Easily the best guide for OctoPrint installation, Thank You. I watched 3 other guides before this and not a single one even mentioned the USB cable or plugging it into the 3D Printer. Thank you for laying out the hardware and requirements beforehand everyone else mentioned the Pi, Camera and SD Card.. that was pretty much it.
I agree with ^ . No other guide explains how you physically attach the pi to the printer, incredibly. Thank you for making this video, it helped me get my printer up and running!
You prolly dont give a damn but does anybody know of a tool to get back into an instagram account? I was stupid lost my login password. I appreciate any tricks you can give me.
@Kameron Bryant Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site through google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
Thank you for this in depth, yet very simple tutorial. I've really wanted to start using OctoPrint on my Ender 5, but I have no prior experience with coding or raspberry pi. I just ordered a pi and camera - looking forward to trying to set it up thanks to your video 😁😁
Thanks for the video. Just one note. It would be much more better if you remove video of your self and put a full screen of things you presenting. The thing is when we watch it on the mobile we can't see too much details. Thank you for your work.
Yooo whats up Zach. I just bought my Ender 3 last week. This is a great tutorial that I'll be trying out tonight thanks to Amazon's same-day delivery. This is also the first video I've watched from you and I'm looking forward to seeing the other 3D printing/Ender 3 vids!
Same, I got an ender 5 and even tho I respect his comment on safety my goal is to buy a smoke alarm and jerry rig it into shutting my whole room off or something like that
Thanks very much for the well articulated and professional video! I'm new to 3D and I ended up building a Raspberry Pi box for my Mega-S and it works wonderfully thanks to this video. Thanks for all your insight! Very informative. I have subscribed.
Great job. I subscribed and gave a thumbs up and will order from Amazon thru. Good talent deserves the rewards. I'm 60 years old and my vision is corrected to 15/20. I have a 27" 4k monitor. I could not read the inserts in the video. So please take this as just a little hint. Get your mug off the video, calm the background color, use a bigger font on the inserts, and keep up the good work!
I am using Windows, so special thanks thumbs up for going in detail and explaining both operating systems and that detailed information that big-name YT geeks forget to mention.
Nice video! Thanks for making it. If you thread the camera cable through the slot in the case cover first, you can plug it into the port a little easier than trying to manipulate it through the cover's slot.
Glad I could help! I also wrote a guide specifically for using OctoPrint on the Ender 3, should be useful to you if you have the same printer :) howchoo.com/g/ntg5yzg1odk/using-octoprint-with-the-creality-ender-3-3d-printer
12:57 USB mini is a stronger connection, micro cables tend to end up bending in the vertical if care isn't taken when plugging them in. One of the reasons USB-C is a bit bigger.
This is a great video and excellently presented. Please don’t tell me I’ve found you too late and you’re no longer making content? 😢 I look forward to watching all your videos anyway but you’re descriptions of the process and your way of instructing is good enough that even I can understand it and follow it (and that’s no mean feat!! Trust me!! 😂 )
Nice video ... lots of helpful information. Still not sure I'm ready to tackle this project, as the further you got into it, the more difficult it started to seem... like rattling off connect with ssh to someone that's never done that or heard of it got mind boggling for me ! never even saw a raspberry pi, so it was all new to me. for the cost of this project, I don't know why it's not offered as an option on printers.
These instuctions are good and will get it up and running. I was unable to get Octoprint to print as good as printing directly off an SD card plugged into the printer. I tried for over 30 days, got help from numerous forums and RUclips videos. I finally gave up and just went back to printing from SD card, I still have the webcam just watching the prints, but no control. My printer is an Artillery Sidewinder X1, My Raspberry is a 4 with 8Gb.
This is great little video I have everything except the long camera cable but I have the short cable. Not many video show how it’s done simple this is very clear Instructions. Question u put octoprint on your raspberry or your computer.
Where are your follow up videos? Should show raspberry video of it printing. Also waiting for other installation you mentioned to show completed job and benefits output. Thanks a million. Newbie here.
awesome video! definitely going to build this for my ender 5. slightly unrelated question. do you have a video or information on how you made the lighted Howchoo logo sign? I would very much like to build something like that.
Yep, I do actually! So for the letters, I just extruded an SVG of each letter to make the 3D-printable models and then made each hollow. For the LEDs, controller, and programming, I used the same approach as in my other guide here: howchoo.com/project/othjmwu4mju/my-led-disco-ball-music-festival-totem -- The approach in that guide is the same, except that I used a flat individually-addressable LED strip (also from Adafruit) rather than the "Christmas tree" styled LEDs shown in that guide.
I have an extra Raspberry Pi, if i flash Octoprint to a disk for it, can I immediately use it with my Ender 3 Pro, or does it not function properly without the camera?
Please, if you are pitching an open source product, do not forget your fellow Linux Users. Etcher is available in Linux 32 & 64 bit Systems. Not on ARM system such as Raspberry Pi. It works on my 10yr old HP mini 110 - Atom, running Lubuntu/Debian 9.x
@@Howchoo The kit has arrived and I have begun building it. Some things have changed with the Octopi install since your video but that has not posed a problem so far. I am just wiring the buck into the PSU now. One thing that occured to me, the Raspi being a Linux system needs to be shutdown before being powered off to prevent corruption. This could be a problem if you just turn your printer off. What's your take on this?
This video is very clear but I'm looking for few troubleshooting options as well. I.e., I'm trying to Octoprint to Creality CP-01. Octoprint is shown in the web browser as in the video but the 'Connect' button doesn't result in establishing a connection. Need help.
So the CP-01 isn't explicitly listed as supported by OctoPrint: github.com/foosel/OctoPrint/wiki/Supported-Printers This doesn't mean it DOESN'T work, but it does mean you'll need to do some research to figure out the settings. Have you searched around to see if anyone has used OctoPrint with the CP-01 before?
Totally forgot about that one-I added it to my video list :) I have a few other videos I'm working on currently, but soon I'll be releasing a video every week (rather than monthly). Keep an eye out!
Becareful with highly detailed models via octoprint. It took me a while to figure out but my rpi couldn't keep up with the speed of the commands. As such prints took 5 times longer and quality was terrible. Transfered file to sd card and it worked fine.
It was a pi 2(had it left over from another project). I should upgrade and get a newer one and see. I still think octoprint is awesome and still use it for my own simple models. I also also using an ender 3 :)
Ah yes, that’s definitely why - the Pi 2 has the same specs as the Pi Zero, which OctoPrint recommends not using :) I would definitely upgrade to the 3 or 3+
i was going to attempt to set this up on my rasberypi untill i read this comment so i was wondering if partitioning my hdd on my workstation with an 8 core cpu and 32 gb of ram for duel boot to be able to boot into octoprint for my ender3 would be better?
I'd really like to have this record the time lapse and loop it continuously after the print is don on a smaller screen attached to the printer. Maybe even continuously show a timelapse up to the latest layer while it's printing.
This (well done) video was almost 2 years ago. What is the newest version of the hardware available??? (not printer version, but Octo... hardware & software.
You can now use the Raspberry Pi 4, but otherwise the hardware and software steps are the same :) See the full guide in the video description for a few Pi 4 notes
Best, Can you tell me in the beginning of your video you see your letters with RGB LED colors how did you make that or can I find a link of the alphabet. Thank you
I used Neopixel LEDs for illumination, similar to this guide I wrote: howchoo.com/project/othjmwu4mju/my-led-disco-ball-music-festival-totem For the letters, that’s the Howchoo logo. I split up each letter and extruded it, made it hollow, and added a hanger. So there’s no alphabet per se
Other than watching your prints with the camera and stopping them if something goes wrong, I don't understand why I would want this. I could see using this if there was a way to remove the previous print from the printer. Then you could print something else. What am I missing can you explain ?
Jack Wall No video yet, but I did write this guide about it: howchoo.com/g/mgnmnjg5ywz/how-to-access-octoprint-over-the-internet-from-anywhere-using-octoprint-anywhere
I followed every step but when I go to command prompt and put in ssh pi@octopi.local it says could not resolve hostname octopi.local. Also When I type http//:octopi.local in google it says site could not be reached, it’s very frustrating. Anyone help?
Check if PI is turn on and got a local IP address. (Scan local network or login to your router and check connected device, you will find pi connected) if not then resolve this issue using a ethernet cable and reboot. and url should be like this octopi.local
It's great you have a super-resolution monitor... but it sucks when you're trying to show details for text. Increase the text size in your console or zoom portions of the video.
I haven't done this yet, but I have researched it quite a bit. The general consensus is that if you want to print on multiple printers *at once*, it's best to set up multiple Raspberry Pis -- one for each printer. If you want to print on one printer *at a time*, this works out of the box. Just go to Settings and select Printer Profiles and add the second printer. When you go to use OctoPrint, you'll be able to switch between the profiles. Let me know how it goes!
Thanks. I have switched to a CR-10 S Pro and could not get the OctoPi to connect It was used previously on another make. Turns out that I had set up the new profile wrong in OctoPrint. All good now. Appreciate the help!
Great video. Easy to follow. I am running into a problem when I try to ssh. It is saying "Could not resolve hostname octopi.local: No such host is known". Any advice?
Hello, I did the buck converter add on and I measure with my multimeter with 5 v and still getting undervoltage warning, I stepped it up to 5.22 and still getting the undervoltage warning, how much can it go up? I want the warning to dissapear
Great tutorial. I'm making good progress but have hit a bit of a 'bump' trying to print the arm to mount the Pi camera to the gantry. My Ender 3 Pro seems to struggle around the mounting holes for the camera mount despite me doing 0.12mm layer height at a speed of 50mm/s. Do you have any tips to offer in terms of printing those parts please?
Sorry I missed this! Is the issue that the arm and camera housing mount (i.e. the hinged portion) are very tightly bound when you put them together? I had this issue as well-this isn't a printing issue, but a design one. There's 0 tolerance between the two parts. I just carefuly cleaned it up and removed a small amount of material using a hobby knife so things would fit together better. Hope this helps!
Noob question, but do i have to leave my printer on power all the time to controle is, like leave it on. Now after it is done i have a on off button which i turn off, i own a Anet A6 and there is now way i can have my printer in stby mode. Clear video you made, very understandable.👌
If the Pi is powered by your printer, you’ll need it to be on so it can continue to power your printer. If you power the Pi separately, you could log into OctoPrint but without the printer being on you couldn’t do anything anyways ;) Does that make sense?
@@fabian899 Absolutely. Check out this guide and video on controlling a relay using your Pi: howchoo.com/g/m2qwmte5nzk/how-to-use-a-relay-with-a-raspberry-pi
Your write-up showed the "Pi Case Sleeve" as one of the parts that need to be 3D printed, but I don't see it being used in your video. Where exactly does this piece go?
This is the Raspberry Pi case - for the Ender 3 (or anything else that has an aluminum extrusion rail to mount to) this can house the Pi. You’ll see me mounting it in the video using t-nuts.
@@Howchoo Yes, but there's a part call "Pi Case Sleeve" (file name: PiCaseSleeve.stl). The instruction says to print PiCaseSleeve.stl along with PiCase_v1.1.stl for the Raspberry Pi 2 & 3. I want to mount a Pi 3 B+ onto an Ender 3 Pro. I can mount the Pi Case using T-nuts as you've shown in the video. But what's the purpose of PiCaseSleeve? I don't see that part being used in your video at all. It's not obvious to me where that part goes. Is it needed at all?
@@ptmoy1 Ah yes, sorry! That piece is a small surround/bezel for the ports. So once you print that, it slides onto the end of the case to help fill in the gap around the ports. :)
Is it possible to just set up everything minus the camera and go back and add the camera at a later date? I don't have the camera or the flex cable but have the rest.
Is there a way of pushing files over the network for auto-printing? I'd like to control a bunch of items using a RP using Ruby, such as stepping motors, etc. More robotic than anything, but also inclusion of 3DP control.
There’s an OctoPrint GPIO plugin you can use for controlling steppers and stuff using your Pi - as for pushing files, do you mean pushing STLs and having it auto-slice and print them, or pushing gcode files? The latter is already supported by OctoPrint natively
I am wondering if it's also possible to turn on your printer from a different room using a raspberry pi? Or is it still required to turn on the printer (and/or raspberry pi) physically yourself?
@@Howchoo Thank you very much for the response and the tip! :). I have found a RUclips-channel called Gyro where he explaines how to connect a relay to the RaspberryPi to turn it off/on remotely.
This is a great video, very clear and easy to follow for a newbie like me. Would you still recommend the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+? Or would it be better to start with a 4? If so, could you provide a link?
Willverges is correct-the Pi 4 is overkill for this. You can use it if you want; you'll just need to use a different case and cable. This is mentioned in the print guide: howchoo.com/g/y2rhnzm3odz/control-your-3d-printer-with-octoprint-and-raspberry-pi
Help!!! I am trying to setup my octocam to take time lapse when losing a print from sd card. Not loaded from octopi. I have it set to take the pic at a set timeframe, not shop. But how do I initiate the time lapse? What triggers the record?? Please help!
Great video. 😀 Can Octo print be used for a Laser Printer or a CNC Machine ? If not - is there an alternative that can be used with a raspberry pi ? Thanks.
Thanks so much for a great tutorial. Looking for this and it will help a lot on my upgrade. However, I plan to upgrade first my ender 3 board to the silent board which suppose to have thermal runaway activated. Does that mean I can skip the firmware update and hondirectly to pi? Is it the same process with the CR 10 S?
No problem! So I definitely recommend the silent board upgrade; the firmware version that it ships with *should* have thermal runaway enabled. I actually just wrote a guide for this: howchoo.com/g/ntmwy2u4owu/ender-3-board-upgrade
Thanks for the video. Octoprint works great! If anyone can help with my issue please respond. After about an hour of printing my computer shows the "This site can't connect screen" and I have lost the ability to reconnect. This does not affect the print, but I can no longer view the camera or any other features. This also means I do not have a good idea of how long the job has left.
Whoa that’s very strange. It sounds like it’s probably an issue with your router; the fact that the Pi continues to print tells me it’s still running correctly. Could you try connecting both the Pi and your computer with an Ethernet cable and try again?
Hi, I'd like to do this to make my life much easier with my printer, but my printer is in my garage and not near my wifi connection. Would the pi not work by being too far away? If so is there a workaround?
Do you normally get a Wi-Fi signal out there with your normal computer? If not, you’ll need to use a Wi-Fi extender or run an Ethernet cable out to your garage. :)
I need some help. Following your setup guid on running power from my pro to pi. But I can’t find a usb c cable that has two power cables inside. So you know of any
what should be " the maximum speed/feedrate of the individual axes and whether their control should be inverted or not." for Creality CR-10S?? and serialport, baudrate settings for cr-10s?
Theoretically you could use it for other things, but I don't recommend doing so if you're doing an intensive print. The Pi is outputting each gcode instruction as serial data directly to the printer. Using the Pi for other purposes while that's happening could theoretically mess up your print.
Hey! I didn’t make a video on that one, but I did write a guide on how the electronics work: howchoo.com/project/othjmwu4mju/my-led-disco-ball-music-festival-totem This is the exact same concept as my totem build. For the letters themselves, I created vector images for each letter, imported them into Fusion 360, extruded each letter, and added a hanging tab. Then I did the electronics the same as my totem project and added a small battery. I hope that’s helpful.
Your posture is immaculate
Haha thanks!
Easily the best guide for OctoPrint installation, Thank You. I watched 3 other guides before this and not a single one even mentioned the USB cable or plugging it into the 3D Printer. Thank you for laying out the hardware and requirements beforehand everyone else mentioned the Pi, Camera and SD Card.. that was pretty much it.
No problem! I’m really glad it was helpful :)
I agree with ^ . No other guide explains how you physically attach the pi to the printer, incredibly. Thank you for making this video, it helped me get my printer up and running!
Just got my octoprint up and running. Thanks for the in-depth tutorial, man. You're awesome
Reid T No problem! You’re awesome :) Thanks for watching
You prolly dont give a damn but does anybody know of a tool to get back into an instagram account?
I was stupid lost my login password. I appreciate any tricks you can give me.
@Connor Korbin instablaster =)
@Kameron Bryant Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site through google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
Takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Kameron Bryant It did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. I am so happy!
Thanks so much you saved my ass :D
Thank you for this in depth, yet very simple tutorial. I've really wanted to start using OctoPrint on my Ender 5, but I have no prior experience with coding or raspberry pi. I just ordered a pi and camera - looking forward to trying to set it up thanks to your video 😁😁
I'm glad it was helpful! Let me know if you run into any issues.
Best tutorial for setting up RP4 for your 3D printer. Thanks
Thanks for the video. Just one note. It would be much more better if you remove video of your self and put a full screen of things you presenting. The thing is when we watch it on the mobile we can't see too much details. Thank you for your work.
Thanks for the feedback! I’ll do that next time :)
Yooo whats up Zach.
I just bought my Ender 3 last week. This is a great tutorial that I'll be trying out tonight thanks to Amazon's same-day delivery. This is also the first video I've watched from you and I'm looking forward to seeing the other 3D printing/Ender 3 vids!
Same, I got an ender 5 and even tho I respect his comment on safety my goal is to buy a smoke alarm and jerry rig it into shutting my whole room off or something like that
Thanks very much for the well articulated and professional video! I'm new to 3D and I ended up building a Raspberry Pi box for my Mega-S and it works wonderfully thanks to this video. Thanks for all your insight! Very informative. I have subscribed.
Glad you enjoyed it!
that was very comprehensive! thank you for taking the time to make this video
Great job. I subscribed and gave a thumbs up and will order from Amazon thru. Good talent deserves the rewards. I'm 60 years old and my vision is corrected to 15/20. I have a 27" 4k monitor. I could not read the inserts in the video. So please take this as just a little hint. Get your mug off the video, calm the background color, use a bigger font on the inserts, and keep up the good work!
Will do for the next one, thanks John!
Very helpful video. Gave me a good idea of how to use octaprint. Thanks!
I am using Windows, so special thanks thumbs up for going in detail and explaining both operating systems and that detailed information that big-name YT geeks forget to mention.
Very nicely done. Can’t wait to try it out when my RPi3B+ arrives.
Thank you, After several attempts this one helped.
Nice video! Thanks for making it. If you thread the camera cable through the slot in the case cover first, you can plug it into the port a little easier than trying to manipulate it through the cover's slot.
Thank goodness someone already came up with a way to do this. It is even better that I have the same 3d printer.
Glad I could help! I also wrote a guide specifically for using OctoPrint on the Ender 3, should be useful to you if you have the same printer :) howchoo.com/g/ntg5yzg1odk/using-octoprint-with-the-creality-ender-3-3d-printer
12:57 USB mini is a stronger connection, micro cables tend to end up bending in the vertical if care isn't taken when plugging them in. One of the reasons USB-C is a bit bigger.
Very true. Thanks for the info!
thank you for this. Very straight forward and comprehensive.
thank you so much for doing this guide and such a great job of it as well !!!
No problem. Glad you liked it! :) Stay tuned for much more very soon
Great video. Gave me all the answers I was seeking.
This is a great video and excellently presented. Please don’t tell me I’ve found you too late and you’re no longer making content? 😢 I look forward to watching all your videos anyway but you’re descriptions of the process and your way of instructing is good enough that even I can understand it and follow it (and that’s no mean feat!! Trust me!! 😂 )
looks like his last video was 3yrsd ago :(
Very nice video, it has exactly all the info I've wanted! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice video ... lots of helpful information. Still not sure I'm ready to tackle this project, as the further you got into it, the more difficult it started to seem... like rattling off connect with ssh to someone that's never done that or heard of it got mind boggling for me ! never even saw a raspberry pi, so it was all new to me. for the cost of this project, I don't know why it's not offered as an option on printers.
These instuctions are good and will get it up and running. I was unable to get Octoprint to print as good as printing directly off an SD card plugged into the printer. I tried for over 30 days, got help from numerous forums and RUclips videos. I finally gave up and just went back to printing from SD card, I still have the webcam just watching the prints, but no control. My printer is an Artillery Sidewinder X1, My Raspberry is a 4 with 8Gb.
Fantastic guide. Thank you!
great video, my raspberry pi and camera are on the way from amazon right now
Sweet! Post here if you run into any issues and I'll do my best to help you out.
Straight to the point, thank you
Great video. Very thorough.
This is great little video I have everything except the long camera cable but I have the short cable. Not many video show how it’s done simple this is very clear Instructions. Question u put octoprint on your raspberry or your computer.
Thanks! Per the video, you install OctoPrint on the Pi, not your computer.
very well done video! Thank-you. I appreciated the lesson and like your step-by-step methodology.
Excelent guide man!!!
Thanks!
4:43 they're called T-Nuts... :-)
Great vid, thanks... will be doing this after Xmas...
Haha yeah I learned that after publishing this. And no problem! Have fun with it :)
They are actually hammer nuts. For some reason people in the 3d print world mistakenly call them t-nuts. T-nuts are a nut usually used in woodworking.
Learned so much from your video! THANK YOU!
Legend, nice tutorial!
Thanks! :) I‘ll be creating a lot more soon!
how would i go about adding a display screen
I just did a video on that! ruclips.net/video/6OP2c-GQFu4/видео.html
Great video, thank you for the instruction.
Where are your follow up videos? Should show raspberry video of it printing. Also waiting for other installation you mentioned to show completed job and benefits output. Thanks a million. Newbie here.
Awesome tutorial.
Glad you liked it!
Thnx ! for the clear explanation !
No problem!
awesome video! definitely going to build this for my ender 5. slightly unrelated question. do you have a video or information on how you made the lighted Howchoo logo sign? I would very much like to build something like that.
Yep, I do actually! So for the letters, I just extruded an SVG of each letter to make the 3D-printable models and then made each hollow. For the LEDs, controller, and programming, I used the same approach as in my other guide here: howchoo.com/project/othjmwu4mju/my-led-disco-ball-music-festival-totem -- The approach in that guide is the same, except that I used a flat individually-addressable LED strip (also from Adafruit) rather than the "Christmas tree" styled LEDs shown in that guide.
very helpful - nice and speedy :-)
This is great video totally demystifying the process thanks
Very Helpful video!!! but was it so hard to maximize the window? :)
Did you just connect the pi case to the drive rail for Y axis drive pulley.?😮
I have an extra Raspberry Pi, if i flash Octoprint to a disk for it, can I immediately use it with my Ender 3 Pro, or does it not function properly without the camera?
Yep, you could immediately use it. The camera is completely optional.
Please, if you are pitching an open source product, do not forget your fellow Linux Users. Etcher is available in Linux 32 & 64 bit Systems. Not on ARM system such as Raspberry Pi. It works on my 10yr old HP mini 110 - Atom, running Lubuntu/Debian 9.x
each of my 3d printers have their own raspberry octoprint.
Superb step by step tutorial. Just waiting for my kit to arrive and I'll be building this onto my E3P. Thank you. I have liked and subscribed.
Great! Hope you have fun with it :)
@@Howchoo The kit has arrived and I have begun building it. Some things have changed with the Octopi install since your video but that has not posed a problem so far. I am just wiring the buck into the PSU now. One thing that occured to me, the Raspi being a Linux system needs to be shutdown before being powered off to prevent corruption. This could be a problem if you just turn your printer off. What's your take on this?
This video is very clear but I'm looking for few troubleshooting options as well. I.e., I'm trying to Octoprint to Creality CP-01. Octoprint is shown in the web browser as in the video but the 'Connect' button doesn't result in establishing a connection. Need help.
So the CP-01 isn't explicitly listed as supported by OctoPrint: github.com/foosel/OctoPrint/wiki/Supported-Printers
This doesn't mean it DOESN'T work, but it does mean you'll need to do some research to figure out the settings. Have you searched around to see if anyone has used OctoPrint with the CP-01 before?
When will you do the step-down converter video?
Totally forgot about that one-I added it to my video list :) I have a few other videos I'm working on currently, but soon I'll be releasing a video every week (rather than monthly). Keep an eye out!
What is that space scope above your howchoo sign?????????
Becareful with highly detailed models via octoprint. It took me a while to figure out but my rpi couldn't keep up with the speed of the commands. As such prints took 5 times longer and quality was terrible. Transfered file to sd card and it worked fine.
Interesting! Which Pi were you using?
It was a pi 2(had it left over from another project). I should upgrade and get a newer one and see. I still think octoprint is awesome and still use it for my own simple models. I also also using an ender 3 :)
Ah yes, that’s definitely why - the Pi 2 has the same specs as the Pi Zero, which OctoPrint recommends not using :) I would definitely upgrade to the 3 or 3+
i was going to attempt to set this up on my rasberypi untill i read this comment so i was wondering if partitioning my hdd on my workstation with an 8 core cpu and 32 gb of ram for duel boot to be able to boot into octoprint for my ender3 would be better?
joe sabato As long as you’re using a Pi 3 or Pi 3+ you’ll be good. The older Pi 2 that Koops used isn’t powerful enough.
Your video does an amazing job explaining everything. Thank you so much. Keep up the good work!
.. extremely helpful - thx a lot!
I'd really like to have this record the time lapse and loop it continuously after the print is don on a smaller screen attached to the printer. Maybe even continuously show a timelapse up to the latest layer while it's printing.
This (well done) video was almost 2 years ago. What is the newest version of the hardware available??? (not printer version, but Octo... hardware & software.
You can now use the Raspberry Pi 4, but otherwise the hardware and software steps are the same :) See the full guide in the video description for a few Pi 4 notes
Best,
Can you tell me in the beginning of your video you see your letters with RGB LED colors how did you make that or can I find a link of the alphabet.
Thank you
I used Neopixel LEDs for illumination, similar to this guide I wrote: howchoo.com/project/othjmwu4mju/my-led-disco-ball-music-festival-totem
For the letters, that’s the Howchoo logo. I split up each letter and extruded it, made it hollow, and added a hanger. So there’s no alphabet per se
Camera no longer available from the link you provided.
Other than watching your prints with the camera and stopping them if something goes wrong, I don't understand why I would want this. I could see using this if there was a way to remove the previous print from the printer. Then you could print something else. What am I missing can you explain ?
Thank you so much for you excellent help!!!
No problem!
@@Howchoo do you have the video about doing it remotely up yet?
Jack Wall No video yet, but I did write this guide about it: howchoo.com/g/mgnmnjg5ywz/how-to-access-octoprint-over-the-internet-from-anywhere-using-octoprint-anywhere
I followed every step but when I go to command prompt and put in ssh pi@octopi.local it says could not resolve hostname octopi.local. Also When I type http//:octopi.local in google it says site could not be reached, it’s very frustrating. Anyone help?
Check if PI is turn on and got a local IP address. (Scan local network or login to your router and check connected device, you will find pi connected) if not then resolve this issue using a ethernet cable and reboot. and url should be like this octopi.local
I see your camera doesn't have a cable attached. don't most cameras come with a cable attached? Is it easy to replace the cable with a longer one?
It's great you have a super-resolution monitor... but it sucks when you're trying to show details for text. Increase the text size in your console or zoom portions of the video.
and yes... I just realized I commented on a nearly 3 year old video.
What do I need to do to switch the OctoPrint from one printer to another? What changes need to be made?
I haven't done this yet, but I have researched it quite a bit. The general consensus is that if you want to print on multiple printers *at once*, it's best to set up multiple Raspberry Pis -- one for each printer. If you want to print on one printer *at a time*, this works out of the box. Just go to Settings and select Printer Profiles and add the second printer. When you go to use OctoPrint, you'll be able to switch between the profiles. Let me know how it goes!
Thanks. I have switched to a CR-10 S Pro and could not get the OctoPi to connect It was used previously on another make. Turns out that I had set up the new profile wrong in OctoPrint. All good now. Appreciate the help!
@@ottdave1 Good to know! Thanks for the update
thanks it helped me really fast setup
Which case did you use for the buck converter. Can you please provide a link.
Love this!
Great video. Easy to follow. I am running into a problem when I try to ssh. It is saying "Could not resolve hostname octopi.local: No such host is known". Any advice?
What’s the SSH command you’re running?
Hello, I did the buck converter add on and I measure with my multimeter with 5 v and still getting undervoltage warning, I stepped it up to 5.22 and still getting the undervoltage warning, how much can it go up? I want the warning to dissapear
"You'll need these. I'm not sure what they are called." LOL. Great, okay, thanks alot
These are called t nuts fyi if you are trying to find out what those are. I bought some recently off amazon for a side spool feeder.
The 3D model for the case on your website is not the same one you used, I can’t find it anywhere.
Great tutorial. I'm making good progress but have hit a bit of a 'bump' trying to print the arm to mount the Pi camera to the gantry. My Ender 3 Pro seems to struggle around the mounting holes for the camera mount despite me doing 0.12mm layer height at a speed of 50mm/s. Do you have any tips to offer in terms of printing those parts please?
Sorry I missed this! Is the issue that the arm and camera housing mount (i.e. the hinged portion) are very tightly bound when you put them together? I had this issue as well-this isn't a printing issue, but a design one. There's 0 tolerance between the two parts. I just carefuly cleaned it up and removed a small amount of material using a hobby knife so things would fit together better. Hope this helps!
Noob question, but do i have to leave my printer on power all the time to controle is, like leave it on. Now after it is done i have a on off button which i turn off, i own a Anet A6 and there is now way i can have my printer in stby mode.
Clear video you made, very understandable.👌
If the Pi is powered by your printer, you’ll need it to be on so it can continue to power your printer. If you power the Pi separately, you could log into OctoPrint but without the printer being on you couldn’t do anything anyways ;) Does that make sense?
@@Howchoo is it possible to control a relay wich than powers the printer with the rasperry pi?
@@fabian899 Absolutely. Check out this guide and video on controlling a relay using your Pi: howchoo.com/g/m2qwmte5nzk/how-to-use-a-relay-with-a-raspberry-pi
Your write-up showed the "Pi Case Sleeve" as one of the parts that need to be 3D printed, but I don't see it being used in your video. Where exactly does this piece go?
This is the Raspberry Pi case - for the Ender 3 (or anything else that has an aluminum extrusion rail to mount to) this can house the Pi. You’ll see me mounting it in the video using t-nuts.
@@Howchoo Yes, but there's a part call "Pi Case Sleeve" (file name: PiCaseSleeve.stl). The instruction says to print PiCaseSleeve.stl along with PiCase_v1.1.stl for the Raspberry Pi 2 & 3. I want to mount a Pi 3 B+ onto an Ender 3 Pro. I can mount the Pi Case using T-nuts as you've shown in the video. But what's the purpose of PiCaseSleeve? I don't see that part being used in your video at all. It's not obvious to me where that part goes. Is it needed at all?
@@ptmoy1 Ah yes, sorry! That piece is a small surround/bezel for the ports. So once you print that, it slides onto the end of the case to help fill in the gap around the ports. :)
The video is very usefull, but i didn't see and read what windows display.
If is it possible to magnify windows with rasp command.
Thanks
@Howchoo Could I use a USB webcam into the raspberry pi instead of a raspberry pi camera? thanks
I always wanted to know howchoo do this.
Can you have multiple printers on a single raspberry pie?
Does this work with the Ender 3 Pro? I assume the setup would be the same just with a micro USB instead of a mini
Awesome video! Question, has anyone had any luck adding more than one computer to this type of set up?
You mean more than 1 printer?
Is it possible to just set up everything minus the camera and go back and add the camera at a later date? I don't have the camera or the flex cable but have the rest.
Is there a way of pushing files over the network for auto-printing? I'd like to control a bunch of items using a RP using Ruby, such as stepping motors, etc. More robotic than anything, but also inclusion of 3DP control.
There’s an OctoPrint GPIO plugin you can use for controlling steppers and stuff using your Pi - as for pushing files, do you mean pushing STLs and having it auto-slice and print them, or pushing gcode files? The latter is already supported by OctoPrint natively
I am wondering if it's also possible to turn on your printer from a different room using a raspberry pi? Or is it still required to turn on the printer (and/or raspberry pi) physically yourself?
With this setup you have to turn the printer on yourself. But you could theoretically turn it on remotely using a relay or smart plug.
@@Howchoo Thank you very much for the response and the tip! :). I have found a RUclips-channel called Gyro where he explaines how to connect a relay to the RaspberryPi to turn it off/on remotely.
14:29 I’m never getting the option for the default credentials to log in via ssh no matter how I install Octoprint. What am I doing wrong
Also. Creating Octoprint account. I am never presented with the access control option under the creation of account option
This is a great video, very clear and easy to follow for a newbie like me. Would you still recommend the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+? Or would it be better to start with a 4? If so, could you provide a link?
There isn't much that needs the extra power of the Pi 4. I'd stick with the cheaper 3 B+ for now.
Willverges is correct-the Pi 4 is overkill for this. You can use it if you want; you'll just need to use a different case and cable. This is mentioned in the print guide: howchoo.com/g/y2rhnzm3odz/control-your-3d-printer-with-octoprint-and-raspberry-pi
Where did you get that screwdriver?
Hi do you have the links to each of the parts that need printed?
Yep! The list is in the full guide (linked in the video description)
Help!!!
I am trying to setup my octocam to take time lapse when losing a print from sd card. Not loaded from octopi. I have it set to take the pic at a set timeframe, not shop. But how do I initiate the time lapse? What triggers the record?? Please help!
very helpful thanks
Great video. 😀
Can Octo print be used for a Laser Printer or a CNC Machine ?
If not - is there an alternative that can be used with a raspberry pi ?
Thanks.
Thanks so much for a great tutorial. Looking for this and it will help a lot on my upgrade. However, I plan to upgrade first my ender 3 board to the silent board which suppose to have thermal runaway activated. Does that mean I can skip the firmware update and hondirectly to pi? Is it the same process with the CR 10 S?
No problem! So I definitely recommend the silent board upgrade; the firmware version that it ships with *should* have thermal runaway enabled. I actually just wrote a guide for this: howchoo.com/g/ntmwy2u4owu/ender-3-board-upgrade
When Octoprint is recording time-lapse videos, does it save it to the SD card inserted, or can it save it to a folder on your PC?
It saves the time lapse to the Pi itself; then, you can download the video to your computer from the Time Lapse tab :)
Thanks!
Will these instructions work with a Creality CR-10?
Thanks for the video. Octoprint works great! If anyone can help with my issue please respond. After about an hour of printing my computer shows the "This site can't connect screen" and I have lost the ability to reconnect. This does not affect the print, but I can no longer view the camera or any other features. This also means I do not have a good idea of how long the job has left.
Whoa that’s very strange. It sounds like it’s probably an issue with your router; the fact that the Pi continues to print tells me it’s still running correctly. Could you try connecting both the Pi and your computer with an Ethernet cable and try again?
Hi, I'd like to do this to make my life much easier with my printer, but my printer is in my garage and not near my wifi connection. Would the pi not work by being too far away? If so is there a workaround?
Do you normally get a Wi-Fi signal out there with your normal computer? If not, you’ll need to use a Wi-Fi extender or run an Ethernet cable out to your garage. :)
I need some help. Following your setup guid on running power from my pro to pi. But I can’t find a usb c cable that has two power cables inside. So you know of any
what should be " the maximum speed/feedrate of the individual axes and whether their control should be inverted or not." for Creality CR-10S?? and serialport, baudrate settings for cr-10s?
Is my raspberry funcionall for other things, like NAS etc..? Or only for the 3d printer?
Theoretically you could use it for other things, but I don't recommend doing so if you're doing an intensive print. The Pi is outputting each gcode instruction as serial data directly to the printer. Using the Pi for other purposes while that's happening could theoretically mess up your print.
I might be using the wrong cable because when I plug it in it powers the printer through my raspberry pi. Any suggestions of what I should do?
Is there a video on how you made that howchoo sign? Wasn't able to find it
Hey! I didn’t make a video on that one, but I did write a guide on how the electronics work: howchoo.com/project/othjmwu4mju/my-led-disco-ball-music-festival-totem
This is the exact same concept as my totem build. For the letters themselves, I created vector images for each letter, imported them into Fusion 360, extruded each letter, and added a hanging tab. Then I did the electronics the same as my totem project and added a small battery.
I hope that’s helpful.