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Posted: 11/8/2019 1:31:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/8/2019 1:37:30 PM EDT
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I would personally go OctoPi.
For $50, your setup with a 3B+, power supply and cable. Add $30 for webcam. Then use whatever computer you want, wherever you want to interface over your network. This is my exact setup. You could get fancy later and have the Pi control a solid state relay for the main power supply and completely turn off your printer and Pi after a print is done (or whenever you want to remotely). A very simply added button on the Pi natively acts as a "wake up" button when its idle to turn it all on. Between that and the machine interface, you should be GTG. |
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Posted: 11/8/2019 1:42:16 PM EDT
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I like Repetier! (coupled with a pi4) Lots of cool features!
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Posted: 11/8/2019 2:49:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/8/2019 2:51:05 PM EDT
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I would personally go OctoPi. For $50, your setup with a 3B+, power supply and cable. Add $30 for webcam. Then use whatever computer you want, wherever you want to interface over your network. This is my exact setup. You could get fancy later and have the Pi control a solid state relay for the main power supply and completely turn off your printer and Pi after a print is done (or whenever you want to remotely). A very simply added button on the Pi natively acts as a "wake up" button when its idle to turn it all on. Between that and the machine interface, you should be GTG.  I can (and probably will) plug the printer into a Wyze outlet which I can turn on or off from anywhere. I may decide to do that.
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Posted: 11/8/2019 2:55:50 PM EDT
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When you connect with USB, do some circular tubes as a speed test at various mm/s rates.
You can get buffering and hangups in the USB connection, and the g-code won't process smoothly and the printer's firmware will "guess". You can tell this is happening if at a certain speed the circular tubes start getting artifacts or flat sides in them. |
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Posted: 11/8/2019 3:02:06 PM EDT
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I've got a Pi floating around. I've got cams for them. I'm just not sure yet what it gives me over a normal PC sitting there. I'm asking what feel like stupid questions because I know how little I know about this. I can (and probably will) plug the printer into a Wyze outlet which I can turn on or off from anywhere. I may decide to do that.
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Posted: 11/8/2019 3:09:07 PM EDT
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With OctoPrint/OctoPi you can watch prints, change settings or control the printer from your phone on the comfort of your couch. Conveniently watch your prints fail from anywhere! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I've got a Pi floating around. I've got cams for them. I'm just not sure yet what it gives me over a normal PC sitting there. I'm asking what feel like stupid questions because I know how little I know about this. I can (and probably will) plug the printer into a Wyze outlet which I can turn on or off from anywhere. I may decide to do that.The rest of that tempts me, but I'm reading I can add the octoprint stuff to an Ubuntu install on a normal PC fairly easily. |
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