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Topic: raspberry pi and solidoodle 2??

Ok so ive been searching for the answers to this question and haven’t been able to find anything definitive. Please forgive me if I have just over looked something.  I own a solidoodle 2 and am about to purchase a raspberry pi . Is there a way to connect the raspberry pi to the solidoodle and print from g code files that are stored on the sd card?  I know it can be done by setting up the raspberry as a web server. But Im wanting to make my solidoodle a standalone device. One that will not be dependent on my houses main pc. I have a spare monitor and a spare mouse / keyboard. Is this Idea even possible with the raspberry pi?
Thanks in advance

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Re: raspberry pi and solidoodle 2??

If using OctoPrint, you can have it look at the SD Pi's storage for gcode files. Since the Pi boots off the SD card, most will use a USB drive for their gcode files. However, if you want to move the Pi's SD card to a PC and copy the files over and then reboot the Pi, that should work too. -- ggunners

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Re: raspberry pi and solidoodle 2??

ggunners wrote:

If using OctoPrint, you can have it look at the SD Pi's storage for gcode files. Since the Pi boots off the SD card, most will use a USB drive for their gcode files. However, if you want to move the Pi's SD card to a PC and copy the files over and then reboot the Pi, that should work too. -- ggunners

Thank you for your help. I don't mind using a usb stick at all ,but will I be able to run octo print from the pi via a monitor and keyboard or will I have to network into it via another pc?

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Re: raspberry pi and solidoodle 2??

You should be able to use the Pi's browser and attach to OctoPrint using localhost:5000. I haven't tested that yet with the Pi but I am using OctoPrint with a Win7 laptop. Anyone else using Rpi for a local only printing host?

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5 Reply by COASTER19 (edited by COASTER19 2014-03-07 23:58:52)

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Re: raspberry pi and solidoodle 2??

Octoprint probably isn't your best local only printing host option.  As far as I know, it does not support usb flash drives, and loading the Octoprint page (at least on the old 256mb model b) slows the system down to the point of being almost unusable.  I'm working on an interface for the Adafruit PiTFT using the API, and will hopefully be able to eventually start g-code already uploaded to the pi, but at the moment it is just a pretty bad status monitor.  Once I'm happy enough with it I'll post it here on the forums.

I really like Octoprint otherwise, and it's wireless features are what make it so great to use!

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Re: raspberry pi and solidoodle 2??

I'm using a 512mb Raspberry pi with my SD2.

One usb slot taken by wifi dongle, one usb slot taken by connection to printer. Everything fits in my custom electronics enclosure:

http://www.soliforum.com/topic/5402/acr … a-testers/

Turn on power with big red switch, wait 30 seconds for pi to boot then access interface from browser on any other device on network.

I really like it.

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Re: raspberry pi and solidoodle 2??

Download OctoPi which is a ready-to-use image containing Raspbian Linux and OctoPrint.
This will act as a print server where you connect to it from your laptop via wi-fi (optional wi-fi dongle required) or Ethernet, and you will upload and control the printer through its web interface. It also supports a webcam to remotely check what the printer is doing.
However as Coaster noted running the web interface directly on the RPi is very laggy.
Otherwise you can try with a Beagleboard Black (and a USB hub) that runs Android and then buy one of the Gcode apps to control the printer, there is one recent topic about this.
On both cases they output HDMI therefore if you want to use your monitor make sure it has HDMI or DVI, otherwise you would need a HDMI to VGA adaptor