I wish I found this last week. I tried installing OctoDash on a Pi 4 with a very off-market 7 inch touch screen. After MANY code entries and 9-10 times doing a clean install of OctoPrint, I FINALLY got it working, finding the exact web site you referenced, and the exact same code. Needless to say I bookmarked this video for future reference. Well done!
Chris, you are the king of reboots! I really like how you make your screen readable. Too many people show the screen, but it is impossible to read it. Great job
Chris, Thank you so much for this, and the list of commands, I use the 7 inch screen (one from CanaKit) and was at a loss after trying to upgrade to 1.0.0 of octiopi. I was ready to give up, but I found you video and it saved my bacon. My pi is now back up and perched on my Ender 3 v2 watching my printer like Batman watches Gotham. All thanks to you and your effortlessly easy to follow steps. You are both a scholar and a gentleman in my book Sir.
Thank you very much. I'm new to 3D printing and was having issues installing Octoscreen, no matter what I did it just would never work, so I thought I'd follow your guide and install Octodash. 100% success so I am very happy right now after yesterday evening, and this morning, trying to get Octoscreen working.
This is thoughtful and extremely helpful video, thank you! My Octoprint/Octodash started to act out, so I started from scratch. You saved me a lot of time and headaches with this video and it is still relevant at the end of 2022!
Thanks for this great guide Chris. After following this video I managed to get octodash installed and running beautifully using an Elecrow 5 inch screen. I would recommend that anyone using the above screen uses the LCD5-show drivers and set their screen resolution to 800 x 480 resolution, as this seems to work perfectly. Thanks for a great tutorial :)
Thank you very much. Your's tutorial was consistient and clear. And with you in the end I was able to install touch display after several attempt using another sources.
I was trying Octoscreen and I was really happy using it... but OctoDash looks much better and your video is totally clear teaching us how to install it from zero. Thanks for share your knowledge! I'm using a generic touchscreen with a Raspberry pi 3 A+ and works great even with a pi cam connected!
Excellent video I just finished installing Octoscreen on a second printer and it is working great. The first install I did had a problem that Octoscreen would restart ever 10 seconds or so and it turned out that X11 didn't install correctly so I just reran the X11 install and all is good. I didn't have a problem the second time. Thanks for your very informative videos.
Thanks to your clear instructions! I got my Octodash running in a fraction of the time it would cost normally. At first my touch screen driver did not work. Entering cd LCD-show/ chmod +x LCD35-show sudo ./LCD35-show again did fix the issue. I know it is a difficult job to make a manual like this bulletfroof but you succeeded. Regards, Yits.
Thanks Chris! I followed your instructions and got octodash installed the first time. I used a 7" screen recommended by ETA Prime, using hdmi, so I didn't have to worry with the video drivers. Thanks for the instructions, coding from the command line can be frustrating as a space or a / left out means an error.
When you are looking at the screen on the device, you are not seeing SSH. SSH is a protocol for communication across a network. When you are looking at the local device, you are just seeing the display/monitor. Or if you want, you could say that you're looking at the terminal.
You somehow always manage to release an OctoDash video just before the next release :D. OctoDash v2.2.0 just got released the other day :). The install script was also updated to now ask whether the user wants to enable CORS during the installation process to make this a little easier. Just gotta figure out why the checkboxes are messed up on some terminals like yours (they should be nice checkboxes and the selected text obviously should be readable). Thanks for all your content! :)
Lil tip for new pi users...If you are using PUtty, then you should be aware that PUtty uses the old style keys - ctrl/insert for copy and shift/insert for paste.
Fantastic AGAIN Chris ... brilliant tutorial. Linking to one of your earlier videos ... can OctoDash handle multiple instances of Octopi on the pi? Do they just come up in the list at the start? Thanks again.
Just followed this it worked flawlessly except if you change your Pi name from default you need to put in /home/“username”/ So that it can find the OCTOPRINT install on the PI
Chris! I would like to request a tutorial on how to install a RPi 4/4B connected directly to the Einsy board through the headers and possibly a buck-converter for power. Keep up the good work!
Following your great installation video to the letter, I get a blank screen after installing Octodash. There was a new bug for Octodash entered on the github page but I don't know if it has anything to do with my issue. Thanks Chris.
Hi Chris ---- Thank you very much for this post --- My OctoDash is up and working well on my Prusa Mk3. I was wondering if I can copy the working setup onto another Raspberry Pi for my other printer.... thanks again..
Chris just one thing - all you see on the screen is called "Terminal output" - SSH ist just a method of connecting to a terminal. (yes i know it isnt strict technically - but easier to understand). "Telnet" or "serial" are other methods.
I know there is a request with Octodash to be able to switch between Octoprint instances. That would be perfect if it could switch between two or more instances.
Chris thank you for all your video on octoprint. I am having an issue had to redo my octodash setup and the x11 server command isn't working. "sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-0 xserver-xorg xinit x11-xserver-utils". It gives an error unable to locate x11-xserver-utils. is there a fix for this?
I removed Octodash as per github and tried to install Octoscreen again following your octoscreen video and I still got a blank screen, same result as octodash.
It worked Chris, thank you so much, after 3 years i finally get my lcd to work. Just a question, when rotating 180° for i don't know which reason screen virtual buttons of octodash (next and back in the configuration screens i.e.) does not correspond to the writing i can see on the screen. It's like the virtual buttons are always on a screen rotating by 90° only. I switched to 90° rotation then but do i miss something to configure?
Great! So you're saying the image flips, but the touch spots don't? There is a fix for that, but I think it is in the screen driver. I would have to go back and review.
Hello Chris. I know this video is old but I have followed all the detailed steps and I can't get Octodash to appear on my screen. I have used the same version of Octoprint 1.5.2 and Octopi 0.18.0, I have the same 3.5" screen and I can't get it to work. I don't know if it is the Octodash that is not starting. Can you help me with more information to investigate? Thank you.
I've tried to go back and install this recently and I just can't make it work. I don't know what changed in the project but it I haven't seen anyone update it in a while.
Do you think there is any reason this wont work in a portrait layout (using 90 or 270 to rotate it instead of the 180 you demonstrated)? Specifically with the 7" Raspberry Pi Touch screen. I happen to have an unused 7" screen from an older project that never happened and this would be a great reason to dust it off and get use out of it. Also I assume OctoDash supports portrait as well as landscape? Great Vid, Thanks!
Hi Chris, just used your previous octodash install to install on a 5" DSI screen and it seemed to come up fine. Question is how do I get my files names to show up as complete names? They seem to be abbreviated with the little ~ sign so I can't see the entire names.
@@ChrisRiley Yes thanks Chris actually I will, been tinkering with the idea of a side-hustle again (used to sell pictures when I was in college) and been procrastinating about it (of course! the usual, lots of planning, no actual starting!) so think I'll get started, thanks
Hello, I don't know if you can tell me what it is that I don't have the printer name, the number of layers or the ambient temperature on the display. Thank you for the advice.
Great tutorial, but one question, how important is the fresh install of octopi. I followed your guide on multiple cam setup with pi cam and some of the files you modded were not in my install. Long story short i fumbled my way through it mixing yours with another tutorial and got both cams working. So now i want to use my 3.5 in tft screen so how important is the fresh install?
Thanks for your great videos. I followed this to install OctoDash and your other video for the UCTRONICS 3.5" screen. The screen resolution is terrible however and I can't figure out what is wrong. When I installed the drivers for the screen and the pi rebooted, the resolution did change to a much bigger size like in your video. It's just that OctoDash comes across at a very low res. Any suggestions?
Not sure the best way to correct this. All I know to do is try to change it up in /boot/config.txt Maybe switch it back to 480 320 and see if it makes a difference.
Chris, I have a 7" touchscreen on order and have been weighing up the options of either Octoscreen or Octodash based on up to date versions but then thought why am I thinking of installing a package to control another package? why dont I just install a light OS and run Octopi and a browser for Octoprint and run them from within the OS and displayed on the touchscreen, is this at all possible or would I have to use two Pi's one for Octopi and one for Octoprint within a browser?
Yeah, if you have a Pi touch screen you can do it all in one. Just install octoprint then there is a one liner to install the desktop and you're all set.
is it possible to 180 the screen after octodash is installed and up and running? btw ty i spent lots of hours trying to figure it out, untill reaching your channel!!
Chris - been a non subbed lurker for years here. Gotta say you've been an absolute LIFE SAVER so many times. Simply saying "thanks" isn't enough... now I'm subbed. GO CHIEFS!
ive been using raspberry 4 + hyperpixel 4 touch, but its been overheating ive got heat sinks on the componenets but still overheats, ive been recommended Fan SHIM, but im just looking for some info if it will fit together
Chris, I have 5 printers with just one running Octopi, what is the cheapest way to run them all on Octoprint, do I need a Pi for each machine, I do have an old PC board that runs at about 4Ghz that could be used
Hi Chris, thanks for the video! I had my system set up and running smooth, but recently had to reinstall for python 3. I'm having trouble getting Octodash to connect to Octoprint now. When I hit "send request" I get an error that octodash can't connect to octoprint. I have made sure CORS is enabled in Octoprint. I haven't found any helpful information in wikis or githubs or any online forums. Any ideas?
I followed this video instructions but getting this error while trying to install Octodash: "Please specify OctoPrints full virtualenv path manually (no trailing slash).". What should I do? Running the latest OctoPrint image.
Sounds like it can't find the octoprint install. I would check it out over on the github, hopefully the issue has already been reported. Is this on Raspberry Pi I guess?
@@ChrisRiley this usually is the result of changing the username. by default it will look for it under the user name octopi. What you would want to input is /home/"your username"/oprint when it askes for you to specify a path.
I'm guessing you don't need to install the LCD driver if you can see the screen?? I've got the Bigtreetech pitft50 v1 screen connected using its FPC cable. Does that sound correct?
Hey, I have done all this and noticed my Cam no longer works?? I have checked the boot/config.txt and noticed a lot is missing?? I.e camera_auto_detect=1 and start_x=1 . was wondering is there any way of fixing this or has there been a new fix?
@@ChrisRiley yea I thought it was weird also but I checked it prior and it was completely different after installing Octodash? I follow all your guides, thanks for your awesome work bud
Got all the way through the video to setting up the Octodash and the touchscreen is not responding ... can anyone help AAARGGH !!!!! Its a MPI3508 3.5"
HI Chris .. another great guide .,.... thanks. I followed your directions and when I got it going it worked fine. I 3d printed the case from your links and mounted the Pi and the touch screen and now it boots up fine .. I get the octodash screen .. but the touch isn't working. Could I have messed up the touch screen? Any way to check it? thanks
@@ChrisRiley another great . tutorial . I built the octoprint monitor ... the screeen was cracked down in the corner from trying to fit the case. had to use a magnifier and adjust the light angle. I printed a different case and got a new screeen..
Ever seen an issue where the USB ports don't work after everything is all set up? I ran all the steps with a UCTRONICS 3.5 screen - but once Octodash is setup and I'm ready to connect via Octoprint/browser - it can't find the serial connection. Some debugging shows the USB ports DO have power - but in the SSH terminal, the device doesnt show the plugged in devices.
I returned it for the one you have and everything is great now. Installing the UCTRONICS driver seemed to be the step that cut the USBs on that touchscreen...not sure why
thanks Chis, works olmost. just my touch dont work. afther the command "modprobe rpi-ft5406" i get this "modprobe: FATAL: Module rpi-ft5406 not found in directory /lib/modules/5.10.36-v7+ " dont know of it had somthing to do wit that. my skills are supper bad
Octodash seems to be very broken at this point, I have been getting a lot of questions on it recently. Please check the issues over on github, that would be the best way to see if someone has solved the issue.
Everything is up and running but for some reason the touch is super slow (it was so bad I thought it was badly calibrated) I have been using this screen for everything you posted on touch screens for octoprint before and it was running smoothly. This was my first octodash install though. I did not need the drivers (they messed my screen up) as my screen is driverless hdmi, I did install the turbo drivers and edited the required lines in config to set the resolution: "max_usb_current=1 hdmi_group=2 hdmi_mode=87 hdmi_cvt 800 480 60 6 0 0 0 hdmi_drive=1" Any clue why the touch is running slow?
That's strange, I am not sure what would cause that. I would have to defer you to the github for this one. There might be an issue for this already. github.com/UnchartedBull/OctoDash
@@ChrisRiley brand new install on raspberry pi 4. Is this still working? Did exactly in the video and won't load into octodash. Just loads into the terminal saying no x11 config files found
@@nicklucas366 Hmmm...it can't find the right x11 library. The library name could have changed. Check the github, github.com/UnchartedBull/OctoDash/wiki/Troubleshooting#not-starting-automatically
Thanks Chris for this. I followed the guide, everything is working - except my screen is scrolling sideways all the time. No chance to use the touchscreen. Any idea where to start?
My printer display is not working,After watching your video want to add external display with octodash, but i am trying 7times, its not working, can you help me,your video is 2year old , i think it is the main problem
Thanks for the tutorial, I can't finish it. When I get to this step, nothing installs me SUDO APT-GET INSTALL GIT BUILD-SENENTIAL XORG-DEV XUTILS-DEV X11PROTO-DRI2-DEV The next step does nothing SUDO APT-GET INSTALL GIT BUILD-SENENTIAL XORG-DEV XUTILS-DEV X11PROTO-DRI2-DEV What I can be doing wrong?
No sure why, it shouldn't have over written any of those files. Take a look in /var/log/syslog, see if there are errors after a reboot when the cam tried to start.
Ya I'm not great with this side of things that's why I just followed your video step by step so I'm not really sure how to do that. I ran that command and it just said permission denied? But from what I have read and followed it should also be saying auto detect cam=1 and when I follow that trouble shooting I can't even find anything saying cam in it. I have spent the day reading and following steps that other people who had this same problem did and still nothing. I'm about to start from scratch and ditch the octodash sadley because the cam in more important to me.
@@chrisgardiner7594 try this sudo nano /boot/config.txt make sure there is a line that says this camera_auto_detect=0 if it says 1 make sure to change it back to 0 and reboot.
I followed the video but after running the octodash install script, i was gettign Xserver errors. Turns out, despite looking exactly like the one you used, my touchscreen needed a different driver. i ended up using the LCD35-show driver from a github by goodtft when editing the config.txt i only edited one line to: hdmi_cvt 800 533 60 6 0 0 0 all other steps from this video were the same
I wish I found this last week. I tried installing OctoDash on a Pi 4 with a very off-market 7 inch touch screen. After MANY code entries and 9-10 times doing a clean install of OctoPrint, I FINALLY got it working, finding the exact web site you referenced, and the exact same code. Needless to say I bookmarked this video for future reference. Well done!
Thank you, I'm glad I could help.
Chris, you are the king of reboots! I really like how you make your screen readable. Too many people show the screen, but it is impossible to read it. Great job
Thanks Dave :)
Hey Chris is there anyway I can get your help please🙏🏼
Chris, Thank you so much for this, and the list of commands, I use the 7 inch screen (one from CanaKit) and was at a loss after trying to upgrade to 1.0.0 of octiopi. I was ready to give up, but I found you video and it saved my bacon. My pi is now back up and perched on my Ender 3 v2 watching my printer like Batman watches Gotham. All thanks to you and your effortlessly easy to follow steps. You are both a scholar and a gentleman in my book Sir.
Thank you so much!
Extremely helpful! It was nice to have an example of "it works, here's how" to follow.
Thank you. We try to use this format with all of our videos.
Thank you very much. I'm new to 3D printing and was having issues installing Octoscreen, no matter what I did it just would never work, so I thought I'd follow your guide and install Octodash. 100% success so I am very happy right now after yesterday evening, and this morning, trying to get Octoscreen working.
Great to hear!
This is thoughtful and extremely helpful video, thank you! My Octoprint/Octodash started to act out, so I started from scratch. You saved me a lot of time and headaches with this video and it is still relevant at the end of 2022!
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching!
Your channel is for sure underrated!!!
Thank you!
Thanks for this great guide Chris.
After following this video I managed to get octodash installed and running beautifully using an Elecrow 5 inch screen.
I would recommend that anyone using the above screen uses the LCD5-show drivers and set their screen resolution to 800 x 480 resolution, as this seems to work perfectly.
Thanks for a great tutorial :)
Thanks for the tip. I'm glad I could help
You are an amazing resource. You are the Gamers Nexus of 3d printing. .Thanks for your hard work.
Wow, thanks!
Thank you very much. Your's tutorial was consistient and clear. And with you in the end I was able to install touch display after several attempt using another sources.
Glad it helped!
Running octodash on a hyperpixel 4" on my Prusa MK3s and works fantastic!
@@KikkawaRyu Opps soz... I replied to the wrong comment. Thnx anyway. 😂
Feel free to delete your reply to me.
Great!
I am setting up the same display with my PI4. I am running into issues when trying to install OctoDash. How did you do it ??
I was trying Octoscreen and I was really happy using it... but OctoDash looks much better and your video is totally clear teaching us how to install it from zero. Thanks for share your knowledge!
I'm using a generic touchscreen with a Raspberry pi 3 A+ and works great even with a pi cam connected!
Glad it helped!
Excellent video
I just finished installing Octoscreen on a second printer and it is working great. The first install I did had a problem that Octoscreen would restart ever 10 seconds or so and it turned out that X11 didn't install correctly so I just reran the X11 install and all is good. I didn't have a problem the second time.
Thanks for your very informative videos.
Glad it helped, thanks for sharing!
Another excellent video Chris! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another awesome video Chris. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for this guide, super helpful and you saved my sanity! :)
Glad to hear it!
Thanks to your clear instructions! I got my Octodash running in a fraction of the time it would cost normally. At first my touch screen driver did not work.
Entering
cd LCD-show/
chmod +x LCD35-show
sudo ./LCD35-show
again did fix the issue.
I know it is a difficult job to make a manual like this bulletfroof but you succeeded. Regards, Yits.
That's great news! Thanks
man I lost all hope until I found this video. Thanks.
Glad I could help!
Thanks Chris! I followed your instructions and got octodash installed the first time. I used a 7" screen recommended by ETA Prime, using hdmi, so I didn't have to worry with the video drivers. Thanks for the instructions, coding from the command line can be frustrating as a space or a / left out means an error.
Glad it helped! Thanks
Klipperscreen with the UI goodness of OctoDash would be awesome
Agreed.
very good tutorial, it even works in France😉
Woo Hoo!
When you are looking at the screen on the device, you are not seeing SSH. SSH is a protocol for communication across a network. When you are looking at the local device, you are just seeing the display/monitor. Or if you want, you could say that you're looking at the terminal.
You got me! ;)
Worked great thanks a ton, I was using the 7' Pi touch that allowed me to skip all the drivers for touch
Glad it helped!
You somehow always manage to release an OctoDash video just before the next release :D. OctoDash v2.2.0 just got released the other day :). The install script was also updated to now ask whether the user wants to enable CORS during the installation process to make this a little easier. Just gotta figure out why the checkboxes are messed up on some terminals like yours (they should be nice checkboxes and the selected text obviously should be readable). Thanks for all your content! :)
LOL, I know, I follow everything on the Discord, but I always seem to fall on times right before updates. Keep up the great work!
Thanks a million times Chris it's clear and working flawlessly :)
Glad to help!
I guess it's pretty randomly asking but does anybody know a good site to watch newly released movies online ?
@Sean Gunner try flixzone. You can find it by googling =)
for whatever reason this is still one thing i have not gotten to work and can not wait !
Great, good luck with your projects!
Благодарю тебя человек ! Все получилось! Будь счастлив! Привет из России)
Я рад помочь! Спасибо за просмотр.
You should be my favorite 3DP personality, i am getting into 3DP and am a drummer :)
😁👍🤘
Just A MA ZING!!! Thanks! Finally I can use my crappy screen!!
I'm glad you liked it
Nice video! A while ago i used this to get my KlipperScreen working with a Waveshare LCD.
Cool, thanks!
Lil tip for new pi users...If you are using PUtty, then you should be aware that PUtty uses the old style keys - ctrl/insert for copy and shift/insert for paste.
Great tips!
Fantastic AGAIN Chris ... brilliant tutorial. Linking to one of your earlier videos ... can OctoDash handle multiple instances of Octopi on the pi? Do they just come up in the list at the start? Thanks again.
Thank you! I wish it could, I am still waiting for a touch screen front end that can swap from instance to instance.
Just followed this it worked flawlessly except if you change your Pi name from default you need to put in
/home/“username”/
So that it can find the OCTOPRINT install on the PI
Awesome, thanks for the tip!
Chris! I would like to request a tutorial on how to install a RPi 4/4B connected directly to the Einsy board through the headers and possibly a buck-converter for power.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks! I will see what I can do.
Thanks
Thank you
Good guide, thanks. It would be nice if there was a way of mounting the case to the front of an Ender 3 or Voxelab Aquila.
Great suggestion!
Following your great installation video to the letter, I get a blank screen after installing Octodash. There was a new bug for Octodash entered on the github page but I don't know if it has anything to do with my issue. Thanks Chris.
Only thing I can think of is to try and reinstall the driver after the screen has been installed. Some times that will jump start the screen.
What are the keyboard commands to get past the first screen of setup in the GUI? 'Hey there! It looks like this is the first start of OctoDash...'
I'm not sure what it would be, I would ask on the github.
Hi Chris ---- Thank you very much for this post --- My OctoDash is up and working well on my Prusa Mk3. I was wondering if I can copy the working setup onto another Raspberry Pi for my other printer.... thanks again..
Yes! You should be able to just clone the SD card and load it on your other Pi. I use win32disk imager.
Btw, I am running Octoprint 1.8.7 Octopi 1.0.0 and Octodash 2.3.1.
I think I missed the first comment.
@@ChrisRiley I keep entering the first comment and it accepts it but then after a refresh it doesn't show up. I'll try again.
Chris just one thing - all you see on the screen is called "Terminal output" - SSH ist just a method of connecting to a terminal. (yes i know it isnt strict technically - but easier to understand). "Telnet" or "serial" are other methods.
Thanks!
I know there is a request with Octodash to be able to switch between Octoprint instances. That would be perfect if it could switch between two or more instances.
Yes, I would love to see this feature.
Chris thank you for all your video on octoprint. I am having an issue had to redo my octodash setup and the x11 server command isn't working. "sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-0 xserver-xorg xinit x11-xserver-utils". It gives an error unable to locate x11-xserver-utils. is there a fix for this?
Thank you! Both octodash and octoscreen are very broken. I can't get either to work now. I am afraid I don't have a fix.
I removed Octodash as per github and tried to install Octoscreen again following your octoscreen video and I still got a blank screen, same result as octodash.
See the other comment, I hope that helps.
It worked Chris, thank you so much, after 3 years i finally get my lcd to work. Just a question, when rotating 180° for i don't know which reason screen virtual buttons of octodash (next and back in the configuration screens i.e.) does not correspond to the writing i can see on the screen. It's like the virtual buttons are always on a screen rotating by 90° only. I switched to 90° rotation then but do i miss something to configure?
Great! So you're saying the image flips, but the touch spots don't? There is a fix for that, but I think it is in the screen driver. I would have to go back and review.
Hello Chris.
I know this video is old but I have followed all the detailed steps and I can't get Octodash to appear on my screen.
I have used the same version of Octoprint 1.5.2 and Octopi 0.18.0, I have the same 3.5" screen and I can't get it to work.
I don't know if it is the Octodash that is not starting.
Can you help me with more information to investigate?
Thank you.
I've tried to go back and install this recently and I just can't make it work. I don't know what changed in the project but it I haven't seen anyone update it in a while.
Do you think there is any reason this wont work in a portrait layout (using 90 or 270 to rotate it instead of the 180 you demonstrated)? Specifically with the 7" Raspberry Pi Touch screen. I happen to have an unused 7" screen from an older project that never happened and this would be a great reason to dust it off and get use out of it.
Also I assume OctoDash supports portrait as well as landscape? Great Vid, Thanks!
Good question, i'm not sure, I have never tried it. I would check over on the github, it might work just fine.
Hi Chris, just used your previous octodash install to install on a 5" DSI screen and it seemed to come up fine. Question is how do I get my files names to show up as complete names? They seem to be abbreviated with the little ~ sign so I can't see the entire names.
That's strange, I didn't think it had an 8byte limit, but maybe it does. I would have to go back and check.
great video, worked like a champ, but my display is very hard to read and the colors don't look like yours, any tips?
Thanks! That's really odd. It must be a driver issue. Now that it's installed, try installing the drivers again and see if anything changes.
@@ChrisRiley I was able to get it. I just tried the different lcd35 options and lcd53bv2 finally worked and looks perfect
I might make myself President and CEO of my basement too :-)
Do it!
Just don't let your wife know
@@ChrisRiley Yes thanks Chris actually I will, been tinkering with the idea of a side-hustle again (used to sell pictures when I was in college) and been procrastinating about it (of course! the usual, lots of planning, no actual starting!) so think I'll get started, thanks
Great tutorial! Worked great but i have one problem. The backlight never turns off. Is this a bug or a feature?
Not sure on that, but I think mine is always on as well. I would ask over on the github to confirm.
You're legendary dude
Wow, thank you!
Hello, I don't know if you can tell me what it is that I don't have the printer name, the number of layers or the ambient temperature on the display. Thank you for the advice.
Not really sure why that would be. Make sure you install the necessary plugins during the installation.
The 3dprintigllama is correct! Great RE-visit those screens “were” a pain.
Thanks Sergio!
Great tutorial, but one question, how important is the fresh install of octopi. I followed your guide on multiple cam setup with pi cam and some of the files you modded were not in my install. Long story short i fumbled my way through it mixing yours with another tutorial and got both cams working. So now i want to use my 3.5 in tft screen so how important is the fresh install?
I think you can do this without reinstalling. It should conflict with the multi instance pieces.
Thanks for your great videos. I followed this to install OctoDash and your other video for the UCTRONICS 3.5" screen. The screen resolution is terrible however and I can't figure out what is wrong. When I installed the drivers for the screen and the pi rebooted, the resolution did change to a much bigger size like in your video. It's just that OctoDash comes across at a very low res. Any suggestions?
Not sure the best way to correct this. All I know to do is try to change it up in /boot/config.txt Maybe switch it back to 480 320 and see if it makes a difference.
Chris, I have a 7" touchscreen on order and have been weighing up the options of either Octoscreen or Octodash based on up to date versions but then thought why am I thinking of installing a package to control another package? why dont I just install a light OS and run Octopi and a browser for Octoprint and run them from within the OS and displayed on the touchscreen, is this at all possible or would I have to use two Pi's one for Octopi and one for Octoprint within a browser?
Yeah, if you have a Pi touch screen you can do it all in one. Just install octoprint then there is a one liner to install the desktop and you're all set.
is it possible to 180 the screen after octodash is installed and up and running? btw ty i spent lots of hours trying to figure it out, untill reaching your channel!!
It is, but I don't remember exactly how. Depending on the screen drivers, there is usually a shell (.sh) file you can run to rotate it.
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Yay! Go Chiefs!!! Thanks for the sub!
I am surprised no one has written a script to automate this installation!
We could do that. ;)
ive been using
raspberry 4 + hyperpixel 4 touch, but its been overheating
ive got heat sinks on the componenets but still overheats, ive been recommended Fan SHIM, but im just looking for some info if it will fit together
No clue on that, I have seem people just use the 5v fans that plugin USB with success.
Chris, "sudo apt ... -y" saves you having to wait around to press the Y key a lot. Yes, it's true, I'm lazy and impatient. :)
Ha! Thanks
So which screen plug-in do you prefer the most?
I like the way OctoBash is layed out better.
Good video. Please please please create video guide for install +settings RRF to FLY-CDY - V2 + install 12864 fullgrafics 12864mini screen
I will see what I can do.
Great Video! I've got a question. Does Octodash also work with touchscreens that are connected through the DSI connector on the Raspberry Pi?
I'm not sure, I have never tried it. I think it would work if you had the right driver.
I just installed this on a PITFT50 touchscreen, and its working fine
I do all like in video step by step. But after last step install octodash I have black screen and all stoped
Now that the install is complete, run the commands to load the driver once again. See if that helps.
i need your help i cant get it working in my pi 4B with original waveshare lcd 3.5 v2 the display works but not with octodash
I have tried to make this work recently and It's really hard to find drivers that work. Not sure it's viable now with all the new screens.
what happens iv u have the bigtreetech 5" one not the 3.5
If it's a Pi screen, it should work the same.
Chris, I have 5 printers with just one running Octopi, what is the cheapest way to run them all on Octoprint, do I need a Pi for each machine, I do have an old PC board that runs at about 4Ghz that could be used
You can run them all on 1 pi if you want. You can also do it on Linux or windows on your PC, but it takes some config to get it done.
Hi Chris, thanks for the video! I had my system set up and running smooth, but recently had to reinstall for python 3. I'm having trouble getting Octodash to connect to Octoprint now. When I hit "send request" I get an error that octodash can't connect to octoprint. I have made sure CORS is enabled in Octoprint. I haven't found any helpful information in wikis or githubs or any online forums. Any ideas?
Unfortunately, I am not sure what is causing that. Maybe we have a mismatch with Python 3. Hopefully, someone at Octodash will know how to patch this.
I followed this video instructions but getting this error while trying to install Octodash: "Please specify OctoPrints full virtualenv path manually (no trailing slash).". What should I do? Running the latest OctoPrint image.
Sounds like it can't find the octoprint install. I would check it out over on the github, hopefully the issue has already been reported. Is this on Raspberry Pi I guess?
@@ChrisRiley this usually is the result of changing the username. by default it will look for it under the user name octopi. What you would want to input is /home/"your username"/oprint when it askes for you to specify a path.
so will this work on hyperpixel 4? Because their stuff doesn't work and I have a headace
I don't think it will work on the touch screens. Not sure how you would do it.
I'm guessing you don't need to install the LCD driver if you can see the screen?? I've got the Bigtreetech pitft50 v1 screen connected using its FPC cable. Does that sound correct?
I not sure what that screen is.
Much easier!! You da man !!
Thanks!
i keep getting an error every time I try to autoconf -vi how do i fix this ???
What error are you getting?
Hey, I have done all this and noticed my Cam no longer works?? I have checked the boot/config.txt and noticed a lot is missing?? I.e camera_auto_detect=1 and start_x=1 . was wondering is there any way of fixing this or has there been a new fix?
Not sure how that would impact the config file. It's been a long time since I installed octodash.
@@ChrisRiley yea I thought it was weird also but I checked it prior and it was completely different after installing Octodash? I follow all your guides, thanks for your awesome work bud
Got all the way through the video to setting up the Octodash and the touchscreen is not responding ... can anyone help AAARGGH !!!!! Its a MPI3508 3.5"
Try re-running the LCDshow script again.
HI Chris .. another great guide .,.... thanks. I followed your directions and when I got it going it worked fine. I 3d printed the case from your links and mounted the Pi and the touch screen and now it boots up fine .. I get the octodash screen .. but the touch isn't working. Could I have messed up the touch screen? Any way to check it? thanks
I'm not sure, maybe the case is pressing on the screen???
@@ChrisRiley another great . tutorial . I built the octoprint monitor ... the screeen was cracked down in the corner from trying to fit the case. had to use a magnifier and adjust the light angle. I printed a different case and got a new screeen..
when ype "autoreconf -vi" reply command don't 'found
Make sure you are in the correct directory, they can change between versions. Do pwd to check the directory you are in.
I have a issue.. I can connect to my work internet. But for some reason I can't connect to my home network. Any idea?
Are you using the IP to connect to it?
Trying everything, using this tutorial even and never work.
Black screen after install the x11. O ctodash don’t start. 😢
I would have to give it another try, something might have changed.
Just curious what screen did you use? Were you able to see anything on the screen before you attempted to install octodash?
Ever seen an issue where the USB ports don't work after everything is all set up? I ran all the steps with a UCTRONICS 3.5 screen - but once Octodash is setup and I'm ready to connect via Octoprint/browser - it can't find the serial connection. Some debugging shows the USB ports DO have power - but in the SSH terminal, the device doesnt show the plugged in devices.
That is one I have never seen, not sure how the screen would impact that.
I returned it for the one you have and everything is great now. Installing the UCTRONICS driver seemed to be the step that cut the USBs on that touchscreen...not sure why
Would this install work for a Pi 4 with Hyperpixel 4.0 display ??
It should work fine.
thanks Chis, works olmost. just my touch dont work. afther the command "modprobe rpi-ft5406" i get this "modprobe: FATAL: Module rpi-ft5406 not found in directory /lib/modules/5.10.36-v7+
" dont know of it had somthing to do wit that. my skills are supper bad
Hey, check out the commands sheet again, you shouldn't need to modprobe anything.
@@ChrisRiley Thanks i do that
Hi Chris. Working just with Octoprint? Or it's possible to work with Mainsail OS, Fluidd OS?
I don't think it supports those as of now. I am sure the feature has been requested.
@@ChrisRiley thank you very much.
Oh Yess! But can you hack an old android Tablet to do this job??
Hmmmm....maybe.
@@ChrisRiley I have an old HP touchpad and maybe an old apple Ipad. Where should I send them?
im getting failed to start raise network interface
Octodash seems to be very broken at this point, I have been getting a lot of questions on it recently. Please check the issues over on github, that would be the best way to see if someone has solved the issue.
Thanks Chris i got it sorted.@@ChrisRiley
Everything is up and running but for some reason the touch is super slow (it was so bad I thought it was badly calibrated)
I have been using this screen for everything you posted on touch screens for octoprint before and it was running smoothly.
This was my first octodash install though. I did not need the drivers (they messed my screen up) as my screen is driverless hdmi, I did install the turbo drivers and edited the required lines in config to set the resolution: "max_usb_current=1 hdmi_group=2 hdmi_mode=87 hdmi_cvt 800 480 60 6 0 0 0 hdmi_drive=1"
Any clue why the touch is running slow?
That's strange, I am not sure what would cause that. I would have to defer you to the github for this one. There might be an issue for this already. github.com/UnchartedBull/OctoDash
@@ChrisRiley thanks anyway, I will look it up. If I can't find anything I will try to start from scratch.
whenever i change the CVT to 800 and 533 and go to reboot it cause my screen to not show up anymore or be able to log into SSH
You might have a syntax error in the config file causing the issue.
@@ChrisRiley brand new install on raspberry pi 4. Is this still working? Did exactly in the video and won't load into octodash. Just loads into the terminal saying no x11 config files found
@@nicklucas366 Hmmm...it can't find the right x11 library. The library name could have changed. Check the github, github.com/UnchartedBull/OctoDash/wiki/Troubleshooting#not-starting-automatically
Thanks Chris for this. I followed the guide, everything is working - except my screen is scrolling sideways all the time. No chance to use the touchscreen. Any idea where to start?
OK, solved this by myself: hdmi solution with latest driver is 799 by 499 (my LCD is 8:5)
😁👍
I like this better than using Touch UI
🙂👍
hi Chris, I had an install problem with xorg .. now its working, octodash comes up with a welcome screen, but nothing happens, I cant use t-screen
Sounds like a driver issue, I would try to reload the driver again. Run the LCDshow command again.
@@ChrisRiley at the end I installed an other screen and it worked direct ..thnx
can you setup a camera through this?
Not that I know of.
My printer display is not working,After watching your video want to add external display with octodash, but i am trying 7times, its not working, can you help me,your video is 2year old , i think it is the main problem
I'm sure the content is out of date this guide is pretty good. github.com/UnchartedBull/OctoDash#installation
I tried this one but for some reason my Pi won't connect to my Wi-Fi? And I know I have the info right. Any ideas?
I've heard this a couple of times recently. Not sure what is up. The only thing I have seen cause this is incorrectly wifi info.
@@ChrisRiley not sure. I know I have all the info right
Thanks for the tutorial, I can't finish it.
When I get to this step, nothing installs me
SUDO APT-GET INSTALL GIT BUILD-SENENTIAL XORG-DEV XUTILS-DEV X11PROTO-DRI2-DEV
The next step does nothing
SUDO APT-GET INSTALL GIT BUILD-SENENTIAL XORG-DEV XUTILS-DEV X11PROTO-DRI2-DEV
What I can be doing wrong?
On the other hand, if I install it before I start doing anything, at first if it leaves me.
Al final me ha funcionado, gracias!!!!!
Awesome that it worked out. I tried it recently and struggled.
Worked great but now I can't get my pi cam to work anymore
No sure why, it shouldn't have over written any of those files. Take a look in /var/log/syslog, see if there are errors after a reboot when the cam tried to start.
Ya I'm not great with this side of things that's why I just followed your video step by step so I'm not really sure how to do that. I ran that command and it just said permission denied? But from what I have read and followed it should also be saying auto detect cam=1 and when I follow that trouble shooting I can't even find anything saying cam in it. I have spent the day reading and following steps that other people who had this same problem did and still nothing. I'm about to start from scratch and ditch the octodash sadley because the cam in more important to me.
@@chrisgardiner7594 try this sudo nano /boot/config.txt make sure there is a line that says this camera_auto_detect=0 if it says 1 make sure to change it back to 0 and reboot.
Ya this was the solution I read but for me that line is not even there. Saying nothing about a camera at all
i could follow until this .... when i wanted to copy de xorg.conf /etc/x11/xorg.conf': No such file or directory
Somethings may have changed in the config, I would check on their github.
I followed the video but after running the octodash install script, i was gettign Xserver errors.
Turns out, despite looking exactly like the one you used, my touchscreen needed a different driver.
i ended up using the LCD35-show driver from a github by goodtft
when editing the config.txt i only edited one line to: hdmi_cvt 800 533 60 6 0 0 0
all other steps from this video were the same
Thanks for sharing your insight. I hope it helps others. :)
Thanks. Does it work also with hyperpixel 4.0 screen?
Yes, running one myself with it next to prusa lcd
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@@KikkawaRyu Which driver did you go for, dod not work on my part. The screen did not turn on. I used LCD4-800x480
@@KikkawaRyu do you know wich driver u used?
@@TorEinarPettersen did you manage to make it work?