Hi Dust, Thanks so much for that clue! That was exactly what I was looking for. Now I can read and write to the serial port as I wish. For anybody else who wants to do the same thing, here is how I got it working. If there is a cleaner way please let me know. In Configuration.h I added: #define LCD_SERIAL_PORT 1 // rs485 port #define LCD_BAUDRATE 9600 I wanted to use the I2C pins on tby Josey76 - Firmware - Marlin
Hi, I'm new to the Reprap forums. A bit of history about me, I'm an electronics tech at work and I've been exploring 3D printing as a hobby for about 2.5 years. I've built my own core XY printer and I've been using Marlin on it and it works great. So when a project came up at work needing 5 axis stepper control, Marlin was the first thing I looked into. To my surprise 6 axis support has recenby Josey76 - Firmware - Marlin