What was your first entry to DWC (serious question)
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Back on the original question - what to do with DWC.
You will need some user interface to your printer, at a minumum to get a file you want to print onto it. There are really two choices - first (and least expensive) DWC where you upload your file to be printed, then launch the print. Second is a PanelDu which gives you an SD card slot you can use to transfer your file and start the print.
I have both, and I find I use the DWC most often. For printing a file, I go to the garage, turn on the printer return to my workstation in the house (warmer in winter, cooler in summer). Then I use DWC to home the printer, upload a file to be printed, and start the print. Then I can shut off my computer and wait for the print to finish.
I use PanelDu most often when I'm making adjustments to the printer - changing the z-offset for a nozzle, re-leveling the bed, or starting the bed heater when I an in the garage turning the printer on. I've also written several macros that let me do things from PanelDu that I don't want to run into the house to do - create a new mesh compensation file (G29, but who can remember that?), unload the current filament, load a new filament, stuff like that.
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@mikeabuilder thanks! It makes sense, maybe because I was a GC for 20 years.
The Pdu is $154. A 10” Android tablet is $74. Did you considered that at some point?
Mac
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@Mac - I didn't think of a tablet instead of a PanelDu, mostly because I was new to all the Duet3D stuff. And I bought a PanelDu clone from China for about $70. If I were to start over, I'd seriously consider an interface that had a web browser so I could keep using DWC. There are more features accessible from the DWC than from PanelDu, but it does require the machine to be on the network - not an issue unless... I can't think of a reason.
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@mikeabuilder I bought a raspberry pi a few years back including a clone panel due. I think it’s 5 inches diagonally?
How did you connect your clone to your Duet board?
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My board is a Duet3 MB6HC and I bought a 7" PanelDue. I followed the instructions on this Duet3d Web page: https://docs.duet3d.com/en/User_manual/Connecting_hardware/Display_PanelDue
I used the ribbon cable method (vs 4 wire) because I wanted to be able to load print jobs via the SD card. I find that the DUet3D team has done a super job with the web pages, I just need to pay attention to the details.
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@mikeabuilder said in What was your first entry to DWC (serious question):
I used the ribbon cable method (vs 4 wire) because I wanted to be able to load print jobs via the SD card.
I did the same and have yet to actually use the SD card capability, the DWC is just so simple.
Frederick
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@mikeabuilder I’m confused. You installed a clone? And it worked?
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@mac I have a 7" clone on my 6HC works fine.
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@rushmere3d well, I guess I'll have to try connecting my 5" panel du clone to my board to see if it works. Because this Fysetc thingey is just sitting here doing nothing but looking at me with a funny white circle around it's face.
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@phaedrux Yes, I think I've read quite a few of them at this point.
I sent you a video link. If you've got 40 seconds, I hope you'll watch it.
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