reprapdiscount lcd + ramps + marlin

I finally done it. I started building my own printer.
So I ordedred a bunch of stuf, put it all together, experimented with all the posibilities, and so far almost everyrhing works splenditly.

But..
I have a ramps 1.4 board, mega 2560 processor board and a reprapdiscount smart lcd display.
The display is giving me a headache.
Sure, it gives me all the necessary information, very nice.
But it keeps switching between the menu list and the main screen every second.
First I thought something was wrong with the encoder or the connections between the ramps board and the encoder. Or maybe wrong pin-setup in pins.h ( I am using Marlin v1 firmware, btw)
I think I have tried everything. I even desoldered the encoder, cut the wires between the ramps board and the display-print, tried all the settings I could find, but it keeps switching like a mad man.
Funny thing is, that when I use repetier, the switching stops. The encoder doesn't work very well, only in one direction, no button action, so something is not right there either.
I'd rather use marlin actually. It seems nicer.
Can anyone help?

Rien.

Did you uncomment the section in the configuration.h:
#define REPRAP_DISCOUNT_SMART_CONTROLLER

My understanding is that should be enough. I have rumba by reprapdiscount and that is all I had to do to get it working. Are you using the latest marlin version? I had issues with my screen when I had an earlier version.

Coherent Wrote:
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> Did you uncomment the section in the
> configuration.h:
> #define REPRAP_DISCOUNT_SMART_CONTROLLER
>
Yup, did that.

And also #define RAMPS_V_1_3 in pins.h

> My understanding is that should be enough. I have
> rumba by reprapdiscount and that is all I had to
> do to get it working. Are you using the latest
> marlin version? I had issues with my screen when I
> had an earlier version.

Yeah, that was my understanding too.
But the board doesn't understand that, yet.


Rien.

i am glad to see i am not the only one with issues, i cant get mine to stop beepeing when i install the newer firmware on it. and no matter what i cant find the culprit.

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[mike-mack.blogspot.com]

forget Marlin.

Try Repetier. Less issues.

i was just looking at the github for repetier, i see that it supports the sd, but dose it support the lcd panel.?

i do like what i am seeing on repetier though. but i also like my lcd panel funtionality.

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[mike-mack.blogspot.com]

Yes, support for lcd panel, sdcard, encoder, all available.
Not everything is clear and working right from the start, but for me it was possible.

The fact that Repetier does not support as much hardware as marlin can be a disadvantage, but if you have supported hardware it's much easier to understand.


Rien.