Got my paneldue... It says "connecting" and controls nothing...
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I received Steve's returns today, thought I'd post here in case anyone stumbles across this thread.
First returned PanelDue 7i: Tested OK, no issues, connected to a Duet we had on hand without issue.
Second return was with a brand new PanelDue7i that was sent to Steve, as well as his original Duet. I connected a USB cable to the Duet, and a 4 pin cable we had on hand from the Duet to the PanelDue7i. The PanelDue and Duet powered up and the PanelDue connected almost immediately, displaying "Standby" within about 2 seconds.
Have confirmed bidirectional communication by issuing M122 from the PanelDue7i, and the response was as expected.
I also tested powering the Duet from VIN, no problems there either, bidirectional comms confirmed. I did note that the bed heater fuse was missing/removed, unsure why.
Not sure what the problem could be, unless its the cable?
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@elmoret I don’t understand.. I bought the cable from you, and even bought 2 more of each. (The 10 pin and 4 pin) I cannot believe I’d have 5 bad cables. The fuse is removed, because I use a 120v heat bed with an SSR, and I have a resettable 10 amp breaker I plug into the fuse holder.
If you have have it connecting as I sent it to you, please send me the cables you used. I’ll pay for it.
When the second panel due didn’t connect, I suspected that the first one was probably ok(minus the broken pins)
It just doesn’t make sense, but, if it works, that’s all I can ask for. Thanks for posting the info in here.
I appreciate it.
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I'm puzzled as well. After @dc42 weighs in re: possible causes, happy to send the exact working setup (cable and all) back to you!
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@elmoret, did Steve's Duet include the SD card when you received it, or did you use your own SD card? I'm wondering whether there could be some obscure config.g issue that I haven't thought of.
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I never touched the SD card, but all of my configs are on the board the way it was when I disconnected it. Either way, I’m thrilled that it works ok, and if filastruder wants to send me back the board with the broken header pins, I’m fine with that, as i’d Never use them. Things happen. I got a batch of 6stepper cables from 3D maker parts, all of which had no continuity on the blue wire. So who knows?? Maybe my amazon ribbon cables have something weird about them. As long as I’ve got a working set when I come home from Jamaica Saturday, I’m the happiest customer ever! Filastruder has been amazing! Best communication from a vendor in ages, and absolutely lightning fast with shipping/tracking, etc!!! You won my loyalty!!!
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As Steve said, when I did my tests it was with the SD card that he included. I just took it out of the box, added 4 pin cable, and plugged into a USB power supply.
We'll send it back with a cable pre-attached. Steve, one other possibility I thought of is perhaps something was shorting the backside of the board at the PanelDue connector, maybe a part of the frame, a screw, or a washer? Just not sure what else would be different.
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FYI I spent 2 hours trying to figure this out a brand new Panel Due with 1m cable from Filastruder for my Duet2Wifi. I kept getting the connecting issue, and was stumped. Glad I found this thread as indeed is a faulty cable; +5, Gnd and Dout were good, but Din was failing when I metered it out. It's really really strange as I don't see any reason for why the cable is bad. The crimps even look good when I take it out of the housing, yet no connectivity (must be an internal break?) I made up a custom wire, and was up and running in no time.
So for those finding this later via Google like me, check the cable!
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I'm back with this problem, at first my panel due was working fine. I don't know when but suddendly it start to say connecting.
I try to update de firmare, install the old cable, the one it came with the Panel Due, I made a new one guiding myself for the one that came with the duet. But its imposible to get connection between the duet and the board.In the config.g and in the panel it self I have the baudrate set to 57600
Any other idea??
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@Makergal3D best start a new thread
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@jay_s_uk ok
