Getting Started with Duet 2 WiFi / Ethernet

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See Warnings for precautions you must take.

If you have a Duet 2 Wifi or Duet 2 Ethernet please continue using this page.

If you have a Duet 2 Maestro head to the Maestro documentation

If you have a Duet 3 please go to Getting Started with Duet 3 MB6HC

Read the warnings page.
See the following pages for choosing components. even if you already have a printer or set of components they can help in understanding the advantages and limitation of certain components.

We suggest you get connected to your Duet before you wire it into your printer.

The Duet Web Control user interface it the best way to control your Duet. It is used to control the Duet through the remainder of the steps in this guide. A comprehensive manual is here:

Duet Web Control v1 (DWC) Manual

From late 2020, Duet 2 boards will start shipping with RepRapFirmware 3 loaded by default (prior to this Duet 2 boards had RepRapFirmware 2 loaded and an upgrade procedure was required - see links below).

Duet 2 boards with RepRapFirmware 3 installed will have a sticker indicating this (with a QR code that links here).

CAUTION There are guides and tutorials in this documentation and in many other locations on the internet that show how to set up a particular printer or accomplish a particular task using RepRapFirmware 2. Often these will still be useful for RepRapFirmware 3; however many configuration settings may be different.

It is strongly recommended to generate the initial configuration for your machine using the RepRapFirmware config tool and the use guides to modify it if necessary.

See Checking the firmware versions and updating the firmware.

Start with the Wiring your Duet guide.
See the specific wiki page for more detail on each part of the hardware setup that applies to your setup:

Start by generating a configuration file customised for your printer and upload it to the Duet. See the cartesian guide as a start point (even if you do not have a cartesian printer).

There are more detailed wiki pages for each printer type:

A step by step example guide for basic commissioning can be found here. It uses a Duet Maestro and an Ender 3, but the steps are broadly applicable.

More detailed specifics are found below:

See the FAQ.
See the troubleshooting section.
Come and ask on the forum.

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I have a problem with my CoreXY 3D printer – it moves in both X and Y direction even I only ask for movement in one of the directions.

When I ask for a movement of X or Y it does so in both the X and Y direction – this means that it only will move diagonally.

I am able to make it move in one axis direction using G1 H2 X / Y specified in mm; but it still moves diagonally when I press “Home” on X and Y so that does not solve the problem.

I hope one of you are able to help me with a solution – so it only moves in the direction I specify.

Asbjørn Bak - 08/21/2020 Reply