Updating Gen6 firmware problem

Hi, I purchased a Prusa which had 5D firmware installed on the Gen6 board from 3D stuffmakers. I was able to get it working after a few issues, although I did not actually print anything. For various reasons I had to put it aside for more than a year and have only recently started working on it again. When I did a calibration test I found it needed recalibration in all three axes. Despite numerous requests to 3D stuffmakers over a period of two weeks, for information on how to recalibrate the 5D firmware I have received no help at all, only an offer to sell me an upgrade kit. At the same time I have conducted exhaustive internet research on this site, and many others, and discovered that 5D has long been overtaken by other firmware programs, and that I should upgrade to Marlin. I have used Arduino 18 and the marlin.pde file to access the board and tried to upload configuration h, however, I get the following error:

1.error: pasting "DIO" and "-" does not give preprocessing token In function 'void bed_max_temp_error()':

It would appear to be associated with a heated bed, however the board I have does not support a heated bed.
I have the correct board (5) selected, and I have altered the code to indicate that the heated bed is not in use, but the error persists.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

hello,

I had the upgrade software, i purchased the AVRprogrammer separately , flashed my board,

but hey im still getting issues with this printer and i cant find out what it is, just cannot isolate it..


So i am now 99% sure ill be getting a new printer

What makes you expect a newer printer would work better than the current one?

The error you describe means your firmware configuration doesn't fit your electronics. If there is no heated bed, heated bed support should be disabled.

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Generation 7 Electronics	Teacup Firmware	RepRap DIY

Hi, I had the same problem when I first flashed Marlin onto my gen6, There is a 'digitalwrite' function somewhere that needs commenting out before it will compile. I can't remember where it is off the top of my head but it relates to turning off the heated bed (which isnt defined).

If you want to skip this step you could check out this thread: [forums.reprap.org] where I have uploaded a modded version of Marlin v1 for Gen6 boards, this also allowes you to control a heatbed and fan with some extra hardware.

Hope that helps.