<p dir="ltr">If you add the camera to the Pi, I assume that the Pi could push the camera data over a USB WiFi adapter. Thus you could use a single port to both view the camera and have some control of the printer via GPIO ports & relays on the Pi or whatever the OctoPrint software interface is.</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 3, 2015 5:02 PM, "Dishit Parekh" <<a href="mailto:dpparekh@ncsu.edu">dpparekh@ncsu.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Glen,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for all the awesome suggestions. I was preferring wireless connection because at NC State to activate a ethernet port if it has been inactive for a while, it takes about 100 bucks or so. I hence wanted to just stick in a wireless network adapter and get the ball rolling. :-)</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Glen Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mrglenasmith@gmail.com" target="_blank">mrglenasmith@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">The Pi cam does come with a short cable, but other lengths are available from adafruit:<br>
<a href="http://www.adafruit.com/products/2087" target="_blank">http://www.adafruit.com/products/2087</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">Is there a particular reason you want to go wireless? </p><div><div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 3, 2015 11:40 AM, "Michael Fulbright" <<a href="mailto:mike.fulbright@pobox.com" target="_blank">mike.fulbright@pobox.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>I use a Logitech C510 webcam on my
ubuntu laptop controlling a 3d printer. I run 'motion' and have
it setup a streaming port that you can view with any modern
browser and no extra software. Just be sure to disable all the
motion detection - the streaming will still work. Otherwise it
will go nuts filling your disk taking video and snapshots of your
printer moving around. On my ancient laptop streaming 1280x1024 @
50% quality and 2 fps it uses only about 30% CPU. You can watch
the stream on a tablet or smartphone also which gives nice
flexibility.<br>
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For the Pi as Dan mentioned you will probably want to use the
MotionEye frontend for motion to utilize the very nice Raspberry
Pi camera. I would still consider a simple webcam for your
application just because it allows you more freedom for optimal
placement since a webcam will have at least a 6 ft cord instead of
the 6 inch flex cable you have with the Pi camera.<br>
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Michael Fulbright<br>
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<div>I am using a CubePro Trio 3d Printer from 3D Systems in my
lab at NC state and wish to control it wirelessly from an
outdoor location (home, office, etc.). I am planning to use
the <a href="http://octoprint.org" target="_blank">OctoPrint</a>
software for the controlling part with a Raspberry Pi. Can you
suggest me some good cameras to monitor the activity of my 3d
printer for the same. Thank you! :)<br clear="all">
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