Best Firmware for Prusa

Hello,

I would like to know what is the best firmware for my RAMPS board.

I instaled succesfully the Repetier firmware and the Host and at first it worked fine, but after printing4 or 5 minutes it stucked in RESENDING xxxxx where xxxxx is the line. To correct that I have to reset the RAMPS and restart the host.

I like the functionalities of this Repetier software but I would like to hear your comments and advice on this.

Thank you

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Ernesto Pareja

dcctrains.netne.net

What do you have the baud rate set at? I have found that 250000 baud introduced too many errors for me, but reducing the baud rate to 115200 (in both Repetier and firmware) got rid of all those errors.

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Hi NewPerfection, I have the baudrate set to 250.000. I've read that this should be more jitter free than 115.200 but I will give it a try tonight.

For slicing do you use Slic3r or Skeinforge?

It should be more jitter free, but the higher baud rates are also more prone to errors.

I use both Slic3r and Skeinforge. Slic3r is at least an order of magnitude faster than Skeinforge, but with Skeinforge I have more control over how it works and it tends to produce better g-code on tricky parts. Tricky parts include: parts that are non-manifold or have intersecting facets and parts that have very thin sections.

Slic3r is excellent though, and gets better with every new version. I highly recommend it.

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Hello, yesterday I gave up with repetier host software although I think it's a very good interface. It hanged up when printing every time.

I installed the lattest Marlin and Pronterface and they are working good on dry jobs. I havent installed the hotend yet. I will do it tonight.

Thank you!

I'm using Marlin 1.0 for my prusa, it works nicely.