Do you give up MK2 features if running OctoPrint / AstroPrint?  

Re: Do you give up MK2 features if running OctoPrint / AstroPrint?

Hello,

I read that if your use OctoPrint you will still get the mesh leveling feature built into the MK2 firmware.

Can I still run these features the MK2 is being controlled my OctoPrint?

- Live Z adjust
- Quiet mode
- Speed up print
- Pause print and resume
- MultiColor Printing

If these features are not available when the MK2 is being controlled by OctoPrint I guess I could upload the gcode to the SD card and then kick off the the print job.
- Not possible while actively printing via octoprint iirc
- Not possible to toggle while actively printing via Octoprint
- x2
- You can pause and resume in Octoprint
- Not sure, I think it might still work.

Re: Do you give up MK2 features if running OctoPrint / AstroPrint?

Conceptually, thing of OctoPrint as a conduit through which passes GCODE files. That means that anything controlled via GCODE files created from your slicer will work just fine through OctoPrint. Since the GCODE commands to initiate mesh bed leveling (G80) is in the startup code for each job (as configured in your slicer) it'll be executed just as if it were sent from the SD card.

I read that if your use OctoPrint you will still get the mesh leveling feature built into the MK2 firmware. Correct.

Can I still run these features the MK2 is being controlled my OctoPrint?

- Live Z adjust Not sure - have not tried it.
- Quiet mode Since this is a mode setting, and not job specific, you need to set this from the front panel
- Speed up print Yes! The speed controls work even if the job originated through OctoPrint - I just used this to slow down a job on Sunday.
- Pause print and resume Not sure - have not tried it.
- MultiColor Printing Yes, as the ColorPrint tool just inserts an M600 command into the generated GCODE.

If these features are not available when the MK2 is being controlled by OctoPrint I guess I could upload the gcode to the SD card and then kick off the the print job.[/quote]

SO basically, anything that will go into your sliced GCODE will work fine through OctoPrint. Some of the other items which issue specific instructions to the printer (such as filament load or unload) are best done from the control panel. It isn't that you -can't- do them through OctoPrint, but they are easier from the Front panel. I think of the front panel as a "maintenance" tool, and all "normal" print jobs as well as normal pre-job heating are done through OctoPrint.

John

Re: Do you give up MK2 features if running OctoPrint / AstroPrint?

David

You can do everything that you listed while using OctoPrint.

The only thing you will have to change is to add M600 to the "Long Running Commands" within the OctoPrint interface.

Pause / Resume should be done via OctoPrint rather than the printer.

The first 3 items on your list can still be changed at the printer.

Peter