Please feel free to comment below about how it works for you, and if you have anything to add to make the setup better. I haven’t tried replacing the USB cable yet, but it could just be that. However, twice I have had it stop printing mid way through, complaining about the connection being lost. Now as I said at the start, this isn’t an official or supported path, but for the post part it does seem to work. Reboot OctoPi by typing the below and pressing enter: sudo rebootĪfter the reboot, your should see your the serial port has changed to the actual name of your printer. Save the changes by press CTRL + X, then press ‘Y’ and press enter to confirm the save.ĥ Verify the file permissions are set to “rw-r–r–” by typing the below, and pressing enter: ls -al /etc/udev/rules.d/les The file will most likely be blank, so add the below text to it: SUBSYSTEM="usb", ATTR="2b71", MODE="0666" If asked for your password again, enter it. The default username and password, if you haven’t changed them are:Ĥ Run the below command to open the text editor, so we can edit the file les: sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/les So these instructions are based on using Putty.ġ Open Putty, and enter the IP address of your octopi, or you can use octopi.local instead, select ‘SSH’ and click ‘Open’.Ģ Say ‘Yes’ to trusting the host and key: Add permissions for Flashforge pluginįor this, you will neet to SSH to your OctoPi, I like to use Putty, as it’s free and easy. If you select the ‘Terminal’ tab, you will see some errors and instructions to allow the Flashforge plugin permissions. On the OctoPrint home page, click the refresh icon in the connection section, make your selection like below, and click ‘Connect’: Select the settings / spanner icon, select ‘Serial Connection’, and set your settings as below:
LIBUSB SERIAL PORT INSTALL
Search for Flashforge and install the below plugin: Select the settings / spanner icon, and select ‘Plugin Manager’.Ĭlick the ‘Ger More…’ button below the list of already installed plugins. Unless you need to keep the default printer, delete it.Ĭlick ‘Save’. Set the new profile which we just created, as the default, by clicking the start icon:
Select the settings / spanner icon, and select ‘Printer Profiles’.Ĭlick ‘Add Profile’, and enter the values as shown below:
LIBUSB SERIAL PORT PRO
Setup an OctoPrint Printer Profile for the Flashforge Creator Pro 2
LIBUSB SERIAL PORT HOW TO
How to install OctoPrint / OctoPi on a Raspberry PiĪlso make sure that everything is up to date. I’m presuming you already have OctoPrint setup, if not, take a look at the be below article: Before we start, it’s important for you to note that this isn’t a supported setup for the Flashforge Creator Pro 2 to work with OctoPrint, it’s more of a work around.
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