ASWX1-FW-MOD

Artillery Sidewinder X1 Firmware Mod

The ASWX1-FW-Mod is an optimization for the Artillery Sidewinder X1 3D printer.
The Artillery Sidewinder X1 is delivered with Marlin 1.19 and deactivated EEPROM memory function M500.

This optimized firmware is based on Marlin Firmware Version 2.0.x
and on Marlin Artillery Sidewinder X1 config

There is also an optimized firmware for Artillery Sidewinder X1 touch display which you can install too but it is optionally.

Releases

07.03.2020 ASWX1-FW-MOD-v1.1 - ASWX1-FW-MOD-v1.1.zip based on Marlin 2.0.4.4

• fixed the possibility to store Babystepping
• Junction Deviation is set to 0.013. This is a nice value for our Sidewinder X1
  To set another value for Junction Deviation, use gcode M205 J0.013 with your custom JD-value.

29.02.2020 ASWX1-FW-MOD-v1.0 - ASWX1-FW-MOD-v1.0.zip based on Marlin 2.0.4.4
First Release

Improvements

1. Save to EEPROM
   Enabled EEPROM M500 to persist settings.
   Now you can store PIDs and Z-Offsets to EEPROM

2. LIN_ADVANCE activated
   Linear Advance brings you better dimensional precision due to reduced bleeding edges.
   Higher printing speeds are possible without any loss of print quality - as long as your extruder can handle the needed speed changes.
   Visible and tangible print quality is increased even at lower printing speeds.
   No need for high acceleration and jerk values to get sharp edges.
   Read https://marlinfw.org/docs/features/lin_advance.html for more details and how to calibrate.
   By default the K_Factor is set to 0, so it is disabled.
   To enable it using gcode you should first calibrate your specific K factor.
   You can do this here. Accordingly set the K factor within your slicer using e.g. M900 K0.2

3. S_CURVE_ACCELERATION activated
   This option eliminates vibration during printing by fitting a Bézier curve to move acceleration, producing much smoother direction changes.

4. ADAPTIVE_STEP_SMOOTHING activated
   Adaptive Step Smoothing increases the resolution of multi-axis moves, particularly at step frequencies below 1kHz (for AVR) or 10kHz (for ARM), where aliasing between axes in multi-axis moves causes audible vibration and surface artifacts. The algorithm adapts to provide the best possible step smoothing at the lowest stepping frequencies.

Individual adjustments

Individual adjustments can be made in Configuration.h and Configuration_adv.h
Read more about configuring Marlin
Of course the firmware must be recompiled than.
There are serveral ways to compile.
[Linux / Mac]
An easy one do compile is platformio CLI command.
To complile you just need execute platformio run in the root folder of this repository (where platformio.ini is also located).
The new compiled firmware is saved here: .pio/build/megaatmega2560/firmware.hex

[Windows]
There is a great instruction how to use Arduino-IDE on Marlin.org. This should be the easiest way on Windows.

Bord: "Arduino/Genuino Mega or Mega 2560" Processor: "ATmega2560 (Mega 2560)"

Customize your configs, use "Sketchs -> Export compiled Binary", flash

Flashing

Important: Don't forget to read and backup your current EEPROM-settings with M503!

The display and the USB-Port are sharing the same wires so flashing the motherboard-firmware need some extra work.
There are two ways possible to flash the firmware.

1. Disconnect the display

You have to open the printer and unplug the display.

2. Loop method

With this method we try to talk to the motherboard before the display is ready to listen.
The flash.sh script is trying to flash the command in a loop until the command finishs succesfully.
Steps:

• Make sure Artillery Sidewinder X1 is unplugged from the power supply.
• Unplug USB Cable too.
• Connect your linux box (or mac) with the printer USB-Port
• Place firmware.hex and flash.sh in same directory and execute flash.sh.
• You will see timeout errors thats normal.
• Plug USB Cable
• Leave flash.sh running and unplug / plug USB Cable or hit the reset button until the flash.sh finishs. This could take several trys, no panic.

Tipps:

• Don't forget to make the flash-file executeable: chmod +x ./flash.sh
• You can use a commandline-argument with this flash-file to set a custom file-path
  (e.g. sh ./flash.sh ./FILENAME_OF_FW_V123.hex)

Reset to factory defaults

I recommend to reset the newly flashed firmware to its defaults and overwrite any older settings.
Don't forget to read your settings by M503 and copy/save them somewhere.
The gcode command to reset the firmware to the hardcoded defaults is M502,
followed by M500 to save these default setting to EEPROM.
After that you can restore your settings from your M503-Backup e.g. M92 X80.12 Y80.12 Z399.78 E420.00
Save again by M500 and finally reload all stored data from Eeprom by M501

You can execute the gcode commands using a terminal program like Arduino-IDE, Pronterface) or using the Terminal Tab in Octoprint.

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Credits

The repository here is the continuation of the MarlinFW from Robscar's firmware mod at Thingiverse.
The modified firmware for the Makerbase MKS-TFT 3.2 touch display has been seperated to an own repository:
https://github.com/pinguinpfleger/ASWX1-TFTFW-MOD

Links

Slicer Machine & Profile Settings

https://3d-nexus.com/resources/file-archives/category/8-artillery-evnovo

Youtube

RICS 3D Marlin 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlgykMHhMzw
Waggster Mod (Marlin 2.0.2 BL-Touch) https://pretendprusa.co.uk/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=16