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Having ordered my first 3D printer, I am giddy and preparing various things.

I have installed Octoprint on my home server as a Docker container, but when running it, it seems that it wants to have a serial connection to a printer. Octoprint expects to be running on a Raspberry that is connected via its serial interface.

What am I missing?

The printer I ordered (Prusa Mini) comes with a wifi dongle, so I guess there will be a way to reach it over the network. But that does not automagically mean Octoprint can work with it.

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[–] Dreadino@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to use Octoprint to connect to an Ender 3, which didn't come with an internet connection. Now that I have an Ankermake M5, I don't use it anymore.

You could connect your desktop to the 3D printer, I don't think a Raspberry is required.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

This true actually, you can run octoprint directly on your desktop PC.