Maestro getting started

infamous_panda · 3 Aug 2018, 19:46

Thanks, I am connected now. Turns out I should not have replaced the configurations files with ones that were created for my machine but for Duet2 Ethernet/Wifi....

Couple things I am seeing.

Comparing my settings to smoothieware and to the Reprap files others have made for this machine. The steps per inch for xyz are 160. However now on the duet Maestro I need to step this back to 80 to get accurate movements. Any insight why? Is the standard duet vs Maestro any different in this regard?

I have a 12864 lcd connector with the rotary control. The stop button resets the machine. The rotary does not seem to do anything at this point. It displays

Tool
Hotend
Bed
Fan

Of these only the Bed temperature is showing accurately. The rest show fine on the web interface.

infamous_panda · 3 Aug 2018, 20:00

Oh additionally, I had issues where I was getting a short error on the drives. This was before even try to move the effector. Just on homing. turns out the homing speed was set very high by reprap configurator, thought this was not a setting that I had access to from that tool.

dc42 · 8 Apr 2018, 09:01

I have added the provisional documentation on the Duet 2 Maestro menu system to the wiki at https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Edit/Duet_2_Maestro_12864_display_menu_system. However, not all commands are implemented yet, in particular the "files" command isn't in my fork of RRF. M3D has a fork of RRF with a more complete implementation. I plan to merge their changes into my fork at version 2.02.

The steps/mm you need will depend on the belts and pulleys you use, whether you are using 1.8 or 0.9deg motors, and what microstepping you select. 80 steps/mm is correct for 20-tooth GT2 pulleys used with 1.8deg motors and x16 microstepping.

infamous_panda · 6 Aug 2018, 14:34

@dc42 Thanks for this. Sorted out the steps per inch, It was the microstepping setting.

crussty · 24 Aug 2018, 21:40

@dc42 Have you gotten any further on merging/documenting the LCD menu system? Trying to create the simple menu shown at your line above using the example provided, but doesn't look like the 'menu' parameter shown in the example is valid (per the listed parameters above it). I've been trying to find the M3D repo, and found their example of menu files for the SD card on GIT, but can't find their firmware version to test it with.

Many thanks!

dc42 · 24 Aug 2018, 21:46

That merge is on my to-do list. I think the M3D version you want is probably https://github.com/PrintM3D/RepRapFirmware/tree/v2-feature/morecomplete12864.

crussty · 24 Aug 2018, 21:53

@dc42 Thank you sir! I spend all night googling for that!

streamliner · 25 Aug 2018, 00:52

Hey @dc42 -- nice to chat with you guys as per usual. I am actually going through and uncovering some of that particular aspect of the 12684 branch from the M3D side now. We have a few things spread out since Matt's departure, and we just found a MAJOR portion of work we had thought was lost. I'll be putting it up on the m3d repo soon.

Thanks,

David Hargrove
PrintM3D

streamliner · 25 Aug 2018, 11:43

I hope you don't mind if bring it up here as well since we it seems to now be the discussion.

@crussty I am going to put up all of my most recent updates, some were comitted some were not. Dealing with the emergency departure of an employee from a few months ago, no biggie

I am actually having a really confusing issue; I am on Win 10 at the moment and today I was trying to recompile The Duet Firmware with the v2_dev_12864 complete branch you linked earlier. I followed all of of your instructions thoroughly in the Compilation Instructions, but I seem to be getting an error related to compiling The firmware in eclipse...

I'm able to Compile/Clean CoreNG, but as soon as I compille reprap errors I get the attached error msg...0_1535197305255_errorlog.txt

Thanks guys! Any help is very much appreciated.

dc42 · 25 Aug 2018, 13:51

File RepRapFirmware.h in my fork of RRF doesn't have that definition of type interruptMode.

streamliner · 25 Aug 2018, 22:57

@dc42 that's exactly what I came up with... tracing it back manually now. This is work I am picking up on; it's possible that they utilized a local lib to compile the prior version. Thanks and I'll respond to this thread once I finish and pull in the correct function. I am also going to be re-initializing our public repos over the next couple of days. We'll constantly be maintaining 12864 functionality for the crane line, so I hope that this will be an additional resource that I can assist the community as a whole with.

Cheers!

David

streamliner · 26 Aug 2018, 03:17

@dc42 Okay, took some manual searching/diffing but I found it.

Looks like it's actually in CoreNG/cores/arduino/wiring_constants.h in the v2-dev branch. In fact, it's defined in every branch of CoreNG except for 'dev'. In case you'd like to compare:

https://github.com/dc42/CoreNG/blob/dev/cores/arduino/wiring_constants.h

All except the dev branch of that file contain this:

enum InterruptMode {
INTERRUPT_MODE_NONE = 0,
INTERRUPT_MODE_LOW,
INTERRUPT_MODE_HIGH,
INTERRUPT_MODE_CHANGE,
INTERRUPT_MODE_FALLING,
INTERRUPT_MODE_RISING
};

My thought was: Okay, I will use the v2-dev branch of CoreNG and RepRapFirmware -- this was just assuming the convention was valid to my understanding. My next move is to try the CoreNG dev branch. Any other thoughts here?

Next I am going to look into the benefits of including FreeRTOS as it relates to the Maestro/Quad.

Thanks Again

~David@M3D

streamliner · 26 Aug 2018, 04:29

Well; using the dev branch just led to another set of errors... total shift. I believe something is simply not correct in our branch structure. Gotta get out the Chainsaw for this one... We have a lot of files nested where they shouldn't be.

~David

streamliner · 26 Aug 2018, 05:43

@dc42 I'm going through commit history to determine what has happened.. it looks like at some point the project file for the 'v2-almostcomplete' build was removed from gitignore and became part of their ongoing updates to the m3d Repo... I'm trying to determine teh best way to unravel this.... is there anything I could do to simply assist with the merge?

dc42 · 26 Aug 2018, 06:10

We've been using the v2-dev branch for both CoreNG and RepRapFirmware for the last few versions. The only build of RRF for the Maestro that I maintain is the FreeRTOS build.

streamliner · 26 Aug 2018, 07:33

Thanks @dc42 -- I think I am getting close to determine what happened here... I plan to take on as much Maestro-specific stuff as I can. As far as getting us back on even footing... do you have any suggestions on going forward? Right now i'm doing a full folder diff between the v2-dev branch and the v2-12864nearcomplete branch on our side.

He has added a very substantial amount of Menu Items.. I am attempting to abstract them now. If you have any suggestions for how we can abstract this, I'm all ears... otherwise, I'll finish up here soon enough.

Also -- I'm still fairly new to the FreeRTOS concept, do you think the Maestro would benefit from a FreeRTOS build(or is that the public build?).

Thanks

David

T3P3Tony · 26 Aug 2018, 09:19

@streamliner

@dc42 said in Maestro getting started:
The only build of RRF for the Maestro that I maintain is the FreeRTOS build.

dc42 · 26 Aug 2018, 10:29

@streamliner said in Maestro getting started:

He has added a very substantial amount of Menu Items.. I am attempting to abstract them now. If you have any suggestions for how we can abstract this, I'm all ears... otherwise, I'll finish up here soon enough.

Please read the provisional documentation that I wrote at https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Duet_2_Maestro_12864_display_menu_system. I don't know whether he followed that documentation accurately or not. The message I received from him some time ago suggested that he hadn't implemented "image" but he had done the rest.

streamliner · 26 Aug 2018, 10:35

@dc42 In Fact -- I believe he followed it exactly, and as you say the only thing that I can't find is the Splash Image -- that's no problem. It seems nearly complete.

Now, I tried simply merging over his changes to the menu and associated files, but still ran into an error. I am actually getting my macos devmachine up again so I can use xcode... Eclipse is killing me. I use this machine for a lot of MCU prototyping and I think I am just getting a lot of conflicts because of this.

I'm restoring my mac workstation tonight and will establish n proper project tomorrow. I may have a few more questions for you; soon this will all be a lot smoother.

Thanks you for your time!

Cheers!

David

StJohn · 26 Aug 2018, 20:44

Hi, I have just purchased the Duet 2 Maestro, and so far this has not been a happy experience.

I cannot get the board to communicate with a PC at all. When a USB cable is plugged in I get 3 LEDs lit one green and two red. A blue led briefly flashes on the WiFi board and the Diag. led flashes once.

The board is not recognized at all when plugged in. I have manually installed the drivers for the board on both a laptop and PC with no difference between the two. I would try updating the firmware manually, but even this seems to be impossible as there is no erase button that would allow me to force the update to the board. The USB cable is taken from my other 3dprinter where it connects the Smoothieboard to a Raspberry Pi to for OctoPrint.

I did manage to get the Diag led to light by creating a custom config.g and other files using the RepRap configurator, however the network connection still did not work nor would the new config. files allow the board to communicate with either my PC or laptop.I copied these files to the SDCard by installing it in the laptop, as apparently the SD Card cannot be accessed through the USB connection.

After metaphorically pounding my forehead to a blood soaked pulp, is there anyone who can help me as I am now at a complete loss, having spent several hours only to end back where I started. I will answer as best I can any questions.

Please help.