Another Predator

droftarts

@Carlo Also, no need to return the old board at present. What might be useful is if you can take a good, focussed, hi res image of both sides of the board, and post them here, so we can see if there are any physical problems with it, eg poor soldering, which might be easily fixed. There have been two versions of the Smart Effector, v1.3 and v2.0, which do you have?

If possible, it may be worth updating the firmware on it, though I don't think you can query the board to find out the firmware version. The latest was released in November 2019. See https://github.com/dc42/Duet3dSmartEffector/releases
If you bought the board before then, it may have the issue where it forgets a custom set sensitivity, though I don't think you were using this feature, using M672 (see https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Smart_effector_and_carriage_adapters_for_delta_printer#Section_Programming_the_sensitivity).

To update the firmware on the Smart Effector you'll need to connect a programmer (eg AVRISP Mk 2) to the 6-pin connector next to the LED, and use Atmel Studio or avrdude to send the firmware hex file to the board. You may be able to use another Arduino to program it: https://www.arduino.cc/en/tutorial/arduinoISP

Ian

chrishamm

@bberger Thanks, I've got a fix ready and will include it in the upcoming DWC 2.1.2.

Carlo

@droftarts
Hi Ian,

Thanks I appreciate that..yeah its been a real 7 week pain but being new to Rep Rap a real baptism of fire and I've learned a lot about it and how kind the people on this forum are.
It is a PCB version 2.0 and it was purchased before Nov 19 as I said I had the kit for a while only ever checked the contents of the parcel until 9 weeks ago when I ordered the Haydn rods..I have tried setting the sensitivity via M672 to various setting to no avail as I mentioned it has never shown any errors always 2 flashes and there is no visible damage.
I'm more than happy to return it for update and Duet to offer it as a refurb unit.
Pictures below.

...Now what do I need to know about the Duet 3 ? as I'm awaiting it's arrival from E3D ..would have purchased it direct but still showing Covid 19 on the site and E3D are a good bunch.

Thanks
C

droftarts

@Carlo might just be the light, but the soldering on the back of the input 1 pins doesn’t look great. Can you post a better picture of that area?

With Duet 3, it depends what you want to do with it. If you run it in Standalone mode, it’s pretty similar to setting up a Duet 2 Ethernet, with no WiFi of course. Connecting with RPi, it becomes much more flexible and powerful, but it is a fast-developing environment! Perhaps do a basic setup, then add the Pi later, unless you are a RPi guru!

Ian

Carlo

@droftarts
Hi Ian,

Yeah..its just the light hitting some ripple around the pins flux? the soldering seems fine not the same quality as the top pads now I'm looking at it.
Is it possible I was sent a refurbed board ?

droftarts

@Carlo said in Another Predator:

Is it possible I was sent a refurbed board ?

I very much doubt it. The board pins will have been hand soldered in the factory, so can be a bit variable. Hold on to the board for now, and we’ll send you a new one, if you’ve done the warranty claim. Unfortunately we don’t have the capacity with everything going on to test it, so we’ll assume this is a one-off and not worry about it. If anyone else reports similar problems, and we remember, we might ask you to send it back at a later date for testing.

Ian

Carlo

@droftarts

I wouldn’t have an issue if it was I hope if something can be salvaged and reused it is.. plus the warranty is the same so would make no difference to me.

Carlo

@Carlo

Quick one Duet 3 nothing being written to config_override.g is this normal or known issue ? RRF3.0 duetpi pi4

Cheers
C

Phaedrux

Yes that may be a known issue. What firmware versions are you using?

I would suggest that for now you get the Duet 3 setup and running using standalone mode without the Pi. Release 3.01 final is coming soon. Once that is out the pi functionality should be a lot smoother.

Carlo

@Phaedrux

Yeah all setup and working just wanted to make sure it was not something I’m doing/not doing.

Cheers for the info.

Carlo

@Phaedrux
Sorry RRF 3.0