On Sat, 30 May 2020 at 01:47, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
But I find that octoprint is part of octopi, which I have just now > downloaded so now I'll need to obtain a 2nd 2G r-pi4 and basicly > duplicate the hardware driving the Sheldon right now. I wasn't counting > on that expense but. Apparently it talks to the printer with some > software protocol I've not yet discovered. You don't need Octoprint. It's a nice way to run the printer through a web interface, but it is entirely optional. Create a model save as STL Convert to G-code with a Slicer (such as Cura) on the same PC as you created the model on. 3D printers wouldn't have caught on at all if they all _needed_ 3 more computers to make them work. Take the G-code to the printer on an SD card. This fellow doing Octoprint, guysoft, came to the pi scene 2 years ago > with the realtime-pi project, Octoprint is actually the full-time work of Gina Häußge. Guysoft just packages it on the Pi. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
