experimental FlashAir firmware  

Re: experimental FlashAir firmware

inside the actual firmware(s) you can set the SD-card to [FlshAir] mode (settings menu -> SD-card).
but setting up the FlashAir card and accessing it through the wlan is quite tricky. have a look inside this thread.

you only could transfer files from and to the printer through a device that uses wlan (like your notebook), while the FlashAir card acts as an access point.
so you can't simply integrate the card into an existing wlan.... which would be what we all want to have.

actually octoprint is the better solution.

Re: experimental FlashAir firmware

Oh, the printer currently has its SD device set to FlashAir, and the card is configured and connected to the wireless lan. From the laptop I can key in the IP address of the card to a browser and read the files from it, and copy files off it to the laptop.

Using the software provided by Toshiba, one can copy a file to the card, but that software does not work on OSX Siera. I was casually wondering if anyone knew of a workaround.
I don't think I agree with your statement that it cannot integrate with a WLAN because I'm pretty sure I'm doing it. I could get ahold of a windows machine and check that the copying-to does indeed work.

But none of that is the key point, which is about the changes made by GitHub users bubnikv and PavelSindler. I'll try reaching out to them directly via GitHub.

Re: experimental FlashAir firmware

...I don't think I agree with your statement that it cannot integrate with a WLAN because I'm pretty sure I'm doing it...

I'm glad when I'm wrong at that point. can you post your settings for a non OSX Siera machine (and the toshiba firmware version you're using) ?

Re: experimental FlashAir firmware

Sure, though I think they're pretty standard. The card is in the printer and the printer is.... printing, so I can't access the config file right now but when this print is done I'll post the details.

The firmware is 30002 from https://www.toshiba.co.jp/p-media/english/download/wl/updatetool02_w03.htm

Annoyingly, they have a firmware update tool and Configuration tool for OSX 10.12 but the FlashAir Drive tool states that it won't work with 10.12. Nice consistency there, Tosh. So I can update the card, configure the card, just not.... use it.

Re: experimental FlashAir firmware

This is the entire config file:

[Vendor]

APPNETWORKKEY=***************
VERSION=FA9CAW3AW3.00.02
CID=[removed]
PRODUCT=FlashAir
VENDOR=TOSHIBA
MASTERCODE=123456789012
APPMODE=5
APPSSID=[removed]
LOCK=1
WEBDAV=2
TIMEZONE=0
DNSMODE=1
UPLOAD=1
UPDIR=/
APPNAME=Prusa
APPAUTOTIME=0
STA_RETRY_CT=0
DHCP_Enabled=YES

Oh, and I missed the OctoPrint comment. I do have that set up on a Pi3 and it is great, but I rather like the lifetime counter on the Prusa and printing from OctoPrint does not update this. Also I ran a 12 hour print and it stopped 30 min from the end and I’m blaming OctoPrint for this. I think the Pi crashed.
So the Pi is currently unplugged, even though it is less convenient not to have wireless access to the printer, it does seem more robust and like I say, I like to see how much filament the machine has printed in total.

Re: experimental FlashAir firmware

thanks mate. hope to get it work this time.
and yes, as nice as octoprint is.... it's another possible source for failure.

Re: experimental FlashAir firmware

Remote access solved though.

Yay.
Just found a very useful GitHub page. Put the files on the card, put the card in the printer. Bingo. Web interface in which one can write a file to the card over the air. Very nice, should be stock behaviour.

https://github.com/DrLex0/FlashAirUI