I would like to edit the firmware on my printer. It would be great it it fired off on a corner for better priming and left the bed in front to where I could get at the objects easier. Also, I havent purchased any filiment that runs at the stock settings of 190 and 50 degrees, so bumping those up would be nice.
So how do you go about editing the code?
You’ll have to grab the source to Repetier, as well as the Arduino IDE for editing, compiling, and uploading to your board. But also, what you’re describing sounds more like things you can do in your slicer of choice by simply setting a starting and ending gcode. Here’s a link for start codes. I wish i had Cura’s ending routine on hand right now, because it does exactly what you want when it finishes.
http://reprap.org/wiki/Start_GCode_routines
I already have Cura (14.07) set to whatever filament I am running at the time. I would like to make it more of a permanent function and have cura start code lower the temperatures as needed. I’ve also been toying with the idea of having the printer warm-up upon startup, since that is 95% of what I do every time I turn it on.
It appears that a lot of people are uploading the incorrect firmware to their machines, so I am attempting to contact Gearbest to see if they know where I can get the proper code.
What’s your printer brand and model? If it’s what’s pictured, it uses Repetier.
Base on the pic its anet a8
Not familiar with the A8 and I might be misunderstanding what you are trying to accomplish, but I would assume most of it can be handled with start and end g-code in your slicer.
So at the start of your slicer g-code, you have the nozzle move to the front corner of your printer and purge the nozzle. For the making the print easier to remove, you move the nozzle to the back of the bed, something like G1 X0 Y200 Z 200 (or whatever your bed measurements are).
Even the temperature settings should be customizable in your slicer software, preferably tailored for every spool of filament you use.
Priming and parking is handled in the start and end gcode settings normally. I haven’t seen the firmware do that before…