What are your must have Octoprint plugins?

[MariaMakesItOnAMac]

Here is my list so far...

Access Anywhere - The Spaghetti Detective
Acton Command Prompt
BL Touch Plugin
Bed Visualizer (I don't understand what code I am supposed to enter to make this work.)
BetterHeater Timeout
Cooldown Notification
Dashboard
Detailed Progress
Firmware Updater
LED Strip Control
OctoPrint WideScreen
Thingivers Plugin
ipOnConnect
I am also running Octopod on my iPad, iPhone and Apple TV!

Some of these I don't use much and am still learning how to use others.

What are you using? I can't imagine 3D Printing without Octoprint.

[Ender5r]

Nope, sorry, no OctoPrint here, at least not yet. Not really sure if there ever will be, but never say never.

[Alan]

Good thread! Made me review all the plugins that I've added. So far, I have:

AutoScroll
ConsolidateTempControl
Display Z
FileManager
Floating Navbar
FullScreen
HeaterTimeout
NavbarTemperature
OctoPod
Display ETA
System Command Editor (create, edit and delete System commands)
Themeify
USBControl (Can control the Raspberry Pi's USB port -- once I update the system!)
WebCam Tab

How do you like Spaghetti Detective?

Cheers

[MariaMakesItOnAMac]

wow.. our lists have very little overlap!
I will have to look up what you have installed learn all about them!
Thanks for sharing your list.

Spaghetti detective has worked well for me. I am usually in my home while I am printing and right by the printer in my maker space. I have not printing anything that takes more than a couple of hours. It did catch a print that went to "spaghetti" and sent me an alert. I think I am through my trial period. I need to look into what features I want and if I want to pay for them.

[Alan]

Hah! I confess to doing the same. Thank you for the feedback on the Detective. I prefer a more direct solution but may just go with a cloud-based one for simplicity. Isn't the 1-computer option free?

Are you powering an LED strip using one of the Pi's USB ports? I'm just starting to look into lighting options for the Pi cam.

Cheers

[Alan]

Ender5r I used to connect to the MP10 Mini using USB, but I had the printer freeze while printing occasionally. Since switching to a wifi-connected Raspberry Pi, I have not had any freezing problems. Granted, I have an old computer, but it is also nice to hand off the feeding of g-code to another device. Plus, its another gadget to play with! Cheers

[Ender5r]

Alan ATM, I am using my original Surface Pro and, so far, it has not glitched or frozen up even once.Also, right now I have too many gadgets to look into.

[Alan]

Well, put OctoPrint on that new(er) device! Anyway, I hope to someday remotely view and access my printers' controls as a matter of assurance when I'm away from home and they are making large parts.

Cheers

[Ender5r]

One caution: James, the guy @ clough42 or YT, had an Octopi setup on one of his printers, with a bunch of add-ins installed, and he figured out that it was causing blobs on the surface of his prints, because the add-ins were interfering with the smooth transfer of g-code to the printer. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzWQZqDw00E. Just something to keep in mind.

[Alan]

The OctoPrint Facebook group has several warning about PrintTimeGenius hogging CPU cycles on the Pi.

[Geit]

"PSU Control"

Since all my printers have an ATX Power supply, I connected to the power control line to the Pi as well using two resistors, a transistor and a switch, which allows me to use the fololowing modes: Always on, Always off and Auto.

Using the Plugin "PSU Control" and the switch in auto mode, I can turn on and off the printer remotely using octo print, but the even better use of this plugin is that once the printer cooled down it will turn off automatically. This is very handy for over night prints or if you have to leave before a print is finished.

[Ender5r]

Hmmm, using an ATX power supply. Are your printers 12V? If not, how do you convert the 12V from the ATX to 24V for the printer(s)?

[Geit]

Hmmm, using an ATX power supply. Are your printers 12V? If not, how do you convert the 12V from the ATX to 24V for the printer(s)?

My printers all use 12V for everything. I don´t see a good reason for changing that. The beds have an isolation below and heat up in a few minutes to 80° which is the max I use for ABS prints.

The only thing not using 12V is the heat bed of my GeitPrinter, which is running at 230V, while the three print heads are 12V.

However you could use an SSR or relay to switch the 24V towards the printer using octoprint.

[Ender5r]

I only ask because I haven't seen many 12V 3D printers.

[Geit]

I only ask because I haven't seen many 12V 3D printers.

Then you must be quite new to the 3d printing community as 24V boards are relative new. Two or three years ago most Chinese printers (like ANET and TronXY) used 12V unless you got some fancy models. Later on they swapped to 24V usually when dropping the 8 bit boards, too. Now 24V seems to be the new standard.

As said before. I don´t see a real benefit and beleve it all started as a marketing buzz since 24V sounds twice as good as 12V. Yeah, your heat bed gets up to temperature faster, which is only a big deal with big heat beds. Usually I wait 5 minutes after reaching bed print temperature to ensure the glass get evenly heated anyway.