[Question] Prusa MK3 WiFi Use Case with OctoPrint

[jwillmer]

I have a Prusa MK3 and like to enable a wifi connection to it in order to monitor the print telemetry over the network. I used a raspberry pi in the past but the hard shutdown of the pi when killing the power on the printer destroyed my operating system. Additionally I had to wait for it to boot up.

My question is: Is this project feasible to connect my printer to my wifi, host OctoPrint on a dedicated server and be able to connect to my printer (monitor/start/stop) it using OctoPrint?

[luc-github]

This Firmware do not host host octoprint - it is specific ESP FW which can control/monitor printer thrue webUI https://github.com/luc-github/ESP3D-WEBUI or wifi using raw tcp (printerface / repetier host)

[luc-github]

the webui is hosted in esp board
the applications communicating by telnet are on PC

[jwillmer]

Ah, sorry. Then I misunderstood the project goal. I'm looking for some bridge that can connect my printer with my WIFI so that I can host the 3D print controller somewhere else.

[luc-github]

yes this is what I wrote above
you can have repetier host or pronterface on your PC to control the printer communicating using raw tcp
But even it is possible I won't suggest stream GCODE using wifi due to network latency, better limit to monitor and control printer

[jwillmer]

Found this project an hour ago. Might solve my use case :) https://github.com/probonopd/WirelessPrinting

[luc-github]

great, have happy printing :)