Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware

gbartsch

@tas said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:

It is worth mentioning (this is the idiot's guide after all)

True it is! But the gods have seen fit to make sure I have as many problems as possible so the thread is quite comprehensive!!

gbartsch

@Phaedrux said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:

What firmware version is installed? Send M115 to check.

Cool; I didn't know I could .. the message returned is ..

FIRMWARE_NAME: RepRapFirmware for Duet 2 WiFi/Ethernet FIRMWARE_VERSION: 3.4.5 ELECTRONICS: Duet Ethernet 1.02 or later FIRMWARE_DATE: 2022-11-30 19:36:12<LF>ok<LF>

@Phaedrux said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:

It's looking in the firmware folder. Do you have a firmware folder on the SD card?

There wasn't but at one point I made one but don't remember what I put in it. I know this try doesn't have one.

@Phaedrux said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:

This is where it may be easier to just use bossa to flash the 3.4.5 firmware directly, and then prepare the SD card manually with the rest of the files.

As long as I can press the Reset button that may be easiest. I may have to wait a while for a more techy person to help me if I need to fiddle with jumpers.

gbartsch

@Phaedrux said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:

This is where it may be easier to just use bossa to flash the 3.4.5 firmware directly, and then prepare the SD card manually with the rest of the files.

I do have my configuration files ready to go ..

Phaedrux

@gbartsch said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:

FIRMWARE_NAME: RepRapFirmware for Duet 2 WiFi/Ethernet FIRMWARE_VERSION: 3.4.5 ELECTRONICS: Duet Ethernet 1.02 or later FIRMWARE_DATE: 2022-11-30 19:36:12<LF>ok<LF>

Ok it looks like you're successfully running 3.4.5

Now you'll need to place the DWC files on the SD card so that the web interface will work. While you're in there you can make sure there is a firmware folder as well. You can place your config files on the SD card in the sys folder too.

https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/releases/download/3.4.5/DuetWebControl-SD.zip

Download that zip file and extract the contents into the WWW folder on the SD card. You can remove any files that exist there already.

At that point you should be able to power up the board with the SD card inserted and the board will get a DHCP IP address. You can either check your router for the new address or use the USB terminal and send M552 for it to report the IP address it has received.

gbartsch

@Phaedrux said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:

Now you'll need to place the DWC files on the SD card so that the web interface will work. While you're in there you can make sure there is a firmware folder as well. You can place your config files on the SD card in the sys folder too.

Can I do this over YAT (I have no one to help me at the moment so can't move the MicroSD card back and forth to a PC)? I'm looking for commands to use in YAT.

gbartsch

@Phaedrux said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:

While you're in there you can make sure there is a firmware folder as well.

There is a firmware folder:

gbartsch

@Phaedrux said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:

Download that zip file and extract the contents into the WWW folder on the SD card. You can remove any files that exist there already.

Is this right?

gbartsch

@Phaedrux said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:

Ok it looks like you're successfully running 3.4.5

How's this?

Phaedrux

I think that's looking ok.

@gbartsch said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:

@Phaedrux said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:

Now you'll need to place the DWC files on the SD card so that the web interface will work. While you're in there you can make sure there is a firmware folder as well. You can place your config files on the SD card in the sys folder too.

Can I do this over YAT (I have no one to help me at the moment so can't move the MicroSD card back and forth to a PC)? I'm looking for commands to use in YAT.

Sadly no. Must be done on a PC to copy over the files.

gbartsch

@Phaedrux said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:

I think that's looking ok.

But this can't be right?

gbartsch

gbartsch

Now to see what doesn't work .. haha

gbartsch

Thank you so much to everyone who helped me through this upgrade; especially @Phaedrux who spent a disproportionate amount of time on my problems. You guys are awesome!

I've learned a lot going through this process and have lost a lot of the trepidation I felt when I used to think of making changes to the firmware. Now I have an up-to-date firmware and future upgrades should be easy.

I PID tuned the bed and hotend heaters (that was so easy and the Duet calibration guide is clear and very well done), adjusted the homez.g and homeall.g files a bit to make Z drop a bit after hitting the endstop (I home to the top), and I am making a few tweaks to the fans. There might be more but I did make a nice short print already.

Tomorrow I'll try adjusting pressure advance again and start tweaking other settings. And I'll make backups.

Thank you all again! I'm so happy to be back printing.

tas

@gbartsch

Very pleased your printer is working again.

Please let us know how the pressure advance is working in your other topic. Very interested to see if this upgrade fixed your issue.

Phaedrux

Glad you got it all up and going.

Now that you're up and running, I would suggest uploading the 3.4.5 zip file once more in DWC. This will make sure you have all the needed files for the next update in place. These files would have been missed when doing the manual upgrade path.

Let us know how you get on.

gbartsch

@tas said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:

Please let us know how the pressure advance is working in your other topic. Very interested to see if this upgrade fixed your issue.

I will soon; I'm having some success ...

gbartsch

@Phaedrux said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:

Now that you're up and running, I would suggest uploading the 3.4.5 zip file once more in DWC. This will make sure you have all the needed files for the next update in place. These files would have been missed when doing the manual upgrade path.

Thanks! I uploaded that .zip file and everything went up but when I clicked install (I hope I was supposed to) this error appeared:

gbartsch

@Phaedrux said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:

Glad you got it all up and going.

I could not have done it without you. Thank you again!!

I looked at your profile and funnily enough we're almost neighbors; I live in Alberta. If you ever are in Edmonton stop by and visit.

gbartsch

Aside from making some adjustments to some acceleration and speed change settings I believe everything is working except the part cooling fans won't turn on automatically; I can turn them on manually in DWC.

The definitions are as follows:

; Fans. The comments are mixed up I think. They dont match the definitions
M950 F0 C"fan1" Q500                                  ; create fan 1 on pin fan1 and set its frequency / this is the hotend fan
M106 P0 S0 H1 T45                                     ; set fan 1 value. Thermostatic control is turned on
M950 F2 C"fan0" Q500                                  ; create fan 0 on pin fan0 and set its frequency
M106 P2 S0 H-1                                        ; set fan 0 value. Thermostatic control is turned off

I think something is mixed up.

I also think the fans may be wired to wrong pins on the board but wasn't the one who set up the board and can't check on my own.

The hotend fan works properly. The two part cooling fans spin as one.

Phaedrux

@gbartsch said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:

I looked at your profile and funnily enough we're almost neighbors; I live in Alberta. If you ever are in Edmonton stop by and visit.

Small world. I have two brothers living in Edmonton actually. I don't get down there very often anymore though.