Software package 3.3beta3 released

[pkos]

@siam I know it sounds janky, but wrap your wire in aluminum foil or any other kind of shielding. Should work then.

[SIam]

@pkos that will not work so easy the cable is inside a Energy chain, but I think I have some shielded cable here if so i will try a test with it

[Nurgelrot]

@phaedrux Well that was a major PITA but they are now in sync again. Had to tear my lab apart and move crap all over the place. If I had wanted to make direct connections to the printer board I would have used the Wifi version of the card. But I got there in the end. Any thoughts on why this happened? Not looking forward to that next time I update.

[droftarts]

@nurgelrot I think by ‘directly’ @Phaedrux didn’t mean by USB; you should have been able to send M997 S0 (the matching firmware should have downloaded with DSF), or uploaded the firmware file in DWC, and it would ask if you want to update it. I’ve done this a lot recently, when testing firmware.

Ian

[Nurgelrot]

@droftarts Well sadly I'm not a walking encyclopedia of gcode... But I'll file that one away if it happens again...

[nmsmith89]

After upgrading (SBC) it looks like neither variables nor RGBW Neopixels work which sucks because I've been dying for both!

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@nurgelrot said in Software package 3.3beta3 released:

So everything but the board is upgraded what did I miss?
the right package is installed on the PI:
ii reprapfirmware 3.3-b3-1 all RepRapFirmware Software Bundle
Rebooting nothing working.

I'm in the same boat where the firmware doesn't upgrade. I'm considering just reflashing the SD card but that would be a pain.

[droftarts]

@nmsmith89 see my post 2 above to update board.

Ian

[Sytac072]

@stephen6309 said in Software package 3.3beta3 released:

@paulhew If you are using PrusaSlicer you need to add to the Before layer change G-Code: ;LAYER:[layer_num]
It's under Custom G-Code in Printer Settings.

Hi, I have the same problem using S3D 4.1.2

[Phaedrux]

@nurgelrot said in Software package 3.3beta3 released:

@droftarts Well sadly I'm not a walking encyclopedia of gcode... But I'll file that one away if it happens again...

I've updated the link I sent earlier to include the basic update procedures (uploading via DWC or sending the M997)

[SIam]

@pkos I have an 3 meter USB3 extension cable killed , and now it's working as expected (with 3 Meters)
And I found a small bug in DWC if i have more than one CSV file and click on an entry another entry (not clicked) will be highlighted.

[Diamondback]

@siam Interesting, can you post some more detail? I'm about to mess up an ethernet extension cable, but USB might be better for me since the connector is smaller...

[SIam]

@diamondback i use this cable https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B08BJSK567/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I cut of the plugs and I crimped it to dupont connectors thats all

[Diamondback]

@siam Any specific pins for specific functions? Or just randomly took what was there?

[SIam]

@diamondback (picture was stolen at wikipedia

Red = 3.3V
Black = GND
Blue = SDA => MOSI
Yellow = SDO => MISO
Green = CS =>CS3
Orange = INT => CS4
Violet = SCL => SCK
White = NC

[TheBasedDoge]

I see that Duet 2 can now do neopixel LEDs, which is super cool, but how do I wire them up and configure? Which pins should I use?

[Phaedrux]

@thebaseddoge said in Software package 3.3beta3 released:

I see that Duet 2 can now do neopixel LEDs, which is super cool, but how do I wire them up and configure? Which pins should I use?

https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Neopixel_and_DotStar_LEDs

[TheBasedDoge]

@phaedrux I saw that but it seems to only be for Duet 3 right? Duet 2 has no NP_LED pins

[Phaedrux]

@thebaseddoge Correct. Duet2 lacks the hardware.

Duet 3 MB6HC supports both DotStar and NeoPixel LED strips. Duet 3 Mini supports NeoPixel only. Duet 2 and Duet Maestro do not support these LED strips directly, but you can use an Arduino to interface them to a Duet.

[TheBasedDoge]

@phaedrux Right, but this line in the 3.3beta3 changelog implies that Duet 2 can now do it. That is where my confusion comes from.

Bit-banged NeoPixel LED strips are supported on Duet WiFi/Ethernet. On these boards RRF will wait stop movement while updating the LED strip, so M150 commands should not be issued while the machine is printing, other than at places where a short pause is acceptable such as at layer change and in the start and end scripts.

[droftarts]

@thebaseddoge I think a pin has been enabled for controlling the Neopixels on 12864 displays. But I don’t know if it works outside this use case. Will need some @dc42 guidance.

Ian