Remote Control and Monitor your 3d Prints
Easily control your 3d printer from you Laptop / Workstation PC / Mobile device with OctoPrint.
Octoprint is a free opensource project https://octoprint.org/ which allows you to control your Printer from your Device.
Control Page of OctoPrint
Simply add your WIFI settings when imaging the SD Card ( or ask us to do it on your new order ) and power up your Raspberry PI ( wee machine that octopi runs on ) then connect to your Octoprint via your browser ( ip address might need to be taken from your router )
Octoprint lets you control your Printer when you are on your WIFI:
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No more copying to SD Cards, Simply upload your gcode to Octoprint
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Heat up and override controls from your PC, Nozzle, bed temp etc.
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Add a Webcam to observe the Print and Make Time Lapses
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Stop the Print remotely ( Need to be on your WIFI, so only house hold bound )
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View gcode previews
Temperature setting / tweaking
Leaving the house? Subscribe to Octoprint Plugin The Spaghetti Detective
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The Spaghetti Detective allows you to continue to control / monitor your print when away.
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The Spaghetti Detective also runs AI software monitoring your print looking for "Spaghetti" of bad / failing prints and notifies you to observe, it can even make the decision to pause printer and allows for you to cancel print after manually observation.
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needs WIFI/4G and Web Camera.
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Keeps a log of time lapse's of all your prints
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Subscription based on print hours per month
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great value considering the hours and PLA it can save you on the longer prints.
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even share the stream of your print !
The Spaghetti Detective Monitoring a Print about to Start, Can be viewed on their iOS or Android App anywhere when you have an 4G / Internet Connection