This was amazing thank you so much! I was following the old video and was getting frustrated, but once I followed this one everything started working! When I launched both shortcuts for the first time I didn't have to go through the first-time setup. But that was because I had already setup Octoprint, so when I copied the OctoPrint folder in Roaming it had all those settings. Tripped me up for a minute. Thank you again!
Great video with all the details I needed to do the job. Wow what a headbanger for me. I am not astute enough to keep up but thanks for the rewind features in UA-cam I got the job done. I have 2 machines that run perfectly now thanks to this great video. Thanks again Chris great job for us dummies!
Great video Chris!!! I'm about a month into 3D printing. You helped me greatly get Octoprint up and running. Working on timelapse now (Downloading) and printing out an adapter for my sodastream thru the computer while watching on my other laptop or phone thru VNC. The android version was corrupt for some reason but remote is good alternative. Thanks Again!!! Update: Fully Functional... Octoprint, Video and OctoApp all up and running!!!
Nice this is very helpful! Now we just need a tutorial on how to get klipper running on windows 🤣 Its kinda sas that raspberry pi's are so expensive right now and its actually cheaper to get a used PC to do these sort of projects
@@lv_woodturner3899 I did try that but unfortunately some packages do not work because WSL runs a bit differently that actual Linux. So some install scripts will complain about not "finding" or "having" certain directories or packages even though it does have them just set up slightly differently. I also had some issues with passing USB devices over to WSL as well and I also forgot to configure it to not always use up half my memory all the time even if I am not running anything.
Fixed my printer connection problem. It was a clean install of Windows 10, but it never updated with the latest updates as Windows Update was turned off. Turned it back on did a bunch of updates and now is all 👍
Very interesting. Like many people I have older PCs hanging around, just running older versions of Windows, so only good to use if connected to local network not the internet. Thanks. Dave.
Chris, great videos (spent last 3 hours watching many of them). Precise and clear. One question: did you try this install on the old Windows 7 as this is what people will find on the old laptops? Thank you for all your effort for preparing these videos.
Chris, another great step by step video. The 3D printer community is fortunate to have so many good options and people like you to explain them. I have used Octoprint and Marlin in the past, but am now on Klipper. I read through the comments ans some good ones regarding other SBCs instead of the Pi, and installing Kiauh. Thanks for all of the work you do.
Thanks for this. A small windows computer like the one you have there is about the same as they are getting for the Pi s now... I am so sick of all this price gouging and various items, it's nice that you show us how to get by. Personally I followed this and using my server with a VM dedicated to running this alone, just need some long wires depending on where the printer is. LOL
not working when I run serve command, File "c:\Octoprint\venv\Lib\site-packages\wrapt\decorators.py", line 34, in from inspect import ismethod, isclass, formatargspec ImportError: cannot import name 'formatargspec' from 'inspect' (C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\inspect.py) Here is how I fixed it: go to File "c:\Octoprint\venv\Lib\site-packages\wrapt\decorators.py" use notepad++ and edit the decorators file Line 34 looks like this from inspect import ismethod, isclass, formatargspec line 34 change 'formatargspec' to 'signature' Save and run octoprint serve and it should work
@@ChrisRiley turns out I can’t get it working after all I’m not what else to try. Meanwhile I may just get another option , I need to watch your clipper videos using some of big tree boards. I’m building an ender5 Plus soon. Thanks again for the help.
This might be a dumb question, but are you installing these programs on the main computer or the small one you are controlling? Also, I am wanting to use a regular old desktop to remote in to and no raspberry pi. So would I still need that small Tinypilot for control? If you are installing those programs on to the "smaller" box computer, what remote access program are you using to run it? I know there are a few questions here, but this is a new venture for me. Thanks!
These are being installed on a smaller machine remotely, but you can do this on any windows machine. No raspberry pi here. Tinypilot just makes it easier to see what's going on. I use real VNC to connect to the machines remotely.
Here's an idea for a follow up: How about trying a few different RPi clones like banana pi's, orange pi's, etc, and see if it's more or less difficult to run Octoprint, or even something like Mainsail/Fuidd and Klipper? I've heard varying reports of success with KIAUH, etc. Would be nice to get a proper comparison, as even Bigtreetech seems to have come up with a RPi CM4 clone called the CB1.
Love your video so much! Sir, have you tried how much maximum instances octoprint on windows/pc? I use raspberry, only can use 2 printer, if I use 3 or 4 it just hang and always restarting it self. And I have 15 printers and i want to try octo on my PC, thanks.🙏
Thank you! Windows has a lot of overhead, I wouldn't try to run to many on it really. If you had a linux machine, I have seen folks run 10 or more printers at once.
Hey Chris, I love your videos. They have helped me out so much over the years. Trying to get my 13 printer farm all up an OctoPrint. I have all instances running on a PC, im just having issues with the webcams. The stream does not work when running as a service, only when running the app normally (limiting me to 1 webcam stream). Any ideas for fixing this?
Hey Eric, thanks! This seems to almost always be an issue on Windows. I can't find a good way around it. On the the other hand, if you wanted to give Linux a try, it seems to handle this much better. I have a video coming out that makes the setup very easy.
Hi, I have this problem on my first laptop where I run OctoPrint. The video feed is fine, and the control panel shows the video, but on my main PC, I can't see the video feed. Any ideas? Thank you."
Hey Chris, I am stuck at one thing for 2 days now. When I do pip install octoprint, it builds but then shows an error related to pyyaml build wheel. I can’t seem to figure out the problem.
What is the error? Make sure you are on the newest versions of all the packages. Even if you ran it before, run it again. sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade
Christ Bigtreetech have released these new boards MANTA M8P that take RPi CM4 or their own CB1 directly on the mainboard. it looks perfect to me and better cheaper and cleaner than a board + rpi to me. but there is no reviews on it, any chance you could get your hands on one or maybe even ask for a review sample ?
Thanks for providing these instruction. Works great. Only issue I'm having is both instances appears to change with UI customizer. When I change a theme on one instance, the other changes along with it. The title bar changes colour and stays that way after reboot I.e. first instance is red, the other blue.. Strange because they are both in separate folders as described in the video. Would UI customizer create a single folder for both? Apart from that it works really well.
hey, ima getting an error when trying to run octoprint any help? " ImportError: cannot import name 'formatargspec' from 'inspect' (C:\Users\miki\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\inspect.py) "
I'm stuck this happens when I type "octoprint serve" ImportError: cannot import name 'formatargspec' from 'inspect' (C:\Program Files\Python331\Lib\inspect.py)
I fixed it: go to File "c:\Octoprint\venv\Lib\site-packages\wrapt\decorators.py" use notepad++ and edit the decorators file Line 34 looks like this from inspect import ismethod, isclass, formatargspec line 34 change 'formatargspec' to 'signature' Save and run octoprint serve and it should work
Chris. I was able to get this up and running on my machine at home. I have run I to a problem. I load the one instance then I load the second instance. That works fine. But when I make changes in one instance the other one mirrors it. Each printer is assigned to a different port. I followed all your steps in your video. Maybe I missed something ?
Hey Chris, love your vids! I’ve had an issue lately when i try to connect to octoprint through my computer, it just doesnt want to load, saying that the network is not secure. I’ve tryied to load it with the ip and the .local but both wont work. I also have bonjour installed and it still wont work. I know the raspberry pi is working since I’ve logged on to it through putty. This problem started not too long ago, but before this everything was working flawlessy. I didn’t add any pluggins or anything like that, it just decided to stop randomly. Really appreciate your help!! Cheers!
I built arcade machine (win and launchbox) a couple years ago. Everything worked fine but i remember i had problem with multiple usb joysticks and buttons. Sometimes after restart it change COM numbers. Same device different com. So player one buttons was actually player two buttons :D... I guess its serial communications channels and windows automatically assigns it. Did you consider it can happen especially if you use a usb hub? I mean after restart or turn off/on you will have mixed printers? Does anyone have experience with it? Because the principle is the same, after switching pc on it assigns several communication ports at once. (if printer is on) I'm just asking I am considering exactly such a configuration (my configuration was 2x 4way joysticks and 2x simulated keyboards as playable8buttons and sometimes ,not always it mixed com numbers. All conected over one usb hub)....your information is great as always
Thanks! I hadn't really considered it as I have always had pretty good luck with the com ports staying put. I will have to go back and test and see how predictable these can be.
Got everything installed, Octoprint version 1.8.2 and Python 3.10.6. Octoprint server starts with no problem. Octoprint gui starts, but i get no serial port found, so printer will not connect. Any ideas?
what does this mean because i am haveing an error that says ImportError: cannot import name 'formatargspec' from 'inspect' (C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\inspect.py)
Have you ever tried to run Octolapse on Python 3.10.5? I've been trying to get it to work on my Windows machine for a while now. My research shows that I need to use Python 3.9.
Just a heads up, octo DOES NOT WORK with python 3.11 must stay with 3.10 and under till she fixes the code.. I tried to get it running in Win 10 for 2 days then found out why it wasn't working.. Happy printing, and ty for the vids...
This seems ridiculously complicated for a beginner like me. all i want to do is stop running back and forth with SD cards. who knew being lazy would take so much work? 😅
You don't need a RPi to run this, I am running multiple instances of OctoPrint on my windows desktop printing on 2 different printers at the same time. Chris does a great job explaining everything to run this on a windows desktop.
If your IP changes on the OctoPrint Host Machine (where is running) you will need to update your Shortcuts to your new IP. Just in case someone is looking for a solution for a problem that I was having.
@@GeorgeGraves well, it will be 1 USB port per printer, so I think it will not be much of a problem (unless the USB hub is sub standard). In my Linux Box, I used a PCI 4 port USB card
Yeah, it's really hard to judge. On this small PC CPU would start to suffer before anything else. I know folks that run 10-12 printer on windows without issues.
@@ChrisRiley do those people have problems when you reset (power on /off) a printer, it may cause other printers to stop printing too?I was hoping its only a Linux thing.
hmm I couldn't find the "activate.bat" obly the python.exe" conversely it's not working..back to the drawing board! Thank you for all you do!! (c:\Octoprint>octoprint serve 'octoprint' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
@@ChrisRiley That's OK I downloaded the windows octoprint file executable from their website and installed that one and now it works..no need to install python separetly, that .exe does everything..I'm now fully operational.
I remember when I installed octopi it said it's not completely compatible with the prusa MK3S+MMU2. I configured it anyway and everything was fine...........until I got to a print with 6 colors (and no the printer doesn't heat up after you hit resume when mannually switching fillaments in the mmu during the print I had to do it mannually) and just over the 1 day mark............M112 more than once. Apparently that's the incompatibility. It sucks!!!!! I found some suggestions............and they didn't work I got it again. sigh........ I love octoprint. I don't want to get rid of it, but this sucks!!!
@@ChrisRiley same here. The base directories are separated but the port 5001 and above just bounce back to the same instance. Something in the start up of the second server says something about preemptive caching base_url with localhost:5000, if that makes any sense.
While this will be nice for quite a few and I personally think now a old laptop/desktop would be an amazing little octoprint machine WINDOWS SUCKS. Regardless of settings or programs I use windows will restart itself at some point to update. I'd rather use Linux and have a machine with way less bloat especially for older machines.
You can disable automatic restart. It's not as simple as clicking several buttons, but there is many tutorial in the web. I have octoprint on 2 laptops, one with Windows and other one with Linux. Both works flawlessly. Windows works about 7 month without automatic restart. However, i agree that if you can install linux, theres almost no reasons to stay on windows
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This was amazing thank you so much! I was following the old video and was getting frustrated, but once I followed this one everything started working! When I launched both shortcuts for the first time I didn't have to go through the first-time setup. But that was because I had already setup Octoprint, so when I copied the OctoPrint folder in Roaming it had all those settings. Tripped me up for a minute. Thank you again!
Glad it helped!
After my PI's USB ports fried, I'm running mine off a Ubuntu server in a docker image. Works like a charm :)
That's great, thanks for the tip!
@@ChrisRiley You're welcome. Maybe it's idea for another video. I'm sure dockerized OctoPrints take up a lot less resources 😊
Great video with all the details I needed to do the job. Wow what a headbanger for me. I am not astute enough to keep up but thanks for the rewind features in UA-cam I got the job done. I have 2 machines that run perfectly now thanks to this great video. Thanks again Chris great job for us dummies!
Glad it was helpful!
It looks so easy watching you do this. I guess this will help many folks out there.
I hope so
@@ChrisRiley I should have kept my old Intel NUC. It only used about 15W and was completely passive.
Great video Chris!!! I'm about a month into 3D printing. You helped me greatly get Octoprint up and running. Working on timelapse now (Downloading) and printing out an adapter for my sodastream thru the computer while watching on my other laptop or phone thru VNC. The android version was corrupt for some reason but remote is good alternative. Thanks Again!!!
Update: Fully Functional... Octoprint, Video and OctoApp all up and running!!!
Great, I'm glad you got it going. Thanks for watching
Dude i love it got my First 3d Printer last week ..i have no clue what i am doing but am so excited to dive head first in to this
Awesome, great to hear! Happy printing!
Very professional video! Been looking for a great video on how to run octoprint on one of my spare PC's. Thanks!
Glad it helped!
Nice this is very helpful! Now we just need a tutorial on how to get klipper running on windows 🤣 Its kinda sas that raspberry pi's are so expensive right now and its actually cheaper to get a used PC to do these sort of projects
This would be lovely
I'll see what I can do
Perhaps a Windows 10 machine using WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) then running Linux to connect to Octoprint.
@@lv_woodturner3899 I did try that but unfortunately some packages do not work because WSL runs a bit differently that actual Linux. So some install scripts will complain about not "finding" or "having" certain directories or packages even though it does have them just set up slightly differently. I also had some issues with passing USB devices over to WSL as well and I also forgot to configure it to not always use up half my memory all the time even if I am not running anything.
Thank you for the octoprint installations for windows, it was a positive positive full note video
🙂👍
It's good that you start from truly blank canvas -> there will be no missed steps that were done in iteration x and forgotten ;)
Thank you, happy to help
Fixed my printer connection problem. It was a clean install of Windows 10, but it never updated with the latest updates as Windows Update was turned off. Turned it back on did a bunch of updates and now is all 👍
👍🙂
I'm still early into the video, but man. . .this is literally exactly what I need lol, you're the man! 😁🥰
Glad I could help!
Very interesting. Like many people I have older PCs hanging around, just running older versions of Windows, so only good to use if connected to local network not the internet.
Thanks.
Dave.
Thank you
Chris, great videos (spent last 3 hours watching many of them). Precise and clear. One question: did you try this install on the old Windows 7 as this is what people will find on the old laptops? Thank you for all your effort for preparing these videos.
Thanks for watching! I have never tried on Windows 7, but now I want to! 😀 There might be one laying around somewhere.
Look at Mr fancy over here, able to download and install 8Gb in under 30 min lol. This was super helpful as I have an old laptop I could run this on!
What can I say? ;)
Even video was very clear for doble Octoprint on Windows I was waiting for a "dual boot" pc with Windows and Linux (octoprint flavor).
Thanks!
Chris, another great step by step video. The 3D printer community is fortunate to have so many good options and people like you to explain them. I have used Octoprint and Marlin in the past, but am now on Klipper. I read through the comments ans some good ones regarding other SBCs instead of the Pi, and installing Kiauh. Thanks for all of the work you do.
Thank you Dave
Amazing Video. Got me started up no problems
Awesome, thanks for watching!
Awesome video Chris and great info to learn from
Thanks 👍
Very detailed tutorial, you did a good job.
Thank you
Well done Chris.
Thanks
Thanks for this. A small windows computer like the one you have there is about the same as they are getting for the Pi s now... I am so sick of all this price gouging and various items, it's nice that you show us how to get by. Personally I followed this and using my server with a VM dedicated to running this alone, just need some long wires depending on where the printer is. LOL
not working when I run serve command,
File "c:\Octoprint\venv\Lib\site-packages\wrapt\decorators.py", line 34, in
from inspect import ismethod, isclass, formatargspec
ImportError: cannot import name 'formatargspec' from 'inspect' (C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\inspect.py)
Here is how I fixed it:
go to File "c:\Octoprint\venv\Lib\site-packages\wrapt\decorators.py"
use notepad++ and edit the decorators file
Line 34 looks like this
from inspect import ismethod, isclass, formatargspec
line 34 change 'formatargspec' to 'signature'
Save and run octoprint serve and it should work
Glad I could help! Good luck with your projects
@@ChrisRiley turns out I can’t get it working after all I’m not what else to try. Meanwhile I may just get another option , I need to watch your clipper videos using some of big tree boards. I’m building an ender5 Plus soon. Thanks again for the help.
My first step in using a Windows computer is replacing Windows with Linux. ;)
We like Linux
Very helpful Chris. Thanx for this video.
My pleasure!
This might be a dumb question, but are you installing these programs on the main computer or the small one you are controlling? Also, I am wanting to use a regular old desktop to remote in to and no raspberry pi. So would I still need that small Tinypilot for control? If you are installing those programs on to the "smaller" box computer, what remote access program are you using to run it? I know there are a few questions here, but this is a new venture for me. Thanks!
These are being installed on a smaller machine remotely, but you can do this on any windows machine. No raspberry pi here. Tinypilot just makes it easier to see what's going on. I use real VNC to connect to the machines remotely.
Here's an idea for a follow up:
How about trying a few different RPi clones like banana pi's, orange pi's, etc, and see if it's more or less difficult to run Octoprint, or even something like Mainsail/Fuidd and Klipper?
I've heard varying reports of success with KIAUH, etc.
Would be nice to get a proper comparison, as even Bigtreetech seems to have come up with a RPi CM4 clone called the CB1.
Working on it
great video as always 👍🙂
Very helpful 👍🙂
Glad you think so!
Love your video so much! Sir, have you tried how much maximum instances octoprint on windows/pc? I use raspberry, only can use 2 printer, if I use 3 or 4 it just hang and always restarting it self. And I have 15 printers and i want to try octo on my PC, thanks.🙏
Thank you! Windows has a lot of overhead, I wouldn't try to run to many on it really. If you had a linux machine, I have seen folks run 10 or more printers at once.
@@ChrisRiley thanks for your reply I'll try install to my old laptop and running linux server🙏
I'm setting up for one printer but what should I put in the "Host IP" box and "Port" box in the setup wizard for online connectivity check
Just use gooles info. 8.8.8.8 port 53
Hey Chris, I love your videos. They have helped me out so much over the years. Trying to get my 13 printer farm all up an OctoPrint. I have all instances running on a PC, im just having issues with the webcams. The stream does not work when running as a service, only when running the app normally (limiting me to 1 webcam stream). Any ideas for fixing this?
Hey Eric, thanks! This seems to almost always be an issue on Windows. I can't find a good way around it. On the the other hand, if you wanted to give Linux a try, it seems to handle this much better. I have a video coming out that makes the setup very easy.
Hi, I have this problem on my first laptop where I run OctoPrint. The video feed is fine, and the control panel shows the video, but on my main PC, I can't see the video feed. Any ideas? Thank you."
It's probably a port issue, something on the PC is blocking the data stream. See if you can open up Windows firewall.
Hey Chris, I am stuck at one thing for 2 days now. When I do pip install octoprint, it builds but then shows an error related to pyyaml build wheel. I can’t seem to figure out the problem.
What is the error? Make sure you are on the newest versions of all the packages. Even if you ran it before, run it again. sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade
Christ Bigtreetech have released these new boards MANTA M8P that take RPi CM4 or their own CB1 directly on the mainboard.
it looks perfect to me and better cheaper and cleaner than a board + rpi to me.
but there is no reviews on it, any chance you could get your hands on one or maybe even ask for a review sample ?
I'll see what I can do
Thank you bro! I got to try this!!!
Thanks for watching
Thanks for providing these instruction. Works great. Only issue I'm having is both instances appears to change with UI customizer. When I change a theme on one instance, the other changes along with it. The title bar changes colour and stays that way after reboot I.e. first instance is red, the other blue.. Strange because they are both in separate folders as described in the video. Would UI customizer create a single folder for both? Apart from that it works really well.
Hmmm, that's strange, I would think everything would be separate as log as that folder was created.
Chris, what is the best way to upgrade these installs, Octoprint from 1.8.7 ---- >1.9? Thanks for all your work!
Thanks!
hey, ima getting an error when trying to run octoprint any help?
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ImportError: cannot import name 'formatargspec' from 'inspect' (C:\Users\miki\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\inspect.py)
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Sounds like it's trying to update something for python, can you machine get out to the internet?
good vid still works do you knopw how to install kilpper on it?
Thanks! Not sure, I think the easiest way would be to use WSL.
when i go to octoprint serve i get a message saying i have no module 'collections' has no attribute mapping. They must have changed the sofware
Where do you see that message?
I'm stuck this happens when I type "octoprint serve"
ImportError: cannot import name 'formatargspec' from 'inspect' (C:\Program Files\Python331\Lib\inspect.py)
There could be something wrong with the package that got downloaded. Now that's been a couple of days try it again from scratch.
@@ChrisRiley Ok ill try that thanks
Did you ever get it going? I've had no luck, I have the same issue, for once I'm not the only one.
@@TDHobbies I haven't gotten around to doing it yet sorry
I fixed it:
go to File "c:\Octoprint\venv\Lib\site-packages\wrapt\decorators.py"
use notepad++ and edit the decorators file
Line 34 looks like this
from inspect import ismethod, isclass, formatargspec
line 34 change 'formatargspec' to 'signature'
Save and run octoprint serve and it should work
You can probably build a pc cheaper than a pi and itll outperform the pi aswell
Probably, thanks for watching
Is it fine to run this on my main pc and just use local host? Or is it not a good idea to have octoprint installed on my main pc?
You can, but anything you do on your PC while the print is going could possibly disrupt the print.
Chris. I was able to get this up and running on my machine at home. I have run I to a problem. I load the one instance then I load the second instance. That works fine. But when I make changes in one instance the other one mirrors it. Each printer is assigned to a different port. I followed all your steps in your video. Maybe I missed something ?
Make sure you have the base dir options setup on your short cuts. They have to be different or this will happen.
I follow all the step exactly like u did but when I tried to get to the server going I get an error saying “can’t reach this page” any tips?
Check your windows firewall settings. It might be blocking it.
Hello, can you tell me the options for implementing PSU Control on Windows?
Hmmm...someone recently gave be a thin client and they do PSU control with it. I will have to dig in to it and see what is possible.
I just couldn't adjust the computer's camera. Cortana is not suitable in Turkey, other settings are full marks, thanks
The cameras are very hard to deal with on the Windows installs.
Hey Chris, love your vids! I’ve had an issue lately when i try to connect to octoprint through my computer, it just doesnt want to load, saying that the network is not secure. I’ve tryied to load it with the ip and the .local but both wont work. I also have bonjour installed and it still wont work. I know the raspberry pi is working since I’ve logged on to it through putty. This problem started not too long ago, but before this everything was working flawlessy. I didn’t add any pluggins or anything like that, it just decided to stop randomly. Really appreciate your help!! Cheers!
Thanks! It might be a new browser cert or something like that on you computer. Do other browsers work or your phone?
@@ChrisRiley Hey! No, I've tried multiple browsers, both on my phone and pc.
Really thoughtful
Isn't it the time for a guide to install klipper on android ?
would be fun
Working on it
I built arcade machine (win and launchbox) a couple years ago. Everything worked fine but i remember i had problem with multiple usb joysticks and buttons. Sometimes after restart it change COM numbers. Same device different com. So player one buttons was actually player two buttons :D... I guess its serial communications channels and windows automatically assigns it. Did you consider it can happen especially if you use a usb hub? I mean after restart or turn off/on you will have mixed printers? Does anyone have experience with it? Because the principle is the same, after switching pc on it assigns several communication ports at once. (if printer is on) I'm just asking I am considering exactly such a configuration (my configuration was 2x 4way joysticks and 2x simulated keyboards as playable8buttons and sometimes ,not always it mixed com numbers. All conected over one usb hub)....your information is great as always
Thanks! I hadn't really considered it as I have always had pretty good luck with the com ports staying put. I will have to go back and test and see how predictable these can be.
I have 5 hard drives in my tower. I only know the bare to Linux. But I'm curious if I could have a dedicate hard drive for octoprint?
For storage of files and things sure, but probably not for all the OS stuff. I would have to work with the whole system.
Got everything installed, Octoprint version 1.8.2 and Python 3.10.6. Octoprint server starts with no problem. Octoprint gui starts, but i get no serial port found, so printer will not connect. Any ideas?
Try installing a CH340 driver. sparks.gogo.co.nz/ch340.html
@@ChrisRiley thst was it
@@ChrisRiley installed the CH340 driver, but still getting the no serial port found; really not too sure what to do at this point
crazy how this is already outdated and doesnt work 8 days later. anyway to fix attribute mapping after Octoprint serve comand?
I'm not sure what it's talking about.
what does this mean because i am haveing an error that says ImportError: cannot import name 'formatargspec' from 'inspect' (C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\inspect.py)
It's having issues executing importing things for the python script. It could be a bug, maybe try another version of python.
@@ChrisRiley i am at the highest version how can i down grade
@@rpwd4710 get older releases here. www.python.org/downloads/
@@ChrisRiley i am still have the same issue when trying to run it do you have any idea what is going on here
Have you ever tried to run Octolapse on Python 3.10.5? I've been trying to get it to work on my Windows machine for a while now. My research shows that I need to use Python 3.9.
I haven't, I know there were some issues there with python versions, but I don't recall what the issues were.
I can only run one occurrence of octo in 10.5... did you get 3.9 to work correctly? i'm wondering how to load it into this setup...
How would you share a single locations for gcode file with the multiple octoprint instances?
You can go to settings on all the instances and change all the locations to the same folder. It should be in the folder settings.
Just a heads up, octo DOES NOT WORK with python 3.11 must stay with 3.10 and under till she fixes the code.. I tried to get it running in Win 10 for 2 days then found out why it wasn't working.. Happy printing, and ty for the vids...
helped me thanks
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Is there a way to use wifi on windows octoprint instead of Ethernet
Sure, it works the same, if windows connects you are good to go.
I have this really old laptop i3 4gb ddr3 will this work for 2 printers?
Yes, it should work fine.
@@ChrisRiley thanks!
This seems ridiculously complicated for a beginner like me. all i want to do is stop running back and forth with SD cards. who knew being lazy would take so much work? 😅
LOL, I hear you, there is a lot to setup. Hopefully raspberry pi will be available again soon and it will be easier.
Do you NEED a Pi to run this on a printer or can your Laptop/desktop run this without buying an expensive PI
You don't need a RPi to run this, I am running multiple instances of OctoPrint on my windows desktop printing on 2 different printers at the same time. Chris does a great job explaining everything to run this on a windows desktop.
@@redheelerdog I've never done any of this not very skilled with a pc
Thanks, Red! Here's the video:
ua-cam.com/video/T3GImtrLVjY/v-deo.html
Thanks for watching!
If your IP changes on the OctoPrint Host Machine (where is running) you will need to update your Shortcuts to your new IP. Just in case someone is looking for a solution for a problem that I was having.
Thanks!
Would love to see the max number of printers you can set up on one windows box. Does Octoprint mention any limits?
same concern. My Linux box already working with octoPrint with 5 printers, will Windows will be better or worse?
@@jomarx I suspect the USB port might be the bottle neck - not in dada, but in software accessing it. You?
@@GeorgeGraves well, it will be 1 USB port per printer, so I think it will not be much of a problem (unless the USB hub is sub standard). In my Linux Box, I used a PCI 4 port USB card
Yeah, it's really hard to judge. On this small PC CPU would start to suffer before anything else. I know folks that run 10-12 printer on windows without issues.
@@ChrisRiley do those people have problems when you reset (power on /off) a printer, it may cause other printers to stop printing too?I was hoping its only a Linux thing.
nice video !! thks !!!!
Thank you too!
hmm I couldn't find the "activate.bat" obly the python.exe" conversely it's not working..back to the drawing board! Thank you for all you do!! (c:\Octoprint>octoprint serve
'octoprint' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Windows is forever changing and is a real pain. I would have to install it over again and see what's changed.
@@ChrisRiley That's OK I downloaded the windows octoprint file executable from their website and installed that one and now it works..no need to install python separetly, that .exe does everything..I'm now fully operational.
I seriously thought you meant running on Windows Server 2022. Was like.... why the hell....😅
Lol, thanks for watching
I remember when I installed octopi it said it's not completely compatible with the prusa MK3S+MMU2. I configured it anyway and everything was fine...........until I got to a print with 6 colors (and no the printer doesn't heat up after you hit resume when mannually switching fillaments in the mmu during the print I had to do it mannually) and just over the 1 day mark............M112 more than once. Apparently that's the incompatibility. It sucks!!!!! I found some suggestions............and they didn't work I got it again. sigh........ I love octoprint. I don't want to get rid of it, but this sucks!!!
I'm sorry to hear that. Good luck with your projects
It’s only letting me run one octoprint at a time
Make sure you have the base directories setup and separated correctly.
@@ChrisRiley I’ll check again. But they should be right :)
@@ChrisRiley same here. The base directories are separated but the port 5001 and above just bounce back to the same instance. Something in the start up of the second server says something about preemptive caching base_url with localhost:5000, if that makes any sense.
While this will be nice for quite a few and I personally think now a old laptop/desktop would be an amazing little octoprint machine WINDOWS SUCKS. Regardless of settings or programs I use windows will restart itself at some point to update. I'd rather use Linux and have a machine with way less bloat especially for older machines.
Thanks for your insight!
You can disable automatic restart. It's not as simple as clicking several buttons, but there is many tutorial in the web. I have octoprint on 2 laptops, one with Windows and other one with Linux. Both works flawlessly. Windows works about 7 month without automatic restart. However, i agree that if you can install linux, theres almost no reasons to stay on windows
Наконец-то появилось нормальное видео , устал от возни с убогим pi платками.
👍🙂 Спасибо, что смотрите наши видео.