RepRapFirmware 2.0beta1 available

timcurtis67

@dc42 said in RepRapFirmware 2.0beta1 available:

Tim, I can confirm that in 2.0beta1 when a G0 command follows a G1 command with extrusion, the G0 command repeats the extrusion. I have fixed it and I will release a new beta tonight or tomorrow.

Great! I will watch for the update and try it out asap. Not sure where you get the time to keep up with these updates but I thank you sincerely.

dc42

Firmware 2.0beta2 is now released at https://github.com/dc42/RepRapFirmware/tree/v2-dev/EdgeRelease.

timcurtis67

I'll try it out tonight. Thanks again.

hurzhurz

I did a quick test with my file where I noticed the G0 problem.
I had stopped the print after a few layers, but it looked good so far, thanks!

whosrdaddy

@dc42: any progress on the file upload problem in the latest beta?

dc42

@whosrdaddy, see the release notes.

whosrdaddy

Ah must buy some glasses, did read the notes and somehow looked over it
Will test this tomorrow and report back.

whosrdaddy

@dc42: The file upload problem still stands in beta2, behavior is exact the same as shown in the video I posted earlier.

Firmware Name: RepRapFirmware for Duet 2 WiFi/Ethernet
Firmware Electronics: Duet WiFi 1.02 or later
Firmware Version: 2.0(RTOS)beta2 (2018-04-19b1)
WiFi Server Version: 1.21
Web Interface Version: 1.21.1-b3

dc42

With 2.0alpha I always had a disconnection unless the file was tiny. With 2.0beta1 I had a disconnection only with uploading certain file sizes. With 2.0 beta2 I don't see any disconnection. What upload file sizes cause disconnections for you? Do you have more than one device running DWC?

whosrdaddy

@dc42 : only one dwc connection, tried a 2MB file and a 12MB file and both failed.
did some more testing and had success with a 1MB file.
Just to be clear, the file is correctly uploaded but DWC disconnects at the end.

timcurtis67

My Beta 2 disconnects when uploading larger files. Other than that it works perfect so far.

carlosspr

I tried the Beta 2 today for two prints. Everything went fine. Then I wanted to go back to 1.21 and using DWC I hade to upload the Duet2CombinedFirmware.bit three times. The first two times I dod not receive the message to update the firmware. Once in 1.21 I changed some settings in config.g and on sage the DWC message detected a new firmware and asked again to update to 1.21. This can well be related to a "disconnect" after uploading a file although I did not notice on the DWC.

timcurtis67

@dc42 I can confirm that when uploading small files <1 meg it works fine. When uploading any larger files I get a disconnect.

I only ever run one device with DWC (Windows 7 Pro PC) and I only have 4 gcode files on my SD card.

Once I reconnect with DWC the prints run perfect.

dc42

Those of you who are still experiencing disconnects immediately after uploading a file with beta 2: are you using WiFi or Ethernet Duets?

whosrdaddy

@dc42 : Wifi

Firmware Name: RepRapFirmware for Duet 2 WiFi/Ethernet
Firmware Electronics: Duet WiFi 1.02 or later + DueX5
Firmware Version: 2.0(RTOS)beta2 (2018-04-19b1)
WiFi Server Version: 1.21
Web Interface Version: 1.21.1-b3

timcurtis67

I'm using a Wifi board. The latest DWC, Duex5, and a 7" paneldue 2.0.

carlosspr

Also Wifi.

dc42

Thanks all, it looks like the problem with disconnections after file uploads may be solved on the Duet Ethernet but not on the WiFi. I'll do some more testing.

timcurtis67

@dc42 Should I have my SD card formated a certain way? I never did anything with it when it arrived with my Duetwifi board. I just used it as is. My download speeds are usually very fast at over 600-700 mbits. This disconnect thing just has me wondering?

dc42

@timcurtis67 said in RepRapFirmware 2.0beta1 available:

@dc42 Should I have my SD card formated a certain way? I never did anything with it when it arrived with my Duetwifi board. I just used it as is. My download speeds are usually very fast at over 600-700 mbits. This disconnect thing just has me wondering?

I believe the disconnects are new to version 2.0, caused by the fact that the network and PanelDue (or USB) are now handled by separate tasks. This means that they may both try to allocate buffers at the same time instead of sequentially, so it's much more likely that the system will run out of buffers. The old firmware would return an incomplete JSON response to DWC when that happened, which caused a disconnect. The 2.0beta2 firmware is supposed to release buffers and retry instead, and has solved the disconnection problem that I was able to reproduce on the Duet Ethernet and Duet Maestro. I will investigate further - perhaps there is a second cause of disconnections - but so far I have been unable to reproduce the problem with 2.0beta2.

Those of you getting disconnects after file uploading, what is the exact message from DWC?