Software bundle 3.4.0 Release Candidate 1 available

[dc42]

On behalf of the Duet3D team I am pleased to announce the availability of software 3.4.0 Release Candidate 1. Highlights of this release include:

• Thumbnail image display of objects to be printed. This requires support that has been implemented but not yet released in PrusaSlicer. A plugin for Cura providing equivalent support may be available soon.
• New notification system in DWC. In particular, messages are no longer stacked vertically, to avoid undesirable consequences such as hiding the Emergency Stop button hen using a narrow screen.
• For those not already on the 3.4beta cycle: input shaping
• Many minor new features and bug fixes

Please read at least the Upgrade Notes section of the release notes before upgrading:

• RRF release notes: https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/wiki/Changelog-RRF-3.x-RC if you are coming from release 3.3, or https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/wiki/Changelog-RRF-3.x-Beta#reprapfirmware-340-post-beta7 if you are coming from 3.4beta7
• DWC release notes: https://github.com/Duet3D/DuetWebControl/wiki/Changelog-DWC-3.x-RC#version-34-rc1
• DSF release notes: https://github.com/Duet3D/DuetSoftwareFramework/wiki/Changelog-DSF-3.x-RC#version-34-rc1

For those running in standalone mode, the firmware files can be found at https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/releases/tag/3.4.0rc1.

[moth4017]

re download for 3.4.0 RC1 when installing the
Duet3Firmware_Mini5plus .uf2

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FIRMWARE_NAME: RepRapFirmware for Duet 3 Mini 5+ FIRMWARE_VERSION: 3.4.0beta7+7 ELECTRONICS: Duet 3 Mini5plus WiFi FIRMWARE_DATE: 2022-01-14 08:58:34

[dc42]

We hope to release 3.4.0RC2 within the next 1 to 2 days. Meanwhile you can see the issues we found in 3.4.0RC1 by looking at the draft RC2 release notes, at https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/wiki/Changelog-RRF-3.x-RC#reprapfirmware-340rc2. Preview builds to fix these for some boards are at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2dt7sbqpx6l74np/AADn4-lpcil1iqnWKkiVri3Ia?dl=0.