Hi Im building a herculien.

3D Printing HercuLien and Eustathios
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Hi
Im building a herculien. I’m about to start soon but I’m struggling with the configuration of the G LCD at the smoothie board .

The resolution of the glcd is also poor. How can I increase that?

At the moment I have this written in the configfile :

config settings

panel.enable true # set to true to enable the panel code
panel.lcd reprap_discount_glcd # set type of panel
panel.spi_channel 0 # spi channel to use ; GLCD EXP1 Pins 3,5 (MOSI, SCLK)
panel.spi_cs_pin 0.16 # spi chip select ; GLCD EXP1 Pin 4
panel.encoder_a_pin 3.25!^ # encoder pin ; GLCD EXP2 Pin 3
panel.encoder_b_pin 3.26!^ # encoder pin ; GLCD EXP2 Pin 5
panel.click_button_pin 1.30!^ # click button ; GLCD EXP1 Pin 2
panel.buzz_pin 1.31 # pin for buzzer ; GLCD EXP1 Pin 1
panel.back_button_pin 2.11!^ # 2.11 menu back ; GLCD EXP2 Pin 8
#added panel.encoder_resolution with value of 4
panel.encoder_resolution 4

setup for external sd card on the GLCD which uses the onboard sdcard SPI port

panel.external_sd true # set to true if there is an extrernal sdcard on the panel
panel.external_sd.spi_channel 1 # set spi channel the sdcard is on
panel.external_sd.spi_cs_pin 0.28 # set spi chip select for the sdcard (or any spare pin)
panel.external_sd.sdcd_pin 0.27!^ # sd detect signal (set to nc if no sdcard detect) (or any spare pin)

custom_menu.power_on.enable true #
http://custom_menu.power_on.name Power_on #
custom_menu.power_on.command M80 #

custom_menu.power_off.enable true #
http://custom_menu.power_off.name Power_off #
custom_menu.power_off.command M81 #

custom_menu.filament_change_c.enable true #
http://custom_menu.filament_change_c.name Change Filament #
custom_menu.filament_change_c.command G91|G1 Z0.6 F12000|G90|G1 X0 Y0|G91|G1 Z-0.6|G90|M25 #

custom_menu.filament_change_r.enable true #
http://custom_menu.filament_change_r.name Resume #
custom_menu.filament_change_r.command M24 #

What else do I need ?

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I’ll have to look it up but there is a panel.contrast call (I set mine to 8) and that makes it much more legible

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Are you using the config file off the smoothie github?

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As I recall panel.contrast doesn’t work for all LCD panels.
There is poti on the back of the LCD as well. Are you using just USB or a PSU to power the unit?

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It’s worth a shot before adjusting a physical pot, I didn’t see it in his list of config calls. If it doesn’t help (easy fix) then moving to a larger PS or adjusting physical pots makes sense as potential issues.

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It depends on where you sourced the glcd display. Looks like some just need the pot adjusted… And some are actually incorrect requiring a resistor be soldered in for the pot to work. Look here for more details: http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?13,448609,page=1

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Thanks all for your Quick help, I will dig into it and get back to you How it proceeds.

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@jerryflyguy Yes, the one available in the herculien download . But as I see it, that one doesnt include the lcd screen. So i have used the codes in the smoothieboard 3D printing manuals

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@Mikael_Sjoberg I found when setting up mine (Azteeg) that starting with the latest config was a big help. From there, adding code etc was much simpler where needed. I did use the Viki2 LCD so that may give different results between systems. I’m also much less experienced than the others posting here. :wink:

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@jerryflyguy sorry I was wrong . I have used the configfile that was already on the smootiheboard
And added the codes in the manual . Is there a configfile available at GitHub ?

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@jerryflyguy well then we are at the same basic level . I’m really interested in the 3D technique, but I’m not a pro in electrics and codes :slight_smile:

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Well I found a nice configfile in the github for herculien. That one is made for azteeg, is it possible to adapt it for a smooothieboard ?

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@Mikael_Sjoberg I’d assume they would be similar, I’d guess that all the pinouts for the smoothie would be different from the Azteeg though.

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That you got the LCD displaying information means you got it right. Fixing the contrast is just dialing a micro pot somewhere on the LCD board.

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@Jeff_DeMaagd ok! Thanks !
Then maybe I shall keep the codes I have now . I can move the x, y and z axis . I can start and stop the fans , I can heat up the bed and the hotend .
I have the extruder config left . I have to check if that’s already prepared in the file and if I have the correct port written in the file

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There is pot on the display board to adjust the contrast, just adjust it slowly to get the contrast you want.