How to add firmware to my Formbot Troodon 3D printer
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@RJ-0 400 series. I lost all functions. Nothing works since I hit that factory setting button by mistake.
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I'm not really familiar with what Formbot does with their Duet clone. I'm not sure what the factory reset does. I assumed you still had access to the web interface, but perhaps not? Have you reached out to Formbot? Do they have documentation?
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@Phaedrux No documentation. Very little came with it. Just a SD card with setup stuff that's all. I don't have access to the web interface on it. Nothing works now. That should be my next step I guess is to reach out to Formbot and see if they can tell me anything. The factory reset cleared all my macros, wifi connectivity access and pretty much all commands. None of the buttons I press does anything.
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Wish I could help more, but I have no familiarity with the printer or what parts of the Duet they keep or replace.
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@Phaedrux the Troodon board is fully compatible with the Duet2 firmware, it's basically a custom board combining a Duet2 and Duex5 board. So the normal Duet2 flashing instructions apply. Their config is somewhere on GitHub,
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@oliof Thank you very much. I will see if I can find that.
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@RJ-0 Do I need to sign up to GitHub to access that info?
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@RJ-0 no. Here is the link I had in mind https://github.com/InsanityAutomation/FormbotTroodon -- please be advised that this is for a relatively old version of RepRapFirmware and you will need to do some adjustments to make it work with RepRapFirmware 3.4. Some Troodon users are here on the forum and may have an adjusted version.
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@oliof Thank you very much for the info. What is the only way to download this stuff back into the printer? Can it be done thru transfer from a SD card?
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@RJ-0 I have no Wifi capability since i did the factory reset.
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If it's just like the Duet 2, then you would have to use a USB connection to your computer and use software called BOSSA to flash the firmware back onto the board.
https://docs.duet3d.com/en/User_manual/RepRapFirmware/Updating_firmware#fallback-procedure-2
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@Phaedrux So the board will have to be removed?
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I'm not sure about that, but you'd at least need to be able to get a USB cable to the board.
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@Phaedrux I had to remove the board in order to access the micro usb connection on it. Last question lol. Does the board have to be powered up (printer on) to do this or can i just do this with the board laying on my table plugged up to computer?
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Plugging it in via USB should work I think. It does for a Duet board anyway.
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@Phaedrux Thanks so much for the help. Will try and let you know.
