Local build of ESP32 for Blackbox X32 does not save settings changes after a power off.

[gwcSoftware]

I have been building ESP32 for the Blackbox X32 and have discovered that when I disconnect the device and reconnect, the settings changes are not retained.

I tried enabling EEPROM in my_machine.h but when I build it fails stating that I2C is not available.

I don't see a config option to enable I2C.

What am I missing in setting up the options to build for the X32? If I use the firmware provided by Openbuilds, settings are saved as expected. OB stated they use WebBuilder for their firmware. But I don't know what options they select to match in my build settings.

I need to add an option (ESP NOW) in my build and have this working but my settings aren't persisted!

[terjeio]

$I output please. You should have [NVS STORAGE:*FLASH 4K] in the ouput.
I could be that you are not building with the grblHAL partitions file?

[gwcSoftware]

Yes, it appears I am missing that:

How do I enable the grblHAL partitions file?

[14:06:15] [ $I ] [VER:1.1f.20241016:]

[14:06:15] [ $I ] [OPT:VNSL,100,1024,3,0]

[14:06:15] [ $I ] [AXS:3:XYZ]

[14:06:15] [ $I ] [NEWOPT:ENUMS,RT+,NOPROBE,REBOOT,SED,RTC,WIFI,SD]

[14:06:15] [ $I ] [FIRMWARE:grblHAL]

[14:06:15] [ $I ] [SIGNALS:RHS]

[14:06:15] [ $I ] [FREE MEMORY:192K]

[14:06:15] [ $I ] [DRIVER:ESP32]

[14:06:15] [ $I ] [DRIVER VERSION:241003]

[14:06:15] [ $I ] [DRIVER OPTIONS:v4.4.8-dirty]

[14:06:15] [ $I ] [BOARD:BlackBox X32]

[14:06:15] [ $I ] [AUX IO:2,0,0,0]

[14:06:15] [ $I ] [WIFI MAC:88:13:bf:71:bc:c5]

[14:06:15] [ $I ] [IP:192.168.5.1]

[14:06:15] [ $I ] [ESP-NOW Initialized]

[14:06:15] [ $I ] [PLUGIN:SDCARD v1.13]

[14:06:15] [ $I ] [PLUGIN:FS macro plugin v0.09]

[14:06:15] [ $I ] [PLUGIN:EMBROIDERY v0.06]

[14:06:15] [ $I ] ok

[14:06:16] [ $G ] [GC:G0 G54 G17 G21 G90 G94 G49 G98 G50 M5 M9 T0 F0 S0.]

[14:06:16] [ $G ] ok

[terjeio]

It is set in the sdkconfig file:

CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_CUSTOM=y
CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_CUSTOM_FILENAME="partitions.csv"
CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_FILENAME="partitions.csv"
CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_OFFSET=0x8000
CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_MD5=y

Depending on the build environment the one that is used is located/named somewhere else than you may think and may be overwritten seemingly willy nilly when you recompile... Using platformio?

[gwcSoftware]

Ok, After flashing the bootloader, partitions and grbl.bin files using OpenBuilds firmware flashing tool it seems to be working now.

I build from the command line ESP-IDF.

Normally, after building, I would flash using the idf.py -p COMx flash command.

Thanks for your info, I learned a little more about this massive product.

Update: Checked sdkconfig and it WAS NOT set there. I updated via menuconfig.