Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
5
Time Required
In Progress
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It can be tempting to rush ahead - you're almost done, after all, and you want to see your printer print. Don't rush these steps.
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Read each step carefully, and follow the instructions closely, you'll save yourself a lot of time and headache.
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If at any point you feel over your head here, stop and ask questions in the RailCore Discord (Best option) or RailCore Facebook group.
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Your Duet comes with an SD Card pre-loaded with configuration files. We need to change those to the RailCore default files.
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Remove the SD card and put it in your PC. On it you'll find a series of folders.
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Make a copy of the "sys" folder, and call it "sys_original".
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Copy all of the files from here into your sys folder, overwriting the original files: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dmguq264vp7aw...
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Copy the files here into the /macros folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gp2ur784zapus...
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Eject the SD card from your PC, and put it back in the Duet.
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Before Powering on the first time, You need to connect to your duet with a USB cable.
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Follow the instructions here for getting connected to your Duet. You can use YAT as suggested, or any other serial console program.
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Don't worry about upgrading your firmware yet, but take note of the version installed.
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Send an M115 command to your Duet, be sure you see "Duet 2 WiFi + Duex 5" in the output. If you do not, STOP. Your duet to duex5 connector is not working. Fix it before proceeding.
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Continue following the instructions to get the Duet connected to your network.
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Validate you can reach your Duet via Duet Web control before disconnecting the USB. When you unplug the USB the duet will lose power.
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Insert wisdom here.
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Connect to your duet via the web interface.
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Navigate to the Machine Specific Section and check your Firmware. If you're not at Reprap Firmware 2.05.1, DuetWebControl 2.0.7, and DuetWiFiServer-1.23, follow the steps below to upgrade.
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Go to this website and download "Duet2CombinedFirmware.bin" "DuetWebControl-2.0.7.zip", and "DuetWiFiServer-1.2.3.bin" https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware...
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In the Duet Web Control GUI, navigate to the "System" section. You should see an option to upload system files.
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Upload "Duet2CombinedFirmware.bin" and reboot when prompted
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Next upload "DuetWiFiServer-1.2.3.bin" and reboot when prompted.
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Last upload "DuetWebControl-2.0.7.zip".
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Check your firmware versions in the GUI to make sure they match the expected versions.
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