Marlin wont compile with gen 6 [solved]

I cannot get Marlin to compile! the direction on wiki arent making sense to me. This may seem like a bit of a rant too but it's necessary because I'm sure I'm not the only one who has had a problem.

So these are my steps
1. I have arduino 0018 already
2. I downloaded marlin from Github
3. I start arduino, I select sanguino under board (i have gen 6 elect.) and then my com port (COM4)
4. In wiki it says this:

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wiki
For gen6 and sanguinololu the Sanguino directory in the Marlin dir needs to be copied to the arduino environment. copy Marlin\sanguino \hardware\Sanguino

4a. I open Marlin file folder I see Gen7,hardware,sanguino as folders then a bunch of files.
4b. I open sanguino folder
4c. my only options are bootloaders and cores for folders, there is no hardware like the directions say
4d. go back to marlin folder open hardware folder-->tools-->avr-->etc-->avrdude.conf

Therefore no file path I take can be what the wiki says. I have tried moving various things to arduino folder and no matter what I get an error /Marlin.h:47:21: error: WString.h: No such file or directory


So then I read the wiki directions a little differently to copy the Marlin/sanguino folder into arduino\hardware\sanguino... I get a new error /pins.h:635:3: error: #error Oops! Make sure you have 'Arduino Mega' selected from the 'Tools -> Boards' menu... but i dont have a arduino mega!

Please someone help these directions are hard to follow. also to mention the one line says

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wiki
Start the arduino IDE. Select Tools -> Board -> Arduino Mega 2560 or your microcontroller Select the correct serial port in Start the arduino IDE. Select Tools -> Board -> Arduino Mega 2560 or your microcontroller Select the correct serial port in Tools ->Serial Port Open Marlin.pde

which i know means select serial port in tools --> serial port, and then open marlin.pde, but it's not writen correctly leading to further confusion that I quickly resolved.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/18/2012 07:21PM by banthafodder7400.

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Ryan
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It looks like the first error is sanguino not properly installed and the second error is wrong board selected in configuration.h.

-Follow the install instructions here: [sanguino.cc]
-Make sure Gen6 is the selected board in configuration.h

If you do that it should compile and install. If you get the stk500 error reset the board and try again.

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No dice

Redownloaded in new folder then,
changed to config.h to proper settings gen6, set correct temp sensor, etc. Read through the whole configuration.h code.


When I go to verify compile this is what I get.



error: 'LCD_PINS_RS' was not declared in this scope In function 'void beep()':
In function 'void beepshort()':
In function 'void buttons_init()':
In function 'void buttons_check()':
In member function 'void MainMenu::showPrepare()':
In member function 'void MainMenu::showAxisMove()':
In member function 'void MainMenu::showTune()':
In member function 'void MainMenu::showControlTemp()':
In member function 'void MainMenu::showControlMotion()':
In member function 'void MainMenu::showControl()':
In member function 'void MainMenu::showSD()':
In member function 'void MainMenu::showMainMenu()':
In member function 'void MainMenu::update()':

Any ideas?

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Ryan
Quality Engineer & Hobbyist
thingsandtrains.blogspot.com

Ok so I made those errors go away by comenting out "//" all of the LCD stuff at the bottom of configuration.h that I missed.... now when i sketch i get


1: error: pasting "DIO" and "-" does not give a valid preprocessing token In function 'void bed_max_temp_error()':

Fixed by commenting out this section too...

Now my axis wont move in the negative direction. Been trying for over an hour. Tried changing
const bool X_ENDSTOPS_INVERTING = true for each axis to both true and false and it made do difference. The directions for positive movements in pronterface are correct. It will not home and it will not move negative. The Marlin changeover is kicking my but for a few days now

additional info that may help: #define min_software_endstops true //If true, axis won't move to coordinates less than HOME_POS.
If I set this to false I can move both directions

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/17/2012 10:34PM by banthafodder7400.

dont know what i did or how but i got it to work and my code is posted here.

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Ryan
Quality Engineer & Hobbyist
thingsandtrains.blogspot.com