Not a life changer - but it's a time saver. Octoprint, and about $100 for Pi 3B+ and 7 inch screen
The last life-changing moment before my Granddaughter was born ... TR-1000 Gold (boaters, you know, you know...). I finally plunged into the Raspberry Pi world and built up a little assistant that I call Igor - but those of you running OctoPrint already know the gains you get.
I'm guessing, two days in, I am only beginning to learn what I can do easier. I've got to get the camera going. maybe I'll make a Python video AI that detects a failed print and aborts or pauses a blob in progress. Since it runs Python, I surely can do that. Anybody got a trained model already?
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RE: Not a life changer - but it's a time saver. Octoprint, and about $100 for Pi 3B+ and 7 inch screen
I've got the same, its so much better as my computer isn't near the printer. I'm not as advanced as creating my own Igor, tried a few options but settled on OctoDash, its great to start/restart prints (with thumbnails plug-in) and I really like being able to move the axis and set temperatures without scrolling through the LCD menu. You can define buttons to run G-Code which I tried but they haven't been as handy as I thought they might be.
RE: Not a life changer - but it's a time saver. Octoprint, and about $100 for Pi 3B+ and 7 inch screen
Definitely check out the Cancel Objects plugin if you regularly print multiple parts in a single print. If one part is failing, you can cancel it and save the rest of the print.
It's also nice to flash new firmware from Octoprint without dragging a computer over to the printer.
The terminal interface is handy for entering gcode directly and viewing diagnostic information.
RE: Not a life changer - but it's a time saver. Octoprint, and about $100 for Pi 3B+ and 7 inch screen
"AI that detects a failed print and aborts or pauses a blob in progress." check out Spaghetti detective and PrintNanny
RE: Not a life changer - but it's a time saver. Octoprint, and about $100 for Pi 3B+ and 7 inch screen
With octoprint you lose the stats like total print time.
I use this plugin for that. You to get an idea about how much the printer is used.
RE: Not a life changer - but it's a time saver. Octoprint, and about $100 for Pi 3B+ and 7 inch screen
@baklin
Great plugin. It was abandoned. I am glad a developer picked it up.
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Chuck H
3D Printer Review Blog
RE: Not a life changer - but it's a time saver. Octoprint, and about $100 for Pi 3B+ and 7 inch screen
@bobstro
I was looking at the plugins manager - I would love to be able to cancel a failed teddy bear and let the rest of the little darlin's come out. Where ot find the cancel instance?
RE: Not a life changer - but it's a time saver. Octoprint, and about $100 for Pi 3B+ and 7 inch screen
OctoPrint-Cancelobject
RE: Not a life changer - but it's a time saver. Octoprint, and about $100 for Pi 3B+ and 7 inch screen
@towlerg
Thanks. I will have to try this one.
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Chuck H
3D Printer Review Blog
RE: Not a life changer - but it's a time saver. Octoprint, and about $100 for Pi 3B+ and 7 inch screen
Link: https://plugins.octoprint.org/plugins/cancelobject/
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Chuck H
3D Printer Review Blog
RE: Not a life changer - but it's a time saver. Octoprint, and about $100 for Pi 3B+ and 7 inch screen
Todays octoprint question. I'm still lagging on applying the latest firmware with the better leveling feature because it has an iffy Linear Advance change that is apparently causing people to have to at least re-slice their old GCODES. For fishing lures, I regularly disable linear advance to get rid of the little gaps LA leaves in the print. Lures that sink are no fun, so I'm holding off on that firmware upgrade because the last thing I want is MORE linear advance.
The problem is when I slice a new print, it creates that user prompt at the printer that I have to press the button on the control panel to clear. When I start a print from Octoprint, the print will not start if that prompt is up - in terminal it just repeats that it is paused waiting for user input.
Now to the question - how can I clear that user prompt from the OctoPrint UI?
RE: Not a life changer - but it's a time saver. Octoprint, and about $100 for Pi 3B+ and 7 inch screen
You can disable those printer checks in the printer menu. I'm the only user of my Mk3 so don't need all the warnings. You can also remove the lines that do the checks from your start gcode in your slicer. That will eliminate that problem completely.
As far as Linear Advance goes, just use M900 K0 to turn it off. You'll want to insert this in your filament profiles. You can upgrade the firmware without having to use LA. Firmware v3.8.1 had some rather interesting bugs when using Octoprint, so I'd at least get to a higher level than that.
You really do need to calibrate LA settings for each filament to get the results you want. If you don't need what it offers (cleaner corners), just turn it off.
RE: Not a life changer - but it's a time saver. Octoprint, and about $100 for Pi 3B+ and 7 inch screen
Thanks. I'm still trying to figure out how to use the filament profiles feature. My lure prints all embed M900 K0 into the startup code - the rest I just may have to reslice if the new LA gives me an issue. I kind of like the idea of a more accurate bed mesh.