Help with bootloader/firmware

this is the printer that I purchased a while back. the board went bad and I ordered a new one. i cannot get the firmware to work and I am not sure what else to do. I cannot afford to purchase another board or set up. the board is a Melzi v2.0

~INFO ON SETUP~

Specifications:
Structure: Acrylic framework
Extruder Quantity: 1
Printing size: 210*210*210mm
Layer thickness: 0.1-0.4mm
SD-card: Support
LCD screen: 2004 Screen with 5 buttons
XY axis speed(Max): 3000mm/min
Z axis speed(Max): 200mm/min
Printing speed: 40-120mm/s
Standard extruder diameter: 0.4mm
Extruder temperature: 170-260℃
Hot bed temperature: 100℃
Hot bed material: Aluminum
XY axis positioning accuracy: 0.01mm
Z axis positioning accuracy: 0.004mm
Printing material support: ABS, PLA, HIPS
Printing material diameter: 1.75mm
Recommended material: PLA
Software language: Chinese/English
Date import format: STL,G-Code
Model supporting function: Optional
Machine size: 510*400*415mm
AC Power supply: 220V/110V 18A
Operating system: For XP, For WIN7, For MacOS
Printing software: Cura
Working condition Temp:10-30℃, Humidity:20-50%
Color: Black
Net weight: 9000g

Your best bet is to download the latest version of Marlin, and then go through the configuration.h file and enter the parameters that would suit your printer, then use arduino IDE to flash to the new melzi board. Sure its a bit daunting at first but you soon work out what the various setting do.

What have you tried so far?

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Simon Khoury

Co-founder of [www.precisionpiezo.co.uk] Accurate, repeatable, versatile Z-Probes
Published:Inventions

exactly that lol but it isnt working still. im not to good at programming

Okay its not programming, its just configuration, there are lots of guides online to help you through it. Someone might have nearly the same printer to give you a configuration.h file but it won't be precisely right. The firmware you get with a kit is never exactly right.

What is the error? At what point does it go wrong?
Can you upload it to the board?
If you can what happens next, do your endstops work, do you axes move?

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Simon Khoury

Co-founder of [www.precisionpiezo.co.uk] Accurate, repeatable, versatile Z-Probes
Published:Inventions

even after uploading the printer doesnt work/acts like nothing is uploaded on it, the LCD stays blank, and the board doesnt have a LED on either.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/22/2016 06:27AM by Grizz87.

i have been working on this for about a month and a half with no success. I stumbled on this today [forum.repetier.com] and tried to upload it but they only give the config file. nothing else. tried to upload with repieter website to make new firmware and its not going through

when the printer use to work, it would boot up and say OMNI v1.4 if that helps any

When you upload using arduino IDE (use the latest version) does the message say it successfully uploads?
Where are you based, this sounds like a problem that would be possibly easy to fix in person but hard to fix over the forum.

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Simon Khoury

Co-founder of [www.precisionpiezo.co.uk] Accurate, repeatable, versatile Z-Probes
Published:Inventions

I live in Illinois, USA near St Louis. When I click burn bootloader it says successful but the light never comes on.

Well I'd help but I'm 3000 miles away. Anyone here have melzi board experience?

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Simon Khoury

Co-founder of [www.precisionpiezo.co.uk] Accurate, repeatable, versatile Z-Probes
Published:Inventions

I was able to get ahold of the supplier of my printer and they sent me a zip file that had the firmware in it and other files. when I try to compile it I get this error now....

f2 = HAL::readFlashByte((const prog_char*)&nofilter);