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I was not able to get th octopi.local to work for me either, but used the ip address in the address to access it. http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx substitute the xxx's with your id address. I did read on this http://octoprint.org/download/ site that for windows you need to install "Bonjour for Windows" from apples site to be able to use octopi.local address.
On a mac. How do I find the IP address of the PI?
Hopefully the web cam and iPad features will be easier to hook up once I get it connected.
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Originally Posted by tsteever
do into your router and look into the dhcp section, it will tell you what the pi's ip address is
I do not know much about Macs. Someone that know Macs on here might be able to give a better answer, but this page references a way to find that ip address on a Mac by installing nmap & using that to find the ip address, http://www.raspberrypi.org/documenta.../ip-address.md I used a google search for "how to find the ip address of a raspberry pi on a mac" to find this page.
Okay, I am now looking at my printer in Octoprint! However, i cannot print anything. I can move the printer around an everything but when I hit print, nothing happens. Can seem to figure out how to get things on the raspberry card and printing. Got some reading to do!
I had the best luck using Firefox & dragging & dropping the .gcode instead of using the upload button. I have not tried safari browser with it. Which browser are you using? I manually set the temperatures before starting my print, then under the Action column I click the load button which looks like a open folder icon. Then I hit the print button above the file names & it starts printing.
Mine says sd card not initialized.
you need to upload locally, the sdcard upload is if you also have an sdcard in your sdcard reader on the displayQuote:
Originally Posted by tsteever
Realized that late last night. Still can't print. When I select a file from the file picker the progress bar goes up and then down. If I click print, nothing happens.
I also had an error show up the ONE time I was able to print something. I had a thermal runaway error and the printer shut off.
Are you waiting for the printer to heat up? It takes several minutes after you hit print for it to reach the appropriate temperature. Until then, you won't see anything except the temperature graph change as the temperatures come up.Quote:
Originally Posted by tsteever
Yup, waiting patiently. Just sits there. Often, it has trouble running commands from the terminal. It was so frustrating that I just opened up pronterface. I will work on it a bit more.
sometimes, octoprint gets hung when an error occurs, when this happens just reload your browser or restart octoprint
I still can't load files to print from octopi. The only time I can is if I have an SD card in the printer. I can't upload. Also, I can't load anything into the gcode viewer.
I recommend posting these issues to the OctoPrint community - https://plus.google.com/communities/...08349328485741
Haven't had any luck posting there. Not sure why I can't upload locally. The progress bar quickly goes up and then back down, like it changes it's mind. I can only load files to the SD card. The gcode viewer doesn't load anything either.
I am getting this on the terminal display...
Communication timeout during printing, forcing a line
Did you expand your disk size after flashing the image?
If not that's why
When you ssh into the pi and your username is pi and password is raspberry that's what's probably wrong
Go into settings and increase the communication timeout, then.Quote:
Originally Posted by tsteever
I thought I had followed the settings pretty closely and that I increased the size. I did not SSH but did it following Tom's guide as I have no idea what SSH even means. Well, I know what is is after reading countless hours on the Octo stuff. I just don't know how to do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by sniffle
You followed toms guide you should be fine... But ssh is a good thing to learn as well as a general thing to know...
Yes communication timeout will fix that error... It usually comes from the printer expecting a line of gcode during an abl
I did not see where you said which browser you are using. I could not get the upload to work correctly with IE11 on Windows & switched to Firefox & it worked perfectly. Have you tried Firefox on the Mac?
Chrome is another option... From windows though dunno about a Mac...Quote:
Originally Posted by PyramidDave
Using Safari. I will try Chrome.
Tried Chrome. It worked better. Still didn't get the real time updates on the viewer. Why does one browser work over another?
I guess all browsers do not play by the same rules. Since you had better luck with Chrome, you might also want to try Firefox to see if that works better. I did not actually try Chrome. I do not like Chrome as the last time I tried it, it put a lot of its files in my profile rather than in its program folder.
Are you using a wireless or wired Network connection? If you are using wireless & can try it wired, see if that is the problem. I have noticed video updates on mine being sluggish sometimes, but have not been able to determine the cause. I thought it was a loose connection somewhere, but now suspect the wireless somehow. I have the printer within 2 feet of my router, so I can use either one. I am going to use it wired to the router for awhile & see if the problem comes back.
Got my Pi 2 in yesterday and spent a little time setting up OctoPrint today. Went very smoothly and it was setup and running in about 30 minutes. I setup the recommended 300s for the communication timeout and no issues with ABL. I haven't setup the camera yet, that will be the next step, but I have done all the network stuff like reserved IP for the Pi on the DHCP server, port forwarding and dyndns setup and it all just works beautifully inside the lan and over the internet. I'm really quite surprised it went so well. I was prepared for a battle, but honestly it was just very straightforward and works very well. Thanks for the intrepid users that spent the time figuring this out and posting here this out so I didn't have to! All the previous posts have helped a great deal.
Now I can start customizing the camera setup and adding relays for specific features.
At least you can forward port 80 my ISP doesn't allow it... I have to access via port 5001...
Where is the config file for setting the forwarding port for camera viewing? I can set to a non-standard port and all features work except the camera viewing. I just haven't figured out how to set an alternate port for the camera viewing in the control tab. I can still view the camera by opening a separate browser tab and using the http port (80) when I set a different port for the rest of octoprint, but I would really like to change the port and have the camera view work in the control tab of octoprint.Quote:
Originally Posted by sniffle
Change the frontend port marked by the *//*Code:/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg
Code:global
maxconn 4096
user haproxy
group haproxy
daemon
log 127.0.0.1 local0 debug
defaults
log global
mode http
option httplog
option dontlognull
retries 3
option redispatch
option http-server-close
option forwardfor
maxconn 2000
timeout connect 5s
timeout client 15min
timeout server 15min
frontend public
*//* bind *:80
use_backend webcam if { path_beg /webcam/ }
default_backend octoprint
backend octoprint
reqrep ^([^\ :]*)\ /(.*) \1\ /\2
option forwardfor
server octoprint1 127.0.0.1:5000
backend webcam
reqrep ^([^\ :]*)\ /webcam/(.*) \1\ /\2
server webcam1 127.0.0.1:8080
Thanks for the quick reply sniffle. This saves me a lot of searching. I'll set it up tomorrow as soon as my print job finishes.
i just recently figured it out myself... glad i can help
Thanks again sniffle. I edited the haproxy.cfg and setup the port I wanted to use, setup the forwarding in my router and it's working exactly as intended.
It's hard to believe a $35 Raspberri Pi is doing the same job I had a $2500 computer doing, and it's doing it well. I've got a camera setup and gave my dyndns info to a few friends and they are just blown away. I'm playing with the optimal timelapse settings now and seeing what I can do with that. It's not really all that useful, but definitely cool for a geek.
The only thing I would like changed at this point is adding a password to allow just viewing. I would much rather that the system doesn't allow just anybody to view without any access control, but I haven't seen a way to do this yet. I see there is access control for admin and active users, but I don't see a way to add requiring a password just for viewing. If anyone knows of a way to set this up it would be appreciated.
do you really need a password for that? nothing can be clicked on or used so there is no real point. you can setup a webpage that you can password that only shows tge raw stream... but i'm not sure how to go about it.
Yeah, I really would like a password for viewing. The main reason is that I don't want unfettered access to real-time build streaming of proprietary new designs I'm working on. But I still want to be able to remotely view the print in progress for myself (and anyone I trust to view the live stream). Not a really big deal I guess, but would be a nice feature.Quote:
Originally Posted by sniffle
The controlled access website is a good idea and maybe when I get some time I'll look into that.
The easy workaround is to change the streaming port address and forwarding so it doesn't work for the people that accessed it earlier and just change the port back if I want to grant them access. Not nearly as elegant as a simple password access to viewing though. But it's effective. I also have to be careful to remove timelapse videos before I give access since that is unrestricted for guest downloads also.
But the above being said, Octoprint has far exceeded my expectations and I can't imagine not having it now.
I have been playing with this for a couple of weeks now & noticed the Wi-Pi Raspberry Pi 802.11n Wireless Adapter I bought transmits the video very choppy relative to a wired connection. I should have looked into this a little more before getting that adapter. I just realized that is only running at 150Mbps. My pi is only a couple of feet from the router, but it is nice to have 1 less wire attached.
I found a Panda 300Mbps Wireless-N USB Adapter w/ WPS button for $17 on Amazon that I think might buy. Here is the link to it on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...A1K5RDMQ6V4659
Anyone have any experience with this adapter? The WPS button should make it easier to setup on a wireless network if your router supports this.
I am also going to go back to using Pronterface until there is a way to keep a log of print files automatically. I put a message on the octoprint discussion board about how this can be done. Apparently it is not possible yet, but sounds like someone there might make a plugin to do this. I have programmed in a few languages, but not python. Maybe I will look into seeing if I can do something with this also.
So while I wait for my printer to arrive I figured I would get the RPi and the relay working. And had some questions after reading this and watching some youtube videos.Quote:
Originally Posted by AbuMaia
Concerning hooking the pi to the relay he says:
- connect JD-VDD to one of the 5V pins on the Pi
- connect VDD to 3.3V (these two power the relays)
The 6-pin-header is to be connected as follows:
- connect GND to Ground (surprise ;D)
- connect VCC to the other 5V pin
- connect IN1-IN4 to the remaining pins
Question Are:
1. He refers to plugging some 6 port header into the remaining pins, really we just need VCC to 5v, Ground to ground, and one GPIO pin going to one of the 4 relays right? No clue what 6 pin header he is talking about. I think he is using just pin 18
2. Why pull the jumper and power those other two pins separately?
He's talking about the 6-pin header on the relay board. The 4-channel boards have a header with power, gnd and four signal lines.Quote:
Originally Posted by SgtToe
The rest of the instructions are about supplying 5V to the JD-VCC line, which powers the relay coils and 3.3V to the VCC line, which powers the LED side of the optoisolators, which are connected to the GPIO pins. Technically, this is correct, because the RPi GPIO pins are 3.3V logic. It's also probably not necessary, since there are two diode drops in the circuit. I have been running 5V SainSmart relay boards off the GPIO pins of a Model B for months without any apparent issues.
Ok, thanks for the answer clough42.Quote:
Originally Posted by clough42
I solved the remote monitoring with a VPN. All of my printers have Octopi setups on my local, private network, and then I have OpenVPN set up at the gateway. That way, I can connect in with a laptop, tablet or even my cell phone to monitor and control prints when I'm away from home. Everything is encrypted and I'm not exposing OctoPrint to the outside world.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drone
I'm using Untangle NG-Firewall as my gateway/router, so the OpenVpn setup was easy.
Need some help, I have my pi setup and octoprint installed, my printer is on order so obviously I don't have a printer hooked to the pi. When I don't have the camera plugged in it complains every 2 min about no camera. Now that I have the camera hooked up it no longer complains, but when I go to the page I see the graph of the temp and the other tabs, but I don't see any picture, what tab should it be on? Does a printer need to be hooked up for the camera to work? I have the Xbox web cam and it says it is supported as is out of the box.
2nd question, I read that octopi.local should work on a windows pic if I install bonjour, it does not work from my iPad either, any idea why? It does work if I use the ip.
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edit I just checked with safari from my iPad and everything works! so octopi?local and video both ok via safari but not with chrome