#1056

Hey mlogger. I‘m not sure what you mean. That I should delete my post?!

#1057

hey - i had a problem but now OK so i deleted my original message for help. Thanks for getting back

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#1058

this is beautitful! I will try and use it for my next build.
Also wanted to say thank you to the community here on lines & @okyeron for the support and the super well documented project - it was a walk in the park to build and set up my fates kit and the pre-soldered boards look :100:
:pray:

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#1059

I’m excited for mine to be finished, I’m just waiting for the screen. A question though, does anyone know if there’s a button switch that’s more similar to a traditional norns button? The ones from the BOM have only a small amount of travel, and are much stiffer to press.

#1060

Anyone accessing Fates via a Windows machine? I could use some help. I’ve been having to rely on my iPad and on a household Mac for updates, because my Windows 10 laptop isn’t recognizing norns.local or the device’s IP address, neither via the browser nor when attempting to SSH via the terminal.

#1061

Swapping the buttons out would likely involve some minor rewiring and perhaps a mounting question or two - since other switches will have a different footprint.

I originally used the switches from Mutables like yarns, but thought the action on the MECs was better.

#1062

If you can, the MEC’s with a click end up being fantastic, and I’ve enjoyed using them more than the original norns buttons

#1063

It seems there’s something fundamentally wrong with your Windows box, if you can’t connect using norns’ IP address - are you able to connect to any other device on your home network? Could you post any output from SSH? (feel free to PM me a screenshot or some logs)
Fwiw, when I use Windows boxes I rely on PuTTY for SSH and Cyberduck to transfer files:

https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
https://cyberduck.io/

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#1064

Doesn’t Windows have an integrated firewall? Could be that.

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#1065

Thanks okyeron - totally my error! desoldered and resoldered caps back correctly.
Now sounds sweet and pristine!

#1066

Thanks. Yeah, it does. I’m likely not un-firewalling something, but so far it’s eluded me.

#1067

Thanks, @pfig. My network, such as it is, is just a few computers on the same wifi router. I don’t really have much need to connect devices. I’ll PM you some stuff later. Much appreciated.

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#1068

Problem solved! I spent 15 minutes with an online “Microsoft advisor,” and the first thing he had me do was uninstall my VPN. I use(d) NordVPN. It wasn’t running (I don’t use NordVPN at home, just out of the house), but even installed it was, somehow, blocking my access. I’m going to reinstall it and see if I can tweak some settings.

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#1070

I just finished soldering the PCB – all went well, thank you for all your effort and instructions.

I recently ordered an rpi 3b plus from amazon but unfortunately it was broken (constant red light) so I have to send that back. However, whilst troubleshooting the issue I plugged it into an old rpi2 to see what would happen and from what I can see so far it works! I’ll be ordering another rpi 3b plus but for the meantime would there be any issue in using Fates with my rpi2?

#1071

No idea what to expect from a pi2. I’ve got an older 3 (A?) but haven’t ever tested with it.

#1072

@disquiet; FWIW, I’m able to connect using Windows 10 via “\\norns.local\dust”, but not using only “\\norns.local”, due to the way samba is configured on the norns side.

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#1073

Hi,

finally managed to get my Fates build. As I am not an experienced solderer it took some time and sweat but almost everything seems to work now. A BIG “thank you” to @okyeron; this must have been and must still be an awful lot of work!!

Silly me … but I thought I did not solder the 3rd encoder correctly because it didn’t do anything, until I realized that obviously for norns scripts there is no function attached to it because it is a Fates-only-feature. So I guess the 3rd encoder comes into play once I create my own scripts, right?

I did not manage to get the Wifi working. I tried to add my network and typed in the password several times but I could not get it running. The hotspot does work (although only every 3rd or so time).

As I do not have the right cable I have not yet attached a screen to the Rasberry but once I can: Any suggestions of how to start debugging on the network issue?

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#1074

AFAIK Fates does not have i2c but would I be able to use a crow over USB with it?

#1075

Yes! Norns (fates) has several scripts that are plug and play with crow via usb.

Check out this crow thread, there is much useful info there: ^^ crow help: norns

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#1076

Interesting. Thanks for that. I’m gonna keep an eye on how my system is working. I just heard back from the VPN company about a possible fix.

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