Setting Up Eclipse For the new Firmware

JoergS5

@jml
I think you should follow
https://github.com/dc42/RepRapFirmware/blob/dev/BuildInstructions.md
This should be sufficient to make a basic build.

JoergS5

@jml

you asked for DuetIAP
LwipESP8266
CoreESP8266
CoreDuet

Most of them are old or have 1.21 version as a comment. I suspect that they are not needed.

When you build the projects, eclipse tells you which libraries or links are missing,

Good luck and please tell me where you get stuck.

JoergS5

@jml said in Setting Up Eclipse For the new Firmware:

/Users/John/eclipse-workspace5/RepRapFirmware-2.01/src/ReprapFirmware.h:129:2: error: 'coreDelay' was not declared in this scope
and it repeats several times. Other errors:
make: *** [src/Tools/Filament.o] Error 1
make: *** [src/Storage/FileStore.o] Error 1
make: *** [src/Storage/FileInfoParser.o] Error 1
make: *** [src/Tools/Tool.o] Error 1
In file included from ../src/StepperDrivers/TMC22xx/TMC22xx.cpp:8:0:

I think the reason is;
You did not rename the project to RepRapFirmware, so some hardcoded links will not work:

Step 4: Then rename folder ReprapFirmware-dev in that folder to RepRapFirmware.

Error 1 in make is that the tool cannot find the file, this makes sense.

dc42

@joergs5 said in Setting Up Eclipse For the new Firmware:

@jml
I think you should follow
https://github.com/dc42/RepRapFirmware/blob/dev/BuildInstructions.md
This should be sufficient to make a basic build.

I confirm that, the up to date build instructions are the ones in the dev branch, not v2-dev.

jml

I was looking at the BuildInstructions.md within the RepRapFirmware-2.01 folder, but I will follow the ones at the link sent in the above comments and will report back.

The BuildInstructions say to keep the folder names as-is. The folder name as-is is RepRapFirmware-2.01, but I feel like I should change it to just RepRapFirmware... is that right?

jml

Making progress. Using the proper Build Instructions this time. But now the first error that comes up (when building RepRapFirmware) is:

In file included from ../src/Networking/ESP8266WiFi/WiFiInterface.cpp:9:0:
../src/Networking/ESP8266WiFi/WiFiInterface.h:16:10: fatal error: MessageFormats.h: No such file or directory
#include "MessageFormats.h"
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.

But MessageFormats.h exists in the /Users/John/eclipse-workspace7/DuetWiFiSocketServer/src/include

So I feel like it just can't see the socketserver folder. How do I link it or include it? CoreNG and FreeRTOS built fine by the way.

JoergS5

@jml
WifiInterface.cpp I would try setting the reference by rclick on the project, properties, project references:
But your project workspace is in another one than in the other message (workspace7, workspace5), I would put all Duet related projects into one workspace.
This is not needed.

jml

@joergs5 When I go to Project References for RepRapFirmware, I see only CoreNG, and FreeRTOS. DuetWiFiSocketServer is not there. Do I need to import DuetWiFiSocketServer into Eclipse?

The reason I have different workspaces is because each time I try something new, I just start a new workspace and put in the original CoreNG, FreeRTOS, RRF, and socketserver folders into it. Reason for that is because I don't know if the things that I try mess up anything, so I like to start from scratch with a new workspace.

JoergS5

@jml I understand, this is totally ok, I do it the same way.

JoergS5

@jml your question for DuetWiFi..: you should copy the DuetWiFi... files into the newest workspace you use, import it without the option to move the files (they are already in your new workspace), then it will show up in the build properties list and you can click it. Maybe you have to restart/rebuild all Eclipse, if it is not in the list.
this is not needed, and from DuetWifi you only need one .h file. See below

jml

That is exactly what I think I have been doing. Perhaps my importing is not right.

Option#1: This is what I would normally do. I would right click in the Navigator and select Import. Then I would select General > Existing Projects, and I'd select CoreNG and it would import. Then I would repeat for FreeRTOS and RepRapFirmware.

Option#2: File > Open Projects From File System. Select only CoreNG, FreeRTOS, and RepRapFirmware (and not selecting the socketserver one).

Using both options above, I still only get CoreNG and FreeRTOS in the project references for RepRapFirmware. The only way I can get the socket server one there is if I import it as a project, but then that causes a bunch of other errors.

I right click CoreNG to set active to SAM4E. For RRF I set active to Duet2_RTOS. This part should be fine I think.

JoergS5

@joergs5 I had problems updating the list of dependencies. Fastest way to resolve it, copy all necessary projects into a new workspace, then after setting the new workspace import them in one step (without file move), then it will all show up in the list.
this is not needed, see below

JoergS5

@jml my importing procedure is:

copy files unzipped into the workspace
open eclipse, say file - import - general/existing projects into workspace - next
select root directory: select the workspace
select all project - finish

jml

I will do it that way next time i create a new workspace. For now, I will just import DuetWiFiSocketServer. Here is how it went.

When I import DuetWiFiSocketServer, and right click it, and go to Properties, C/C++ Build, Settings, the path there is:
C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\tools\xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc\1.20.0-26-gb404fb9-2\bin

I assume this should be changed (I'm on a Mac), but not sure to what. I put it as /usr/local/bin/ not sure if thats correct. I was able to select the checkbox for DuetWiFiSocketServer in the settings for RepRapFirmware by the way.

I checked /Users/John/Library/Arduino15/packages , but the only folder in there is a folder called "arduino"

The error I get when building RRF (after building coreng and freertos) is:

In file included from ../src/Networking/ESP8266WiFi/WiFiInterface.cpp:9:0:
../src/Networking/ESP8266WiFi/WiFiInterface.h:128:22: error: 'NumWiFiTcpSockets' was not declared in this scope
WiFiSocket *sockets[NumWiFiTcpSockets];

Not sure if I am making progress now. Time to go to sleep.

JoergS5

@jml well, my help is limited, as I have no Mac.

Path names should be ok as you wrote.

The documentatio is bit limited for the Mac, you should check the Windows documentation also, as there is some important information found like the reference into about MessageFormats.h

Dream well of Eclipse and tomorrow you can restart with new ideas.

JoergS5

@jml I saw the solution for your coreDelay problem:
in Eclipse you have to set the build target. The default is Duet085. When you build with this, the error coreDelay appears.
Please set the target to Duet2_RTOS, then this error does not appear when you build:

JoergS5

@jml some of your make errors may be this cause:

I used MessageFormats.h according to step 5a of documentation directly. I had error messages and found forum message
https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?416,818300
so I used dev version, worked good after this change.

JoergS5

@jml I made an error and want you to avoid it: I had a lot of compilation errors. Now I found out that I used CoreNG-master. It is necessary to use CoreNG-2-dev (branch v2-dev) instead.
Rename unzipped CoreNG-2-dev to CoreNG before importing.

Before compiling, the following settings are necessary: in properties - C/C++ Build - Settings

Build Variables - GccPath must be on the new GNU Tools path for 2018q2
in Environment with PATH must include the path to the make tool
Before I set the values, I choose Configuration - All configurations in the drop box above.
Then set Build configurations - Set Active - SAM4E8E_RTOS.

I used make from
https://gnu-mcu-eclipse.github.io/https://gnu-mcu-eclipse.github.io/
They have a Mac version also.

This compiled NodeNG without errors.

JoergS5

@jml ok, now RepRapFirmware compiled correcly also (at last!).

I created a file MessageFormats.h in the src folder and copied the content of the Wifi-dev into it.

Crosssetting, Path and Gccpath set.
Duet2_RTOS as target set.
Clean Project
Build Project

It is not necessary to set any Build dependencies as I wrote earlier. The projects are connected by their project names (that's the reason why they need to be renamed).

I was not able to compile DuetWifiSocketServer yet. I get a lot of Arduino.h not found and such errors.

dc42

@joergs5 said in Setting Up Eclipse For the new Firmware:

I was not able to compile DuetWifiSocketServer yet. I get a lot of Arduino.h not found and such errors.

You don't need to compile that project, unless you want to build new WiFi firmware. But RepRapFirmware uses one include file from it (MessageFormats.h), so you need to import the project into your workspace, or at least that one file.