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TinyG firmware support in the LitePlacer Application?

Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2021 7:28 pm
by Vbhunt
My TinyG has the following firmware according to the M115 Gcode:

<== FIRMWARE_NAME:TinyG, FIRMWARE_URL:https%3A//github.com/synthetos/TinyG, FIRMWARE_VERSION:0.97, FIRMWARE_BUILD:440.21, HARDWARE_PLATFORM:1.00, HARDWARE_VERSION:8.00
<== tinyg [mm] ok>
*** Cnc.Connect(), did not find a supported board.


Which causes the above error. What firmware should I flash in my TinyG to run the LitePlacer application?

Re: TinyG firmware support in the LitePlacer Application?

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:50 pm
by JuKu
I use 440.20. I'll check the 440.21 soon; as a temporary fix, I released a version without the software check today.

Re: TinyG firmware support in the LitePlacer Application?

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 9:22 pm
by Vbhunt
Finally got around to installing the new high-res cameras on my Liteplacer. But again having trouble getting the latest Liteplacer application software to connect to my TinyG. I reloaded the TinyG firmware (440.20) using the new Synthetos TinyG-Updater v0.6.1https://github.com/synthetos/TinyG-Upda ... tag/v0.6.1. I am again getting the following result:
Application Start
Version: 1.0.7839.28994, build date: 06/18/2021 16:06:28
Reading C:\LitePlacer\LitePlacer.Appsettings
Basic Setup tab begin
LoadVideoAlgorithms from C:\LitePlacer\LitePlacer.VideoAlgorithms
UpdateVideoProcessing()
BuildFunctionsList:
Loading temp CAD data file
Loading temp job data file
Could not read http://www.liteplacer.com/Downloads/release.txt, update info not available.
Loading tapes with nozzles data
Reading v2 format file C:\LitePlacer\LitePlacer.TapesData_v2
Loading nozzles data
Reading v2 format file C:\LitePlacer\LitePlacer.NozzlesLoadData_v2
Reading v2 format file C:\LitePlacer\LitePlacer.NozzlesUnLoadData_v2
Reading v2 format file C:\LitePlacer\LitePlacer.NozzlesVisionParameters_v21
Loading nozzle calibration data from C:\LitePlacer\LitePlacer.NozzlesCalibrationData_v3
Connected to serial port COM4
==> M115
<== {"r":{"gc":"M115"},"f":[1,132,5,8387]}
<== {"sr":{"posx":0.000,"posy":0.000,"posz":0.000,"posa":0.000,"feed":0.00,"vel":0.00,"unit":1,"coor":1,"dist":0,"frmo":1,"stat":1}}
Com closing delay:
Done.
Connected to serial port COM4
==> M115
<== {"r":{"gc":"M115"},"f":[1,132,5,8387]}
*** Cnc.Connect(), did not find a supported board.
Startup completed.
B: Clear Err.
Com closing delay:
Done.
Connected to serial port COM4
==> M115
<== {"r":{"gc":"M115"},"f":[1,132,5,8387]}
Com closing delay:
Done.
Connected to serial port COM4
==> M115
<== {"r":{"gc":"M115"},"f":[1,132,5,8387]}
*** Cnc.Connect(), did not find a supported board.
B: Clear Err.
Com closing delay:
Done.
Connected to serial port COM4
==> M115
<== {"r":{"fv":0.970,"fb":440.20,"hp":1,"hv":8,"id":"7U4895-GYX","msg":"SYSTEM READY"},"f":[1,0,0,4710]}
Com closing delay:
Done.
Connected to serial port COM4
==> M115
<== {"r":{"gc":"M115"},"f":[1,132,5,8387]}
<== {"sr":{"posx":0.000,"posy":0.000,"posz":0.000,"posa":0.000,"feed":0.00,"vel":0.00,"unit":1,"coor":1,"dist":0,"frmo":1,"stat":1}}
*** Cnc.Connect(), did not find a supported board.
I also tried using the "edge" version of the TinyG firmware (449.01). This version connected but none of the application jogging commands work nor did the homing commands. Is there some setting ( such as clearing a cache of some type) that I've missed?
Regards /vbh

Re: TinyG firmware support in the LitePlacer Application?

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2023 3:40 pm
by JuKu
The gcode command M115 is generally used for board identification. Apparently, the newest TinyG software gives different result than the previous firmware versions. This will be easy to fix, and you give enough information that I can go that. I’ll get back to you when I’m released from hospital (I had an operation yesterday).

Re: TinyG firmware support in the LitePlacer Application?

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2023 3:41 pm
by JuKu
No promises regarding the edge version, until I’m fully operational.

Re: TinyG firmware support in the LitePlacer Application?

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2023 7:17 pm
by Vbhunt
JuKu wrote: Tue Nov 07, 2023 3:40 pm The gcode command M115 is generally used for board identification. Apparently, the newest TinyG software gives different result than the previous firmware versions. This will be easy to fix, and you give enough information that I can go that. I’ll get back to you when I’m released from hospital (I had an operation yesterday).
I hope everything went well with the operation. Please get well before tackling this! I can wait till you are recovered.
Cheers
/B

Re: TinyG firmware support in the LitePlacer Application?

Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 1:36 pm
by JuKu
> This will be easy to fix, ...

And I had fixed it already, just didn't remember that I had. (From now on, I'll "pin" the software announcement posts to the top.) Your LitePlacer software is not up to date, please see viewtopic.php?t=6622.

(I'm still not good enough to work full-time so no news about the edge revision, but I'm good enough to be part time in the office, addressing issues like this.)