Solved Inherited old Ormerod + Duet 0.6, FW upgrade help needed

[FridgeFreezer]

I've been gifted an old Ormerod with a Duet 0.6 board with web controls.

Firmware Name: RepRapFirmware for Duet
Firmware Electronics: Duet 0.6
Firmware Version: 1.20.1RC2 (2018-01-01)
Web Interface Version: 1.20

I want to upgrade the firmware if I can, I've found a thread here about the latest compatible firmware release but the upgrade instructions page has got me confused as to which parts I should be following, which files I should be downloading etc.

Any help appreciated!

[dc42]

@fridgefreezer you can upgrade the Duet 0.6 firmware to 1.25.1 and you can upgrade DWC to at least 1.22.5.

[FridgeFreezer]

@dc42 can you explain to me, as if to an idiot who hasn't read & internalised the detailed workings of the controller, the upgrade process?

You mention Duet firmware + DWC, as far as I'm aware there's only one board / controller...

I'm guessing the Duet firmware runs on the micro and is perhaps 'RepRapFirmware.bin' that I should somehow be putting on the board via one of the various processes described in the update page, but which one?

https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Installing_and_Updating_Firmware
or
https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Installing_and_Updating_Firmware_(Legacy)
and which part(s) of those?

Is the DWC just a web application served from SD card and updated via the web interface?

[Phaedrux]

https://docs.duet3d.com/en/User_manual/RepRapFirmware/Updating_firmware#all-other-duet-boards

You can use Bossa to flash the firmware directly via USB.

I believe the firmware file you will need is here: https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/releases/download/2.05.1/RepRapFirmware.bin

The DWC files are just web site files and they go onto the SD card in a folder called WWW

https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/releases/download/2.05.1/DuetWebControl-1.22.6.zip

Extract that zip file into WWW

[FridgeFreezer]

@phaedrux well I flashed it with Bossa and now it's dead, won't respond to USB-serial or network.

Bossa still recognises it via TTYUSB so something is working but I'm stumped now.

Edit: Re-flashed it with the "boot from flash" option checked in Bossa and now it appears running.

So, probably, thanks!

[dc42]

@fridgefreezer I'm glad you got it working. As specified in the instructions at https://docs.duet3d.com/en/User_manual/RepRapFirmware/Updating_firmware#all-other-duet-boards, when using Bossa you need to check Erase All, Lock, and Boot from Flash.