Replicator 0009 and Firmware v1.6 on the loose!
It’s release time again– ReplicatorG 0009 and the new v1.6 firmware are now available! As before, the new firmware is bundled with the ReplicatorG uploader.
- ReplicatorG 0009 for Windows
- ReplicatorG 0009 for Mac OS X
- ReplicatorG 0009 for Linux
- Gen3 Firmware v1.6 sources (for the firmware hackers among you)
The currently recommended version of skeinforge is the 0005 release:
Changelogs are after the cut. As usual, let me know about any problems you encounter.
Firmware v1.6 changes:
- Merged in upstream changes to SD driver to allow SDHC cards to be used successfully
- Integrated Tim’s PID heating patch for better temperature control
- Cleaned up homing code
- Refactors to permit automated builds
ReplicatorG 0009 changes:
- Moved to standard Swing file selector
- File selector now remembers last browser directory
- Added scrollbars to dialogs (in uploader, SD build selector, etc.)
- Close control panel on build start
- Prevent multiple simultaneous control panels
- Added control panel button to button bar
- Added disconnect button to button bar
If you’re uploading the new firmware, remember to upload both the extruder firmware and the motherboard firmware for best results. Good luck!
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Keith Neufeld
On the last couple of Mac releases, the ReplicatorG stuff is all right inside the DMG file. This makes it trickier to install to Applications — at least as far as I know how to do it. I end up opening a Terminal window and doing a sudo cp -rp /Volumes/replicatorg* /Applications/replicatorg in order to preserve the directory structure so that the ReplicatorG program knows how to find its supporting files and directories.
An earlier release had a replicatorg-000x folder inside the DMG with all the ReplicatorG stuff inside that folder. That made it easy to drag the replicatorg-000x folder to Applications as a one-step install.
It’d be nice to go back to the earlier method for ease of installation/updates — or to educate me about an equally easy way to deal with the way it’s packaged now (if such exists).
I can say more if this isn’t clear enough.
Keith Neufeld
Also it’d be great to make a preference to disabled the simulator window during a real build. I don’t ever want to see it, so I have to close it manually every time — which really adds up when I have to stop 9/10 of my builds before completion because of errors in the build.
Keith Neufeld
Um, that would be disable the simulator window.
BingDai
Hi Adam,
Hooray for the release of 0009!
I am currently working on a Reprap related project with my team. We plan to add some new features to Reprap and we’re expecting to customize the ReplicatorG for our need.
We tried to find the editable source code from http://code.google.com/p/replicatorg/source/browse/and http://replicatorg.googlecode.com/svn/. However, seems both of them are read-only.
I’m just wondering can I get a package of source code that my team can edit? That would be great help!
Thanks,
Bing
Zach Hoeken
Hey Bing,
The main subversion repository is read-only. That means you need access to commit changes back to the main codebase. However, if you just want to make local changes you can easily do a ‘checkout’ of the subversion tree and edit your heart away.
Zach
BingDai
Hi Zach,
Thanks for the information! I’ve successfully checked out the code.
BingDai
Hi, I have a question about RepG,
When I simulate the following code, the simulation looks right. However, if I change all the 0.05 -> 0.5, 0.141 -> 1.41 (i.e., ask the machine to move 10x the distance), the simulation doesn’t work well.
I wonder why it happens?:)
Thanks!
G90
G21
M103
M105
G1 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0
G1 X-0.05 Y0.0 Z0.0
M101
G1 X-0.05 Y0.05 Z0.0
M103
G1 X0.05 Y0.05 Z0.0
M101
G1 X0.05 Y0.0 Z0.0
M103
G1 X0.05 Y-0.05 Z0.0
M101
G2 X-0.05 Y-0.05 I-0.05 J0.05
M103
G1 X0.0 Y-0.141 Z0.0
M101
G2 X0.0 Y0.141 I0.0 J0.141
G2 X0.0 Y-0.141 I0.0 J-0.141
M103
M104 S0
M103