Duet Web Control 2.0.0-RC3 is ready

garyd9 · 12 Jan 2019, 00:24

I finally got around to trying this out and thought I'd share my (very early) initial impressions. These are my own impressions without taking into account things that others might have posted. While this type of feedback might result in duplicate comments, it also prevents my impressions from being "contaminated" by what I might have already read. I'm using the "Chrome" web browser on Windows 10 and MacOS against firmware 2.02. and DWC 2.0.0-RC3

First, I like what I think you're trying to do here. Overall, it looks positive.

However, I encountered three items that I feel are steps backward.

It's more clumsy now than it was to initiate the G32 command (delta calibration, manual bed leveling assistant, etc. It runs G32.) Previously, it was a simple single button click on the primary/dashboard screen. Now, it requires multiple clicks to first drop down the "compensation & calibration" list, a mouse movement, and a second click to select the proper option. This is more annoying when you consider that "mesh" compensation isn't used on my machine and isn't enabled. (There's no mesh area defined.) To resolve this, I'd suggest reverting to the simple single function button by default and allowing an option to change this to the droplist if and only if a selection is made in the settings to enable mesh options. (Or, only present mesh options if a mesh area is defined, otherwise just be a simple button that runs G32.)

Related to the above, when I run G32 using the Compensation&calibration droplist from the Dashboard, the results of the calibration do not seem to appear in the "G-Code Console" tab. I usually check the output of a calibration to ensure that the before/after numbers are somewhat close to each other (and re-run g32 if they aren't.) It seems (with DWC 2RC3) that the only way to get the G32 results to appear in the console is to run the command from the console tab to begin with.

I'm not sure I like how the status/tools/temp layout renders. I get a LOT of empty whitespace and the temperature chart (which is the tallest window) gets squeezed on the far right. I've posted a screen snippet near the end of this post to illustrate the concern. Possible alternatives might be to limit the height of the temperature chart to be no higher than the max height of the status or tools box (whichever is taller) or stack the status and tools boxes over each other (which would work for single tool/single bed machines, but might be annoying for multiple tool machines.)

Dougal1957 · 12 Jan 2019, 16:15

I would concur ref the results of a auto cal routing from the drop down no results are displayed doing a G32 from the Gcode console works

mudcruzr · 12 Jan 2019, 16:38

@as-3d-druck said in Duet Web Control 2.0.0-RC3 is ready:

@biggsis said in Duet Web Control 2.0.0-RC3 is ready:

I could not find, if somebody already mentioned it, but in Europe the time (in the temp chart) is not displayed in "AM/PM" format. Maybe make it selectable, thanks.

I got AM and PM in my Temp Chart.

Re-reading his post I think there may be a slight language issue. I think he was asking for the temp chart time display to be selectable between the am/pm style and the (more favoured in Europe) 24 hour style.

FWIW I would also prefer to see 24 hour time.

dragonn · 12 Jan 2019, 20:22

Is the temp chart fixed to 300C max?

I am printing with PC at 300C. It would be nice if it could autoscale the max value.

Phaedrux · 12 Jan 2019, 23:06

@dragonn I think it's supposed to scale with whatever you have your max temp set to?

dragonn · 12 Jan 2019, 23:08

@phaedrux said in Duet Web Control 2.0.0-RC3 is ready:

@dragonn I think it's supposed to scale with whatever you have your max temp set to?

I have in my config:

 M143 H1 S350

So it doesn't look like it is working this way.

Phaedrux · 12 Jan 2019, 23:12

@dragonn I guess that's how it was supposed to work on the v1 DWC. Here's where I remembered seeing it. https://forum.duet3d.com/topic/2969/allow-scrolling-resizing-and-scaling-of-the-temperature-graph

wilriker · 13 Jan 2019, 19:25

@phaedrux said in Duet Web Control 2.0.0-RC3 is ready:

@dragonn I guess that's how it was supposed to work on the v1 DWC.

I checked the source code for DWC2 and it is supposed to work the same way. 300°C is the default max but can be overridden by the machines highest temperature. Obviously something is not working as intended.

I have though found another issue: I have a macro that more or less does the same thing as a G32 for assisted bed leveling would do. It takes to my adjustment screws and displays a Z movement dialog. In this dialog I can click every button exactly once. Then it turns into a spinner and can no longer be used.
It only happens with M291 inside the macro. If I run M291 directly via GCode input field it works as expected.

Here is my macro

G28
G0 F6000
G0 Z2
G0 X7 Y110 ; Middle-left
M291 S3 Z1 R"Leveling Phase 1" P"Level point 1/3 and press OK"
G0 Z2
G0 X215 Y3 ; Front-right
M291 S3 Z1 R"Leveling Phase 1" P"Level point 2/3 and press OK"
G0 Z2
G0 X215 Y215 ; Back-right
M291 S3 Z1 R"Leveling Phase 1" P"Level point 3/3 and press OK"
G0 Z2
G0 X215 Y3 ; Front-right
G0 Z0
M291 S3 Z1 R"Leveling Fine-tuning" P"Fine-tune point 1/2 and press OK"
G0 Z2
G0 X7 Y110 ; Middle-left
G0 Z0
M291 S2 Z1 R"Leveling Fine-tuning" P"Fine-tune point 2/2 and press OK"

P.S.: Same behavior when running G32. I do not have a probe so I use M558 P0 to use manual mode.

P.P.S.: As with G32 when used on a Delta it will also not report required adjustments for G32 assisted bed leveling.

Alex.cr · 13 Jan 2019, 19:58

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AlexLin · 14 Jan 2019, 15:43

I cannot see how I can pin/lock/override the fan speed..

3dmntbighker · 18 Jan 2019, 08:23

I'm finding that with DWC 2.x on my Maestro the DWC will stop working without affecting the print. And it eventually returns. Is there a know issue that kills the web server, but it eventually recovers? The page just stops being served and then starts again eventually. I tend to use the reprap link. I recall reading discussions about buffer overflow in the web server?

dc42 · 18 Jan 2019, 09:27

@3dmntbighker, I think the issue you refer to was buffer exhaustion in the firmware that runs on the WiFi module of the Duet WiFi.

Is the web interface reliable when you run DWC 1.22.6?

DocTrucker · 18 Jan 2019, 15:59

It runs on v0.6 systems ok aside from a no available sessions message today after 4 hours work.

Aside from that only complaint is the temperature values being clipped when the window is resized so 230 was clipped down to 23.

3dmntbighker · 18 Jan 2019, 20:02

@dc42 said in Duet Web Control 2.0.0-RC3 is ready:

@3dmntbighker, I think the issue you refer to was buffer exhaustion in the firmware that runs on the WiFi module of the Duet WiFi.

Is the web interface reliable when you run DWC 1.22.6?

Ah right. No I have not tried to back rev. The print ran all night. The laser sensor paused it this morning (grrr), and now that I have the display connected I could resume the print to completion. But the DWC stopped working around 11 last night.

thehans · 19 Jan 2019, 01:06

Hi, I just updated to 2.0.0-RC3 just to check it out(still on an incomplete printer hardware build at the moment), and only one quibble so far. I got one error in a red message box in the corner: "Failed to get file list Directory 0:/filaments not found"

I was able to pull the sd card, pop into my PC to add the directory to the root, but could the WebControl possibly just create the directory automatically if it doesn't exist rather than throwing an error? Its just a slight inconvenience because root directories can't be added through the interface either as far as I can tell.

Edgars Batna · 20 Jan 2019, 09:28

@chrishamm

If I go to G-Code Console, select a whole line by first clicking right of it and dragging all the way left and some more, then hit CTRL+C, then select the input box and hit CTRL+V, there's an extra TAB character in the copied text.
The mesh grid calibration results are no longer displayed after running it. I need to hit F5 so that it gets the latest data and then manually go to the Height Map.
I can't find a Diagnostics button anywhere.
Extrude and retract buttons are unusable. config: 0_1547976629806_config_edit.g

DocTrucker · 30 Jan 2019, 22:57

The g-code console no longer logs a message at start of build. I found that behaviour useful.

Edit: Saves going through:
(current time) - (elapsed time) + (simulated time) = (accurate finish time)

nhof · 30 Jan 2019, 23:01

One minor headache I have with RC3 is that I can no longer enter tab characters using the config text editor.

SupraGuy · 31 Jan 2019, 19:14

I'm having an odd issue.

Duet Wifi 1.04
Firmware 2.02
Wifi server 1.22
DWC 2.0.0RC3

Sometimes I want to adjust the home position for the Z axis manually, instead of letting the Z probe do it. (I know, I shouldn't need to, and I should just change the Z offset, but I get different results at different temperatures, so...)

Anyway, entering into the G code console:

M558 P0

Then using the "home Z" button or the "home all" button.

It mostly works as expected, but for whatever reason, on the dialog box to jog the Z axis, I can only press each button once. After that there is a spinning circle in place of the adjust amount, and it will not respond to another click.

It does work when running a G29 mesh level, and I can press the same button repeatedly with the probe set to 0/manual, but it does not work with homing the Z axis.

I didn't end up trying alternate browsers, I only used Chrome, but I did use the Chrome on my PC, and I also tried my phone.

wilriker · 31 Jan 2019, 19:35

@supraguy You share this issue with me and at least one other user.