Considering Duet3, New to RPi
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Hi Jay_s_uk,
Okay thank you.
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Hi matt3o,
Oh, another positive thought on the RPi.
LOL, commence the battle of RPi users vs non RPi users.
As a hobby user, so light use, would I benefit from having a RPi?
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@Dizzwold said in Considering Duet3, New to RPi:
As a hobby user, so light use, would I benefit from having a RPi?
define "hobby"
many users here including myself take the hobby very seriously 
If you connect to the duet from 1-2 PCs and you print at "human" speeds I don't think it makes any difference. Probably it makes no difference for 90% of the use-cases. Personally I use it mostly for the wifi and for the good performance ssh connection.
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Hi matt3o,
Lol, Yeah like how longs a piece of string...
I think most of us take their 3d printing seriously, as we all want the best results we can get form the equipment we have.
The other way of looking at it as a hobby is I don't use it for a living.When I purchased the printer, cost was an issue, and wrongly or rightly I have to live with the choice I made.
I was looking into the possibility of getting a duet in the future, but as I've now killed my motherboard, my arm is now forced into getting one and a Duet it will be.
I've had lots of answers to questions I've not yet asked, but these are all welcome, as I would have been asking these questions anyway, so I'm very grateful for all this input.
Basically, I have a dead printer, I'm a mac user, I wish to have a PanelDue along with a Duet, I wish to be able to not only use the PanelDue but also connect it to my mac that's 2.5mm across the room, I would like to (but not essential) Connect to another mac in another room, I don't have (is it cat6 cabling) a wired network in my house, I have wifi, but have some TP Link Pass through Powerline adaptors.
Once I have a Duet, PanelDue and my printer functioning again, the next thing maybe a Mic6 bed with 3 point levelling and possibly a 3rd Z axis. -
It sounds to me that the Duet 3 Mini WiFi will meet your needs well. For the display, you can use either a PanelDue or a Mini 12864 display (using ST7567 controller) with it, or if you use a Pi then you can connect a HDMI touch screen to that.
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Hi All,
So it looks like I'm swaying toward the Duet 3 Mini 5 as few have commented on. This way I can also upgrade ‘if and when’ needed.
It looks like I'll have to wait a few weeks before any more Duet 3 Mini 5's are ready, No Pressure David. LOL
I am most grateful for everyone's input and advice.
No doubt I'll be back again with yet more questions, but for now I think I have a bit of reading to do, to familiarise myself better with the Duet system.
Also any more comments and / or suggestions are very welcome.
Thank you,
Dizzwold.
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With the RPi,
Do you just change the ssid and password in the wpa_supplicant.conf file to your router settings, wire the 26-40way into the Duet and RPi, put the SD card in the RPi then power the Duet?Do you have to flash the RPi with anything first then do the above?
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@Dizzwold https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/SBC_Setup_for_Duet_3
Yes you've got it. There is a custom Pi image as well. Though you can also do it manually if you wish.
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Hmm,
I have no screen attached to the RPi.
I've tried opened http://duet3.local , but nothing opens, Disabled VPN and ran IP Scanner, but don't see anything?
I must be missing a step?
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You're using wifi? Something must not have worked adding it to the network. Can you add a screen and keyboard to see what's going on?
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I have a desktop mac, the Duet and RPi are on the desk in front of it, so can either connect with Ethernet of Wifi, but no dedicated screen or keyboard
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If you connect via ethernet it should pick up a DHCP address from your router, so check your router to see if it's actually getting an address. Then try to connect to that via SSH as described in the SBC setup link.
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@Phaedrux said in Considering Duet3, New to RPi:
If you connect via ethernet it should pick up a DHCP address from your router, so check your router to see if it's actually getting an address. Then try to connect to that via SSH as described in the SBC setup link.
You might have to enable ssh before you can SSH into it.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/ssh/
"I'm not saying that you are wrong - I'm just trying to fit it into my real world simulated experience."
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Isn't there an interface of some description like the Arduino's have an IDE?
I'm surprised at how hot the thing gets as well.
Something I've just done by mistake was power the unit without the SD card. The Red LED stays on and the Green LED flashes. With the SD card in, this only happens when first powering up , then they both go out?
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@garyd9 said in Considering Duet3, New to RPi:
@Phaedrux said in Considering Duet3, New to RPi:
If you connect via ethernet it should pick up a DHCP address from your router, so check your router to see if it's actually getting an address. Then try to connect to that via SSH as described in the SBC setup link.
You might have to enable ssh before you can SSH into it.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/ssh/
Depends on if he's using the lite version or full version of DuetPi.
https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/SBC_Setup_for_Duet_3#Section_Connecting_via_SSH
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@Dizzwold said in Considering Duet3, New to RPi:
Isn't there an interface of some description like the Arduino's have an IDE?
I'm surprised at how hot the thing gets as well.
Something I've just done by mistake was power the unit without the SD card. The Red LED stays on and the Green LED flashes. With the SD card in, this only happens when first powering up , then they both go out?
Are you talking about the Duet or the Pi?
If you're new to both I would suggest using the full version of DuetPi and connecting a keyboard, mouse, monitor to the Pi for the setup phase. It makes things much easier.
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On the RPi, How do I view what's going on on my mac, or have I got to buy a dedicated HDMI display to see what the Pi's doing?
All I've done is edit the wpa_supplicant.conf file that came on the SD card with the Duet3.
So, should I be removing some one set of software of the SD Card, being that there is the Full and Lite?
Here's what's currently on the SD Card.
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Which image did you use on the pi? Full, or Lite?
Full is intended to be used with a display since it has a full desktop environment. The Lite version is command line only.
In either case you would normally interact with the printer from your browser using the Duet Web Control interface.
If you're brand new to Duet you might want to consider starting with the Duet running in standalone mode and get used to reprapfirmware. Then you can add the pi afterwards.
Here's an example of getting started with a Duet3 in standalone mode.
https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Getting_Started_With_Duet_3
If you've not seen that yet, it's the best place to start.
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@Dizzwold said in Considering Duet3, New to RPi:
It looks like I'll have to wait a few weeks before any more Duet 3 Mini 5's are ready, No Pressure David. LOL
A new batch of Duet 3 Mini is about to be started. Our new automated test machines for Duet 3 Mini are up and running. So production should be in full flow next week.
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HI guys,
Sorry David, I went for the Duet 3 6HC.
Phaedrux, re Which image did I install;
I just edited the wpa-supplicant.conf file with my ssid and password for my router then inserted the card.
Should I have had only some of the above on the card to install, or all of it as I have done?I've also made my own SD Card image, the same as the above. This seems to work to some degree. The RPi isn't getting anyway near as hot as it was. after first powering the RPi via the 26-40way ribbon cable, I now get just a slow flashing Green LED. I can now also see two devices on IP Scanner, one of these states 68.77.44.185 baremetal.zare.com (185.44.77.68). I'm guessing that's the RPi, but even with typing in these ip address's into my browser, I still can't get it connected.
One thing that happened this morning when I disconnected the power to the duet/RPi, I got a little box appear in the bottom right of this webpage, stating that it couldn't find my duet?
