Hi All

Have anyone got GEN6 to work successfully with any software running on a mac?

I have a Prusa Mendel with GEN6 electronics running under Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro using the latest FTDI drivers.

Experiences so far:

Arduino Dev Env: Works fine, can send manual commands to printer and upload new versions, no problem. So the printer and GEN6 are working and communicating with the Mac. This uses the same comms library (rxtx) as Reprap Host and and ReplicatorG so by implication that seems to work ok too.

ReplicatorG v24: Will not connect to the printer at all.

Repsnapper: 28-10-2010 version has display a problem and both 28-10 and 01-09-2010 crash when I click connect to printer. Cannot build latest version due to compile error. I suspect there is a mismatch between the versions of dependent packages the mac ports downloaded and the ones actually required. But there is no info about exactly what versions are required.

RepRap Host: 64 bit Version 2010-07-19 from website. Will not generate GCode from STL file, error: Bottom Up generation not supported. Had to install 64 bit rxtx library. Communicates with printer, if I send a file generated by skeinforge (39) it occasionally gets comms errors, but does start to print. There are quite a few line in the log "Serial Error: LineNr is not the last lineNr+1" and " dud response:"

SuperSkein: Just displays a blank screen.

Send.py + Skeinforge: Send.py had a configuration bug in the python. Fixed it. Now it send data to the printer, yipee! However, just after the prolog there a simple G1 Xddd Yddd Eddd Fddd command, all the values are within the limitS of the printer bed, but it moves to the end of the Y travel and tries to keep going. If I enter the commands one at a time it works ok. Also if a comment appears on a line of its own the comms hangs.

So for now the only way to get it working is to run Skeinforge standalone, then use RepRap host to upload the file.

Has anyone got repsnapper, or relicatorG to work on Mac, preferably the latest versions.

Hello!
I just finished assembling my Mendel with Gen-6 electronics, and I'm trying to get it to work with my Mac (PowerBook G4, Mac OS X 10.4.11). I've read that ReplicatorG 24 works well for running a Mendel on Mac OS X, but for some reason ReplicatorG can't "connect" with the printer. Could anyone help me, please? Is it something about the Drivers? Or the Port? Or the .xml files? I know nothing about software, so some basic instructions would be helpful!

When I click on Machine > Driver, the options are "3-Axis Simulator", "Cupcake", "Thingomatic", and "Ultimaker". Nothing about Mendel or Gen 6 or RepRap. Does this mean I'm missing a driver or something?

Thanks!

Thank you!

A

I would try checking out the latest version of RelicatorG, they recently added RepRap 5D to the list of supported machines.

1) Install git.

2) Create a directory to work in, then using a command session try cloning the code

3) Clone the code

4) Run it.

mkdir ~/work/
cd work
git clone git://github.com/makerbot/ReplicatorG.git
cd ReplicatorG
ant run

Providing your java, ant etc. is installed it should run.

Cheers
Geoff

Hey I run it with my MacBook Air I use RepSnapper

https://sites.google.com/site/davidbuzz/repsnapper-for-osx-binaries

Weird, I cannot get Repsnapper to run. I start it, set the port etc. and every time I click on the connect button it crashes.

I then tried building it and the versions of the libraries it needs that are built with mac ports cause compilation errors and it does not say what versions are required, so I cannot build the specific ones



Geoff

Have the very same problems,

has someone more information on this subject?

grz Mark

Hi, I'm using a Mac for printing too. The only available version of Repsnapper for Mac is quite old, and I think it is starting to get left behind by newer firmware, particularly Marlin. I couldn't get it to report the temperature with Repsnapper. I have switched to Kliment's Printrun, which can integrate Skeinforge/SFACT too. It's a bit of a pain to install, but at least it's kept up to date!
Printrun: https://github.com/kliment/Printrun
SFACT: https://github.com/ahmetcemturan/SFACT

Hello geoffd123,

I have successfully run GEN6 electronics on a mac, but I had to update the firmware before it worked. There is a thread somewhere on this forum in which you find a link with all software you need along with a couple of instructions. I will try to look for it later.

EDIT: Just for the record, I have been using pronterface which is the only software that I have gotten to work on my mac.

Best,
Troels

Hi Troels

I have now gone with using Marlin, Pronterface, SFact or Splic3r and it works like a dream. I gave up on RepG and the others as it got too difficult to get it working, although I see that marlin should work with RepG.

Cheers
Geoff