Cura Doesn't find printer when selecting "Add Printer by IP Address"

[Rally037]

Hi Tim, dropped you an email. Cura 4.10, OS Big Sur. I can see the camera of a networked 3D45 by entering the IP address but Cura won't connect to the printer (same IP address - double checked). Let me know if you need anything more

[timmehtimmeh]

Hi @Rally037 -

Currently this plugin doesn't support a full-blown network connection to the printers (for sending & receiving files, remote monitoring etc...). The ver 0.7.2 update to this plugin enables the 3D45 camera stream to be viewed in a separate window, but not more than that. On my someday list is enabling a full network connection to the printers, however that functionality is not yet implemented.

If you want to send files to the printer via the IP address then there's a secondary plugin called "Dremel 3D upload" in the marketplace which enables you to send files remotely.

As I said, eventually I'd like to incorporate that functionality into this plugin, but it's not there yet.

[lukasmwerner]

@timmehtimmeh I'm down to make a pull request!

[timmehtimmeh]

@lwerner-lshigh - awesome - working with you to combining the functionality of our two plugins has been on my to-do list.

Eventually I'd like to have the 3D40 & 3D45 printers completely integrated into Cura's network discovery workflow via the printer definitions (i.e. "supports_network_connection": true, like the Ultimaker S5 ). That should make it easier to monitor the camera stream via the "monitor" tab in Cura instead of me having to create and manage the window & threads that displays the camera stream myself, but that's probably a few steps down the road.

If you do make a PR, please do so onto the develop branch of this plugin. I try to keep the main "stable" branch concurrent with the latest releases and do any development on the "develop" branch.

Also - I believe you had access to a 3D40 - if you have any recommendations for changes to the default settings that this plugin installs I'd be happy to incorporate your suggested changes.

Cheers
Tim