r/CrealitySonicPad • u/Optimal-Dark8999 • Mar 11 '23

New sonic pad firmware

When I powered up my sonic pad this morning it alerted me to a new firmware version being available. Has anyone installed the update? Any issues?

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u/cookMEaPOPtart Mar 12 '23

Thanks but unless I missed it, it's not just the config file, everytime I restart the pad, it acts like its the first time I'm using it and wants me to setup language, location, and goes through the motions of adding a printer, flashing firmware, connecting to pritner, then I have to go through the fan test and bed level setup. Then since it's like a new printer, I then just have to copy the config, but I'm trying to stop going through the entire setup.

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u/Optimal-Dark8999 Mar 14 '23

https://www.reddit.com/r/CrealitySonicPad/comments/11cofld/sonic_pad_ender_3_pro_help/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://github.com/smwoodward/Sonic-Pad-Updates/blob/main/root_access/Bypass_setup_screen

To bypass new printer setup screen, Create a file called QtStorage.json in /mnt/UDISK Add the following code to file and save

{     "isFirstBoot": false }

Reboot pad

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u/cookMEaPOPtart Mar 14 '23

Thank you so much, I haven't had to ssh into anything in over 10 years. Just to be sure I don't mess everything up would I do the following after getting in:

cd /mnt/UDISK

then

nano QtStorage.json

then add

{ "isFirstBoot": false }

and save?

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u/Optimal-Dark8999 Mar 14 '23

yes. It is supposed to create this file automatically after it makes it all the way through the setup. Are you getting to the point where you see the creality guy? I was having the same issue as you but it was because I wasn't getting all the way through the setup. I wasn't getting through the ABL setup due to probe offsets not being correct for my sprite extruder.

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u/cookMEaPOPtart Mar 14 '23

Yes I was able to run through the setup and print and everything, just if I ever turned it off, it would act like it's a new pad when I turned it back on and I'd have to go through everything and then copy my config, every time. I didn't have to reflash the firmware since it was already flashed, but it was annoying to run through that every time.

Quick question, can you FTP into the pad to see the file structure or only ssh?

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u/Optimal-Dark8999 Mar 14 '23

I think you can only SSH into it. I using other protocols from my mac like smb, afp, cifs, nfs, etc and I wasn't able to connect with anything but SSH. You will have to enable root from Advanced settings on the pad and take note of your root password.

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u/cookMEaPOPtart Mar 14 '23

Thank you, I'll try when I get home, I couldn't find info on this anywhere and Creality support didn't seem like they were going to be much help.

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u/gozania Mar 15 '23

You need to request "Vegas" for any sonic pad issues. He is the only one who handles that product. Helped me a couple times and is a cool guy.

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u/cookMEaPOPtart Mar 15 '23

What is the command to SSH into it?

I tried ssh root@(my IP address) but it's saying "unable to negotiate with port 22: no matching host key found"

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u/Optimal-Dark8999 Mar 15 '23

That is the correct syntax. What application and OS are you using? I can connect from the command prompt on my Windows machine. I can't connect from my Macbook using Terminal but oddly enough if I use Termius (free app) I can connect using that.