Firmware 2.04RC1 available

blt3dp

Running a Duet Ethernet v1.02
I prevsiously had 2.02 stable and it was working perfectly. I skipped 2.03 as there were issues found with Delta autocalibration. I recently upgraded to 2.04RC1, after the firmware update I restarted the printer and it came up and appeared to be functioning correctly except the Delta autocalibration. IT probed to my normal 0.005 deviation, but the nozzle was too high, I had to baby step down to get a good first layer. This behavior did not occur with 2.02

I let the print finish, cool down and then shut the printer off. When I went to turn it on, I could connect to DWC, but could not gain control of the machine. I troubleshot this for an hour, clearing my browser cache, rebooting, rebooting the router, switching ethernet cables and nothing resolved it. That behavior also did not occur with 2.02.

Troubleshot further and it appears I was getting the connection to DWC, but it would not connect to the firmware. I ended up putting 2.02 firmware on the SD card by plugging it into my computer, then connecting to Duet via USB and downgrading the firmware. Since then it's been fine.

dc42

Do you have a DueX expansion board in your system?

blt3dp

I don't have an expansion board, just the plain Duet Ethernet board.

dc42

Which version of DWC do you use? If you were using an old one, that might explain the connection issues.

blt3dp

I'm running 1.22.6

garyd9

At this point, can this version of the firmware considered stable?

T3P3Tony

@garyd9 2.03

dc42

2.04RC1 is stable, however there are a couple of 2.03 bug reports that I want to investigate before I do the 2.04 release. Unfortunately there is a tight deadline to meet for the Duet 3 firmware development, so it may be a while before I get back to 2.04.

garyd9

@dc42 said in Firmware 2.04RC1 available:

2.04RC1 is stable, however there are a couple of 2.03 bug reports that I want to investigate before I do the 2.04 release. Unfortunately there is a tight deadline to meet for the Duet 3 firmware development, so it may be a while before I get back to 2.04.

Oh, I completely understand about deadlines and RRF/Duet3. (In fact, I'd be on the duet3 first-run list if I wasn't extremely tight on money these days.)

I really just needed to confirm that this RC is (at the moment) the best stable choice for a delta printer.

Thank you
Gary

boldnuts

@garyd9 I have been using this 2.04RC1 version on my delta since it came out with no issue's at all, go for it!.

jay_s_uk

Same here. I use it on both my deltas

garyd9

Thanks - it seems to be working fine for me (so far*.)

* Typically, if I say something is working, it breaks immediately afterwards. Hopefully, by qualifying the statement with "so far", things will stay working.

blt3dp

I had definite problems with it, I’m totally willing to re-upgrade. If DWC stops being able to connect to the firmware again, can I still run M122 in a terminal connected via usb?

Those with Deltas that haven’t any problems with it, what DWC are you running?

jay_s_uk

DWC 2.0.0-RC7

boldnuts

@jay_s_uk said in Firmware 2.04RC1 available:

DWC 2.0.0-RC7

DWC 2.0.0-RC7

blt3dp

@jay_s_uk said in Firmware 2.04RC1 available:

DWC 2.0.0-RC7

@boldnuts said in Firmware 2.04RC1 available:

DWC 2.0.0-RC7

I just re-updated to 2.04RC1 and this time I updated to DWC 2.0.0-RC7, seems like I'm not having the issue with the higher than normal first layer this time. Wierd, autocalibration calibrated to the deviation I expected, but it seems to be normal now.

Seems fine like last time but we'll see after I power it off and back on in a couple of days.