SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Curious about your controllers

Re: Curious about your controllers

2015-10-13T15:21:28Z

Because I work at a school there is no shortage of laptops, so here I have a laptop running RH for our workbench and run the MakerBot software for our Mini, although the wifi connection on the Mini is garbage.

At home, however, I run OctoPi with a raspicam. I love it. Great interface, and the time lapse settings for recording are nice too.

Re: Curious about your controllers

2015-10-12T04:28:58Z

To update firmware (if it involves arduino IDE urrrrggghh) I'd connect the printer back to the computer, but all printing happens over octoprint. Now I'm so lazy I update smoothieware and the config using the raspberry pi though an SSH terminal, which is super easy.

I have a couple of issues with the octoprint interface (particularly the lack of detail in the temperature plot: only plots temps it recognises, even though the ones it doesn't are in a consistent format, and no power plotting), but they're nothing insurmountable day-to-day and the flexibility it offers is great.

Re: Curious about your controllers

2015-10-10T19:08:50Z

I have a graphic LCD on mine with a 4GB SD card in it, and I don't think I ever used it as a standalone, it's always connected to my PC.

The only time I ruined a print was when I installed something on my PC while a print was running, and that particular piece of software forced a reboot after installation without a prompt, so that killed the print job

On the other hand, I also have a PrintrBot Simple, and I used the MicroSD in it quite a few times.

Re: Curious about your controllers

2015-10-10T14:07:15Z

I have a dedicated laptop for mine so I can keep my gaming desktop and laptop free for when I need them.

Curious about your controllers

2015-10-10T13:54:09Z

I have octopi setup, an LCD controller setup and repetier on my pc all for controlling my printer. I switch between them periodically. Usually if I need my pc for some work or games. But mainly do it just to make sure they all stay working I guess. Any one else have multiple controllers setup and switch between them for reasons or not?