dynamics gp process monitor check for user messages

Use a micro-B USB on the go to USB A female cable adapter, to plug in a (powered preferably) USB hub, into which you plug a WIFI dongle and the printer. Remember to configure the network settings in the network text file located in the root directory of the written SD card. Follow the instructions on “how to use it” here. Follow the standard instructions for writing Raspbian to SD cards. Uncompress the zip file and use the resulting disk image to write to your micro SD card that will be placed into the Pi Zero. Download the latest nightly build from the nightly build folder, for example today it is, the 04th of Dec being today. Luckily the nightly builds of OctoPi are now using Jessie, although the nightly builds are not official releases and may have some issues yet to be ironed out, I’ve actually found them reliable in practice. The Pi Zero requires the jessie version of Raspbian as a minimum to boot. Raspbian is the flavour of Linux operating system developed for the Raspberry Pi devices. This is because the current ( Dec 2015) release version of OctoPi (_-octopi-wheezy-0.12.0) is built on the wheezy version of Raspbian. If the current release version of Octopi is placed into a Pi Zero, then the Pi Zero will flash the on-board LED repeatedly 8 times and the Pi Zero will refuse to show any output to HDMI and will fail to boot. I’d recommend this case I made: Get the image House your Pi Zero in a case to protect it or use self adhesive posts to mount it somewhere on or in your 3D printer, remembering to allow access to SD slot and USB sockets.

There is even a mobile phone app now that allows control of the printer from an Android smart phone. The webcam monitoring allows progress of prints to be checked too.

The software has also created freedom to control the printer from multiple devices in the house. It is the best thing since sliced bread, in my opinion and it has allowed the whole household to access the printer.

Octoprint allows network access and control of a USB connected 3D printer. OctoPi is a Raspbian image with Octoprint installed and configured on it. I expect this post to age quickly but will hopefully find people setting up OctoPi for the newly released Pi Zero.

Dynamics gp process monitor check for user messages