RepPanel - A DIY alternative to the PanelDue with WiFi support

seeul8er · 21 Oct 2020, 18:18

@appjaws said in RepPanel - A DIY alternative to the PanelDue with WiFi support:

192.168.001.069

Sounds wrong: Leading zero is not valid in IPv4 I think. Try 192.168.1.69. Make sure there is no space in front of the password and IP.

@JohnOCFII

Pin header for PCRs PCB
3.3V (5V works as well but not with the PCB of PCR as far as I remember - just a wiring thing)
Just select nothing for the font chip. Leave it to the page default --Please Select--. However font chip or not should not make any difference.

JohnOCFII · 21 Oct 2020, 18:20

@seeul8er said in RepPanel - A DIY alternative to the PanelDue with WiFi support:

@JohnOCFII

Pin header for PCRs PCB

3.3V (5V works as well but not with the PCB of PCR as far as I remember - just a wiring thing)

Just select nothing for the font chip. Leave it to the page default --Please Select--. However font chip or not should not make any difference.

Excellent! Thanks for the quick reply.

PCR · 21 Oct 2020, 18:49

i include the 40 pin header

JohnOCFII · 21 Oct 2020, 18:56

@PCR said in RepPanel - A DIY alternative to the PanelDue with WiFi support:

i include the 40 pin header

Excellent. Thanks!

appjaws · 22 Oct 2020, 12:54

@appjaws said in RepPanel - A DIY alternative to the PanelDue with WiFi support:

192.168.001.069

Changed the ip to 192.168.1.69 but the RepPanel is still not showing the printer.
Upon further investigation, looking at the connections to my router, my printer is not shown. This is very strange because the printer works perfectly, controlled by my computer or phone.
So it appears that the RepPanel can't find the printer because its not listed.
Any ideas why the Duet is not listed on the connections page of the router whilst all other connections are shown?

PLEASE IGNORE THE ABOVE

RepPanel is now working, the problem was that in config I did not have " " around Machine name - M550 or password - M551
As soon as I corrected this everything worked, although The printer is still not shown on the connections page of the router.

I am very happy Thanks to all

appjaws · 23 Oct 2020, 11:37

RepPanel case and mount can be downloaded from Thingiverse

PCR · 23 Oct 2020, 11:38

nice ! Do you have a link?

appjaws · 23 Oct 2020, 11:41

Thingiverse link for RepPanel case and mount https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4631742

taconite · 27 Oct 2020, 16:24

Today the display arrived and together with PCR's PCB it was just plug an play. Unfortunatly not everything is working:

Macros are not loading
Multiple tools are not working (even if there is a little arrow besides Tool 1)

oliof · 27 Oct 2020, 18:14

How many macros do you have? There is a fixed limit.

taconite · 28 Oct 2020, 16:01

In sum there my be up to 40 but they are in 2 folders

PCR · 28 Oct 2020, 16:10

think 16x max

taconite · 28 Oct 2020, 16:19

And I have just seen, that directories are not supported

seeul8er · 29 Oct 2020, 09:34

@taconite That is not true. Directories are supported with max 16 entries

KenOlo · 11 Nov 2020, 10:47

While trying to start the ESP32/PCB and attached touch screen the monitor window shows that the touch panel is found but there is an error whille trying to read from the device. What could cause this?
...
[0;32mI (210) ILI9488: ILI9488 initialization.[0m
[0;32mI (510) ILI9488: Enabling backlight.[0m
[0;32mI (510) FT6X36: Found touch panel controller[0m
[0;31mE (510) FT6X36: Error reading from device: ERROR[0m
[0;32mI (510) FT6X36: Device ID: 0x00[0m
[0;32mI (520) FT6X36: Chip ID: 0x00[0m
[0;32mI (520) FT6X36: Device mode: 0x00[0m
[0;32mI (530) FT6X36: Firmware ID: 0x00[0m
[0;32mI (530) FT6X36: Release code: 0x00[0m
...

seeul8er · 11 Nov 2020, 13:00

@KenOlo "Found touch panel controller" just indicates that the FT6X36 driver is being inited. It does not say anything about a successful init. If you can not read from the device there is no connection.
I get that the message is not 100% clear at this point.

I suggest you check your connection and if you got the correct display

KenOlo · 11 Nov 2020, 17:46

@seeul8er Found the problem. My touch panel was configured for 5v, some soldering on jumper JP and it's now configured for 3,3v. Problem solved and it works perfectly!

JohnOCFII · 28 Nov 2020, 04:00

Greetings All,

I'm trying the initial setup of the RepPanel and the PCB from PCR. After getting some of the ESP software installed, I was following the instructions, and plugged in the RepPanel, and realized that it came with the software already installed!

I'm now trying to configure it, and getting stuck. I think I'm on my network, as I see my router handed out an IP address to the RepPanel, but the WiFi signal indicator is sort of orange, and one the screen shots I see here, it shows as green. Also, when I enter in either my Duet's DNS name or IP address, I get no indication it has connected. Also -- I don't have an M551 Password on my printer, so I assume I can leave that field blank?

Also - my password has a space in it, and it is really difficult to tell if the space was accepted as you have to scroll down so far to get the space bar that you can't see the WiFi password field. Not sure if this is an issue for me here or not.

Thank for any guidance.

seeul8er · 3 Dec 2020, 06:47

@JohnOCFII Sorry for the late reply. An orange Wifi icon indicates that you are connected to the Wifi access point but RepPanel has not gotten any response from the printer yet. So you are not connected to the Duet.

I never tested it without a Duet password. Try using a password if you keep getting stuck. Maybe the implementation expects one, I am not sure.

The keyboard in general is a bit tricky I know. Since you only use it during the initial setup I kind of did not see a point spending too much time on improving it.

JohnOCFII · 3 Dec 2020, 19:21

@seeul8er said in RepPanel - A DIY alternative to the PanelDue with WiFi support:

@JohnOCFII An orange Wifi icon indicates that you are connected to the Wifi access point but RepPanel has not gotten any response from the printer yet. So you are not connected to the Duet.

Thanks for the info.

I never tested it without a Duet password. Try using a password if you keep getting stuck. Maybe the implementation expects one, I am not sure.

I added a password, and confirmed it is required and accepted from a regular web browser. I'm still stuck at the same point. If I hit the "circular arrows" button to the right of the Printer address line, I get the pop-up shown below. I select Duet from the list, but nothing else changes.

If I re-enter the printer IP address and password, and then hit Save The WiFi symbol changes from the orange WiFi fan to a light orange circular arrow for a few seconds, then turns back to the orange WiFi fan.

The keyboard in general is a bit tricky I know. Since you only use it during the initial setup I kind of did not see a point spending too much time on improving it.

That makes sense.