V1 Shop loaded Jackpot/ FluidNC and M5 Dial connectivity

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I am almost done with the LR4 mechanical build and have started working on the V1 Shop loaded Jackpot with FluidNC preloaded and am trying to get the dial to connect. I have purchased the circuit board for both ends from Elecrow. I do have power on the M5 Dial, and a working FluidNC display but no connectivity to the Jackpot board. Without seeing the code on the Jackpot, it would seem it does not have UART2 enabled going out gpio14 and 15 for comms. I think this means I need to reflash it with add of the UART statement for UART 2 indicating those gpios?

Thanks

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Another question for the Jackpot. Can an output be set to turn the spindle router on and off when the cycle starts? I see lots of YouTube video and folks are turning the router on and off manually. Can the flood pin be used into a solid-state or mechanical relay?

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You’d want to use one of these 5V outs to control a relay for your router.

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The V1 standard start/end/tool change gcode uses gpio.27 for this

For FluidDial things, you may want to read through this thread if you haven’t already

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Thank you. I have read thru it again now that I am in the thick of it. I have downloaded FluidNC from Github and can find a uart.yaml. Although it doesn’t match Doug’s exactly, might that be the file to modify and push only that file to the Jackpot via web installer?

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I’m not sure, I don’t have a dial. I just know a few people were discussing setting it up in there.

Will have to page some people with dials for help :grin:

@DougJoseph @Jonathjon @MakerJim

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Actually you just need to edit your existing config.yaml and add the code for the additional UART right into the file. You can download your existing file from your Jackpot to a computer or tablet, using the WebUI, then save a new copy, edit it as needed, and upload the edited copy back to the Jackpot!

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@AZ_Ryno

In the following screenshot, you can see where I added the code shown here:

uart2:
  txd_pin: gpio.14
  rxd_pin: gpio.13
  rts_pin: NO_PIN
  cts_pin: NO_PIN
  baud: 1000000
  mode: 8N1

uart_channel2:
  uart_num: 2
  report_interval_ms: 75

It’s the highlighted part here:

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Thank you. That’s even better! I’ll try that.

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Also, just a note about this:

The GPIO numbers on the Wiki are based on a Bart Dring 6-pack board, while the GPIO numbers in my thread are based on a Jackpot board from V1E. The GPIO’s shown in my post, are what you need if you have a Jackpot!

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Connected now, but looks like the code in the dial is not complete as the icon are all white.

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The image files need to be uploaded separately.

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Exactly what @jeyeager said. For convenience, I copied the pertinent part from the wiki he linked to, and will paste it here. This is a screen shot from using VSCode to install the firmware and upload the file system, which gets you your image files for the buttons:

Upload the image files

Open the Platform folder and click on Upload Filesytem image

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Thank you for the info. I was able to get them loaded! I have control from the pendant with icons.

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Congrats on the progress!

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Doug, I’m trying to get my M5Dial running but when I go to the Github link “https://github.com/bdring/PendantsForFluidNC/tree/main/M5Dial_Pendant” you referenced earlier I get "404 - page not found The main branch of
PendantsForFluidNC does not contain the path M5Dial_Pendant.

Am I looking in the wrong place?
Thanks Rodney

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Maybe something changed. I’m not sure.

Here are working links for both the Wiki and the Github:

GitHub - bdring/FluidDial: A Pendant for FluidNC CNC Firmware

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Can you link me to where I mentioned that link? I searched this thread for that and could only find your mention of it.

UPDATE: I found it in the original thread about the pendant. The post where I mentioned it is too old for me to edit it.

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@DougJoseph Hello Doug , I have assembled my M5 pendant and somehow successfully uploaded firmware to it. Software issues always have me chasing my tail! The dial powers up and says not connected which is right because I am unsure of how to reconfigure the gpio pins on the uart on Jackpot board. Would it be to much trouble to post a step by step? I don’t know how to access the config.yaml to add the script. Do I need to plug in a PC to the USB on the Jackpot to accomplish this? I have read all the posts that I could find on this forum in regards to the M5 pendant. Thanx hope are well

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You can use the Wifi connection to access the files on the Jackpot remotely from your computer, download a copy of any of the files, edit as needed (save a backup first) and then re-upload to the Jackpot. You will need to reboot the Jackpot for the changes to take effect.

This link leads to a post with key info:

although in the screen shots of editing my config.yaml I highlighted part of the new code, but forgot to highlight the new UART section just below it. That was caught and a clearer example of the needed code was shown here:

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When I wrote, “You can use the Wifi connection to access the files on the Jackpot remotely from your computer”

…I am talking about using the WebUI method of accessing the Jackpot.

I think that is documented in the docs for the Jackpot. Have you checked that out?