This has been great support from Tim and Filastruder. When I get a board back here, I will restart this project and move closer to the goal of having a FolgerTech FT-5, R2 running with Duet controls.
I still may have a question or two down the line as I'm still pretty new to 3D printing, and the building of customized hardware configurations for such printers.
I wanted to post an update since I have of course received the replacement Duet2Ethernet board and I've been working with it extensively.
I have installed it in the FolgerTech FT5 printer and hooked it up to all the hardware that I have. In this case, that's the X,Y, & Z motors, the extruder (I have only one, and it's the stock unit that came in the kit).
I've got the stock bed heater, the extruder heater, the stock thermistors, and the fan that cools the extruder. I also have added a BLTouch probe. I don't have any other fans such as a part cooler, at least not yet.
The board is running everything properly, so it seems. I can do auto bed leveling, and I can run test prints, but there are issues with the prints that I'm going to ask about in this forum, but I'll start another thread elsewhere.
Thanks again for the warranty support. It's good to have a board and PanelDue that seem to be working as designed.