It’s always a good idea to create a unique forum topic for your issue, it helps us focus on your setup.
Create a new forum topic, copy/paste your details from above.
Share the pendant config section from your YAML, tell us which FluidNC controller you are using (Jackpot?), and what interface electronics you have (using the Bart interface boards?)
Post more details of your wiring, including the TX/RX connections as @Dreyfus mentioned above.
See you over in the new topic to troubleshoot further.
Hi,
Thanks everyone for your help and advice.
Having checked and double checked I had the Tx and Rx wired crossed over as per every diagram I looked at I swapped them over (so they were wrong) and everything started to work
I now have a fully working unit. It’s awesome
Thanks everyone
Exactly the solution to my bilge pump auto start woes yesterday!!
I am completely lost in this process so can someone please help me with my question
I downloaded the Fluid Firmware using the Fluid web uploader ( 1.1.0) to the M5 dial
I keep reading about this Yaml Config file where and how do that step.
Thanks
The config.YAML file is located in the ESP32’s flash memory on the Jackpot control board. When you connect to the Jackpot using the webUI you can access, upload, etc.
thanks so I am waiting for my Jackpot to arrive tomorrow - Just to comfirm I should be all done with software part on the M5 dial ?
If you connected the M5 dial to, say, a computer via USB, and installed the firmware onto it via the USB cable, then that sounds like you have that all done.
thank - I hopefully the jackpot part is not too bad and why do I need VS code or PlatformIO ?
One could (and usually it’s how I did it) use the free extension known as PlatformIO, running inside the free VS code environment, to install the firmware onto the M5 dial. There are other ways. VS code is also one way of many to make edits to your config.YAML file.
NOTE: be careful to not put meaningless spaces into the file, and don’t mess with existing indentation. Adding unneeded trailing spaces can actually throw off the parser that reads the file.
noted
Hopefully the process described in the wiki is clear enough to follow:
One difference is for Jackpot the IO numbers are different from the “6-pack” board that the Jackpot was based on. See above in this thread on the numbers needed for Jackpot board —regarding edits to the config.YAML file.
You can use the Webinstaller for both the M5Dial and the Jackpot. You don’t need to use VS code unless you want to. The Webinstaller is much easier to use.
Anyone installed using Linux? I am trying to run the webinstaller via Chromium and it gets stuck at “Getting MCU Type”
I had this same thing happen on windows a few days ago. Had to install with VScode.
I did about 6 months ago. Chromium on Ubuntu 24.04. Make sure your user account is in the dialout group.
Recent web installers have had various kinds of breakage on all platforms.
I added my account is added to the dialout group, same outcome. I also tried with my wife mac but I get the same result.
Now I can connect to the device but I get stuck here:
This happens both on my Linux device and my wife mac. On my Linux device I tried to set the baud rate of the controller to the two proposed at installation time but the result is the same.
I also tried to press the button behind the dial at different moment of for a different length of time but it is not affecting the process.
Webinstaller for the fluiddial has been down for several days. You will have to upload it with VScode.
Do you know if it is possible to use esptool? I think this is what the webinstaller is using.
No I am not sure. I know there are instructions for VScode on the wiki. That is the only way I have done it, well that and the web installer but that isn’t working right now.
