Hi everyone, just to put some content in this community, I thought that sharing my setup could be useful to some people!
I have a Creality Ender 3-S1 Plus as my first printer. Why this choice? because… I wanted a big set, it suited my budget, and… I didn’t know too much about it so I followed my instinct.
First thing I did was to replace the original firmware with this one. Many more features including a lot of work on the touch screen, and more compatibility with Octoprint (see below).
I then installed a led strip with a support printed by me.
Then Tasmota connected sockets (open source firmware). Driven by Octoprint, I can turn on my printer remotely, then the LED strip and the printers will be turned off automatically at the end of printing. Open-source was important to me, for control to be done locally only, and not via a server on the other side of the world…
I then discovered via Reddit (urg) the existence of Octoprint. After trying to install it on my first generation RPi, I bought an RPi 4 and created myself an optimized server.
I added some plugins including:
To perfect my installation and avoid going back and forth to check my impressions, I installed a Logitech HD C270 with a custom case.
Here, to conclude, I had a lot of trouble with Signal to install it on the RPi but I created a script to achieve this easily. And I burned my first bed by putting a Z-offset too low so I bought another one on amazon which I am very satisfied with.
My next project will be to confine my printer to print ABS.
Edit : (Yes, I need to clean the bed)
Edit 2 : Here’s the video to not burn your bed, watch it until the end!
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