Reinstall firmware on duet3, now no flashing led

Danal

Your procedure sounds right.

Do you know which release, and or where did you download, that copy of Duet3Firmware_MB6HC.bin?

Oh, and it will be Duet3Firmware_MB6HC.bin (not any other file names) for a Duet 3 main board.

A Former User

@Danal for the life of me now I cant find where i got it from. Is there a particular spot that I should only be downloading from? I read in another forum about the latest releases for the duet 3 but when I click the link https://github.com/dc42/RepRapFirmware/releases it doesnt show anything to do with the duet3

A Former User

@Danal found where i got it from....https://github.com/dc42/RepRapFirmware/releases/tag/3.0

Danal

Just had a thought: What is in the SD slot on the board? The SD card that comes with it is for a Pi, not for the board. With the 'wrong' card, I believe the lights won't flash.

For running the board without a Pi:

Format an SD with FAT32
make a directory call 'sys'
in sys, place a file called "config.g". It can be empty. If you really want something in it, start with this:

; General Preferences
M555 P2                                 ; Set Marlin-style output
G21                                     ; Set dimensions to millimetres
G90                                     ; Send absolute coordinates...
M83                                     ; ...but relative extruder moves

A Former User

@Danal Ok, I have a flashing led just to the left of the sd card. And it linked up to YAT. Now I have some more reading to do in order to try and configure this for a CNC. Do you know will the online configure page work for a CNC? Thank you by the way.

A Former User

isn't there a flashing led to provide some sort of visual sync indication for the can bus stuff?

A Former User

@bearer there is a flashing led now, but as far as i can tell its just a steady flash. There is no pattern

A Former User

anyways, there aren't much differences between the cnc and 3d printer config, you just add the M453 afterwards afaik

(even in use the differences are small, biggest one being G0 will rapid and M3,4,5 is only supported in cnc mode.)

A Former User

@bearer should I not be able to see the duet3 on DWC now. I have it connected by usb to my computer and Im trying to find the ip address in my router however I dont see it

Danal

USB does not give you network (web) connection. You need to plug a cable from the ethernet connector to your router/hub, OR, us a Pi for WiFi.

Bearer is correct... use the online config tool, then add M453 near then end of config.g. That will be very close, and you can adjust from there.

Danal

@bearer said in Reinstall firmware on duet3, now no flashing led:

isn't there a flashing led to provide some sort of visual sync indication for the can bus stuff?

Yes, and it was missing before because the card was NOT in "stand alone" due to missing /sys/config.g. When that file is not present, the card waits for an RPi to init it. No init = not running = no flash.

A Former User

@Danal I have since attached an ethernet cable from the duet to my router and im still not seeing it show up under my devices when i log into my router

Danal

@chichirod said in Reinstall firmware on duet3, now no flashing led:

@Danal I have since attached an ethernet cable from the duet to my router and im still not seeing it show up under my devices when i log into my router

Your config.g needs to activate a network. Next step is to build out a sample with the RRF online tool, put that on the SD, power on, and see if it then appears.

Danal

https://configtool.reprapfirmware.org/

A Former User

@Danal did that, still nothing. I will open the config file to see what it says. Is there a certain command I should be looking for?

Danal

This section:

; Network
M552 P0.0.0.0 S1 ; enable network and acquire dynamic address via DHCP
M586 P0 S1 ; enable HTTP
M586 P1 S0 ; disable FTP
M586 P2 S0 ; disable Telnet

Danal

If you still have your USB terminal, you can enter M552 with no other arguments and it will show you network status.

A Former User

@Danal Ok I didnt even have a section in the config file for network. Ill let you know

Danal

You should be able to directly copy/paste the above.

And... M552 (no args) on the USB terminal will show you your IP address

A Former User

@chichirod said in Reinstall firmware on duet3, now no flashing led:

should I not be able to see the duet3 on DWC now.

in adittion to setting up the network as Danal helped you with you'd ofc need the DWC files on the SD card