Tutorial - running Duet Wifi 2 in Access Point Mode ?
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Hi,
I'm confused.
To connect the Duet to a "hotspot" you need to use "client" mode (M552 S1).
In this mode you use M587 and M588 to maintain the list of access point SSIDs you wish to connect to.
To allow a client device to connect directly to your Duet you need to use "access point" mode (M552 S2).
In this mode you use M589 to configure the Duet as an access point".
Which are you trying to do?
Frederick
Printers: A FT-5 with the 713 upgrade bits, a custom MarkForged style, a small Utilmaker style, a small CoreXY from kit and a E3D MS/TC setup. Various hotends. Using Duets (2 and 3) running 3.4.6
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@fcwilt he's been trying both.
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thank you for your reply. Neither mode - client not access point is working for me. Its stuck in client mode and connecting ONLY to a network that is non functioning [ other than it broadcasting an SSID and taking connections its dns is not functioning ] ... Im trying to get this duet board to operate in either Access Point Mode or ... connect to my phones Hotspot - it refuses to do either
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Can you confirm which firmware and wifi server you're running?
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cant get it loaded to tell you - but 1.21 main firmware - wifi module - nto sure let me look at my latest download files
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Correction - Im on duet FW 2.0 iirc as it has the RTOS functionality and wifi server 1.21 - specifically what rev of wifi Im not exactly sure - the android app tells me 1.21
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@sputnikoc3d said in Tutorial - running Duet Wifi 2 in Access Point Mode ?:
thank you for your reply. Neither mode - client not access point is working for me. Its stuck in client mode and connecting ONLY to a network that is non functioning [ other than it broadcasting an SSID and taking connections its dns is not functioning ] ... Im trying to get this duet board to operate in either Access Point Mode or ... connect to my phones Hotspot - it refuses to do either
In your last example you used M552 S1 before configuring the list of SSIDs. I think you would need to have M552 S1 after the list is correct.
Try this:
M552 S0
M558 S"*"
M557 S"desired_ssid" P"ssid_password"
M552 S1That has always worked for me when setting a Duet as a WiFi client.
Frederick
Printers: A FT-5 with the 713 upgrade bits, a custom MarkForged style, a small Utilmaker style, a small CoreXY from kit and a E3D MS/TC setup. Various hotends. Using Duets (2 and 3) running 3.4.6
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ok gret - TY - gunna give this a whirl ... more to follow
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@fcwilt said in Tutorial - running Duet Wifi 2 in Access Point Mode ?:
@sputnikoc3d said in Tutorial - running Duet Wifi 2 in Access Point Mode ?:
thank you for your reply. Neither mode - client not access point is working for me. Its stuck in client mode and connecting ONLY to a network that is non functioning [ other than it broadcasting an SSID and taking connections its dns is not functioning ] ... Im trying to get this duet board to operate in either Access Point Mode or ... connect to my phones Hotspot - it refuses to do either
In your last example you used M552 S1 before configuring the list of SSIDs. I think you would need to have M552 S1 after the list is correct.
Try this:
M552 S0
M558 S"*"
M557 S"desired_ssid" P"ssid_password"
M552 S1That has always worked for me when setting a Duet as a WiFi client.
Frederick
tried this variant - still connecting to the old network [ im leaving it on only because it lets me know the wifi module on the board is doing "something" - otherwise the led just flashes and never blinks and then goes dark and stays that way ]
;---------------------------
; Network
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M550 PZaribo220 ; Set machine name
M551 Pmehs ; Set password
M552 S0 ; Disable network
G4 1000 ; Pause Machine for 1000 milliseconds
M588 S"EC24EA" ; Flush all known networks
M588 S"EC24F0" ; Flush all known networks
;M589 S"DuetWiFi" P"whatevr" I192.168.1.101 ; AccessPointMode
;M587 S"EC24EA" P"nope" ; Configure access point. Connect to Cox Wifi at 2.4Ghz
M587 S"SM-N920PC3B" P"nope2" ; Configure access point. Connect to Android Phone Hotspot
;M587 S"SMA iPad" P"nope" ; Configure access point. Connect to Apple iPad Phone Hotspot
M552 S1 ; Enable network
M586 P0 S1 ; Enable HTTP
M586 P1 S0 ; Disable FTP
M586 P2 S0 ; Disable Telnet -
You may want to try upgrading your firmware and wifi server to the 2.02 release. I think there was a fix for something for the access point mode. Check the release notes.
You should be able to put the bin files on the SD card and add the update command to the config.g. but it really would be easier if you could get a console up.
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@phaedrux said in Tutorial - running Duet Wifi 2 in Access Point Mode ?:
You may want to try upgrading your firmware and wifi server to the 2.02 release. I think there was a fix for something for the access point mode. Check the release notes.
You should be able to put the bin files on the SD card and add the update command to the config.g. but it really would be easier if you could get a console up.
That sounds promising. There is no "Panel" option for the foreseeable future. How could I get it to update the firmware if I had the files on the SD Card ?
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https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Installing_and_Updating_Firmware#Section_Fallback_procedure_Num_1
The procedure described assumes you have console access, but you might be able to include the M997 S0 in config.g to be run at startup. Then there is another command to install the wifi server. You'll also have to update the DWC files in /www.
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Can you actually call macros from the config.g via the standard M98 syntax ?
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well i gave the macro thing a shot sorta - a little different aspect than we were discussing exactly but ....
I created a -- macro -- file in the sys dir/ as follows - ANDROID_HOTSPOT.g
; Android Hotspot - macro to set up access to Android Phone Hotspot test Wifi network
M552 S0
G4 P1000
M587 S"SM-N920PC3B" P"buzzzanga" ; Configure access point. Connect to Android Phone Hotspot
M587
M552 S1
M552then in config.g I have ....
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; Network
;---------------------------
M550 PZaribo220 ; Set machine name
M551 P9662 ; Set password
M552 S0 ; Disable network
G4 1000 ; Pause Machine for 1000 milliseconds
M588 S"EC24EA" ; Flush all known networks
M588 S"EC24F0" ; Flush all known networks
M587 S"SM-N920PC3B" P"buzzinga" ; Configure access point. Connect to Android Phone Hotspot
M552 S1 ; Enable network
M586 P0 S1 ; Enable HTTP
M586 P1 S0 ; Disable FTP
M586 P2 S0 ; Disable TelnetM98 PANDROID_HOTSPOT.g
knowing that it will just execute the standard config.g and ignore my M588 and M587 gcode - i thought maybe calling some gcode from a macro file might change its stubborn mind ...
This is at the point of being infuriating and dumb - this should NOT be this hard to make these types of changes to a configuration ...
Additionally I KNOW it will end up being somethign rather stupid and easy to fix
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Should work, yup.
May need to specify the full path for it. Are you putting the macros in the macros folder or into the sys folder?
0:/sys/macro.g or what have you
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Is the light on the wifi module coming on?
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Now that I think about it I've believe I have always executed the gcode I posted using the USB connection just to get the WiFi connection going so I could then create the various configuration files.
I've don't think I have ever actually tried it from within config.g OR as a macro executed via the DWC.
Frederick
Printers: A FT-5 with the 713 upgrade bits, a custom MarkForged style, a small Utilmaker style, a small CoreXY from kit and a E3D MS/TC setup. Various hotends. Using Duets (2 and 3) running 3.4.6
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@phaedrux said in Tutorial - running Duet Wifi 2 in Access Point Mode ?:
Should work, yup.
May need to specify the full path for it. Are you putting the macros in the macros folder or into the sys folder?
0:/sys/macro.g or what have you
i put this one in the SYS folder ...
when i go to open and edit the macros in Notepad++ in the /macros folder - they dont appear to have a file extension on them, and I am not savvy about using notepad++ and creating a file with NO .extension on it. and since the default path seems to be /sys for the M98 command - i created a .g macro file on /sys ... i didnt specify the full path in the config.g M98 command either
it didnt work - nothing does
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@fcwilt said in Tutorial - running Duet Wifi 2 in Access Point Mode ?:
Now that I think about it I've believe I have always executed the gcode I posted using the USB connection just to get the WiFi connection going so I could then create the various configuration files.
I've don't think I have ever actually tried it from within config.g OR as a macro executed via the DWC.
Frederick
got a friend who executes a stored macro almost verbatim of the one i Just posted [ because I essentially stole his ] - that he runs off the panelDue when needing to connect at a different locale than HOME.
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I feel as if the 1st order of business to tackle this issue is - stopping the Duet from connecting to the OLD network. aka - flushing out the stored settings on this indestructible eprom memory ....
M588 from config.g doesnt work - what other options for this are avail ?
remove sd card and do a full reset - reinsert sd card and reboot ? how does that perhaps work - and ... I will say again - this is in-f'ing-sane to have to do THIS ...
If I wanted to hook the printer up to a USB cable... muhhh NVM ....
