Upgrading to RFF 3.0RC2 issues

Minion

@jay_s_uk I'll start reading on how to do that, ty
@deckingman tried that, still same.

Ok, got some extra info I failed to mention which may be of relevance: I have two expansion boards attached to my duet. Those I managed to update to 3.0RC2 2019-12-28b4 - (that's what I get if I sent M115 B1 / M115 B2).

deckingman

@Minion that's the correct expansion board firmware.

dc42

@deckingman said in Upgrading to RFF 3.0RC2 issues:

@Minion said in Upgrading to RFF 3.0RC2 issues:

Well in that case I am confused about what am I doing wrong. Very open to suggestions

Your issue sounds very much like this thread https://forum.duet3d.com/topic/13607/duet-3-standalone-rrf3-package/21

I'm not 100% sure but I think you need to get the file Duet3iap_sd_MB6HC.bin from 3.0Beta11 which will get you to RC1. Then you need Duet3_SDiap_MB6HC to get to RC2.

It should also be possible to use Duet3iap_sd_MB6HC.bin to upgrade direct from beta 11 to RC2. Just make sure you have both IAP files in /sys. RRF will pick the one that it wants to use.

Minion

@dc42 got both IAP files in sys.

Now, while calling M997 to update, I actually get an error:

Error: Failed to create directory 0:/sys
Error: Failed to create folder 0:/sys while trying to open file 0:/sys/filaments.csv

Ideas anyone?

blt3dp

@Minion said in Upgrading to RFF 3.0RC2 issues:

0:/sys/filaments.csv

Maybe you can kind of work around it by going to the filaments section on the left and creating a filament to see if maybe it will create the filaments.csv for you? Unsure why the firmware update would need that but maybe that'll be enough to get past it?

Minion

@blt3dp now M997 finishes without errors, but still end up with same "3.0beta12+1".

Everything else seems to be updating without problems via apt-get update/upgrade.

Here's the list of files in my /sys/, maybe one of you can spot I am missing something or there's anything which doesn't belong there:

.      config.g     Duet3Bootloader_EXP.bin   Duet3Firmware_MB6HC.bin  Duet3iap_spi_MB6HC.bin  Duet3_SBCiap_MBP05.bin  filaments.csv  homey.g    pause.g   stop.g    tpre0.g
..     config.json  Duet3Bootloader_TOOL.bin  Duet3Firmware_MBP05.bin  Duet3iap_spi_MBP05.bin  Duet3_SDiap_MB6HC.bin   homeall.g      homez.g    resume.g  tfree0.g
bed.g  configOld.g  Duet3Firmware_EXP3HC.bin  Duet3iap_sd_MB6HC.bin    Duet3_SBCiap_MB6HC.bin  dwc2settings.json       homex.g        iap4e.bin  sleep.g   tpost0.g

Danal

There may be a solution that allows an M997, and you may want to continue to pursue it. If instead you just want to move on, consider bossa/bossac. Specifically, I also got stuck on that release on the 6HC, and also was able to upgrade expansion boards with M997.

I plugged a short USB cable from the Pi to the 6HC, installed the latest release of bossa on the Pi, and ran bossac from the Pi.

I do remember something about putting bossa on via apt-get, and then taking it off, and putting on a more current release, directly from the vendor's github page. So just start with https://github.com/shumatech/BOSSA to install bossa if you chose to go this way. The final commands were:

git clone https://github.com/shumatech/BOSSA
cd BOSSA
make bossac
~/BOSSA/bin/bossac -e -w -v -b /opt/dsf/sd/sys/Duet3Firmware_MB6HC.bin -R

gtj0

I think you still need --port=/dev/ttyUSBxon that bossac command. Anyway, that's how I have mine hooked up as well.

Danal

bossac will auto-scan! What a great tool.

Minion

@Danal I am about to give up trying to find a workaround with M997. Will try with bossa/bossac soon and report here how it went. Ty for your suggestion and guide.

dc42

You should upgrade to 3.0 stable, not 3.0RC2. As you have an attached RPi, you should be able to do this using sudo apt-get-update and apt-get-upgrade. If that doesn't work for you, please start a new thread.

I think the problems you are encountering may be caused by the old version of Duet Software Framework on your RPi. The above procedure will upgrade DSF as well.

Minion

Well, thanks everybody for your input - finally got my stuck RRF version upgraded properly with the help of BOSSA. Went for the 3.0 stable btw.