![]() ![]() Many people have a fair bit of difficulty getting the OctoPi to work. The only alternative to this is connecting to the Raspberry Pi via SSH and using the command line to complete the initial configuration.Įven after you go through the confusing setup process, your OctoPrint is fairly unlikely to work right away. Then OctoPrint provides a command prompt interface for adjusting various settings. Second, unlike with AstroPrint’s setup process, which can be done entirely from a computer, phone, or tablet, to set up OctoPrint you need to connect the Raspberry Pi to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse. If you are unfamiliar with Linux and/or networking basics, the process will be downright difficult.įirst of all, setting up OctoPi to connect to your WiFi network requires modifying one of the configuration files on the SD card thankfully the modification is a simple one and easy to accomplish, but it is just not as seamless as the graphical interface used by AstroPrint. Setting up the OctoPrint software is not easy. However, the AstroPrint team has made sweeping changes and additions to the software, making these two host software offerings quite a bit different in many ways. Before beginning the comparison, it should be noted that OctoPrint and AstroPrint are not true alternatives in the strictest sense of the word.ĪstroPrint is, in fact, based on OctoPrint. ![]() This post compares these two popular systems. The two most popular host software packages developed for wireless 3D printing are OctoPrint and AstroPrint. But, instead of using a fully-fledged computer for this purpose, the host software can be run on something like a Raspberry Pi, which is just powerful enough to run the software. ![]() This is a bit like using a dedicated computer for 3D printing that stays connected to the printer at all times. The second way to do (truly) wireless 3D printing is by running the host software on a small embedded device, like the Raspberry Pi, that is connected to the 3D printer. The 3D printer can still be placed away from the designer’s work area, but beyond that, using the SD card transfer method is no different from transferring the data over a cable. This arrangement technically allows wireless 3D printing, but it lacks most the advantages of a truly wireless setup as described above. First, a g-code file can be saved onto an SD card using a computer, then the SD card can be transferred to the 3D printer where the print job is initiated via a controller build into the 3D printer. There are basically two ways to do wireless 3D printing.
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