Sending G-Code to a 3d Printer from Chrome
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 เม.ย. 2024
- Many 3d printer calibration tasks require sending G-CODE from your computer to your 3D Printer. I ofter recommend using MatterControl from MatterHackers or Octoprint for this task but I am always looking for alternatives. I recently discovered the Chrome G-Code Sender, a Chrome APP created by Buck Clay and listed on Github at the following location:
github.com/sir-buckyball/chro...
This Chrome APP supports sending G-Code commands from any computer running Chrome, a Mac, Linux, Windows or Chromebook system, to an attached device over a serial/USB connection.
You can install this APP in Chrome by cutting and pasting the following (long) URL into your browser address bar:
chrome.google.com/webstore/de...
Please leave any comments below so we can continue to learn together.
Irv
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You're a genius Dr. Vax! And your style is so cordial and friendly! I tip my hat to you good sir!
I must say that I have been stumbling around in this hobby for 2 years now. I've learned alot since then but stiil not enough that I could think of myself as an expert of any kind. I'm not even sure how I found your channel but I'm glad I did. I've been picking through your videos to learn new things and to sort of validate things that I either know or (think) I know. The comments I keep reading that compliment you for you CLEAR explanations are right in line about what I like about your videos. So many people in this hobby don't hesitate to assist, but they seem to lack the ability in many cases to clearly express their ideas. Alot of assumptions are made as to what we already know and so many of the small details are glossed over. And when you're trying to learn a new skill like this, it really helps to have it explained as if I were a child. Sometimes I'll even post a question in a forum and request "please explain it as if I was in the 1st grade". Your simplistic approach to problem solving and teaching in this sometimes excruciatingly frustrating hobby is so refreshing for an old schooler like me to stumble upon. Thanks for all you do!
Thanks for your comment and support. I do this because I love teaching, even more than playing with the tech.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! This is exactly what I was looking for. I got tired of fumbling with tiny micro SD cards, putting them into an SD adapter, e-mailing the g-code from my primary laptop (which doesn't have an SD card reader) to my older laptop, loading the g-code onto the SD card, trying to put the micro SD in the tiny slot on the bottom of my Ender 3, etc. It was an exasperating process!! I found an old Chromebook that my daughter no longer uses and it has now been adapted as a dedicated print host. I've set up a separate G-Mail account for my 3D prints, e-mail my g-code to that account and just download the files and print from this app. Easy peasy! As an added bonus, the Chromebook has a camera, so I intend to add an IP web cam app so I can monitor my print from anywhere I get internet access. Soon, I'll be able to sit by the pool and monitor my prints. This is awesome!
Thank you a hundred times Doctor! I was looking for a simple way to just run a PID autotune on my new printer using my Linux laptop and your solution was the best I could dream of. Your videos are perfect and I can't believe you have so little amount of subscribers with such quality of content. I'm hitting subscribe right now and looking forward to learn something with you!
Your 3D printer videos are much more indepth but still understandable compared to other 3D printer youtube video channels.
Thanks.
Love this! I'm going to try to incorporate this into a CNC class I'm teaching
Thank you from a newbie. Very informative. Can’t wait to get home and try it on my printer.
Great tip. I also learned you can remotely control your Pocket. Nice.
I am really enjoying my new OSMO Pocket with the WIFI adapter. The autofocus is much better than my GH4 which I use for most of my videos. Congratulations on approaching 100k subs. Quite an accomplishment.
You blew my mind! I need to try this!
I think it works well.
This is convenient, thanks for sharing, up until now I have been using pronterface and repetier host for my tethered g-code sending, this is a very nice alternative
Very useful indeed. Thanks for the links to the app.
Chromebooks are really underrated.
Just subscribed.
Thank you! This is exactly the tool i was looking for...
Thanks for the great find! Another tool for the arsenal.
Thanks for the comment.
great video mate, thanks for sharing
Interesting new approach
Great find
Thanks for sharing👍😀🎆
Yep this has worked well for me.
great video, saved me lots of time and its free! Everyone should know how to write G-code.
Thank you that was so helpful!
thank you sooo much, for this video! it is so hard to find a 3d printer video that works with Chromebooks!
You should also try out Astroprint. It is a web based print environment. Here is a video about it.
th-cam.com/video/EW-YTXr4b5A/w-d-xo.html
@@MakeWithTech thx
I haven't got a wireless controller for my printer, so this is just what I needed.
great job on this subject will check this out
Yep. I was a fun exercise and I find myself using it all of the time.
WOW! This is amazing!!!
Great video! I have a question not about printers but about laser engravers. As I understand laser engraver also work from gcode. Could I use the gcode-sender on my chromebook to run my laser engraver? It would be great as I do not have a PC any longer.
I really enjoy learning new things together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks.
Gem of a video...thanks. My question is...can you use an ip to connect via an ethernet cable rather than usb (for those equipped with one)?
I just purchased a cheap phablet to replace the control screen on my Ender 5, so this is properly interesting!! Thanx doc. 😁
Unfortunately Google has dropped support for APPs in Chrome. So while this will work for a while it need to be converted into an extension long term. If I can find the time I would love to built a suite of 3d printing tools in Chrome. No time so far.
@@MakeWithTech Well to heck with Google. I'll have a go at installing Linux on the phablet and see what I can do.
I see you got the same thing I have. Mac Book Pro (Mine is an early 2008) and Ender 5 & EZ-ABL. So how can I find the available ports on my MBP? How did you mount that Osmo? In have one i' like to set up. Thanks
thank you so much!!!!
Another great video DrVax, keep em coming. I have a few questions that I figure you can help me with. I just recently got an Ender 5 pro and it's a great machine that I enjoy very much. Now I have a question about the micro sd card that came with my machine. It's a Netac 8 GB card. I brought a 65 GB San Disk micro sd card, my machine won't read the new sd card. I have some gcode files on the new micro card to print. What would be the cause for my machine not reading the new sd card?
My second question is in the near or far future, will Creality come up with a dual print head technology for the Ender 5?
Thank you for your help and the great videos.
Great question. Many Marlin based printers only support SDCards that are 32GB or smaller. The reason for this is that cards with a capacity of over 32GB use a different file system, they use exfat vs fat32. The exfat format supports cards over 32gb and also larger maximum file sizes.
So the bottom line. You 64gb card will not work. Sorry to deliver bad news.
@@MakeWithTech ,thank you for taking time to answer my question. I knew I was asking the right person and gained more knowledge as a result. Also about my other question, do you think that Creality will deliver on a dual print head ender 5 model? I think that would be fascinating. Thanks again.
Is it possible to use a WLAN 3D printer and adding it to the ports?
Great Content!
Nice finding.
Yep I am enjoying this extension/app.
First of all I love your videos very informative and easy to understand for a beginner....I got gcode sender installed and I have a USB connection too the board of my ender 6 and when I plugged the USB to my windows pc it powered up the ender 6 via USB but when I open up gcode sender it won't recognize the printer only the com 1 option
Did you figure out what was going on? I'm having the same issue with my Ender 5 plus and cant find any answers anywhere
this vid has helped me so much such a stress reilfe but how do i get model g codes for thingyveres
Interesting info ... let me ask you this question. I’m having a problem .... my extruder heater work fine. My thermistor is functioning. I have verified both, but when go to bring the nozzle up to set point like for PLA ... the heater starts to rise like it should and it’s showing temp rises to the point it’s set. Once the heater gets to about 95 deg ... it slows down and stops rising toward the 200 deg set point. Then it stalls out and then receives an E1 failure and shuts down .... driving crazy. I’m thinking it’s firmware relative ... not sure if it could be PID settings ... any thought. Thanks for the video.
First we would need to know what brand printer you are using. Then you should run the PID tuning process.
A great place to discuss this is at the DrVax forum located at forum.drvax.com.
@@MakeWithTech thanks I will do that but to answer your reply is that The printer that I have is a Creality CR 10S Pro. Adapting the Direct Hermeas Extruder with the E3D V6 Extruder. I was thinking about the PID process after listening your video also. Thanks for the reply.
I tried my laptop and was able to connect. However I'm not able to control my printer. An error says that they're not implementing. I don't know if it's my USB cable or if you have to tell the printer to go through the USB instead of the Sd card. I'm so close but I can't get it to work. Hope you have some suggestions. Thank you
Dr Vax have you heard of Astro Print. It works great with chromebook. Thanks for your video.
Nice. Very nice. Can it be used to directly send a print from a slicer? Thx
I theory yes. The app supports loading files. But I have not tried it and I am not sure the flow control on the transmissions is up to the task of sending complete gcode files. This would require some more testing.
Since APPs are not officially supported for a while this APP has not been updated in a couple of years. I am considering converting it to an extension which would be supported in the current Chrome architecture.
I tried this on my new 3018 and to connect correctly from my iMac I had to use the cu.usb not the tty.usb. Other thing I ran into was leaving the feed rate at zero it would not move and threw an error 22. Once I upped the feed rate to a number greater than 0, 100 worked for me, the machine responded to jog controls. Will try this on my Ender 3 later.
I have never really dug into the details of OSX USB-Serial support so I really do not know exactly what is going on here. Thanks for sharing. This is how we learn together.
@@MakeWithTech Don't really know why it worked and was mostly trying things out. Really like your channel and it has helped me learn about 3D printing and am now delving into laser engraving / CNC on the 3018. Am primarily a woodworker (advanced hobbyist level) and purchased the Ender3 to print jigs and templates plus my spouse is using it for her jewelry hobby. Within two weeks I printed enough items to justify the price of the 3D printer.
i wanna install the 5 point bed leveling g code into the printer and dont know how. This video helped me Sir, my printer baudrate is 25000 , Micromake C1. I loaded the g code file from Thingeverse under the "Load File " panel and send it to the printer. Worked perfectly fine. Tq Sir
Great video- new subscriber!
I am trying this with a Linux box and the extension comes up just fine, but it does not show me any ports, so I can't connect. I plugged a cable from my computer to the printer and the printer comes on even without turning the printer on, so it is obviously recognizing the connection.
Any thoughts on why the communication ports aren't coming up?
Thank you again for this great workaround!
Did you get this to work?
Looks great and it worked in principle for me. I'm using this to connect to an Anet A8 using a late 2011 MacBook Pro running High Sierra. Unfortunately it will show the port on the app for a few seconds and then it'll disappear and I need to restart, which becomes annoying. I can see the device on the USB list under System Report. Any ideas?
Solved with newer drive for the CH34x. Thanks!
Great tutorial.
but, why not simply download something like printrun? what's the advantage?
Non. Just personal preference. I cover a range of options for people with different needs.
@@MakeWithTech okay, thanks for answering =D
Great news to avoid sd card BUT I noticed that it now says launch app instead of add app and I can't see any serial port. I have a CR 10S and a PC. I connected the usb cable from the computer to the printer but It doesn't show up on the settings. Help! I really want to use this! Thanks
Wait, so I could essentially send my gcode via chrome to run a print without an SD card??
Cool video im looking to get a 3D printer
very cool. i have the ender 5 as well. i know this is a horrible question as i own the ender 5, but what size is the usb on it? i can't find a wire in my home to fit it.
It is a mini USB port.
@@MakeWithTech excellent thank you!
How can I use Gcode-Sender to help me calibrate me Extruder Steps on my Ender 5?? I just installed the Direct Drive system and a Dual gear extruder and the stringing is horrible and my Benchy test print is flimsy.
Yep. You could use the gcode sender or the terminal in MaterControl a free product from Matterhackers.
@@MakeWithTech what commands do you type in the gcode sender to calibrate it? How do you command the filament to come out? thanks
Hi DrVax can you make a tutorial of the marlin configurator tool thx.
I'll add to the list. Thanks for the comment.
Thanks for this but unfortunately I do not think this is working anymore. It's not showing anything in the ports drop down list except for the two "bluetooth" ones on my Mac. No matter if I connect the USB C cable and quit G Code Sender and reopen.
thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the comment.
Nice, thanks, could it do it wirelessly using a phone?
With Octoprint yes. With Chrome no. Chrome on phones does not support extensions or apps and most consumer 3d printers do not have wifi.
Great job but i have a problem for me I'm using a servo motor as z-axis and it's not working when I'm testing it. I checked the codes that i uploaded to arduino and also i tested the servo motor alone without using gcode sender and i worked.
Can u help me to solve this problem
If you are building your own printer from scratch it is unfortunately not practical for me to help you debug it remoting.
You might want to try using MatterControl from MatterHackers which also has a nice terminal interface. This will help you determine if it is G-Code Sender on your system.
what about using it via wifi or bluetooth?
Well I think we learned something today. I have Octoprint running on all of my printers, but this would be a great alternative for sending Gcode.
Yep this is a great hack for a new printer before you setup Octoprint or Astroprint.
gcode sender is case sensitive! if you can't get a command to work, check you have the correct case activated.
So... what do you do when you get a new com (COM4) but it won't connect? PC sees the device, I get a new COM, but no connection in the app.
Exit the Chrome App --- completely close the windows, and then reopen the Chrome app and the printer should show up.
@@MakeWithTech that was the first thing I tried unfortunately. :/ I'll keep digging. thanks!
@Jeremey Kroh I sure you also tried this, but just in case, have you tried exiting completely from Chrome. Another thing you can try. Try a copy of MatterControl which is free somewhere from MatterHackers. It also has a very nice terminal interface and see if it picks up your new COM port.
I have an acer chromebook and none of my ports show up. I'm in desperate need for this to work. I have an ender 3 pro and the firmware for the cr touch made my SD port unusable. I have to get the m502 code to the machine to get it back to factory settings. Pleas please help!!!!
Did you get this to work?
all you videos are amazing. I was playing with this and it works with G1. But when I want to use G2 or G3 the messages are echo:Unknown command: "G02 X20Y20 I5J5" for example. Any documentation about it.
Thanks in advance!!!
@@HakkiOgrt I tried but it doesn't work. I am missing something
The linked gcode-sender app is not supported anymore after December 2022 on MacOS Chrome 😥
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Hi, I have a Anycubic Mega X and my computer is windows 10. I cannot get it to recognize my computer.
thhhaankyouuu
Hi, can i use a Arduino uno for this program?
No. I do not believe so.
ive just installed the new skr mini 2.0 board and it won't connect. i can't do anything. im going out of my mind
can i save my g codes which i have written through this app
How to calibrate stepper motor without being able to connect via USB? Any chance? Please help
Yes if your 3D printer exposes the stepper motor steps in the front panel UI.
ok, I've gotten it to connect, but I send code and my printer does nothing, and doesn't say ok after I hit send
What printer are you using. Not all 3d printers support the gcode status commands.
@Caroline Hightower I have started a new discussion forum at forum.drvax.com where we can all have more elaborate discussions and share pictures on our prints and printers. This would be a better place to have long discussions and the wider DrVax community can also help you out. Irv
Its nice but i prefere more octoprint!
I also use Octoprint anytime I have a Raspberry PI attached to the machine. This option is great for new printers before I have the time to set up an Octoprint box.
I still can't get it to print 😕
PID you read as pid. I've only ever called it 'P' 'I' 'D'. Also, you say e-prom. I've only ever called it double e-prom. I don't know where I got my jargon and it really doesn't matter. I just want to be ultra nerdy and know which is considered the "norm."
I understand that if your using chrome OS, it actually makes sense, but on any other platform it's just plain stupid in my opinion. Why would anyone use a browser to then add a cable. You don't use a script in MS excel for sending gcode either.
For some folks installing sw is difficult. If they already have Chrome this is a quick way to get started with sending gcode to a printer.
Fucking legend.
Sadly no longer supported.
sadly gcode sender doesnt open anymore after dec 2022. womp womp
I built and alternative. Try out
3d-printing-tools.makewithtech.com
*cough* PRONTERFACE *cough*
I agree. Also not sure pronterface works on the current version of MacOS which I use most of the time.
Everybody in the 3d print world talks toouch and don't know how to get straight to the point do y'all think these videos are goin to make you a celebrity one day or something lol
Dude youre 3 years in the past. This dude spent a lot of time of his own time just for people like you to judge how he explains things? Id like to see you spend hours of your time making and editing videos just for other people to judge you 3 years later 😂😂