Hi,
I installed the driver again and it now shows up as a Duet.

I thought I would progress by testing the extruder/hotend but hit a snag and learnt a valuable lesson.
I have converted the K8200 to 24v, I set the temperature and enabled the heater where the temperature shot up very quickly and then faulted out. I checked the resistance of the heater which was 6.7ohms which equates to 86w. There were no markings on the heater so the lesson here is don't but cheap off ebay or Amazon (I can't remember which) but if it were an E3D one it would have had the rating etched on it.
Now waiting for the postman to bring me a genuine E3D heater.

Bob

@dc42 said in A total minefield for a newbie:

It should show up as a Duet if you install the Windows device driver for Duets, which you can find in DuetDriverFiles.zip

Hi,
I did install the driver or thought I had but that was when it was 1.09?, I will try again now it has been updated.
I really do like the fact I can just edit the config from the web control as I an now setting things up.

I have the measurements right now which was my fault for not looking at the calculator in the configurator.
There is a strange issue which I thought was mechanical, it would judder and stop if I tried to go +50 or 100 but was OK at +10 and no issues in the - direction.
I have changed the max speed from 6000 (from the configurator) to 5000 and it seems to be smooth now. Should it be able to go faster, I did think about upping the current or lowering the acceleration.

Just make sure it's A beer ... LOL!
You are talking in Hex there I take it

Bob

@PuterPro said in A total minefield for a newbie:

Hang in Bob, it'll start coming together. Good luck!

Hi,
It is coming together now, I think the issues I have are easily resolved, The axis do not travel the right measurements so I am going to check what I put into the configurator and one axis seems to struggle in one direction so probably a mechanical issue. At least it is the weekend so I can have a beer while looking.

Bob

Thanks,
I will have a look at that over the weekend, I take it there is no issues with revisions as the configurator only has an option for 1.21 when 0.6 is selected.
I have a few issues with the config file I created so I am going to look at them first.

Regards,
Bob

Hi,
Been a busy day, I did a lot of reading and found somewhere the Duet 0.6 is based of Arduino. I installed Arduino software and selected Arduino Duemilanove and it showed up in device manager and using the serial monitor I could connect and send M commands and get the required a responses.
I also found a web page which shows how to in very good detail how to do fault finding etc on the Fischer delta which uses a Duet 0.6 https://reprapltd.com/documentation/firmware-and-configuration/
I followed this to the letter and now I have FW 1.23 and 1.22.6 DWC which at the moment is good enough for me, the new web control does look like it has a lot more information and control.

The interesting thing is that now YAT communicates but it no longer shows up as Arduino or a Duet device in Device manager. Not that I am bothered but it did seem strange.
Now I have to copy the files from the configurator and start testing everything which should be fun.

I would like to thank everyone for their input as without your help I would still be struggling and probably getting nowhere.

Regards,
Bob

Thanks, I will have a look at doing a firmware update tomorrow or over the weekend.
I Put the Mendel SD card in and applied power now and the good news for me is that I can jog it on all axis (apart from the extruder) and it moves sweetly where it was a nightmare with the Velleman RAMPS board juddering or just making a growling noise.
I have made a lot of progress in a day or so, I wish i had found this forum earlier.

Bob

Hi,
Thanks for the replies, a lot to go through.
First off, it did not come with a card, just the board.
Anyway, I followed the "Getting Connected to your Duet" link and got no response at all. I dug out the Mendel which does work but got no response either. The Mendel is FW 1.09
I noticed when first plugging the USB in I got a message saying installing Duet so it does appear the USB is working.
I took the SD card from the Mendel and put it in the new card and connected over ethernet and using the web browser. It says FW 1.09, this is the same as the Mendel so is it actually that or what is on the SD card?
By the looks of it updating the firmware would be a good idea but what versions are available.

Bob

Hi,
I am pretty new to all of this, I have several printers all in different states, (Mendel 25, Fischer delta, CTC Bizer and Velleman K8200) but only the CTC works and not very well at that.
The K8200 seems to be good mechanically but the control never worked and it was out of warranty before I built it so I have decided to try to put a Duet board on it as they seem to be the best for control. The board I have is a 0.6, I am pretty sure I have it wired up correctly and now is the time to configure the board. This is where I have drawn a blank.
I was pointed to the configurator which I think I have made my way through but now is the minefield.
The configurator does not add the Duet web control and I cannot find out where to get the correct version of that for what settings the configurator has created.
How do I know what firmware the actual board is running and will it work with the output from the configurator if it is not the same.
I was taught at college "if all else fails read the instructions" so it has now come to that but I cannot find a manual for the Duet or at least the version I have. Also is the Duet 0.6 a Duet2?

Regards,
Bob