos are great and so very helpful. Whenever I have a 3d printer problem, I turn to your videos first and almost always find the answer I need. Thank you!
Hi Tom, I just got the RepRapDIscount LCD 12864 for my ROBO 3D R1+. I already did most of your updates, but I have spent way too much time looking through the Marlin firmware trying to figure out how to change the LCD display to show only 1 extruder instead of 3. Is their any way to remove the images/icons on the LCD screen for the 2nd and 3rd extruders?
Hi Tom!
Do you know if this would work for a Solidoodle 2?
If yes, any quick tips on how to get there?
Love your videos!
Per Forester, works but you have to solder a connection
does the one from printrbot just work on the xl or does it work o the simple metal aswell?
how we upgrade our lcd sd card slots into usb port slot ?
if you have ideas and tric so please upload an videos for that .
Hi
I´m using the Marlin Software with the full graphic display and a RAMPS1.4 Board.
In PINS.H I cannot find it and the entries to swap the value. (The BTN.... values)
Hey Tom, thanks for your videos! I've got a problem I'm trying to solve with an MKSGen 1.4 board and a RepRapDiscount Smart Controller. It doesn't seem to work, as it seems is the case for many others. Apparently some have had success cutting off the header keys and putting the headers into the board backwards. Have you had any experience with this?
So it ended up being the case that the lcd headers were put on the MKS Gen 1.4 board backwards. Luckily this didn't destroy the lcd. (In case anyone else was wondering)
Hi Thomas, your guides are great.
Regarding the Full Graphics LCD, do you know how to pause a print or resume it when pausing with "pause at height" plugin? Thanks in advance, TG
***** Thanks for your quick reply, Thomas. But the case is that I don't have the option for pausing through the LCD. Therefore I can't resume it either (when pausing with "pause at z"). I've also tryed sending M commands via prontrface, but no luck.
Problem solved: if I print via SD card I have the pause/resume funtion. I'm used to print directly (USB) and thought it was possible to pause/resume that way. Thanks again.
For those who wonder about a black screen. There are different ribbon cables and matching connectors around. Some of them are rotated 180° !!! i.e. Exp1 stays Exp1 and Exp2 stays Exp2 BUT the pin 1-5 will instead connect to pin 6-10 and vice versa.
I just reversed the orientation of the connector and could then use a discount full graphics display on a trigorilla board.
hey tom i have a question. my lcd shows the temps about 60 c to high. if i link the printer to my pc it make the lcd start reading the temps corectly
really informative! Thank you!
Hay Tom is their a guide for setting up a re-arm+ramps1.6plus+tmc2130+full graphics display pannel. I'm currently trying to set this up. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
3:45 the backlight is RGB cycling.. can the color of the backlight be set in the settings?
I am trying to add the RepRapDiscount Full Graphic Smart Controller to my mk2s however after following many guids I can't even compile the Marlin, any suggestions or idea where I can get teh .hex file?
I have a printrboard that came with my Qu-BD Two-Up and when I go to compile the firmware it says a pin is not defined. Could you please advise?
Thank you. Very Helpful
Hi Tom, I too use OctoPrint, thanks to you. I have leaned a ton from your videos since I started 3D Printing in Feb last year.
Hope you dont mind, but I have a question;
My RPi 2 is connected to the RAMPS Arduino (obviously) over USB, but this also powers the Arduino, RAMPS and LCD. I would prefer to have the RPi NOT feed power to the RAMPS etc ... is it possible to do this easily?
+Thomas Sanladerer Thanks Tom, I will look at trying it out.
Appreciate your help
How do you know which side is pin 1 on the connectors used for the LCD?
what changes do i need to make in marlin so that i can see my name on the smart controller, for every time i turn on my printer.. ??
plz help
hi tom well i have a problem with the rotatory switch its not jogging in either direction but as a button it works i can switch between menu and post screen, need help here
could you use this with the M3D micro?
Hello Sir , I keep getting this message when trying to upload the firmware to my board ( exit status 1
'U8GLIB_DOGM128_2X' does not name a type ) help pls ?
Will this work on a Printrbot Simple Metal?
Great channel! this have helpt me a lot.
Do all lcd screens come with the sd card reader?
I have a fabrikator mini from hobby king. how and where in arduino do I change the max extruder temp from 230 to 260?
Hi tom. Im using lcd smart controller panel and i have a problem with the button. When i turn the knobi it enters menu, and when i clikc it trys to scroll.. even the reset button is not responding.. This happend after i updated the firmware. Im using arduino mega and simple prusa i3
Thanks in advance
About this panel that you show in the video, it look a bit different from other ReprapDiscount GLCD.
Many one that I found on Ebay(mostly chinese clone) don't have potentiometers for contrast(use software instead I think) and backlight timing.
Also no button for backlight too.
Which one is better?
Also, many of the Chinese clone have reverse EXP slot, so when use with Smoothieboard the screen is hard to see. Need to reverse the plastic slot so it work.
Do you have any problem with that panel?
Please can you do a tutorial about installing marlin in a bigtreetech tango v1.0
If I got all the mechanical of the machine can I use this smart LCD screen to send step and direction signals and outputs for the heating elements for xtruder and heat bed? inputs to let know that the temperature has been reach also? Im just wondering because I would like to make my own 3d printer, I can create my own breakout board and other stuff but if this smart LCD can do the logic should be awesome.
***** I'm understanding a lot about this since I saw your video, do you think can I use this for not only 3D printers and maybe use cnc lasers or cnc plasma machines? in which language is programmed?
Thanks for reply,
Good morning mate. I have a REPRAP FULL GRAPHIC SMART CONTROLLER LCD and only a blue screen appears. Could it have burned? Thank you.
Is adding lcd make the previous firmware installed (to control temperature, stepper motor etc) will lost? Or the previous firmware still exist and new firmware for the lcd added?
Up
For those who are scratching their heads on the pins.h file, it appears that the pins.h file has been broken up into multiple files on recent builds. You are now looking for pins_RAMBO.h (if RAMBO is your control board) or look for the pins_YOURMAINBOARDHERE.h file. In my case it was pins_RAMPS.h for the RAMPS board.
Hi Thomas, how you config marlin to set preheat constants? Please help
what about on a cr10 bro? cant i just get new one and plug it in? the z axis is jumpy when i do that though
Is it possible to dim the backlight via firmware or other way? I have a knockoff RepRap Discount LCD and it only has a contrast pot on the back. I'd like to sleep at night without having to disconnect it from Octoprint every time. Thanks for the video Thomas!
Seems like a hit and miss with these things. The one you linked to doesn't seem to have the jumper, according to the pictures. I guess I'll hack a switch on mine then.
I appreciate the help, thanks!
Finally got mine working. Don't edit config H in the Arduino do it in notepad ++ then upload the whole marlin program to the Arduino found this out after a couple of days of trying.
Hi, i installed the lcd, the printer was working flawlessly until i did so, now it is printing horizontally instead of vertically, any ideas on what i need to do to correct this problem?
Hi Thomas :)
a friend asked, some times ago, i can't answer... do you know if there's a way to change the rotary/click encoder with some standard push button? Or a joystick? Thanks
thanks, but looking all your video, i find a way to "enhance" the rotary tool resolution, which is the main problem of my friend and why he asked for that hardware mod... do you think it's applicable even on a 20x4 display like the other you show in video? We have a bq prusa i3 hephestos, with that screen...
thanks, but we have the hephestos 1 :)
i have a robo 3d r1 plus and a full graphic controller non white pcb and cannot seem to get the sd card working iv'e tried multiple sd cards and still nothing it detects them being inserted and thats it. Any Suggestions
Will this work on the anet a8M
i have made a 3d printer but facing some issue.i cannot home all axis.i m doing it manually by pausing the printer.and also i m not able to control prining speed from lcd display.i thing this might be from marlin.plz help me out
not sure what happened but when i changed the numbers to swap the direction of the encoder, the lcd lights up but there is no text. please help!
+Thomas Sanladerer
Hey
I installed the firmware correctly and the user interface is appearing on my screen but when i turn the knob nothing happens. I only have the stepper motors hooked up to it now could that be the issue?
Where can I buy an Extend SDcard Reader - Geeetech to GT2560?
Forgive if already commented, but changing scroll direction was included in the Marlin build I’m using (REPRAPGURU v4) and can be flipped in the configuration H by uncommenting REVERSE MENU DIRECTION. Hope this helps someone.
Can i resume my print if power cut happens from this mirlin firmware using display attached to it.
Hi Tom got a question for you I got a RepRap i3 with a gt2560 board running Marlin.
I know it's easy to make a mistake with the led and sd card wire so help
I killed the standard 2004 lcd screen by plugging the wrong leed in the right slot so I have bought a 12864 full graphics lcd screen to replace it and all it has is exp1 and exp2 and I don't want to mess up again on the screen which slot is the lcd and which is the sd card
As I don't need the adapted board.
Cheers
Nice vid. I had to change it like that though on mine, to get it to work properly:
#define ENCODER_PULSES_PER_STEP 2
#define ENCODER_STEPS_PER_MENU_ITEM 1
I tried to disable the beeper too, but changing, what you've changed, doesn't make a difference on mine. Any ideas welcomed before I desolder the buzzer :)
how, could you tell what need to be choose to start printing? is it automatic process? I can't find guide about it on the yt,
can this LCD type be used with Anet A8 board.??
how do you make the buzzer work.
Thanks a lot tom!
Can you help me to fix My full graphics smart controller buzzer is not working please help
Hi i am having a problem. I am using an ultimaker pcd and the large smart Lcd , but everything I change on the lcd doesn´t save on the eeprom. If I turn off , no data have been stored. I enable already the lines on the arduino firmware, but still the same. Can you help me?
do you now how to enable larger SD cards with Fat32 File system?. I have 16gb sdhc cards and sometimes it cannot read the cards.
Do you know where I can find a CoreXY firmware?
had problems with 2gb card and all cards i have so i googled it and everywhere i found said that the lattest version of marlin has had problems and pronterface shuts off and displays an sd error
will this work on a printrbot simple metal
You are so damn cool Thomas! Thank you for doing what you do.
For RAMPS 1.4 and Arduino Mega users: The beeper's option is on line 606 -> #define BEEPER -1. Took me some time to find it... :)
can you use this with the anet A8?
You may have to edit your firmware but yes.
Hi Tom I have 3d printer which has makeboard mini control board I have connected robotdyn lcd 20x4 it works fine but only problem is I cannot print directly from the Lcd controller but I can print by connecting the printer to computer and using ponterface where print from SD card option is available.
When I insert SD card on Lcd it doesn't read but when I open 'no SD card' option on display it shows the g code files and if selected it goes back to main screen and timer on display starts but wont print.
So can you help me out please
Can someone help me to understand why my RepRep Discount Full Graphic Display flickers? Not sure if it’s hardware or software. I’m running Bugfix 1.1.x on a Prusa clone. The RepRep Discount Full Graphic Display was an upgrade to the original lcd display. The board is a Melzi. Thanks.
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