Rat Rig Community [Unofficial]•2w ago

No BEACON_INITIAL_CALIBRATION on vc-4.0 installation

Hello! Context: - VCore 4.0 500, hybrid - RPI 4B - SanDisk ULTRA 32gb A1, HC1 - Ratos 2.1 RC (latest release) - BelenaEtcher - Windows 11 - All boards flashed, configuration done, mainsail started - Fresh installation Problem: - When trying to run the BEACON_INITIAL_CALIBRATION command on mainsail, I have the Unknown command:"BEACON_INITIAL_CALIBRATION" - I cannot find the macro in the installation Breadcrumbs: - I see an error when I finalized the configuration from the configurator, I cannot see the summary because of an error (API call to http://vcore40-500.local/configure/api/trpc/printer.getFilesToWrite,printer.getFilesToWrite?batch=1 renders

[
    {
        "error": {
            "message": "",
            "code": -32603,
            "data": {
                "code": "INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR",
                "httpStatus": 500,
                "path": "printer.getFilesToWrite"
            }
        }
    },
    {
        "error": {
            "message": "",
            "code": -32603,
            "data": {
                "code": "INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR",
                "httpStatus": 500,
                "path": "printer.getFilesToWrite"
            }
        }
    }
]

[
    {
        "error": {
            "message": "",
            "code": -32603,
            "data": {
                "code": "INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR",
                "httpStatus": 500,
                "path": "printer.getFilesToWrite"
            }
        }
    },
    {
        "error": {
            "message": "",
            "code": -32603,
            "data": {
                "code": "INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR",
                "httpStatus": 500,
                "path": "printer.getFilesToWrite"
            }
        }
    }
]

) but I can apply the configuration without problem Steps taken: - re-flashing the SD card and boards (downloading the image, flashing the SD card, launching the conf) but I keep seeing my old selections (the printer and its size) Thanks for your help. It is super frustrating to be stuck at that step, I hope it's a dumb one and not a real bug from the nightly.

11 Replies

miklschmidt•2w ago

You need to update everything. Tons of fixes since RC1 released.

re-flashing the SD card and boards (downloading the image, flashing the SD card, launching the conf) but I keep seeing my old selections (the printer and its size)

Those settings are saved in moonraker, if you reflash the pi SD card, the moonraker database dies with the old installation. So not sure how you're accomplishing this?

Bastien - Osmoz 3D•7d ago

I have no ideas how it is possible. Basically I take my sd card, put it in the computer and flashed it with belena. I did it twice and I can still see the saved config. I'll try with another SD card today... But then I don't understand what wrong asset I'm using. What do you mean by "update everything"? What I did was: - dl this image https://github.com/Rat-OS/RatOS/releases/tag/v2.1.0-RC1 (that link to be more specific https://github.com/Rat-OS/RatOS/releases/download/v2.1.0-RC1/2024-05-28-RatOS-2.1.0-RC1-armbian-CB1.img.xz) - do the configurator, flash all boards Thanks for the help!

Helge Keck•7d ago

go to the mainsail machine tab, click refresh and then update everything

Bastien - Osmoz 3D•6d ago

I bought two new SD cards and now it works. The problem was that it wasn't possible to write on it. I suspect that I had bad SD cards from RPI kits.

Helge Keck•6d ago

yeah, sd cards can die pretty quickly

Bastien - Osmoz 3D•6d ago

I wasn't expecting that! They have been used without problem with octoprint and prusas.

miklschmidt•6d ago

that's very different, you're barely writing to those (you only write to them when putting a new .gcode file on it). Running an OS (octoprint qualifies for that too) on them is orders of magnitude more write intensive. Writes are what kills the flash memory in those cards. There are however cards that are way better than others. Sandisk Extreme is one such series of cards.

Bastien - Osmoz 3D•3d ago

Thanks for the explanation @miklschmidt, I have bough good Sandisk ones (not extreme, but I'll know now). And I think that is what made the 3.1 broke. I think it could be interesting to specifically advise this Extreme one in the guide. I saw Sandisk, but it stayed generic.

miklschmidt•3d ago

I do advise Sandisk Ultra. Extreme is one step up from that.

miklschmidt•3d ago

They don't last forever though 🙂

Bastien - Osmoz 3D•2h ago

That's the one I talked about yes! I think Extreme is a good advice to add, if you are printing all day long with it, it's important I think. With the 3.1 it took 6 months before the SD card died on my end. So I would add the extra tip, especially since most builders are more than willing to pay the extra cost

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No BEACON_INITIAL_CALIBRATION on vc-4.0 installation