Help with Fysetc monitor?

[A Former User]

I’m trying to figure out where the code below goes.

1 l M918 P2 ; enable ST7567-based 12864 display
2 l M150 X2 R255 U255 B255 S3 ; set all 3 LEDs to
white

I tried to enter it in the RRF configurator so it would be in a config.g file, but that didn’t work.

I think I’ve read everything there is to read about this little compatible monitor, but I’m missing something?

If you have an answer, please share.

Mac

[Phaedrux]

If you want to use the config tool to add those lines you could add them on the last (second last?) page where it has a text box for custom gcode. Then it will show up in your config.g.

This is also a good point to start editing the config.g file directly in the DWC interface. Eventually you'll want to make changes and going back to the config tool every time isn't very practical. Editing the config.g in the web interface (or any other macro for that matter) is one of the nice features of the Duet.

[A Former User]

@phaedrux I did that, I typed the code into that box. Then I generated the config.g file, and uploaded it to the config.g. Then I looked at it in DWC. The lines were not there.

But I had typed the info exactly. So the lines were 1and 2. So I guess since there were already those lines in the code, there couldn’t be new lines with the same numbers. I’ll fix that.

Lesson learned!

Maybe the information should explain that somehow? Like saying “enter this code at the end of your config file, and number it accordingly?”

What about the three links to programs others have written to creat different menus on that little monitor? I downloaded and then uploaded the second offering. I can see the folder in the config.g file in DWC. But it’s just sitting there as far as I can tell.

Will it contribute what it has to offer when I get that initial code into the config.g properly?

Mark

[oliof]

@mac you'll need to remove everything before the M... commands if you enter this into config.g

[droftarts]

@mac Can you post which exact Fystec screen you have? As in version number on the PCB. Some work, some don't, because of how the backlight is wired.

Enter the gcodes in config.g without the initial line number (the '1 | ' and '2 | ') and reset the board.

In the current version of DWC v3.4 (which I think you are on), you upload the display menu items to the /menu directory, accessed via 'System > Menu directory', not to the /sys folder. To get to this, there is a drop down menu when you click the 'System directory':

Ian

[A Former User]

@oliof ahhhhh, now I get it, that way the tool will assign the line numbers, correct? If that's true, that's brilliant!

[A Former User]

@phaedrux why do they call it a macro?

[A Former User]

@oliof right to the point, thank you!

[A Former User]

@droftarts

I read the warning about the other board-7920’s? I bought this one because the ad said it was version 2.1-7567, or the right number.

[droftarts]

@mac said in Help with Fysetc monitor?:

@phaedrux why do they call it a macro?

Because each file is a list of commands that can be called as and when needed. See https://docs.duet3d.com/User_manual/Tuning/Macros

Ian

[A Former User]

@droftarts I read every word of that on my phone.

[A Former User]

@droftarts I'm getting what you're saying, and, I'm reading the docs.

Can I copy and paste that folder into the correct Menu Director from the System Directory?

Mark

[droftarts]

@mac said in Help with Fysetc monitor?:

Can I copy and paste that folder into the correct Menu Director from the System Directory?

No, DWC doesn't support moving files around, and there's no Gcode to do it either. Go to the Menu directory and the blue button should change to 'Upload menu files', and upload them from your computer. You will probably want to delete the menu files from the /sys folder too, which DWC can do.

Ian

[A Former User]

@droftarts That was NOT FUN, but that which belonged in the Menu Directory is now there, and from whence it came is not clear of it's scourge.

[oliof]

best way to clean up is to take the sd card to your Mac or PC and do it there. Make a back-up while you are at it.

[A Former User]

@droftarts done.

[A Former User]

@oliof wish I’d thought of that! Project done.