Getting Mod-t to work these days

[HGilbert]

My school was given a Mod-t 3d printer. (I am a STEM HS teacher.)
After a lot of research, I found
-- an ini file that Cusa could read
-- the Mod-t printer utility
-- the printer utility firmware update 0.9.0

The printer utility doesn't connect to the printer, however. Nor do I see a way to get the utility to read the firmware update.

Is there any way to get this functioning?

With appreciation for any help,

Harlan

[HGilbert]

Good afternoon, were you able to resolve the issue?

No; I gave up.

[airwave]

Cool, they bought you 3D printers for school. We are fortunate to have gotten these chemistry kits. It is unlikely that we will ever have a 3D printer.

[HGilbert]

Cool, they bought you 3D printers for school. We are fortunate to have gotten these chemistry kits. It is unlikely that we will ever have a 3D printer.

We ended up contacting friends who work in a local public school with decent funding. They had older 3d printers that they were no longer using (they had upgraded) and donated them. We were given 2 Flashforge Dreamers. These are great, far better than I could have imagined getting otherwise.

Another option would be a crowdfunding project (gofundme, etc.); with a decent video from your students (or teachers) explaining the interest and need, you should easily be able to raise the amount needed. (The machines we were given currently retail for $390 new and might be available used.)

[Fisher]

No; I gave up.

Too bad, I hope you'll pull yourself together!

[curious aardvark]

Yeah a printer that runs off cloud software is useless when the company goes under and the cloud blows away.

You'd probably need to use a generic motherboard and standard firmware to get it running again.

The dreamers are nice machines, glad you got something running now :-)