How to setup OctoPrint! (+ best plugin recommendations)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 มิ.ย. 2021
- OctoPrint is a fantastic way to remote-control your 3D printer - and it's even more versatile than ever thanks to its built-in plugin system! In this video, I show you how to set up OctoPrint and which plugins are worth checking out.
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Download the RaspberryPi installer www.raspberrypi.org/software/
OctoPrint octoprint.org/
Hardware to set up OctoPrint (on Amazon):
Raspberry Pi 4 go.toms3d.org/RPi4
32GB microSD card geni.us/32GBSD
Anker two-port charger / supply options go.toms3d.org/Anker2Port
Anker USB-C cables toms3d.org/USBCcables
Logitech C270 Webcam geni.us/webcam
Forum post about backpowering issues community.octoprint.org/t/pri...
Confirmed webcam compatibility list elinux.org/RPi_USB_Webcams
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Oh fantastic topic! I’ve been printing for years now and NEVER used Octoprint… might have to finally jump in on it
You're missing out!
Yup, you definitely missing out on the good stuff
I love Octoprint. It is so nice to not have to mess with SD cards or USB sticks all the time.
Until you did not print with OctoPrint, you have not printed :)
If I would have to name the most significant improvement to my 3D printing, it would be octoprint - hands down !
Dang dude, Octoprint is so nice. Been using it for years.
9:30 is the timestamp for plugins in case anyone else has already been using Octoprint and doesn't need the introduction.
Thank you!
Thank you so much for uploading this and going over everything. I have been printing for years and was under the impression that it was far more difficult to get Octoprint up and running
This has been the most useful OctoPrint tutorial I've seen yet. I've got it running all thanks to your video. Major props.
Great video. At 8:58 I'd just add that Cura also supports sending sliced gcode directly to OctoPrint, and can monitor/start/pause/cancel prints. That's been done in Cura for even longer than in PrusaSlicer. Cura can even send a visualisation of the object which OctoPrint displays.
Thank you for the information. I scrolled down to see if anyone mentioned if cura had it or not and was not dissapointed.
omg thank you
That shift+ctrl+X tip is FANTASTIC, thank you!!!
Awesome video as always Tom. I've been using OctoPi for years and it is the most important addition to any 3D printer IMO. Didn't know about the secret menu, so thanks for the heads up on that too.
Nice, current summary! I know there are lots of OctoPrint videos out there, so it is great to see an updated video. I was not aware of the RaspBerry Pi burner with the built-in advanced menu - great stuff!
Thank you, thank you for this video! I found myself needing to reload octoprint on my 5 year old Pi3B+. I remember what a huge pain it was to load the image and get everything setup. I was dreading the experience. All I can say is WOW, what a difference a few years makes in terms of installation. Easy Peasy. Thanks for the video and suggested plugins, Tom!
Having a pi and octoprint on my mk3s has made 3D printing so much better and more enjoyable.
If you already use octoprint or plan to try it then look at which plugins you use and help you put then send the developer £$€5. That’s a small amount for you but really helps them out and keeps your favourite plugins alive. You would pay for other programs you use that make you pay upfront so why not help out these small devs that give you their time and make your life better. Don’t just take but make this world better for us all
Pi-imager is a HUGE game changer. I can't say I'll miss the old ways of installing Octoprint. Thanks Tom for a great video.
I hope that works also for non raspberry pi ARM micro computers.
This was perfect. I had gotten away from 3D printing for a while and just started getting everything working again and I was still on an older version running Python 2 so I couldn't update. This was great, just backed up my settings, followed this, restored and everything is working perfectly with the latest build.
its crazy how much you lose when you don't use it.
I've been using OctoPi for several years but just got a new Raspberry Pi 3 for a new printer. I had started setting it up yesterday the old way, but I had no idea about how much easier the Pi Imager makes the whole process. Thank you for posting this just when I needed it!
I *JUST* installed my Octoprint on my Raspberry Pi 3b (March 2022), and did my first test print. So awesome! Thanks for this video. It helps a lot!!
Fantastic video Tom. The Prusa Slicer integration was the catalyst for me to give Octoprint a go. With your guidance I was up and printing in 10 minutes... Oh so simple. Thanks Tom... Your a legend.
Thanks for the great idea! Repurposed my old android phone to run Octoprint with my Ender 3 v2 that I just got a week ago. Learned a lot from your channel, thank you for making this hobby even more accessible
Thanks so much for doing this video. I had a basic Ender 3 and hadn't paid any attention to Octoprint. After upgrading to the 4.2.7 board and the V2 display, I realized I'm now in a position to try it out. I also had a Raspberry Pi that I bought with good intentions for other projects that never materialized. Yep, I have the black-power problem, but thanks to your link about the "solution" I realized I could easily modify a USB cable to break the power connection...easy peasy. I'm going to like this. I've already tested it and except for the back-power issue, it works well. Thank you!!!
That camera settings plugin is a real life saver! Allowing you th change the bitrate of the camera really helps! Thanks for mentioning it in this vid!
I just installed Octoprint on surface pro 3 sitting next to my 3D printer within the last few weeks. Loved the recommendations for plugins.
Finally got around to installing Octoprint, this and the good work of people writing Octoprint and its plugins, made it super easy.
Thanks!
Thank Tom . I have made several attempts in the past to set up octoprint. Once several years ago with a full size pi and never got the wifi working . i made another attempt a few months ago with a couple of pi zero-w s and had difficulty finding the ip addresses.
today i picked up a pi 4 kit from micro center. followed your video .. and it works.
I've been looking into this for a while now. This is the first time though that I've seen it explained so easily. I was put off by by a lot of people making it seem so more difficult than you shown it. Thank you 👍
Honestly I didn't do it with the raspi imager the first time. I used etcher and had to manually edit files. I just redid my octopi image using his steps cuz I've been having issues. Hopefully this fixes em but incredibly easier to use the raspi imager.
I actually used a pi 0 with a USB/Ethernet hub. Camera and printer (geeetech i3) connected to hub. Hub connected to pi. Gets power from Printer USB connection. No wall wart 🤗
@@OriginalAntbox octopi isn’t well supported by the zero. Get the pi zero 2 W it’s recommended by octopi
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Thanks for this video! Just got started with 3D printing last week and had a Pi 2B lying around, which this video was perfect for.
after a few of years of using this, I bought a new printer and wanted to do a fresh install, this video was helpful and more updated than how I did it years ago.
Thank you!! Thanks to this video, I followed the rabbit down the hole. And while I was there, I was reminded of Bonjour. That functionality has been broken on my system for ages. I re-downloaded and re-installed it. Now my computer can access network devices by name again! Again, THANK YOU!
I'm running my Octoprint from my pine64. Super satisfied, provides way more power than it needs out of the box.
Thanks for the great video! I followed your older video when I originally installed OctoPi on my rasberryPi. And now this video was super useful when I needed to upgrade to the latest version of OctoPrint and Python 3. Unfortunately, I didn't properly download the backup I created so now I am starting from scratch with my plugins and custom commands.
Thumbs up for showing the hidden advanced settings of the raspberry pi flasher! Amazing.
Well produced video. Thanks.
Muito obrigado Thomas Sanladerer! Essa sua aula em video resolveu um grande problema que eu estava há dias tentando solucionar. Você foi claro, preciso e didatico. Muito obrigado!
Great video! Love the Octoprint, I have it almost on all printers. It simplifies the process by a lot.
Do you have a separate octoprint instance for every printer?
Fantastic setup process, I usually use Echer and then flash my SD card however, the way you have shown is much simpler as you can use the wifi settings during setup. Thank you very much, I just got the neptune 2 as well, it's working flawlessly.
Fantastic tutorial, I'm less than a week old 3dprinter owner and this really helped!
Great video.
I didn't knew about the pi-installer and will try it for sure.
Thanks, a welcome update on the original guide. Thanks Tom!
How timely, I was planning to set up octoPi for the first time this weekend. Thanks for the tips, especially the raspberry auto-download section. I was totally unaware of that.
This is going to be my next project, I really appreciate the video. Great job.
Thanks for posting these videos! I'm brand new to 3D printing and your series has been invaluable to me!
been using it for YEARS and its super great, their are even plugins for cura that let you send jobs straight to the printer. my favorite mod ive made to all my printers is making cases that have small oled displays built in, with a little bit of wiring to the gpio and bash scripting and python, they now show the ip address of each printer and the progress of each print. also have the octotouch plugin setup running on small touchscreens plugged into the hdmi, all of this has been integrated to enclosures mounted to the printers, its great to have controls actually on the printer
I am SO glad I stumbled on this video. Because my 3D printer lives to find ways to fail, I am glad to have found out my printer is one affected by this issue. Since the needed parts are on order, I am glad a simple piece of electrical tape will prevent any problem. And I always have electrical tape on hand. Thank you very much!
I live in Australia, and almost no-one has heard of the Fritz!Box I am running. It gave me actual joy to see you also have a 7490! Thanks for the great video, well all of your videos really.
You are the reason I am getting octopi! Such a useful in depth setup, thank you
Ok… this is extremely relieving. Thank you for such clear delivery of quality information 🙏🙏👍
I had to repeat parts of the video several times to catch everything, cause english is not my native language. But your informations and "how to"s got my Pi running, thank you so much!
Wow, I did not know about the convenience option of prusaslicer integration. That will come in handy! Thanks Tom!
Great video! I've been using OctoPrint with all my FDM printers for ~3.5 years now, and everybody should have it! Utterly indispensable, and dead-simple to set up! I power each RasPi using a DC-DC step-down converter wired directly into the printer PSU, but I'm looking to eventually switch them over to PoE since they're already on a wired network, then they can always be on and let me remotely switch the printers on/off. That would be _hella sweet!_ 😌 btw, quick tip for the USB back-powering issue; It takes a little finagling, but with some kapton tape and a good pair of tweezers, you can insulate the power pins in the USB A connector so only the data pins connect to the Pi.
I've got my RasPi cams on lengths of bootleg Line-Loc articulated coolant hose attached to custom 4040 endcaps on my printer frame. For now I'm still using ribbon cable, but I've got these boards that pass the camera interface plus 3 additional GPIO/power lines through an HDMI port (No conversion, just using HDMI as a convenient bundle of conductors.) A nice thin HDMI cable is a lot cleaner than the ribbon, and I figure I can use the extra 3 pins to power/control an RGBW ring light on the cam or something.
Thanks for the plugin tips! I've been using CancelObject, which requires parts being defined in the slicer. "Exclude Region" sounds like a much more elegant solution! Going to have to get Camera Settings, too. I've been using console commands via puTTY terminal! Shout out to Bed Visualizer for helping maintain my sanity! Surprised you didn't give it a mention.
Thanks for the video! Got my first printer and I have an old Pi 3 lying around from 2017, so definitely gonna set this up.
I am using OP for almost two years now and i didn´t know exclude regions... It is EXACTLY what i missed! Thx!
Short, informative and to the point! I LIKE THAT!
Watching this with all these plug-ins installed on my 8gb Pi 4 with Pi camera that works flawlessly on my Snapmaker 2.0 for last few months :')
Thanks Gina for this amazing software, please donate if you like Octopi
Absolutely!! PLEASE donate to OctoPrint if you use it.
The software author (Gina) depends on theses donations.
Don’t be just a “taker”, become a donor.
And if you have a business that uses a printer runnng OctoPrint…then please, share.
And thank you to Thomas for the “Shoutout’ for OctoPrint.. i wish more TH-camrs would do this…
Good old Tom! A very nice video. Please make more of these technical stuff.
Wonderful overview, as always.
For the "Exclude Region" plugin, there's an even more convenient option, the "Cancel Objects" plugin. It does fundamentally the same thing, but understands multiple items on the buildplate and even knows them by STL name. So you can just cancel the object called "left arm" that's failing, instead of having to awkwardly draw shapes around it, especially for more complex shaped objects. Yes, it does need "help" from the slicer (trivial meta information), but that's either setup by default already in some slicers, or literally adds a line of CCode in the right field of the slicer. Also works with the gcode preview, so you can see which object it is you're canceling (or even click on it with an overlay).
That feature is absolutely amazing. It's so frustrating to be 3/4 of the way through a print with multiple objects, just for one to fail and risk ruining all the other pieces that are printing fine. Can't wait to get this all set up!
Jeez I am so glad I found this video again. Had to set up my raspberry pi again because I just moved, and I watched a bunch of other "updated" videos on how to do this and I just was not able to get it done. I actually ended up corrupting THREE micro SD cards somehow while watching these videos lol, the good 32gb evo ones! I was almost about to call it a night, thanks again Thomas
Thanks for this video!
I will try to setup OctoPrint and TronXY X5Sa Pro
Great help. Just got a Raspberry Pi and found your video. Thought it was going to be complicated but it all worked first time :)
Thanks for the video, it’s been extremely helpful.
Great Job! i had everything installed and running in no time!
love elegoo. i just got my first printer, a neptune 3 pro and i love it!
An excellent, informative guide! Thank you!
Always cool videos from you. Thanks Tom !
I've been using OctoPrint almost since I first got my printer a couple of months ago, but I'm always looking out for interesting plugins or additional info. Great content, well done.
Amazing as always! Thank you for your videos
Great video! Another plugin that I use is Safety Printer, that monitors my printer to avoid it caching fire.
Thank you very much for this video, it helped me a lot!
Had to reinstall Octoprint. Helped me a lot again. Danke schön!
as always amazing content!! would be nice to see your take on the pi zero 2w in this application.
Great Video! Thank you for the clear and informative guidance!
Inspiring and clear presentation! Thank's!
Thank you Tom, this is exactly what I needed.
Great video - worth it for the ctl-shift-x tip alone!
Wow, I didnt realize you could configure the Pi with the Imager. Thanks for that tip!
Thank you for your advice. It is very useful for 3D printer.
Very easy to follow! Running the Pi Imager now. Thanks Thomas :)
first time using octoprint with a multi part print aaaand... i needed the "exclude region" plugin. thanks for telling me that ;)
Wow, I've always assumed Raspberry Pi's and Octoprint were way too complicated for me to set up. After watching this, I'm definitely going to get a Raspberry Pi and get it set up! I've tried using Zoom to check in on prints when I'm at work but it worries me to not have controls. Also even though I pay for their subscription, the meeting still expires after a certain amount of time and I just have to trust that everything will be fine. Having controls and video at all times will allow me to print way bigger prints since at the moment, I only feel comfortable doing prints when I'm home or if there's only a short amount of time left when it's time to leave (with the Zoom meeting set up).
Thanks for the tutorial! Love the community around 3D printing!
Really great informative video, I've had a spare pi 3 laying around for a while and was looking for something to do with it, so I guess I'll set it up on my mk3
Thanks for this Thomas. Just got myself a raspberry pi 4 and setting up Octoprint was a breeze. Now I need to find out how to connect two printers to it.
it's gotten so much easier to set up your os... I had to redo my octopi sd since I was having some problems and was surprised by how easy it has become.
The Video we needed, thank you!
omg thanks for the idea about (CTRL,Shift X) because I never knew that
Hey, thank you! Very helpful.
Thanks. This is first guide which worked for some reason even though steps were same like in other videos. So you are now my lord and saviour. . . . Now i am just waiting for reliable power source. I can't update or install plugins because i heard undervoltage can cause that. Anyways, that's story for another time. Thankies again good sir!
Thank you!! The Best Tutorial on TH-cam!
I am using rpi imager often and honestly i didnt know about the ctrl+shift+x shortcut, thanks!
I just bought Elegoo's Mercury Plus 2 wash and cure station on Prime Day. Tried it for the first time today and really liked it.
Dude! Wash and curing stations are so useful for SLA
Totally late to the game I know, but thank you, you have convinced me to do this!!!!
This helped out alot. Camera is coming in tomorrow. Thanks
Another Anker fan! I love love love their products.
I love your videos! Thank you for making this
I think it would be cool if you could link the Spaghetti Detective to the Exclude Region function. I haven't tried OctoPrint as yet, but I really like the look of it and so I think I will try it out. Thanks for the video Tom! 🧡
The "bed level visualizer" is also nice 🙂
Omg i never knew you could print direct from prusaslicer to Octoprint. What a freaking tip!
While you’re at it, look at the plugin : prusaslicer thumbnails
omg those plugin are amazing! touchUI, exclude region (which is very very rare it happens) and more are not installed. Thanks!
my favorite you did not mention are
arc welder
Tempsgraph
Navbar Temp
Simple Emergency Stop
Octoprint is the default way to operate my Makergear M3! It's definitely nice, provided you have no issues connecting to your local network.
It's one of those topics that got really hot in 2016 and 2017 when I was still actively printing. I was close to getting my first rPi that time but didn't back than.
Instead of buying new hardware, it would be really neat to use like an old phone to run and watch my printer. I got a somewhat broken CAT S60 which even has a low resolution thermal camera that could be an alternative webcam or help with looking at stuff. I think I heard someone doing that before - but I am not sure it's as great.
It might be a good motivation to resurrect my printer and I can also get ssh experience.
Fantastic video bud, thank you! 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
thanks man, you utter legend
I would always recommend the best power supply you can get for these. Regardless of how good the filtering is on the Pi (and up to 3Bplus it was poor) Power Supplies are the most common cause of Raspberry Pi failures (or freezes) and you don't want that during a print. I found a nice SD card by Samsung rated at over 17,000 hours read/write use under the Pro Endurance range. Not a Samsung fan in general, but they are good with memory and these cards seem to be the only long life rated cards I have found. I also like to get a touch screen and use OctoScreen plugin for local control. Love your videos by the way. Really appreciate the time you put in
When set up correctly (aka, in proper 4k mode) the Logitech Brio you have there is practically a proper DSLR, with absurdly great low-light performance, low image noise, and not just extremely crisp imaging but also precise focal length setting, including a powerful macro. I've experimented extensively with it and between its huge FOV and extreme zoom/focus capabilities it is absolutely worth the 200 bucks... provided your pi can actually handle it.
aaaw just like ketchup you made us wait for that secret menu trick...
loving it!
Hi, this is probably the most straightforward octoprint tutorial on TH-cam! Thank you! I do have a question. Is there a way to run multiple 3d printers on one raspberry pi?