This just happened for a second time… I’m running octoprint on a windows desktop computer that lives next to the printer (no raspberry pi for me yet).

Twice now, it has disconnected mid-print. The printer and PC are both online and physically connected. Disconnecting and reconnecting in octoprint works, and I have been manually checking the last gcode sent successfully in the terminal and copying the remaining code out of the file from there and printing that - it works but if it has been disconnected for a while before I notice, the spot where the extruder was sitting gets a little melty and there are some artifacts in the print.

Is there any octoprint plug in that can automate this process so I don’t have to manually edit the gcode? Or any tips on preventing disconnects?

I’m pretty new to this whole world of 3d printing and even newer to octoprint so I may be missing something obvious.

Thanks!

  • rambos@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    You need high quality USB cable, not too long and try not to guide it next to stepper motor or stepper motor cable. Just rerouting the cable might fix the problem

    • Jtskywalker@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I didn’t think about interference. It is pretty close to the bed heating cable and the extruder cable. Probably touching those at points. I will probably stick with the SD card until I can get a Pi and use a much shorter cable. I just lost a print due to this happening 3 times and at this point I don’t want to risk it again right away