Network discovery

[Furbyhaxx]

Hi,
Does the duet firmware provides a method for discovering all duets (incl. their IP's) in a network?

[Phaedrux]

It's going to depend on your Duet.

https://docs.duet3d.com/en/User_manual/Machine_configuration/Networking

The assumption is that if you're setting up the Duet from scratch you are also in control of the network, so you're either assigning a static IP or DHCP reservation.

At one point there was a phone application that would find Duets on the network. But I can't seem to find anything about that right now.

[Stephen6309]

@furbyhaxx I use the freeware 'Advanced IP Scanner' to find them.

You can also use PrinterName.local, where PrinterName is the name you gave the printer using M550.

[jay_s_uk]

@furbyhaxx i use fing https://www.fing.com/products/fing-desktop

[gloomyandy]

If you are using a WiFi version then it will create an mdns entry (for <printername>.local) that will have an extra txt record with "product" set to "DuetWiFi". I'm pretty sure the app that @Phaedrux mentioned uses that to locate Duets. The app is called "findmyduet" and a google search throws up a few hits, including this one: https://github.com/Duet3D/FindMyDuet

[Furbyhaxx]

I hoped that the firmware offers such functionality, as even crappy flashforge firmware does. But the mdns approach is a good starti g point.

As I'm writing a centralized 3D printer monitoring and management application that not only works with Duet's. Such functionality would be good.

[chrishamm]

@furbyhaxx We support mDNS, you should be able to use that.

Duet boards (both in SBC and standalone mode) announce the "product" property which always starts with "Duet".