Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware

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@Phaedrux
[OT] It's forbidden to upload .zip files for good reason. But when It's sooo easy to trick the upload manager, it's kinda useless, don't you think?

tas

@gbartsch Do not use bang-bang. It can cause artifacts in your prints. Follow the guide for auto tuning here

https://docs.duet3d.com/User_manual/Connecting_hardware/Heaters_tuning

At the end of tuning it will give you the full M307 command for your bed heater. Copy that over your existing M307 in config.g.

gbartsch

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

Do not use bang-bang. It can cause artifacts in your prints. Follow the guide for auto tuning here

Thanks! I'm so looking forward to this firmware upgrade. It will really help to have it current.

gbartsch

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

That looks correct. I thought I matched your thermistors from your config, but I think I did that manually, and then actually went back and regenerated the files but maybe didn't update the configurator with them.

Thank you! Almost there ..

gbartsch

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

Should I use your fan values or mine? I have the hotend fan and two part cooling fans (on['e' edit - Garry] on either side of the hotend).

This is the last question I have from my config.g file (I think ).

I MIGHT be starting to understand this. I think these are the right fan definitions for my setup?

I have a hotend cooling fan that should be temperature controlled and the two other are part cooling fans, which are not temperature controlled. The settings below reflect that?

; Fans
M950 F0 C"fan0" Q500                                   ; create fan 0 on pin fan0 and set its frequency
M106 P0 S0 H1 T45                                      ; set fan 0 value. Thermostatic control is turned on
M950 F1 C"fan1" Q500                                   ; create fan 1 on pin fan1 and set its frequency
M106 P1 S0 H-1                                         ; set fan 1 value. Thermostatic control is turned off
M950 F2 C"fan2" Q500                                   ; create fan 2 on pin fan2 and set its frequency
M106 P2 S0 H-1                                         ; set fan 2 value. Thermostatic control is turned off

tas

@gbartsch For my part cooling fan I have a few extra parameters

M106 P0 S0.0 H-1 B0.1 L0.0 X1.0

B0.1 blips the fan to 100% briefly (when it is completely off) to make sure it starts turning if you request a slow speed. L 0.0 sets a lower limit to off and X1.0 sets an upper limit to 100% speed.

For my M950 I have set Q100 as the PWM frequency for the fan. I was playing with that frequency as some of my fans were a bit noisy at Q500.

tas

@gbartsch
It is worth mentioning (this is the idiot's guide after all) that after your upgrade all of your changes will be made through DuetWebControl (DWC). You can change config.g (or any other files whether system or jobs) on your computer and upload the new version to your Duet board via Wifi.

You can also download system files from the Duet to your computer to back them up.

I haven't taken the SD card out of my Duet for years now. So nice!

gbartsch

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

For my part cooling fan I have a few extra parameters

Awesome, thank you! Once I get this running with the basic config I'll try adding your extra parameters.

gbartsch

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

I would suggest that to start with you upload the 2.05 zip file to see how it goes, since it is still RRF2 it doesn't require any config file changes.

I got it! 'One small step for man ... .'

On to the next ..

gbartsch

I started the upgrade process after successfully installing RRF 2.05 and after trying to install 3.0 got this error:

I'm looking for this file and learning what to do with it.

Phaedrux

Try uploading the zip file for 3.0 a second time. That file should be part of the zip file.

gbartsch

@Phaedrux Thank you.

I tried installing 3.0 twice but got the error both times.

I found the file here: https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/releases/tag/1.21
... and 3.0 is installing.

It's taken 1 hour so far. Is that normal?

Phaedrux

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

It's taken 1 hour so far. Is that normal?

Not exactly. Usually less than a minute. It's safe to power cycle at this point and see where it's at. You can't brick the board with a failed firmware update. Worst case it would just need to be re-flashed over USB. In this case it may have just gotten stuck after finishing.

gbartsch

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

It's safe to power cycle at this point and see where it's at.

I did that and now the board doesn't show up. I ran an IP scan on my network and don't see it. If I can get help in the morning I'll look for a USB cable.

Phaedrux

of course this would have to be a troublesome upgrade.

Usb cable would be the way forward. The wifi server may need to be reflashed.

If you can get a terminal connected send m115 to check firmware version and m122 to get more info. M997 S1 to reflash the wifi module.

gbartsch

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

of course this would have to be a troublesome upgrade.

Yup! LOL.

My Duet isn’t WIFI; just Ethernet.

Am I looking at Fallback Procedure #1?
https://docs.duet3d.com/User_manual/RepRapFirmware/Updating_firmware

Thank you for helping me with this.

dc42

@gbartsch you can use fallback procedure #1 if the Duet shows up Duet electronics when you connect it to your PC. If it doesn't show up, then use fallback procedure #2 to upgrade directly to firmware 3.4.5.

gbartsch

@dc42 said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:

you can use fallback procedure #1 if the Duet shows up Duet electronics when you connect it to your PC

Hi. Thank you.

My Duet board is showing up in the Device Manager not as 'Duet 3D printer electronics' but as 'USB Serial Device (COM3)'; is that OK?

When I try sending M997 S0 I get various error messages (similar to below) Maybe I'm not putting the files in the right place on the MicroSD card?

Phaedrux

What firmware version is installed? Send M115 to check.

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

This folder was introduced in firmware 3.3. Normally, when doing the zip file upload update process DWC will create the folder for you automatically. When doing it manually you'll need to do that yourself.

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.

But first need to know which firmware is currently installed.

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!!