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I have been looking online and seen that when you take the back off the printer there is an sd card slot?
Is there anyway to do printing without the need to have your laptop next to the printer? Bit of a pain having to plug the USB lead into my laptop every single print
Hopefully someone may be able to help even if its a link to a page with instructions i would be greatful
Thanks
If you have the stock firmware, then I believe you have a couple options:
- buy Simplify3D ($150, http://www.simplify3d.com)
- buy a wireless WiFi card and replace the one in the printer, not sure if you have to place any files on the card
If you have Repetier Firmware installed, you can use OctoPrint (http://octoprint.org), basically a print server for your 3D printer. I installed it on a Raspberry Pi and then installed the Raspberry Pi inside my Davinci enclosure and now can not only send/start/stop prints via WiFi, but can also control print temp, head and bed location and monitor printing via RasPi webcam from anywhere I have an internet connection. Octoprint can be installed on Raspberry Pis, BeagleBones, Windows, Linux and Mac, so if you have any kind of spare machine lying around you can use it.
There are some other similar options to OctoPrint that may be worthwhile: https://www.astroprint.com, http://www.3dprinteros.com
I have been looking online and seen that when you take the back off the printer there is an sd card slot?
Is there anyway to do printing without the need to have your laptop next to the printer? Bit of a pain having to plug the USB lead into my laptop every single print
Hopefully someone may be able to help even if its a link to a page with instructions i would be greatful
Thanks
Buy an SD card extension cable on ebay and relocate the card to the print area. I used double sided tape and stuck it to the back of the print area just to let of the left Z rod. Then if still running stock rename your gcode file to Sample01 anf print the first sample file from the LCD screen. If on Repetier the just name the file as you wish and it will show on the LCD screen.
If you do not want to buy a wifi card or any other software you can just but an sd card extension cable from somewhere like ebay or amazon. All you have to to is use slic3r to make a gcode file, turn it into a file recognizable by the printer (putting a special header in the very beginning of the gcode:
_________________________
; filename = composition.3w
; machine = daVinciF10
; material = abs
; layer_height = 0.1
; total_layers = 173
; total_filament = 0.00
; extruder = 1
__________________________
Then rename the gcode file to one of the ones on the card. I believe they are like SAMPLE1 or something like that but look at the card. Just print front the LCD interface then
So if I got an extension cable and had stock software i would generate the G-code in what ever software I would use then call the file the sample 1 file name and print it? seems quite simple thinking about it
I'll get the cable and fit it the same time as I fit the tightness kit which I ordered
If you do not want to buy a wifi card or any other software you can just but an sd card extension cable from somewhere like ebay or amazon. All you have to to is use slic3r to make a gcode file, turn it into a file recognizable by the printer (putting a special header in the very beginning of the gcode:
_________________________
; filename = composition.3w
; machine = daVinciF10
; material = abs
; layer_height = 0.1
; total_layers = 173
; total_filament = 0.00
; extruder = 1
__________________________Then rename the gcode file to one of the ones on the card. I believe they are like SAMPLE1 or something like that but look at the card. Just print front the LCD interface then
You dont need that header for offline printing. They are comments and the printer does not use them. Those are for thr XYZcrapware to use.
Right with slic3r which G-code flavor do you use? tried RepRap but didnt work 
any ideas? it just freezes before feeding
@ Montressor:
I would like to install a RPi as a printserver as well and would like to know a bit more about your setup. Can you please post some pictures of how you installed the camera inside the printer ... I think there is only a short cable connection from the camera to the RPi ... would be nice to know how you put all together!
Thanks!
Octoprint will walk you through how to do it. It's super simple!
@ Telemachus: good to know that Octoprint is offering an easy installation!
My concern is more about the hardware setup, like where is the best place to put the camera or place the RPi inside the Davinci housing or outside - maybe in the back compartment ... these kind of things! This would help me buying the right parts like camera extension cables right away ... would be great if someone can share his experience adapting a print server to the Davinci!
Thanks!
I'm happy to help. Are you familiar with creating a disk image for the pi? The octoprint image just needs to be put on an SD card using regular means for your os.
Use a good sized SD card (16-32gigz) since all of your print files and time-lapse files will get saved to that card as well.
Follow the steps to set up your Wi-Fi password, and to expand the file system to use the entire SD card.
I keep my Raspberry Pi external to the printer, so it can be turned on and off as needed, and the wireless Wi-Fi card can be pulled out to be reset if needed.
I think the idea of powering the Raspberry Pi off of the printer itself is silly, there are times when you want to be able to turn your printer off to work on it, but still have the octoprint server running. You always want to shut down a Linux based operating system with the proper commands, not just kill the power to it.
I would recommend just printing yourself a nice case for the Raspberry Pi, and have it external to the printer, powered off of a 2amp 5V wall charger.
As far as the webcam goes, I leave my lid open with the webcam attached to the top of the printer. That way, it is always shining down on the print. Where you put the webcam will depend on what angle you want to see your print. I angle it so that the camera looks exactly like the gcode that you see on octoprint.
Any cheap USB webcam will work. The one I have is at least 8 years old, and is by no means high definition.
Has someone of you tested the Repetier Server http://www.repetier-server.com/software ... looks pretty good as it gives full network control for the printer! I think I will give it a try as I already use the Repetier host and Firmware!
@Telemachus: Thanks for sharing!
Repetier server and Octoprint attempt to accomplish the same thing. Both can run on a pi. Octoprint just does it better IMO.
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/3075/rep … nt-for-the
@Telemachus: OK - maybe I'll try both and then decide what suits better for me!
In the meantime I found this nice camera mount for the Davinci: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1247772. I think I will modify it to make it fit to the RPi camera module, but the place seams to be ideal to place the camera and I guess XYZ had this in mind when designing the metal parts leaving holes in this area.
One more question about the camera, do someone know what is better the standard RPi camera module or the wide angle version https://www.tindie.com/products/doit/rp … le-camera/? Does someone use the RPi camera module and can share his experience with the view angle!?
Do you already have a Raspberry Pi camera? They are quite expensive and have short ribbon cables.
A standard webcam works like a charm and has a long USB cable.
Back mounting will be truer to the g-code viewer. This is the one I use and where I mount it
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002GP7ZT … ref=plSrch
I did some research on the web and found that the FoV from a standard RPi camera is 65 degrees, so I did some math and found that I need to be at least 160mm from the object to get a full view of the 200mm build plate. This should be possible inside the Davinci printer so I will purchase the standard RPi cam.
I will post more updates once I have the parts!
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