Firmware 2.0RC6 and 1.21.1RC6 released

[dc42]

I have released firmware 2.0RC6 for the Duet 2 series and 1.21.1 for the older Duets at https://github.com/dc42/RepRapFirmware/releases/tag/2.0RC6. This release improves the support for DHT temperature/humidity sensors and fixes a number of bugs. See https://github.com/dc42/RepRapFirmware/blob/dev/WHATS_NEW.md for the upgrade notes and change list.

Please give short feedback on this release (good or bad) in this thread. If you encounter an issue that may need more than a short discussion, please start a new thread about it instead but include "2.0RC6" in the thread title.

[wilriker]

Just flashed and after some soldering-iron-action I can already confirm that multiple DHT22 sensors in fact do work. I have two of them connected and I get different measurements for both of them.

Also I can confirm that S1 is now required to activate a simple filament switch.

I haven't tested anything else yet. Will do a print tomorrow.

[BMMal]

Been doing some short prints with RC6 and so far it works.

[SM3D]

@dc42 I updated my firmware just now to 2.0RC6 and it wiped many of my .gcode files. Moreover, I could upload .gcode files without any error but I could not find them in the interface. I also cannot create a folder. Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Vasan

[dc42]

@sm3d said in Firmware 2.0RC6 and 1.21.1RC6 released:

@dc42 I updated my firmware just now to 2.0RC6 and it wiped many of my .gcode files. Moreover, I could upload .gcode files without any error but I could not find them in the interface. I also cannot create a folder. Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Vasan

I'm sorry to hear you are having problems. Which firmware version were you running before upgrading to 2.0RC6? Are you running DWC 1.21.1? You may need to clear the browser cache to prevent it using files from older versions of DWC.

[SM3D]

@dc42, I was running 1.21 firmware, 1.21 DWC and 1.21 wifiserver before.

I upgraded to 2.0RC6 firmware and 1.21.1 DWC and 1.21 wifiserver.

[BMMal]

I just noticed that my machine is adding Z-hop even though I have set M207 Z0. There is no Z-hop turned on in the slicer nor in the G-code being printed.

I tried increasing to M207 Z1 and the machine did increase the amount of movement. I then resent M207 Z0 and it went back to some small fraction of a mm but can't tell how much it is.

[dc42]

@bmmal said in Firmware 2.0RC6 and 1.21.1RC6 released:

I just noticed that my machine is adding Z-hop even though I have set M207 Z0. There is no Z-hop turned on in the slicer nor in the G-code being printed.

I tried increasing to M207 Z1 and the machine did increase the amount of movement. I then resent M207 Z0 and it went back to some small fraction of a mm but can't tell how much it is.

Are you using firmware retraction in the slicer? If so, please run M207 without parameters and confirm that it says there is zero Z hop configured. Also please provide a sample of the GCode that demonstrates this.

Do you have mesh bed compensation enabled, and if so, could the "Z hop" be the normal action of bed compensation?

[whosrdaddy]

just finished a 2 hour print on my CoreXY on RC6, encountered no problems.

[BMMal]

Are you using firmware retraction in the slicer? If so, please run M207 without parameters and confirm that it says there is zero Z hop configured. Also please provide a sample of the GCode that demonstrates this.

Do you have mesh bed compensation enabled, and if so, could the "Z hop" be the normal action of bed compensation?

Yes I am using FW retract. I did confirm that it reported the Z parameter set to 0. I do not use bed compensation.

I am going to do some more investigation. It looks like some of what I was seeing may have been some how related to the Z shrink compensation in KISSlicer. I need to run with that turned off. I'll report shortly.

[BMMal]

Are you using firmware retraction in the slicer? If so, please run M207 without parameters and confirm that it says there is zero Z hop configured. Also please provide a sample of the GCode that demonstrates this.

Do you have mesh bed compensation enabled, and if so, could the "Z hop" be the normal action of bed compensation?

Looks like the slicer was adding an extra z move due to the z shrink compensation feature in it and it happened to line up with the retraction timing. This isn't a firmware issue. Sorry for the confusion.

[dc42]

@sm3d said in Firmware 2.0RC6 and 1.21.1RC6 released:

@dc42, I was running 1.21 firmware, 1.21 DWC and 1.21 wifiserver before.

I upgraded to 2.0RC6 firmware and 1.21.1 DWC and 1.21 wifiserver.

OK, try clearing the browser cache and reloading DWC.

[zerspaner_gerd]

Unfortunately, I still have an unstable DWC connection.

It will show "pending" for a long time (about 2 seconds), then "failed" and from then on DWC will not be updated anymore.

Can this be due to a bad Wi-Fi connection?
But at 1.21 I had no such problems.

Here are the diagnostics:

=== Diagnostics ===
RepRapFirmware for Duet 2 WiFi/Ethernet version 2.0(RTOS)RC6 running on Duet WiFi 1.02 or later
Board ID: 08DDM-9FAM2-LW4S4-6J9D2-3S46T-K2T3X
Used output buffers: 3 of 20 (13 max)
=== RTOS ===
Static ram: 28380
Dynamic ram: 96148 of which 0 recycled
Exception stack ram used: 324
Never used ram: 6220
Task NETWORK ready, free stack 404
Task HEAT blocked, free stack 1200
Task MAIN running, free stack 3624
=== Platform ===
Last reset 00:06:32 ago, cause: software
Last software reset at 2018-05-30 01:12, reason: User, spinning module GCodes, available RAM 6220 bytes (slot 1)
Software reset code 0x0003 HFSR 0x00000000, CFSR 0x00000000, ICSR 0x0041f000, BFAR 0xe000ed38, SP 0xffffffff
Error status: 0
Free file entries: 10
SD card 0 detected, interface speed: 20.0MBytes/sec
SD card longest block write time: 12.7ms
MCU temperature: min 41.6, current 41.8, max 43.4
Supply voltage: min 24.5, current 24.6, max 24.8, under voltage events: 0, over voltage events: 0
Driver 0: standstill, SG min/max not available
Driver 1: standstill, SG min/max not available
Driver 2: standstill, SG min/max not available
Driver 3: standstill, SG min/max not available
Driver 4: standstill, SG min/max not available
Date/time: 2018-05-30 01:19:24
Slowest loop: 15.74ms; fastest: 0.07ms
=== Move ===
Hiccups: 0, StepErrors: 0, LaErrors: 0, FreeDm: 240, MinFreeDm 240, MaxWait: 0ms, Underruns: 0, 0
Scheduled moves: 0, completed moves: 0
Bed compensation in use: none
Bed probe heights: 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
=== Heat ===
Bed heaters = 0 -1 -1 -1, chamberHeaters = -1 -1
=== GCodes ===
Segments left: 0
Stack records: 2 allocated, 0 in use
Movement lock held by null
http is idle in state(s) 0
telnet is idle in state(s) 0
file is idle in state(s) 0
serial is idle in state(s) 0
aux is idle in state(s) 0
daemon is idle in state(s) 0
queue is idle in state(s) 0
autopause is idle in state(s) 0
Code queue is empty.
=== Network ===
Slowest loop: 30.41ms; fastest: 0.01ms
Responder states: HTTP(0) HTTP(0) HTTP(0) HTTP(0) FTP(0) Telnet(0) Telnet(0)
HTTP sessions: 1 of 8
- WiFi -
Network state is running
WiFi module is connected to access point 
Failed messages: pending 0, notready 0, noresp 0
WiFi firmware version 1.21
WiFi MAC address 60:01:94:73:5e:04
WiFi Vcc 3.38, reset reason Turned on by main processor
WiFi flash size 4194304, free heap 15688
WiFi IP address 192.168.188.40
WiFi signal strength -63dBm, reconnections 0, sleep mode modem
Socket states: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
=== Expansion ===

Maybe this helps.
What else can I do to debug the error?

[Donpi]

Hi,
I think I found a little bug.
(However I'm not sure it'is caused by the new release.)

It start the load filament macro on Tool 0, and when i see that this was not the correct macro, I shuted down the Duet.
When powered up again. I can no more right click on Tool 0 to use the filament macro.

Tool 1 keep working right.

Bye.

[SM3D]

@dc42 - As I mentioned yesterday, I could not find my old files in DWC but all the files are present when I access the card via panel due. I am at work so I will clear the cache and reinstall the duet web control when I get back home today.

I think somebody mentioned in other thread about fan sliders. I also have the same problem - I am able to slide the fan control by holding the left mouse button but when I leave the button the slider bounces back to previous value. If I start clicking step by step in small increments 5% each time, it works.

Cheers,
Vasan

[dc42]

@zerspaner_gerd said in Firmware 2.0RC6 and 1.21.1RC6 released:

Unfortunately, I still have an unstable DWC connection.

It will show "pending" for a long time (about 2 seconds), then "failed" and from then on DWC will not be updated anymore.

The WiFi code hasn't changed between 1.21 and 2.0. As your WiFi signal strength is quite low, I suspect there may have been a change in your WiFi environment - in which case, reverting to firmware 1.21 will show the same problem (if the change in the environment is still present).

Are you able to reconnect DWC after the error? Have you increased the AJAX retry count in DWC from the default of 1?

[boldnuts]

Just ran a 10 hour print with 2.0RC6 with no issue's to report on my Duet Ethernet P3 Steel.

[dc42]

@sm3d said in Firmware 2.0RC6 and 1.21.1RC6 released:

@dc42 I updated my firmware just now to 2.0RC6 and it wiped many of my .gcode files. Moreover, I could upload .gcode files without any error but I could not find them in the interface. I also cannot create a folder. Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Vasan

The number of GCode files in a single folder that can be displayed by DWC is lower than before. This was required to fix other issues. So I suspect that the files are all there, just not being displayed. Likewise the new folder you created. The workaround is to move some files into subfolders. If you can't see any subfolders in DWC, you may have to move the SD card to a PC to do this. Alternatively, use the backup facility in DWC to backup the files that you can see, then delete them; then you should be able to see the other files.

I'll add this to the upgrade notes.

[dc42]

@donpi said in Firmware 2.0RC6 and 1.21.1RC6 released:

Hi,
I think I found a little bug.
(However I'm not sure it'is caused by the new release.)

It start the load filament macro on Tool 0, and when i see that this was not the correct macro, I shuted down the Duet.
When powered up again. I can no more right click on Tool 0 to use the filament macro.

Tool 1 keep working right.

Bye.

Does reloading DWC fix this?

[Donpi]

@dc42

Sorry but what is DWC ?