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    • fcwiltundefined
      fcwilt @appjaws
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      @appjaws said in Backup of user SD card files:

      You say that FTP connection can be configured to make a duet backup and to keep backups , could you share how please?

      Glad to hear you got FileZilla working.

      As to your question I was referring to the text editor (EditPad Pro) I am using which allows for that. It is a bit quirky but it has every editing feature you can think of.

      FileZilla is a file transfer program and as far as I know does not provide file editing. It can of course download/upload files from/to the Duet.

      Glad to answer any questions you may have.

      Frederick

      Printers: A FT-5 with the 713 upgrade bits, a custom MarkForged style, a small Utilmaker style, a small CoreXY from kit and a E3D MS/TC setup. Various hotends. Using Duets (2 and 3) running 3.4.6

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      • appjawsundefined
        appjaws @fcwilt
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        @fcwilt
        I thought I would take a look at your backup solution.
        I have the plugins installed on my Notepad++ and have connected to the duet via FTP and can see my files.
        I get an error when trying to download a file.
        How do I set up where the file should be copied to?
        How can I download a complete directory?

        This may well be easy but I just can't see it, any ideas?

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        • fcwiltundefined
          fcwilt @appjaws
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          @appjaws

          I will install NotePad++ and check it out.

          I will get back to you when I have determined how to set it up.

          Frederick

          Printers: A FT-5 with the 713 upgrade bits, a custom MarkForged style, a small Utilmaker style, a small CoreXY from kit and a E3D MS/TC setup. Various hotends. Using Duets (2 and 3) running 3.4.6

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          • fcwiltundefined
            fcwilt @appjaws
            last edited by fcwilt

            @appjaws

            Well I installed NotePad++ and the FTP plugin.

            I created a profile according to the online documentation.

            It connected OK.
            It listed the folders and contents OK
            It changed folders OK
            It tried to download and ALWAYS failed.

            I tried every setting I could think of and nothing worked.

            This is not the first time I have encountered an implementation of FTP that didn't work.

            As you have observed FileZilla works. My editor, EditPad Pro, works. UltraEdit is flaky as can be and I rarely can open a file on the Duet. DirectoryOpus works but it is not an editor but an amazing replacement for Windows FileExplorer.

            So when some programs work and some don't, I suspect the problem is the program, not the implementation of FTP on the Duet.

            Perhaps there is a NotePad++ forum you can ask for help?

            I will keep trying.

            Frederick

            Printers: A FT-5 with the 713 upgrade bits, a custom MarkForged style, a small Utilmaker style, a small CoreXY from kit and a E3D MS/TC setup. Various hotends. Using Duets (2 and 3) running 3.4.6

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            • fcwiltundefined
              fcwilt
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              @KenW

              That problem with zero byte files was something I was able to get the Duet developer(s) to find and fix.

              So you suspect the problems with NppFTP are in it's code?

              Frederick

              Printers: A FT-5 with the 713 upgrade bits, a custom MarkForged style, a small Utilmaker style, a small CoreXY from kit and a E3D MS/TC setup. Various hotends. Using Duets (2 and 3) running 3.4.6

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              • Phaedruxundefined
                Phaedrux Moderator @fcwilt
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                @fcwilt said in Backup of user SD card files:

                NppFTP

                Is it making too many requests at once?

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                • fcwiltundefined
                  fcwilt @Phaedrux
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                  @Phaedrux said in Backup of user SD card files:

                  @fcwilt said in Backup of user SD card files:

                  NppFTP

                  Is it making too many requests at once?

                  I have no idea. Today was the first time I ever tried NotePad++.

                  Frederick

                  Printers: A FT-5 with the 713 upgrade bits, a custom MarkForged style, a small Utilmaker style, a small CoreXY from kit and a E3D MS/TC setup. Various hotends. Using Duets (2 and 3) running 3.4.6

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                  • Phaedruxundefined
                    Phaedrux Moderator @fcwilt
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                    @fcwilt said in Backup of user SD card files:

                    It tried to download and ALWAYS failed.

                    This is what makes me think it's the number of concurrent requests since that will make FileZilla fail in the same way if it's not limited to 1 I seem to recall.

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                    • fcwiltundefined
                      fcwilt @Phaedrux
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                      @Phaedrux said in Backup of user SD card files:

                      @fcwilt said in Backup of user SD card files:

                      It tried to download and ALWAYS failed.

                      This is what makes me think it's the number of concurrent requests since that will make FileZilla fail in the same way if it's not limited to 1 I seem to recall.

                      Could be. I remember that issue coming up when I first tried to use FTP.

                      Frederick

                      Printers: A FT-5 with the 713 upgrade bits, a custom MarkForged style, a small Utilmaker style, a small CoreXY from kit and a E3D MS/TC setup. Various hotends. Using Duets (2 and 3) running 3.4.6

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                      • droftartsundefined
                        droftarts administrators
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                        @appjaws Is this solved for you now? If you're running in SBC mode rather than standalone, also take a look at this thread: https://forum.duet3d.com/topic/34220/sbc-plugin-to-backup-duet3d-files

                        Ian

                        Cartesian bed-slinger with Duet 3 Mini 5+ WiFi and 1LC : RRP Fisher Delta v1 with Duet 2 Maestro : TronXY X5S with Duet 3 MB6HC and Roto toolboard

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                        • appjawsundefined
                          appjaws @droftarts
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                          @droftarts
                          No, I wanted to write a script that would run on a schedule to automatically backup the SD card to my windows computer.
                          At the moment I am mounting the Duet in the windows file system and manually copying all content to a backup location on my PC.

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                          • Phaedruxundefined
                            Phaedrux Moderator
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                            To do that you'd need to setup a command line for RFM and run that on a schedule with windows task scheduler.

                            https://forum.duet3d.com/topic/10880/rfm-reprapfirmware-filemanager-duetbackup-successor

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                            • stuartofmtundefined
                              stuartofmt @appjaws
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                              @appjaws
                              Hi - I'm curious as to your use-case. Is your need to have the backups on your windows computer for occasional use? e.g. restore / write to an SD card. Or do you have some other use-case.

                              Part of the reason I ask is that I am the author of the duetBackup plugin and curious if I need / should add additional functionality.

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