Hi Chris. Loving your content, Thank you Very Much!!! As of 12-25-22 I began a build with a RPi 4 2GB and a UCTRONICS 3.5" HDMI touch screen for my Prusa Mk3s+. I watched your video multiple times before attempting your instructions for setup to no avail. I tried different SD cards and never got the same command lines you did in the video. I could get Octodash running, and the screen drivers installed but could not get the touch function to work until I did this: Loaded my Pi with Octoprint using RPI imager, installed ALL drivers per UCTRONICS printed instructions, rebooted and performed the updates to all-as your video instructed. Then made the setting changes for autologin and VNC, rebooted and installed Octodash per your video, rebooted, then went through the UCTRONICS driver installation again (rebooting between each installation). At this point the touch function worked. I am very new to Linux, so I am guessing that between my lack of knowledge, and the version changes between your video and current versions that that was may have been why I could not get the touch feature to work. NOTE: I did have a Samsung Chromebook USB-C (high current) charger plugged into the RPi/UCTRONICS box the entire time I was trying to get software installed. BTW, after I installed the display drivers (for the second time) per UCTRONICS instructions, I got a prompt on my Octodash to send an API key request to Octoprint. While on Octoprint on my PC, the request popped up asking for permission to allow API key access. I clicked 'allow' on the Octoprint prompt, and it auto-filled my Octodash and logged in without additional interaction, or using VNC per your video. Unless VNC was somehow utilized in the background without prompts? Either way, I hope this helps you, or any of your viewers! Thank goodness for community! Thank you again for your time and effort!!!!
This will be one of my projects for this winter after metal detecting season! I have a few printers and some pi laying around. I just hadn't experimented with octo anything yet. Thanks Chris!
Dude great video. This is my number one issue with Octoprint. I HATE having to grab my laptop, wait for it to open, load the website... all while my printer is eating itself
Chris Your videos are extremely helpful. Thank you for creating these for those of us who want to get these things setup but don't know where to start and are afraid to try because one little thing missed causes the whole thing to fail. That said, I think a very helpful video would be installing Klipper with Octodash. I followed another tutorial and installed Klipper on my SKR 1.3 and have Octopi on my Raspberry Pi 4, I was previously running Octodash just fine, but now the screen on my Octodash won't work and shows an error all the time. But I can print just fine from Octoprint on my computer and have Klipper installed there as well. I would love to see a full run down of how to properly install Klipper on the board, set up Octoprint, and get Octodash to work with it all properly. This would be a really nice setup. Thanks again for all of your help making these videos.
Thanks Chris for a great little video. I installed with a Pi4 and 4 inch screen and although there were a few issues, your video was a great resource. All up and running now, but I'd like to know more as to what this screen can do for me as I'm sure it could be even more useful.....a follow up would therefore be great!
@@ChrisRiley Any immediate plans? Really appreciate your clear instructions - particularly useful for someone like myself who is only a month or two into 3D printing and on a steep learning curve!
Great tutorial, works amazing. I did open the touch screen package and got a laugh... the stylus that comes with it is a Nintindo DS stylus! I used the DS so much and had them for my kids that I couldn't help but recognize it. Thank you for the great videos and keep it up.
Recently got a BTT PI TFT50 screen. It’s a nice screen and BTT have there own UI which works well but I’m definitely gonna try Octodash as he may get better development. I have a Thingiverse case for the PI TFT50 uploaded. Thanks for the review.
@@ChrisRiley I just did this for a Robo3D I am working on, and noticed that OctoDash now lets you request your API so you don't have to enter it. Easy-Peasy! This developer is doing an awesome job!
Octodash for me, is the most eye charming printer interface i've seen till now. Too bad all my octoprint installs were so slow i got rid of em anytime soon.
@@ChrisRiley Nope.. not Octodash. Octoprint. Tried several instances and only some worked. But then only for a while to become slow and unresponsible so i threw it away. Im kinda cured right now.... but maybe i will try it again later with octodash - looks promising.
Yet ANOTHER one of your videos saves the day and gets me up and running with octoprint/octodash! Thank you!! I do have one question. What is touchUI in terms of octoprint? I kept seeing a mention for a plugin for that and I'm not sure if I know the difference between touchUI and Octodash?
Great job Chris as usuall, I'm struggling to make my 3.5inch display to work on my pi 4 8gb. For things to be more ridiculous it works on modified (64-bit) version of Octopi that can't install many of Octopi plug-ins x)
Thank you a lot, now i have got the best interface, i will follow you. I will promote it in my circle. i have 4 inch and 7 inch with two I3 Mega. Now i will test on Pi 4B. awesome !
I have got suggestion, last time i used OctoDash, my printer are close and OctDash was sleeping, i would like to have a choice to shutdown the OctoDash/Pi. We can not acces any menu from that point. The only way is to power on my printer and after i can got to menu. I think it will be interesseting to get a chance to shutdown ou reboot the OctoDash.
@@ChrisRiley I have the same display and I didn't find a case for it so I remixed one I found to be similar. It is not the best design but it works: www.thingiverse.com/thing:4605928
Man that's a ton of hassle vs pulling up octoprint's web ui with touchUI plugin to make it phone friendly on your phone in your pocket, hopefully becomes smoother over time.
I really like the functionality of octodash, but I have an issue that is keeping me from using it. I am using the official 7 inch touchscreen, and I can not get it to sleep or blank when running long prints. Is this normal for octodash or is it a problem with my install? I tried setting consoleblank=600 in cmdline.txt, and using xscreensaver, but had no luck. Any advice would be appreciated.
I can't find it now, but there was someone in the comments here that was able to use the screen saver. Check the github, someone might have a fix. github.com/UnchartedBull/OctoDash/issues
Chris, great instructions as usual, thank you!!! I do have a question, forgive me if it's a dumb one but hey we all have to start somewhere right? Anyway, is it safe to assume that OctoDash only supports one printer at a time? I followed your tutorial on how to setup a server for multiple printers, I currently have two running and a third on the way. It would be awesome if OctoDash could have a choice if which connected printer to control and be able to switch from one to another. Is that possible or? Thanks again, Larry
Currently not, no. There are already issues on GitHub open for that and I've just finished the first step to make this possible and easy to use (automatically detecting printers on the networks and using the OctoPrint printer profiles for most of the configuration stuff). So it will come at some point in the future, there is no date yet though ... But the idea is that one day you can just pull down (or whatever) and get a list of OctoPrint instances on your network which you then could just connect to by tapping on them.
@@TheUnchartedBull Thanks for the reply, I'll keep an eye out on it for that feature. Meanwhile, I'm going to build an OctoDash pi to play with so I can familiarize myself with it.
awesome tutorial and easy to follow for beginners :) - i got a pi 4b with 4GB and everything needed longer than at your video ( eg the VNC install) what hardware did you use?
Chris as always excellent information!!!! This question is probably not very related but a week (more or less) ago Raspberry.org released a new update for the raspian that allows you to boot from USB and forget the sd cards. They claim you can even use an SSD. I am not that tech savy so I wanted to ask if you heard from someone that has done it to work with octoprint. I tried to do it but it tells me I need to upgrade the version of raspian but I don't know how to move it to the USB SSD/HDD. I hope you can help me!! Ellis
Chris, I got to where I downloaded the full version of raspian made the updates and I’m able to see the HDD but I don’t know how to move the data to the HDD. I tried to the install directly following the installation from octoprint to try to recreate it but it didn’t work. I don’t know how to install octoprint on a full version of raspbian.
I got to wondering if it is possible to run multiple versions of Octoprint in containers with Docker and have RPi Zero=w's with cameras on the printers working as WiFi interfaces between the printer and the containerised Octoprint
Hmm. I guess you'd need persistence device naming and pass-through serial TTYs to the container, likely requiring privileged mode to access physical devices. Seems possible, but likely painful. I wonder if podman would be simpler with device pass through? Pretty new to containers myself, but good luck.
The more I think about it, the biggest challenges are (1) the RPI Zero is likely too underpowered to compress/transfer the video, (2) getting remote serial connection; though it seems possible with something like socat or ser2net; that at least avoids the custom device naming with TTYs and docker priv issues. I wonder what happens if the serial/wifi link goes down? Will the printer restart, as many arduino devices do when ever a serial connection is first established? Oh, and of course you should add Ansible or some other configuration management layer, just to keep things fun and repeatable. Fascinating concept.
Chris. So I bought the same screen and a Pi3b everything goes well until I get to the screen drivers. at 14:03 in the video your driver install shows 3 lines mine does not. - I don't show checking out files and then the command rm -R UCTRONICS_LCD35_HDMI_RPI does not happen. And Im completely stuck there. Help
Hi Chris. Your video helps me a lot during the installation of octodash and the LCD monitor. Everything works perfectly but I can't able to launch octodash with the printer off. Currently, I can do it from the pc with octoprint through the "psu control" plugin (through a relay connected to the raspberry). I would like to ask you if it is also possible to control the switching of the printer also with octodash?Thanks in advance
Thanks, glad it helped. Great question, because I think it goes to sleep if the printer isn't connected. I would suggest over on the github that power on be added as a feature.
Thank you sharing this! I can't seem to get the touchscreen to work on my original Pi Foundation 7' screen (at the set up screen)..... stuck at the "Hey there!" screen. Is there a driver I should install? I apologize if this was addressed/covered elsewhere. Thanks. PS: Not connected via HDMI.
The drivers for the screen are very picky. Sometime if you go back and install the driver again after octodash has been installed that will fix it. You should be able to get drivers for the make of the screen.
Total newbie question, but can this configuration be done using a Mac? I have Octoprint installed on my Raspberry Pi (on my Prusa MK3s). Before purchasing a screen, I want to ensure I can install any drivers and perform the configuration using Terminal (or other application) on my Mac. Thanks
worked perfectly - but that Prusa plug in doesn't seem to work for me - any pointers on what I have to do? - Figured it out - Prusa slicer does not output layer number by default - you need to add ;LAYER:[layer_num] Z=[layer_z] in Printer settings Gcode in section before layer change. Working fine, now.
Chris, first of all i would like to say thank you, you have great videos and you have taught me a lot. Could you tell me how to edit the Octo dash config? My time remaining display is being cut off by the icons so I'm assuming the resolution needs to be adjusted? And I would also like to change themes. Thanks in advance.
Hi Chris, Please forgive me if this has already been asked/answered, I am looking to install octodash on my PI 3b+ with an adafruit 2.8" tft that is connected via GPIO, Do you have any pointers on getting the screen to work? it seems all I can find are scenarios where the touchscreen is HDMI connected. Thank you in advance.
Thanks for all the great videos, I would not have pi if it weren’t for this series. I have the 3.5 inch screen and I made it all the way to installing the driver on a pi 4 64bit. Any suggestions on a 64bit driver for the screen?
That's a great question. I am not sure which screen companies have release drivers for 64b boards/OS's yet. A lot of these drivers are interchangeable. Maybe search for one that say it supports Pi4 and see if they have drivers for it listed. They might work on your screen as well.
i went to install octodash and everything went ok but the vnc is no longer needed, dash asked me if i wanted to send octoprint a request for the api and the request came up on octoprint, all i had to do was click accept and dash had the api already displayed :)
Chris, just a heads up that running "sudo apt update/upgrade" introduced major instability and constant crashes on my OctoPi setup. I'm new to all this, and I was convinced I had shorted something. I finally started from scratch and avoided the apt update/upgrade, and all is stable! Perhaps it is best to leave the Octopi installation alone, and just install updates to raspi-config and OctoPi itself using its GUI software updater... at least for now.
Chris, took a chance on updating my Pi again, as I got scolded for advising against it elsewhere. :-) This time, I used sudo apt full-upgrade, instead of just upgrade, and this worked. Apparently, this accounts for dependencies, and removes things that are no longer necessary, also. Using the regular "upgrade" command fubared my Pi on on two fresh installs from scratch.
Hey Michael, I have seen things like this happen. It only takes one bad/buggy update to one repo to ruin the whole thing and they are always changing. It's also really hard to tell which one caused the issue. Hopefully what ever is was will be patched soon.
I figured out the power cut setup. I also sent you an e-mail about UCTouch changing their process. They made it really simple now and it's three steps. I am now stuck where the VNC bit is loading and not moving on to the OctoDash screen. I'll let you know if I figure that out.
My VNC connection won't let me paste the API code! Searched for a solution but nothing I tried worked. Wonder if anyone else had the same problem. Got it typed in manually...
@Chris Riley i recently purchased the uctronics 3.5" on amazon for my MK3S+ octoprint build prior to finding your videos. I'm grateful to have found your instruction doing exactly what I need to do. However today in 2021 I find there are two versions for the utronics 3.5" driver and I'm not exactly sure which one is appropriate to use, maybe you can comment. I bought the variant "B010601" which specifically is the UCTRONICS_LCD35_HDMI_RPI driver, whereas your tutorials use the UCTRONICS_LCD35_RPI driver. I have actually tried both for mine (B010601) and they do both work. However I am hoping you can comment which is better and why? The hdmi version has no calibration and requires less steps to install. Whereas the SPI version has calibration but takes longer to install (negligible). Anyways, just wondering which I should use. thanks.
@@ChrisRiley It's odd to me because the non-RPi is not as updated and seems to be an "all-inclusive" driver. The problem is with my UCTRONICS LCD screen that the x and Y touch input needs to be inverted and I cant figure out how to do that with octodash and no calibrator. It was much easier to do this with touchUI with a simple transformation matrix. Any idea how to invert X and Y?
@@ChrisRiley Just wanted to mention that after installing the octodash and the LCD driver, you risk having your default XY input inverted depending on the orientation of your LCD screen when you do all the driver installations (mine was flipped by default from the manufacturer, not sure why but it is what it is..). This took me the last 2 weeks of extreme frustration to finally figure out the simple answer. So for anyone having the same issue, the simple solution is to start over and make sure to install the UCTRONICS driver at 180 degrees flipped, or just simply press the rotate button and be sure your orientation is correct. This way the default XY input is not inverted at the default installation, and therefore messing up everything you try to do onward.
I installed OctoDash on the same screen you have. I want to calibrate the touch screen. I went to UCTRONICS website and installed the software, but how do I run it on the pi? When it boots it goes straight to Octodash. How do I get it to go to calibration screen?
That is going to be a real pain now that I think about it. It wants you to install a desktop I would guess. I am not sure how to get around it. Maybe install the desktop, calibrate, then uninstall it? That's a lot of trouble.
I have had a recent error with Octodash and am wondering if there is a fix. I get a "can't get Octoprint script" when booting up my pi. Any help would be appreciated.
Hi Chris Riley, I have an Anycubic Kossel (delta), with a pi 4 coming to hopefully set up Klipper and Octopi. Is it possible to run Octodash and Klipper on the same pi? Thanks for any help!
Hey Chris. Your videos are freaking awesome, but every time I try to add either touch ui, octodash, or octoscreen, it either boots to the rainbow screen or a black screen with an underscore in the top left. I have teh same uctronics 3.5" screen with the U shaped HDMI connector .I'm assuming its the drivers? I'm not sure which ones I should download. Is there anyway to install them from the image they provide without overwriting the octopi install?
No there is not and it's really frustrating. Try loading the drivers via the commands then doing the install of octodash, then try th driver install command again after, sometimes I get that to work.
@@ChrisRiley thanks man! I actually figured it out from another one of your videos lol. I now have a nexus 7 tablet set up as a touch screen with it. Freaking awesome.
I used the same setup and thanks for the video it was very helpful. Do you know how to blank the screen (HDMI port). I would like it to time out say after 10mins or so and touch screen to wake up.
@@ChrisRiley The setting blanks the screen when it is asleep. I did find out that the version screen I have when you press the small button on the display it blanks the screen instead of rotation. That will work for now, I may connect to rpi pin later. Thanks again.
Chris - I bought a little fan for the rasbperry pi, what pins should I plug that in since the Touchscreen is taking up Pins 1-4. Also I bought the same touch screen as yours however using my finger or stylus it does not respond to well. Is there a specific resolution I should set it too?
Yeah, the power pins are used up, maybe find a USB cable to splice the fan on to. The res should effect the touch. It might need to be calibrated. Every screen is just a bit different.
How can I uninstall Octoscreen and use OctoDash? I would prefer OctoDash? I am currently using OctoScreen with the Hyperpixel 4inch screen. It isnt bad but I really like OctoDash better.. Can you help??
Can it just be on the hdmi screen, or is octodash a website that I can display with a tablet? I want to use a cheap fire Tablet as screen. Good size and has touchscreen.
Crap! I bought the same screen you did. But the driver package is now different. It works-ish.. But the resolution is horrible! The text is all fuzzy when I install the drivers they suggest. Without the touch screen drivers it looks great... but no touch screen. If I comment all the stuff about changing the HDMI parameters in the install script the resolution is better but the touch isn't right. I have to double touch most times. Any thoughts? I'd love to be able to have the full resolution! I'm not sure how the dtoverlay stuff works..
It seems like these drivers change all the time. You might be able to use another manufacturer's drivers on this screen. Some of them are very similar.
hello i have the same board and screen as you and mine doesn't come up like your does? all it says is a blue screen with no signal? any ideas i have a rasp 3 and a rasp 4 tried it on both
HELP!!! i have the original 7' touchscreen from raspberry but the touchscreen don't work and i don't find a driver. raspberry say it is not nessasary it will recognise automaticly....but it don't
Thanks for the great videos though! Im trying the install again from scratch. Without updating octodash gave me a cant detect layer message over and over
Hi, I'm using MK3S and MMU2S, is the Octodash compatible with the MMU2? Change of filament, filament chooser when printing in single mode etc? , I find the Octoscreen not userfriendly at all with the MMU2. I might be doing something wrong with the Octoscreen or have not set it up correctly!! But at the moment Octodash look very good. I'm using a Hyperpixel 4.0 screen.
Anyone have a case that can mount to an ender 3 pro? I saw ssombras case on thingiverse. Jsut wondering if anyone had a mountable case for this type of setup
@@ChrisRiley I do use Octoprint, but for me, the main advantage of octoprint is the remote access to the printer, once I'm in front of the printer, the BTT TFT 35 (touch screen) is very useful ... that's why my confusion on the original post
@@ChrisRiley I do use Octoprint, but for me, the main advantage of octoprint is the remote access to the printer, once I'm in front of the printer, the BTT TFT 35 (touch screen) is very useful ... that's why my confusion on the original post
@@larryoakley On some printers when you are printing with octoprint your screen is pretty much useless, octoprint kinda takes over and you are helpless unless you can get to the UI.
awesome video but i encounter a few issues using pi4 and non HDMI screen, if anyone needs help ill try write up a guide or something on how i got around it
Down load AngryIP...it will search your system IP for The Pi. The octoprint.local didnt work out. Also when you put your micro sd card in the computer to access the "supplicant" file (when you put your internet router SSID abd Password, its case sensitive. (Thats what prevented AngryIp from seeing my Pi on my local internet network. Once you get the Pi ip address numbers (exmple. 30.0.0. 2)..enter that number into the blank field. (This is how i was able to access the octoprint setup screen). Just make sure you put the micro card in the pi...connect it to the printer.. With them both powered up. Do this before you put the pi's ip address in your computers browers. (Kinda said step out of order) hope this kinda helps in getting your pi's ip adress
Litterally me when i am sitting with my phone next to the printer in order to controll it with the app instead of the printers screen 30cm away from me😂 but i guess the main reason why I personally use octoprint is because of the webcam stream and the less clunky menu compared to the rotary encoder on my printer
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3 year tutorial and still valid. Worked like a charm! Definitely install OctoDash before installing the drivers.
Awesome! Glad it worked!
Most underrated 3D printing channel on RUclips. Amazing work Chris as always.
Wow, thanks!
I agree.
It’s always a good morning when Thee Chris Riley uploads to the RUclipss.
Thanks!
Hi Chris.
Loving your content, Thank you Very Much!!!
As of 12-25-22 I began a build with a RPi 4 2GB and a UCTRONICS 3.5" HDMI touch screen for my Prusa Mk3s+. I watched your video multiple times before attempting your instructions for setup to no avail. I tried different SD cards and never got the same command lines you did in the video. I could get Octodash running, and the screen drivers installed but could not get the touch function to work until I did this:
Loaded my Pi with Octoprint using RPI imager, installed ALL drivers per UCTRONICS printed instructions, rebooted and performed the updates to all-as your video instructed. Then made the setting changes for autologin and VNC, rebooted and installed Octodash per your video, rebooted, then went through the UCTRONICS driver installation again (rebooting between each installation). At this point the touch function worked.
I am very new to Linux, so I am guessing that between my lack of knowledge, and the version changes between your video and current versions that that was may have been why I could not get the touch feature to work. NOTE: I did have a Samsung Chromebook USB-C (high current) charger plugged into the RPi/UCTRONICS box the entire time I was trying to get software installed.
BTW, after I installed the display drivers (for the second time) per UCTRONICS instructions, I got a prompt on my Octodash to send an API key request to Octoprint. While on Octoprint on my PC, the request popped up asking for permission to allow API key access. I clicked 'allow' on the Octoprint prompt, and it auto-filled my Octodash and logged in without additional interaction, or using VNC per your video. Unless VNC was somehow utilized in the background without prompts?
Either way, I hope this helps you, or any of your viewers! Thank goodness for community!
Thank you again for your time and effort!!!!
Great comment, thank you for listing all the steps you took to get this going. Thank you for watching!
This will be one of my projects for this winter after metal detecting season! I have a few printers and some pi laying around. I just hadn't experimented with octo anything yet. Thanks Chris!
Nice, you know, I have always want to try metal detecting.
@@ChrisRiley it's another great hobby. Gets me out of the house and occasionally it can be profitable!
Dude great video. This is my number one issue with Octoprint. I HATE having to grab my laptop, wait for it to open, load the website... all while my printer is eating itself
Thanks, totally agree man.
The octoptint app is also a good addition in this case😁
Chris Your videos are extremely helpful. Thank you for creating these for those of us who want to get these things setup but don't know where to start and are afraid to try because one little thing missed causes the whole thing to fail.
That said, I think a very helpful video would be installing Klipper with Octodash. I followed another tutorial and installed Klipper on my SKR 1.3 and have Octopi on my Raspberry Pi 4, I was previously running Octodash just fine, but now the screen on my Octodash won't work and shows an error all the time. But I can print just fine from Octoprint on my computer and have Klipper installed there as well. I would love to see a full run down of how to properly install Klipper on the board, set up Octoprint, and get Octodash to work with it all properly. This would be a really nice setup. Thanks again for all of your help making these videos.
Thanks! I will looking into that. I am not exactly sure how it will work myself, it might be interesting.
This video is a lifesaver for a 3d noob like me. I just got my Octodash setup on my CR-6 SE and it's great.
I'm glad it's working. Thanks for watching
one minute he said it took me more than 30 min to do the upgrade LOl . Great video thank you so much!
lol, been there.
Been a VNC user for years. Love it.
OctoDash looks good. I may have to test is on the 7" PiTouch.
I love VNC, I use it daily.
I dont even wait till the video starts before thumbing up anymore. These videos are ALWAY helpful!
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching
the prusaslicer thumbnail is a godsend
I love it!
Thanks Chris for a great little video. I installed with a Pi4 and 4 inch screen and although there were a few issues, your video was a great resource. All up and running now, but I'd like to know more as to what this screen can do for me as I'm sure it could be even more useful.....a follow up would therefore be great!
Thanks Phil, they have added a lot to this, so maybe a revisit is a good idea.
@@ChrisRiley Any immediate plans? Really appreciate your clear instructions - particularly useful for someone like myself who is only a month or two into 3D printing and on a steep learning curve!
Great tutorial, works amazing. I did open the touch screen package and got a laugh... the stylus that comes with it is a Nintindo DS stylus! I used the DS so much and had them for my kids that I couldn't help but recognize it. Thank you for the great videos and keep it up.
Lol, that's awesome!
The 7inch Raspberry Pi official touch screen seems to just work out of the box as easily as the HDMI displays do :).
Thanks for another great video.
Thanks!
Recently got a BTT PI TFT50 screen. It’s a nice screen and BTT have there own UI which works well but I’m definitely gonna try Octodash as he may get better development. I have a Thingiverse case for the PI TFT50 uploaded. Thanks for the review.
Awesome Alan, good to know there are more cases out there.
Thanks Chris! Awesome video as always! I finally have a 3.5" screen on my Lulzbot Mini running OctoPrint/OctoDash. GReat work everyone!
That is awesome!
@@ChrisRiley I just did this for a Robo3D I am working on, and noticed that OctoDash now lets you request your API so you don't have to enter it. Easy-Peasy! This developer is doing an awesome job!
Thanks for this, it was the inspiration to get OctoDash set up on my printer. Loving it!
Great to hear!
Thanks so much for the video. Followed your clear steps and got my Octodash working great.
Great to hear! Thanks for watching
Seriously without this video and your files there would be no way haha. Thanks!
Happy to help!
Octodash for me, is the most eye charming printer interface i've seen till now. Too bad all my octoprint installs were so slow i got rid of em anytime soon.
So Octodash created performance problems?
@@ChrisRiley Nope.. not Octodash. Octoprint. Tried several instances and only some worked. But then only for a while to become slow and unresponsible so i threw it away.
Im kinda cured right now.... but maybe i will try it again later with octodash - looks promising.
Hey Chris! Thanks for the video, just got my octodash up and running. Super helpful video! Keep up the good work!
Glad it helped! Thanks
Yet ANOTHER one of your videos saves the day and gets me up and running with octoprint/octodash! Thank you!! I do have one question. What is touchUI in terms of octoprint? I kept seeing a mention for a plugin for that and I'm not sure if I know the difference between touchUI and Octodash?
Touchui was the first touch screen layout, works with cell phone screens as well. It is a bit broken at this point.
Great job Chris as usuall, I'm struggling to make my 3.5inch display to work on my pi 4 8gb. For things to be more ridiculous it works on modified (64-bit) version of Octopi that can't install many of Octopi plug-ins x)
Thanks! I have heard there are others with issues on Pi4, I will have to give it a try.
Great video, this really helped me!
Glad to hear it!
Finally something i could do with my touchscreen! Yey!
Nice!
Thank you a lot, now i have got the best interface, i will follow you. I will promote it in my circle. i have 4 inch and 7 inch with two I3 Mega. Now i will test on Pi 4B.
awesome !
Let me know how it goes. Thanks for watching
I have got suggestion, last time i used OctoDash, my printer are close and OctDash was sleeping, i would like to have a choice to shutdown the OctoDash/Pi. We can not acces any menu from that point. The only way is to power on my printer and after i can got to menu. I think it will be interesseting to get a chance to shutdown ou reboot the OctoDash.
@@RegentLemay_FullReg Good call, that seems useful, it might already be a feature request over on the github.
When updating debian (and Ubuntu) don't forget to 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove any old unneeded packages as well.
Thanks for the tip!
is there a video about controlling octodash on ubuntu or debian?
@@J.T.R.023 Not yet, I think I misunderstood your previous question.
Hard to FIND a case? Bro, we got 3d printers, we MAKE all the things! Lol
Funny, I was thinking the same thing myself, already have some ideas in my mind on how to do just that.
@@larry527az3 well let me know when you do I would like to try it!
lol, I need to convert some. They are hard to find on the usual sites.
@@ChrisRiley I have the same display and I didn't find a case for it so I remixed one I found to be similar. It is not the best design but it works:
www.thingiverse.com/thing:4605928
"tft35" and "tft display" searches should help
Thanks for this video. I was looking for an alternative to octoscreen and octodash is a perfect choice.
Glad it was helpful!
@@ChrisRiley I wonder if there is power management built into octodash?
For the moment I went into .xinitrc and disabled:
@@PopGheorghe Not sure on that for OctoDash.
Very helpful video - helped me set up my Octo Dash.
Thanks, I'm glad it helped.
can this work with a non tuch screen display and only use keyboard and mouse ?
You know, I am not sure.
Man that's a ton of hassle vs pulling up octoprint's web ui with touchUI plugin to make it phone friendly on your phone in your pocket, hopefully becomes smoother over time.
The dev says it will be on the next release, stay tuned.
Great video and nice details and explanations. Appreciate you.
Thanks!
Thanks Chris, great investigation, and great tutorial!
Thanks for watching!
Another great tutorial Chris Thanks again Sir !! Happy Extruding !
Thanks, you too!
I really like the functionality of octodash, but I have an issue that is keeping me from using it. I am using the official 7 inch touchscreen, and I can not get it to sleep or blank when running long prints. Is this normal for octodash or is it a problem with my install? I tried setting consoleblank=600 in cmdline.txt, and using xscreensaver, but had no luck. Any advice would be appreciated.
I can't find it now, but there was someone in the comments here that was able to use the screen saver. Check the github, someone might have a fix. github.com/UnchartedBull/OctoDash/issues
Question are you saying the Octoprint server you use to control your printer is the same one you install this interface on?
Yes, it's the same. Instance and octodash running on the same pi.
Chris, great instructions as usual, thank you!!! I do have a question, forgive me if it's a dumb one but hey we all have to start somewhere right? Anyway, is it safe to assume that OctoDash only supports one printer at a time? I followed your tutorial on how to setup a server for multiple printers, I currently have two running and a third on the way. It would be awesome if OctoDash could have a choice if which connected printer to control and be able to switch from one to another. Is that possible or?
Thanks again,
Larry
I was just about to ask the same question. I have 3 printers also and would really love it if i could control all 3 from the same screen
Currently not, no. There are already issues on GitHub open for that and I've just finished the first step to make this possible and easy to use (automatically detecting printers on the networks and using the OctoPrint printer profiles for most of the configuration stuff). So it will come at some point in the future, there is no date yet though ... But the idea is that one day you can just pull down (or whatever) and get a list of OctoPrint instances on your network which you then could just connect to by tapping on them.
@@TheUnchartedBull Thanks for the reply, I'll keep an eye out on it for that feature. Meanwhile, I'm going to build an OctoDash pi to play with so I can familiarize myself with it.
It's always awesome when the developer joins the comments, thank you!
I second that notion! I look forward to the day this is available! A huge Thank you to the developers!
awesome tutorial and easy to follow for beginners :) - i got a pi 4b with 4GB and everything needed longer than at your video ( eg the VNC install) what hardware did you use?
Most of the time I just use my RPI 3B+, they work almost as good for octoprint as the PI4 does.
The innomaker 3.5 Inch gpio Display with capacitive touch works with octodash
Nice!
Chris as always excellent information!!!! This question is probably not very related but a week (more or less) ago Raspberry.org released a new update for the raspian that allows you to boot from USB and forget the sd cards. They claim you can even use an SSD.
I am not that tech savy so I wanted to ask if you heard from someone that has done it to work with octoprint. I tried to do it but it tells me I need to upgrade the version of raspian but I don't know how to move it to the USB SSD/HDD.
I hope you can help me!!
Ellis
Hey Ellis, that's a really good question. I would have to try it out. I don't see any reason we can't make it work.
Chris, I got to where I downloaded the full version of raspian made the updates and I’m able to see the HDD but I don’t know how to move the data to the HDD. I tried to the install directly following the installation from octoprint to try to recreate it but it didn’t work.
I don’t know how to install octoprint on a full version of raspbian.
So if you find how please let me know!!!
@@eclarkmx Will do!
I got to wondering if it is possible to run multiple versions of Octoprint in containers with Docker and have RPi Zero=w's with cameras on the printers working as WiFi interfaces between the printer and the containerised Octoprint
wtf
Check out tinkerdad here on RUclips.
Hmm. I guess you'd need persistence device naming and pass-through serial TTYs to the container, likely requiring privileged mode to access physical devices.
Seems possible, but likely painful.
I wonder if podman would be simpler with device pass through? Pretty new to containers myself, but good luck.
The more I think about it, the biggest challenges are (1) the RPI Zero is likely too underpowered to compress/transfer the video, (2) getting remote serial connection; though it seems possible with something like socat or ser2net; that at least avoids the custom device naming with TTYs and docker priv issues. I wonder what happens if the serial/wifi link goes down? Will the printer restart, as many arduino devices do when ever a serial connection is first established?
Oh, and of course you should add Ansible or some other configuration management layer, just to keep things fun and repeatable.
Fascinating concept.
Chris. So I bought the same screen and a Pi3b everything goes well until I get to the screen drivers. at 14:03 in the video your driver install shows 3 lines mine does not. - I don't show checking out files and then the command rm -R UCTRONICS_LCD35_HDMI_RPI does not happen. And Im completely stuck there. Help
The driver name/folder has probably changed. Check your folder name with and LS and use that name instead.
great video still works lol, but is there a way to control all 4 instances from the 1 screen?
I wish, still not possible that I know of.
Hi Chris. Your video helps me a lot during the installation of octodash and the LCD monitor. Everything works perfectly but I can't able to launch octodash with the printer off. Currently, I can do it from the pc with octoprint through the "psu control" plugin (through a relay connected to the raspberry). I would like to ask you if it is also possible to control the switching of the printer also with octodash?Thanks in advance
Thanks, glad it helped. Great question, because I think it goes to sleep if the printer isn't connected. I would suggest over on the github that power on be added as a feature.
Thank you sharing this! I can't seem to get the touchscreen to work on my original Pi Foundation 7' screen (at the set up screen)..... stuck at the "Hey there!" screen. Is there a driver I should install? I apologize if this was addressed/covered elsewhere. Thanks.
PS: Not connected via HDMI.
The drivers for the screen are very picky. Sometime if you go back and install the driver again after octodash has been installed that will fix it. You should be able to get drivers for the make of the screen.
Total newbie question, but can this configuration be done using a Mac? I have Octoprint installed on my Raspberry Pi (on my Prusa MK3s). Before purchasing a screen, I want to ensure I can install any drivers and perform the configuration using Terminal (or other application) on my Mac. Thanks
That's all I know, putty can still be used. www.ssh.com/ssh/putty/mac/
Brilliant video Chris. Where can I get one of the U-shaped hdmi connectors?
That's a great question and I don't know. I have never seen one for sale by itself. You might just have to use a really short HDMI cable.
Try Kitty instead of Putty. It's simply an improved version, but only where it is needed.
Cool, I will take a look.
When I try to copy the script for installation the prompt does nothing but a return. What did I do wrong?
Make sure there are no spaces at the end. Maybe try to hand type it.
worked perfectly - but that Prusa plug in doesn't seem to work for me - any pointers on what I have to do? -
Figured it out - Prusa slicer does not output layer number by default - you need to add ;LAYER:[layer_num] Z=[layer_z] in Printer settings Gcode in section before layer change.
Working fine, now.
Glad you found it!
Chris, first of all i would like to say thank you, you have great videos and you have taught me a lot. Could you tell me how to edit the Octo dash config? My time remaining display is being cut off by the icons so I'm assuming the resolution needs to be adjusted? And I would also like to change themes. Thanks in advance.
I never had to tweak it, but check out the github, there is a great tips and tricks section. github.com/UnchartedBull/OctoDash
Hi Chris, Please forgive me if this has already been asked/answered, I am looking to install octodash on my PI 3b+ with an adafruit 2.8" tft that is connected via GPIO, Do you have any pointers on getting the screen to work? it seems all I can find are scenarios where the touchscreen is HDMI connected. Thank you in advance.
Give this a try, it might help. github.com/Z-Bolt/OctoScreen/wiki/Installing-OctoScreen-with-a-3.5%22-480x320-TFT-screen
Is there a tutorial on the power cut setup with the relay board that works with this setup?
Not that I know of. Not sure how it would work yet.
Thanks for all the great videos, I would not have pi if it weren’t for this series.
I have the 3.5 inch screen and I made it all the way to installing the driver on a pi 4 64bit. Any suggestions on a 64bit driver for the screen?
That's a great question. I am not sure which screen companies have release drivers for 64b boards/OS's yet. A lot of these drivers are interchangeable. Maybe search for one that say it supports Pi4 and see if they have drivers for it listed. They might work on your screen as well.
i went to install octodash and everything went ok but the vnc is no longer needed, dash asked me if i wanted to send octoprint a request for the api and the request came up on octoprint, all i had to do was click accept and dash had the api already displayed :)
Nice! They said there was going to be an update, I haven't had the chance to try it yet.
Chris, just a heads up that running "sudo apt update/upgrade" introduced major instability and constant crashes on my OctoPi setup. I'm new to all this, and I was convinced I had shorted something. I finally started from scratch and avoided the apt update/upgrade, and all is stable! Perhaps it is best to leave the Octopi installation alone, and just install updates to raspi-config and OctoPi itself using its GUI software updater... at least for now.
Chris, took a chance on updating my Pi again, as I got scolded for advising against it elsewhere. :-)
This time, I used sudo apt full-upgrade, instead of just upgrade, and this worked. Apparently, this accounts for dependencies, and removes things that are no longer necessary, also. Using the regular "upgrade" command fubared my Pi on on two fresh installs from scratch.
Hey Michael, I have seen things like this happen. It only takes one bad/buggy update to one repo to ruin the whole thing and they are always changing. It's also really hard to tell which one caused the issue. Hopefully what ever is was will be patched soon.
@@ChrisRiley Thanks Chris! This all has a HUGE learning curve, but I have a working OctoPrint with screen, thanks to your videos!
I figured out the power cut setup. I also sent you an e-mail about UCTouch changing their process. They made it really simple now and it's three steps. I am now stuck where the VNC bit is loading and not moving on to the OctoDash screen. I'll let you know if I figure that out.
Definitely, keep us posted!
My VNC connection won't let me paste the API code! Searched for a solution but nothing I tried worked. Wonder if anyone else had the same problem. Got it typed in manually...
You shouldn't need VNC any longer, check this one out. ruclips.net/video/_MJLJz-pJAA/видео.html
How to cool the rasberry pi with a screen ?
they get pretty hot, as i understand.
There are some cases where you can put a 5v USB fan on them.
Probably a stupid question but how does octodash locate the local folder? Can I have 2 pi's on the same API key?
That's actually a good question. It uses config.yaml so yes, you could reuse the api key.
@Chris Riley i recently purchased the uctronics 3.5" on amazon for my MK3S+ octoprint build prior to finding your videos. I'm grateful to have found your instruction doing exactly what I need to do. However today in 2021 I find there are two versions for the utronics 3.5" driver and I'm not exactly sure which one is appropriate to use, maybe you can comment. I bought the variant "B010601" which specifically is the UCTRONICS_LCD35_HDMI_RPI driver, whereas your tutorials use the UCTRONICS_LCD35_RPI driver. I have actually tried both for mine (B010601) and they do both work. However I am hoping you can comment which is better and why? The hdmi version has no calibration and requires less steps to install. Whereas the SPI version has calibration but takes longer to install (negligible). Anyways, just wondering which I should use. thanks.
Not really sure on the difference, I am guessing the RPi version has everything where the other one is cut back.
@@ChrisRiley It's odd to me because the non-RPi is not as updated and seems to be an "all-inclusive" driver. The problem is with my UCTRONICS LCD screen that the x and Y touch input needs to be inverted and I cant figure out how to do that with octodash and no calibrator. It was much easier to do this with touchUI with a simple transformation matrix. Any idea how to invert X and Y?
@@ChrisRiley Just wanted to mention that after installing the octodash and the LCD driver, you risk having your default XY input inverted depending on the orientation of your LCD screen when you do all the driver installations (mine was flipped by default from the manufacturer, not sure why but it is what it is..). This took me the last 2 weeks of extreme frustration to finally figure out the simple answer. So for anyone having the same issue, the simple solution is to start over and make sure to install the UCTRONICS driver at 180 degrees flipped, or just simply press the rotate button and be sure your orientation is correct. This way the default XY input is not inverted at the default installation, and therefore messing up everything you try to do onward.
@@po0okie I am not sure, I have seem some folks install the desktop, calibrate, then uninstall it. I know that's a lot of work.
Thank you for the videos. Would you happen to know how to boot Octodash when you opt out of having it automatically boot on startup? Thanks again.
I'm sure there is a service command that can do this, but it's been do long I don't remember what they might be.
Is there anyway of displaying multiple instances of octoprint on this display? e.g switch to a different printer?
I wish, I can't find anything that will do it.
Is there any way of having 2 instances of octodash with 2 displays?
@@willdavies6489 I don't know of anyway to make it have 2 outputs.
I guess this works only with one instance of octoprint? So you would need a pi per printer?
Yeah, only one instance for now. I hope someone will make software to support multiples someday.
Are you able to still use the full octoprint on your computer?
Yes, no issues.
I installed OctoDash on the same screen you have. I want to calibrate the touch screen. I went to UCTRONICS website and installed the software, but how do I run it on the pi? When it boots it goes straight to Octodash. How do I get it to go to calibration screen?
That is going to be a real pain now that I think about it. It wants you to install a desktop I would guess. I am not sure how to get around it. Maybe install the desktop, calibrate, then uninstall it? That's a lot of trouble.
Chris
That’s exactly what I did...lol
question I have installed the 4 printers on one RPI can I just update that without losing everything?
Yes, the updates are on and instance level, so you have to do them all. You might want to make a backup of your SD card just to be safe. :)
I have had a recent error with Octodash and am wondering if there is a fix. I get a "can't get Octoprint script" when booting up my pi. Any help would be appreciated.
That one I haven't seen before. There should be a new version of Octodash out that will fix a few bugs.
Hi Chris Riley,
I have an Anycubic Kossel (delta), with a pi 4 coming to hopefully set up Klipper and Octopi. Is it possible to run Octodash and Klipper on the same pi? Thanks for any help!
Yes, you should be able to.
Hey Chris. Your videos are freaking awesome, but every time I try to add either touch ui, octodash, or octoscreen, it either boots to the rainbow screen or a black screen with an underscore in the top left. I have teh same uctronics 3.5" screen with the U shaped HDMI connector .I'm assuming its the drivers? I'm not sure which ones I should download. Is there anyway to install them from the image they provide without overwriting the octopi install?
No there is not and it's really frustrating. Try loading the drivers via the commands then doing the install of octodash, then try th driver install command again after, sometimes I get that to work.
@@ChrisRiley thanks man! I actually figured it out from another one of your videos lol. I now have a nexus 7 tablet set up as a touch screen with it. Freaking awesome.
I used the same setup and thanks for the video it was very helpful. Do you know how to blank the screen (HDMI port). I would like it to time out say after 10mins or so and touch screen to wake up.
I think there is a sleep setting somewhere, just can't remember, I would have to look around for it.
@@ChrisRiley
The setting blanks the screen when it is asleep. I did find out that the version screen I have when you press the small button on the display it blanks the screen instead of rotation. That will work for now, I may connect to rpi pin later. Thanks again.
Chris - I bought a little fan for the rasbperry pi, what pins should I plug that in since the Touchscreen is taking up Pins 1-4. Also I bought the same touch screen as yours however using my finger or stylus it does not respond to well. Is there a specific resolution I should set it too?
Yeah, the power pins are used up, maybe find a USB cable to splice the fan on to. The res should effect the touch. It might need to be calibrated. Every screen is just a bit different.
How can I uninstall Octoscreen and use OctoDash? I would prefer OctoDash?
I am currently using OctoScreen with the Hyperpixel 4inch screen. It isnt bad but I really like OctoDash better..
Can you help??
You can probably just stop the service and install the other. sudo systemctl disable octoscreen
Can it just be on the hdmi screen, or is octodash a website that I can display with a tablet?
I want to use a cheap fire Tablet as screen. Good size and has touchscreen.
Octodash will display on the HDMI port, so you can do it that way.
@@ChrisRiley oh sorry, I meant the other way around. Not Hdmi, but as a website.
@@HannesMrg Okay, yeah, you would just install the the Rasbian desktop, that will come with a browser.
Crap! I bought the same screen you did. But the driver package is now different. It works-ish.. But the resolution is horrible! The text is all fuzzy when I install the drivers they suggest. Without the touch screen drivers it looks great... but no touch screen. If I comment all the stuff about changing the HDMI parameters in the install script the resolution is better but the touch isn't right. I have to double touch most times. Any thoughts? I'd love to be able to have the full resolution! I'm not sure how the dtoverlay stuff works..
It seems like these drivers change all the time. You might be able to use another manufacturer's drivers on this screen. Some of them are very similar.
hello i have the same board and screen as you and mine doesn't come up like your does? all it says is a blue screen with no signal? any ideas i have a rasp 3 and a rasp 4 tried it on both
Did you install the drivers for the screen?
@@pyroceis yeah the ones that came with the screen just now! now its all white it doesnt even show the blue screen no more
Check raspi-config maybe HDMI got turned off somehow.
HELP!!! i have the original 7' touchscreen from raspberry but the touchscreen don't work and i don't find a driver. raspberry say it is not nessasary it will recognise automaticly....but it don't
What kind of screen is it? GPIO or HDMI?
@@ChrisRiley I am having the same issue - my original touchscreen is connected via the white ribbon/GPIO (not HDMI). Thanks.
@@ebikefe The only thing I can tell you is to try and reload the the driver again now that the software is installed.
Hi, could you tell me how you did the final setup, which is completed on the screen
Not sure what you mean? I show everything I did here.
@@ChrisRiley I already managed to finish the configuration, the problem was with the api key, thanks
Is it possible to run 2x Printers with 2x Touchscreens with only 1x Raspberry Pi?
I haven't seen anyone be able to run 2 touch screens yet.
@@ChrisRiley HDMI switch? BTW I cant find octodash for android on the play store.
Does this work with the 7 inch Raspberry Pi Touchscreen too? :)
Yes it should!
Hey, I did everything like you, but the screen stays white. and the webcam suddenly doesn't work either. do you have an idea what i did wrong?
When you see that it's almost always a screen driver issues. Try re-installing the drivers after you complete the octodash install.
@@ChrisRiley I watched your newer video about octodash with the same screen i use. now the screen show octodash but i cant touch anything :/
@@LuggaWi Yeah, it's almost always the drivers. Maybe they have a different one that will make it work.
@@ChrisRiley Thanks for the reply even after such a long time! :) Should I just try another one? Actually i have the same display as you
Is it possible to get octodash to display webcam aswell?
Not that I am aware of.
@@ChrisRiley ait boss, would be nice if you could display a inspection camera on the nozzle
Doing the sudo upgrade, makes the webcam not work in octoprint? Anyone run into this problem?
It shouldn't, it might have updated something I am not aware of though. The messages log should give some more info on it.
Thanks for the great videos though! Im trying the install again from scratch. Without updating octodash gave me a cant detect layer message over and over
Hi, I'm using MK3S and MMU2S, is the Octodash compatible with the MMU2? Change of filament, filament chooser when printing in single mode etc? , I find the Octoscreen not userfriendly at all with the MMU2. I might be doing something wrong with the Octoscreen or have not set it up correctly!!
But at the moment Octodash look very good. I'm using a Hyperpixel 4.0 screen.
I don't think it has any controls in place for the MMU2.
@@ChrisRiley Thanks for your reply.
Anyone have a case that can mount to an ender 3 pro? I saw ssombras case on thingiverse. Jsut wondering if anyone had a mountable case for this type of setup
I don't know of one, hopefully someone else does.
Is the touch screen necessary?
To use the OctoDash interface it is.
So does one need a Pi for Octoprint and a second Pi for OctoDash?
No, it all runs on one.
@@ChrisRiley Great! Thanks Chris.
How to shutdown the pi using octodash?
I'm not sure that you can, you can ask on the github for the feature.
I guess this is only useful if you have the normal printer LCD screen and not one of those BTT TFT screens, otherwise, is just redundant??
Well yes and no, if you use Octoprint this one will let you control the print. Octoprint can kid of lock the other screens while it's in use.
@@ChrisRiley I do use Octoprint, but for me, the main advantage of octoprint is the remote access to the printer, once I'm in front of the printer, the BTT TFT 35 (touch screen) is very useful ... that's why my confusion on the original post
@@ChrisRiley I do use Octoprint, but for me, the main advantage of octoprint is the remote access to the printer, once I'm in front of the printer, the BTT TFT 35 (touch screen) is very useful ... that's why my confusion on the original post
@@larryoakley On some printers when you are printing with octoprint your screen is pretty much useless, octoprint kinda takes over and you are helpless unless you can get to the UI.
Will this work with the 7" touch screen you recently did?
No, there is not input on those screens unfortunately.
Will Octodash work with Klipper ?
Yes, it should work the same with Klipper running.
Can you use the 7" touch screen by RaspberryPi?
Sure, I have seen lots of folks use the 7" HDMI one.
@Guy The Jedi did you tried with the 7" from Raspberry Pi?
@@Michi_84 No every time I use Otipie the head always crashes into bed.
Awesome!
Thanks!
Will this work with Pi 3 B +?
Yes.
awesome video but i encounter a few issues using pi4 and non HDMI screen, if anyone needs help ill try write up a guide or something on how i got around it
I would be interested on how you got around it.
@@ChrisRiley on it my dude. Brb
@@ChrisRiley I had replied but its not showing for some reason and I've just noticed. When I'm not afk I'll send again my dude.
@@ChrisRiley the comment keeps deleting man cryzzgrantham#5050 is my discord homie, drop me a message there and ill send it that way
@@chrisgrantham2648 Will do!
Anyone having http failure response for (ip address or octopi.local)/connection: 0 unknown error??
I haven't seen this error, did you find a fix?
Down load AngryIP...it will search your system IP for The Pi. The octoprint.local didnt work out. Also when you put your micro sd card in the computer to access the "supplicant" file (when you put your internet router SSID abd Password, its case sensitive. (Thats what prevented AngryIp from seeing my Pi on my local internet network. Once you get the Pi ip address numbers (exmple. 30.0.0. 2)..enter that number into the blank field. (This is how i was able to access the octoprint setup screen). Just make sure you put the micro card in the pi...connect it to the printer..
With them both powered up. Do this before you put the pi's ip address in your computers browers. (Kinda said step out of order) hope this kinda helps in getting your pi's ip adress
Here is a good tutorial on the ip access for your pi....it works.
ruclips.net/video/1rDB5PI7r-0/видео.html
Octoprint, so we don't have to go to the printer all the time. Screen, so we don't have to go to the computer all the time.
Litterally me when i am sitting with my phone next to the printer in order to controll it with the app instead of the printers screen 30cm away from me😂 but i guess the main reason why I personally use octoprint is because of the webcam stream and the less clunky menu compared to the rotary encoder on my printer
Kind of feels that way. lol