Duet 3 Standalone RRF3 Package?

Hornetrider

Hi

I am trying to run the Duet 3 6HC as standalone like my other Duet2Wifi types, but it seems I have no luck...
I have searched the forum and doku, but couldn't find a bit...or maybe I am to confused...

Is there any SD Card Package somewhere to be used as a starting point?

BR

deckingman

@Hornetrider To the best of my knowledge, Duet 3 does not have a WiFi module - only Ethernet. So stand alone only works as a wired connection and for WiFi, you need to use the RPi (I think).

The Duet3 should, according to documentation at least, start up in stand alone mode if there is a /sys/config.g on the sd card installed on the Duet3 board.

You could use the same SD card as was supplied for the Raspberry Pi, but you may have to reformat/re-partition it and add the /sys/config.g file like you would the Duet2Wifi. (There is a chance you can add the config file to card prepared for the Pi on the one FAT partition that is used for /boot in linux, but I've not been able to test that).

Hornetrider

@deckingman
I know, I want to use the Ethernet connection...like with DUET2 Ethernet...

Hornetrider

@bearer
tried that already with the formated SD card and the folder structure...but no success

Btw. does the Paneldue directly connect or there is something to be considered besides the wiring to IO_0?

wilriker

@Hornetrider said in Duet 3 Standalone RRF3 Package?:

Btw. does the Paneldue directly connect or there is something to be considered besides the wiring to IO_0?

There is no additional configuration necessary.

Hornetrider

@wilriker thx
so probably a wire mix up on RX/TX..will check on this again

Hornetrider

@deckingman
THX wire mix up solved, Paneldue connected

Just for future refrence you can use the something like M575 P1to see if the serial port is configured.

deckingman

@Hornetrider said in Duet 3 Standalone RRF3 Package?:

@deckingman
I know, I want to use the Ethernet connection...like with DUET2 Ethernet...

Fair enough but in your OP you said "..............standalone like my other Duet2Wifi types". Hence my assumption that you wanted to use WiFi.

Hornetrider

I got it running after creating all the folders and integrating the latest DWC into the WWW folder.

But now I am struggling to update the FW...having Checksum errors when using "Duet3Firmware_MB6HC.bin" for update from DC42 github ressource.
Is this the right bin file?

Sorry for all this questions...

wilriker

@Hornetrider said in Duet 3 Standalone RRF3 Package?:

But now I am struggling to update the FW...having Checksum errors when using "Duet3Firmware_MB6HC.bin" for update from DC42 github ressource.
Is this the right bin file?

Yes, this is the correct file. Depending on which version of firmware currently is running on the board there will still be some bugs with uploading data over the internal ethernet interface. In that case it's best to copy the firmware binary directly on the SD card from your PC. Then you can flash it by issuing M997. After that uploads should be a lot more reliable and work via web interface from there on.

dc42

@Hornetrider said in Duet 3 Standalone RRF3 Package?:

I got it running after creating all the folders and integrating the latest DWC into the WWW folder.

But now I am struggling to update the FW...having Checksum errors when using "Duet3Firmware_MB6HC.bin" for update from DC42 github ressource.
Is this the right bin file?

Yes that's the right file. Please use the one from the 3.0RC2 release. Earlier beta releases frequently gave CRC errors during file uploads.

Hornetrider

doing it with 3.0RC2 but receiving Error: "Duet3iap_sd_MB6HC.bin not found"...

Danal

@Hornetrider Get the iap file from github and put it in sys. Then re-try the upload (or m997)

Hornetrider

did that and still this error...

Hornetrider

had to rename the iap fie from github...but I am not sure if that worked as:

M122

=== Diagnostics ===
RepRapFirmware for Duet 3 MB6HC v0.6 or 1.0 version 3.0beta12 running on Duet 3 MB6HC
Board ID: 08DJM-956L2-G43S4-6JTDD-3SD6K-TV5UF
Used output buffers: 3 of 32 (12 max)

Danal

No, that did not work. You will get:

M122 B1
Diagnostics for board 1:
Board EXP3HC firmware 3.0RC2 2019-12-28b4

deckingman

@Danal That's expansion board firmware which is different. Main board is

RepRapFirmware for Duet 3 MB6HC v0.6 or 1.0 version 3.0RC2 running on Duet 3 MB6HC

Danal

You should have the IAP and the regular firmware file from this link:

https://github.com/dc42/RepRapFirmware/releases/tag/3.0RC2

And you should not have to rename them. You may want to put it in /sys on the SD card directly in a PC (not web)