Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware
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@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.
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@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.
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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.
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@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_firmwareThank you for helping me with this.
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@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.
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@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?
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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.
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@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!!
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@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.
Custom cartesian dinosaur machine; it's a tank but just works so I just keep tweaking it. / Duet Ethernet 1.02 or later / RepRapFirmware for Duet 2 WiFi/Ethernet: 3.4.5 / SuperSlicer
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@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 ..
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@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.
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@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.
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@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:
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@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?
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@Phaedrux said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:
Ok it looks like you're successfully running 3.4.5
How's this?
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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.
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@Phaedrux said in Idiot's Guide To Upgrading Duet Firmware:
I think that's looking ok.
But this can't be right?
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Now to see what doesn't work .. haha
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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.
