Octoprint on raspberry pi zero w8/20/2023 Octoprint is “The snappy web interface for your 3D printer.” according to their official website. This means that this open-source and free software gives you the ability to control your 3D printer with a web interface through the network connection. It can save you from taking out the SD card from the printer and loading the gcode and plugging it back, it can give you the ability to monitor your printer remotely with a camera attached to your Raspberry Pi, it can allow you to monitor your 3D printer’s temperatures remotely and many more. You configure this by connecting to it over SSH. By default, OctoPrint does not use the Raspberry Pi GPIO pins for Serial-communication. Let’s get started! Select OS.Īs a great convenience, you can use Raspberry Pi imager to install Octoprint to your Micro SD card. To use RPi Zero/2 W connected directly to an MK3/S+ GPIO, you must change a setting in the printers menu and configure how the Pi handles serial communication. If you don’t have it installed, you can download it from the official downloads page. When it is installed and opened, click choose OS. This is currently outdated and unmaintained. We used to offer PrusaPrint, a custom build for the Raspberry Pi Zero. Since the purpose of this OS image is to run Octoprint and control your 3D printer, this image is categorized as a specific purpose OS. However, the Raspberry Pi Zero is not powerful enough to utilize advanced Octoprint features and plugins, like video streaming, and is officially not recommended by the Octoprint project. Here you can see the OctoPi, which is the OS image that ships OctoPrint installed.Ĭlick to open the storage section in the imager. Be careful here, be sure that you are selecting your SD card and not other partitions. In the previous versions of the Imager, this button wasn’t here and the settings could be reached only by the shortcut ctrl+ shift+ x So if you don’t see the button here you can use the shortcut and I recommend you upgrade your Raspberry Pi Imager It is going to be wiped to be flashed, a wrong choice can cause data losses. Here I am sharing my settings with you, the wifi settings are going to be changed after the flash process so they are not critical. Do not change the ‘pi’ username, OctoPrint software is using it as default, and changing it will cause major problems. Fill the other fields according to your cases such as your country and other preferences. Hit ‘Write’ to start the flashing process.Īfter the flashing process is completed, the SD card will be automatically mounted to your system. If not mounted automatically, take it out from your computer and mount it back. Installed Octopi, and it is just running. Open the ‘boot’ partition on the SD card and find the file ‘octopi-wpa-supplicant.txt’.Ĭhange the related fields to your Wi-Fi network SSID and password. Raspberry Pi has Wi-Fi and USB, so it can easily be plugged into your printers USB port and connected to your home computer via your Wi-Fi and a handy local. Just bought a Pi Zero W, as it is dirt cheap. Eject the SD card properly by the eject command on your operating system and mounting it to the Raspberry Pi.Ħ. I used a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W for this job.
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