Touch Screen Display feature and bug discussion?

[steve8x8]

A while ago I left Discord (couldn't handle the traffic anymore), so I might have missed something important - please bear with me.

Yesterday I finally managed to upgrade my 4pro (that had been running OpenN 0.15 since around Christmas and sitting idle for a while), with a full upgrade including MCU and the display code, and after successfully printing some items that had been in the queue for some time, I looked closer at the display functionality.

I had flashed the 1.2.11 TFT successfully so from the firmware side I should be safe.

I'm also aware that display support is still work in progress, but I couldn't find a list of known bugs (please fill me in...), so here's mine:

While printing, in the "adjust" submenu of "settings" the soft buttons don't work (but the left-arrow on top does), this doesn't affect the "filament" or "speed" submenus.

With the printer now idle,

• "about machine" shows both IPs in one line, so the second one is clipped (what about adding a LF if scrolling or autowrapping, like in "adjust" isn't possible?)
• also in "about machine" clicking on OpenNeptune produces an up-arrow that has no function (this was to upgrade firmware in stock, iirc?)
• in the "extruder" menu, "load" shows no response (cold nozzle?)
• in the "prepare" "move" menu, + and - don't work but homing X or Y adds some Z (even All-Home does this at the beginning)
• in "settings", the "filament detect" toggle is off and cannot be switched on (same in "adjust" while printing)
• in "advanced settings" the "print mode" and "level mode" buttons have no effect
• in "advanced settings" the power loss recovery toggle is off (which is good) but cannot be changed

Also after having been puzzled by a few rather weird German translations (e.g. "Streckenlampe"): since I'm already on Crowdin, are translations handled there - I'd volunteer to contribute?

I suppose changes to the display code are handled in the display_connector repo only, so I'll check the "git log" of my clone and https://github.com/OpenNeptune3D/display_connector/commits/dev/ ;)

[steve8x8]

At least re: the weird German translations: found them in the TFT file proper, so there's probably no way to get them fixed - I'm fine with English, but some others may not, and such stuff can be demotivating. Good to know though that ON is not to blame.
(BTW, https://de.glosbe.com/de/de/Streckenlampe offers a Chinese translation only, and I'm unable to verify that one. It doesn't explain what "Streckenlampe" might mean.)

[barrenechea]

I think this would be better addressed by contacting Elegoo directly since they are developing our screen's firmware.

Hopefully, they'll be able to help you (and all users) with better translations! From my personal experience, they are very responsive.

[phillipthelen]

Jeah. With how the display service is written, we could provide patches for weird translations, but… I’m not sure yet I’d want to go down that route. If elegoo ends up being unhelpful, maybe.

[crazyslicster]

I installed these firmwares recently and even with the touchscreen having bugs, I think it's much better than the stock Elegoo firmware. I'm wondering why elegoo doesn't simply help to support this and make it their official firmware? They'd have a heck of a lot less development to do on their end.

[steve8x8]

@crazyslicster because they would have to support it the moment it bears their name...

[steve8x8]

Although there have been no updates in the recent past, I'd like to share my (additional) observations and ideas:

Shutting down the host from the touchpad works (and fans will change speeds a few seconds after clicking "shutdown") but otherwise there's no feedback from the screen - the four big square buttons even change their appearance to "clicked" and play a sound. Since there's no host that could respond to any of those actions, what about clearing the screen (and perhaps showing a switch-off icon or animation)?

For the filament "load" and "unload" actions, I'm missing thermal activity that would be required (170 deg C seem to be the critical point). Some "heat to 170" button would fit between them (and it could be turned into a "heat off" one once the new target temp has been set).

More to come once I've fixed the clogged hotend (TPU is a beast...)

[S-Kececi]

I have a problem i cant fix it( I bought second-hand printer (N4 Pro) Last user did some upgrade or smt idk. (It written OpenNept4une) I cant use well the printer and i want to reset/factory settings. But i can't do it. I downloaded last firmware packs but i cant run anyway. Can someone help me?

[mtmello2003]

I installed OpenNept4une yesterday, and it seems the same long-standing issues are still unresolved... :(

I use the display a lot and prefer it over the remote options like Fluidd and Mainsail.