FluidTouch - Wireless FluidNC Pendant

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I recommend with the acrylic case. No wireless addons are needed.

Although instead of the acrylic case, I am intrigued by this case above. I haven’t gotten there yet.

I have this battery in the acrylic case (NOTE: Must swap wires in JST connector as it is the wrong polarity):
EEMB Lithium Polymer Battery 3.7V 1500mAh 524261 Lipo Rechargeable Battery Pack

A battery is optional but otherwise it has to always be plugged in to USB. I still leave it plugged in most of the time since the battery won’t last super long.

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When I click on the affiliate link, it includes an add on LoRa module. Is that a mistake?

You don’t want any of those.

I think it might just select that by default. You don’t need that.

That’s what I thought, thanks.

Awesome. Is there any battery that can last longer? With a custom case?. I have my surfaces shouting down because i usually forget to connect them.

Next month i have a couple of mods for my lr4 (the one thats not in production service :blush:). I would like to test this with it when im into te test phase

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With that other case that was mentioned, they put an 8000mah battery in it.

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Your link gives me an error and returns me to he homepage. Please check it out

Hmm, it works for me. I don’t know what that means.

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worked for me also. Great job Jason, you are amazing!

Region locking?

Update installed. Very slick.

I found some m3 standoffs to solve the button pushing problem

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Is OK in Aus…

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Ok in Canada too.

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using a BTT Rodent controller, running FluidNC UI ver 2. I have loaded the FluidTouch 1.02 on my Advanced 7” display. The display will see and connect to the fluidnc.local, but does not connect to the machine. (I used the machine name “HyperScan1”). I’ve tried using port 81 and 82, and I’ve tried the earlier version of FluidTouch 1.0.0. with no success … I can use my computer, ipad and phone to connect to FluidNC WiFi, and connect with “Fluidnc.local “ on the BTT Rodent controller. So I’m pretty sure my problem is a configuration issue … As this is all about FluidNC and FluidTouch, I thought someone here might have an idea where to look?

This is contradictory - FluidNC.local IS the machine.

I would try connecting by IP address.

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I agree this doesn’t make sense. It first connects to the wifi and then the machine. If it’s connecting to fluidnc.local, that would mean its connected. Can you post a picture of what you are seeing?

by machine name = HyperScan1 … I mean to say the "name I used for the “Select Machine” in FluidTouch setup.
When I select HyperScan1, FluidTouch goes to the “Connecting to FluidNC” pop-up and the next screen is “Connecting to HyperScan1” … where it fails with “Machine Connection Failed”… Note: the bottom right FluidNC signal icon is green … I’m guessing, but I interpreted that as, signal strength is good and it’s connected to the Rodent (running FluidNC) via WiFi … and the HyperScan1 signal icon is red … because the application FluidTouch isn’t talking to FluidNC on the Rodent. … it’s as if it ‘s talking enough to establish the WiFi link, but isn’t communicating beyond that.

Ok, so it’s connecting to the WiFi but not the machine. If you click the Connect button a couple times does it ever connect?

I’ll note that I haven’t tested this in AP mode. I run my controller in STA mode connected to my home wifi.

If you go to the Web Installer, instead of installing, click Logs & Console. The post the output where it’s trying to connect.

I’ll be away for a few hours at least so it might be a bit until I get back to this.