PanelDueFirmware 3.2-RC1 released
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Technical limits are a perfectly fine reason, in this case there's really not much to be upset about, particularly as the existing products will still work well, just without newer features.
Planned obsolescence doesn't really apply here. That term is usually reserved for unethical techniques to ensure products will break, slow down, or become impossible to repair to necessitate replacement.
It's a bit laughable that a product with fully published specifications including every individual component potentially needed for repair, along with open source firmware could be accused of 'planned obsolescence'. It's just normal obsolescence
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I have a paneldue 5i that was purchased from Filastruder last year. Can I safely assume Iād be fine to use this firmware? Short of disassembling my printer to look for the processor type, is there a āsafeā date thatās a good way to determine the likelihood the hardware will be compliant?
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@Nuramori yes! The 5i and 7i upgrade without issue (I did it myself on several today). The discussion above is about the older models..
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@oozeBot thanks. I wanted to make sure because other than when I bought it, it would be hard to determine the processor short of examining the board. (The āIā models werenāt mentioned, so I donāt know if they are inherently the proper processor).
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@Nuramori Thanks for pointing out that it was not clear enough. I updated the first post with a rough time until when it applies.
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@Nuramori said in PanelDueFirmware 3.2-RC1 released:
I have a paneldue 5i that was purchased from Filastruder last year. Can I safely assume Iād be fine to use this firmware? Short of disassembling my printer to look for the processor type, is there a āsafeā date thatās a good way to determine the likelihood the hardware will be compliant?
- Version 1.0, 1.1 and earlier 2 PanelDue: ATSAM3S2B processor (64MHz, 32kb RAM, 128kB flash) - these are the ones that the new firmware probably won't run on.
- Version 2 PanelDue manufactured from August 2016: ATSAM3S4B processor (64MHz, 48kb RAM, 256kb flash). Will run the new firmware, but not as fast as version 3 will.
- Version 3 PanelDue, including all 5i and 7i: ATSAM4S4B processor, 120MHz, 64kB RAM, 256kb flash. Will run the new firmware.
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Just updated to 3.2-RC1 for PanelDue and 3.2-beta1 for the Duet ethernet. When using the console keyboard the characters hit are not echoed to the top line so you're typing blind.
I also have the issue of not being able to move the head via the PanelDue.
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@DaveA said in PanelDueFirmware 3.2-RC1 released:
Just updated to 3.2-RC1 for PanelDue and 3.2-beta1 for the Duet ethernet. When using the console keyboard the characters hit are not echoed to the top line so you're typing blind.
Thanks for reporting. I will have a look at that.
I also have the issue of not being able to move the head via the PanelDue.
That's a known issue and will be fixed in the next release (probably on Tuesday).
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@dc42 how will this effect the CNC pendant sketch? Will you be updating it?
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@dhusolo said in PanelDueFirmware 3.2-RC1 released:
@dc42 how will this effect the CNC pendant sketch? Will you be updating it?
I asked @dc42 this the other day, he said āThe CNC pendant just passes PanelDue commands through and does not look at responses. So it should not be affected.ā
Ian
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I have released PanelDueFirmware 3.2-RC2. You can find details at https://forum.duet3d.com/topic/18788/panelduefirmware-3-2-rc2-released.
