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MK4duo Firmware Printers 3D for Arduino and Arduino due
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Nextion Enhanced 7" Screen and Graphical Screen Togther 4 Hotends and Heatbed #452

Open mohala opened 6 years ago

mohala commented 6 years ago

Hello,

I am very new to the MK4Duo community and printing but I am making a CoreXY 3D printer and I am planning to involve both graphical Screens From SMART RAMPS 12864 SD Card Screen and Nextion 7" Capacitive Touch Enhanced Screen, (which I have bought already)

I have made sure to break out the TX and RX pins from AUX3 so it can be connected to Nextion 7", but I have an issue on implementing both screens on the website configurator it only allows for one and the 12864 SD card screen is not on the list.

Also, another issue is the nextion 7" only shows 2 Hotends, is it possible to add 2 more hotends to make 4 hotends? And how would I go about doing this?

(I am a total beginner in coding but trying my best to learn, so sorry in advance if I need more help)

Best regards Mo

MagoKimbra commented 6 years ago

The Nextion is a display managed directly by the firmware so you can use it alone as the other displays, you can not put multiple displays at the same time. Putting 4 Hotends on the display means redesigning all the graphics, I'm sorry but this is not possible.

mohala commented 6 years ago

Thank you for the reply, I understand about the multiple screens thank you for letting me know. But I did attempt to change the design look to accommodate 4 hotends the only issue is I don't know how to do the coding for getting the information to plug into the area for hotend 3 and 4. Would you be able to help me on this and share to everyone? I have the HMI file but not sure how to post it on github.

screenshot 619

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P.S: I went a bit over the top on Microsoft Visio designing the background I hope you like it :)

mohala commented 6 years ago

Hello MagoKimbra, What do you think of this for design layout would this help as a starting point? obviously, the colours would need to be corrected to make it look good but would you be able to help me with adding info for hotend 3 and 4?

MK4Duo_Edited_v1.zip

Is there code ready to read hotend 3 and 4?

mohala commented 5 years ago

Hello,

Any update for this suggestion?

Mo

MagoKimbra commented 5 years ago

I am changing all the programming of the Nextion so as to be independent of the graphics and then it can be modified at will. As soon as everything is ready we can verify everything even with your layout ...