Remote Access

[unccheezy 1]

I was wondering what everyone had decided to do when it comes to remote access.  How do you manage prints remotely?

From what I've seen so far, my options are:

http://octoprint.org

http://www.repetier.com

http://solidutopia.com (astroprint)

Ideally, I'd like it to just be a program that runs on a mac.  I am mainly interested in:

1) aborting bad prints

2) changing settings during a print remotely

Thanks in advance.

Edited August 5, 2015 by Guest

[unccheezy 1]

found this, may be of some help:

https://ultimaker.com/en/community/view/4826-octoprint-and-ultimaker-2-a-couple-of-months-experience

[unccheezy 1]

It should also be noted that I don't really care about kicking off prints remotely, just changing settings/aborting when I see that something is the issue.

[xeno 108]

I have a UM original, and print with a Mac Mini connected directly to the printer,

and I can control the printer from anywhere with Splashtop Streamer on both Mac and IOS, and Cam Cam on IOS, so I can see and control from anywhere.

When the printer is running I can watch on my iPad what is going on upstairs

I was very disappointed that on the UM2 you can no longer print via USB, and have to resort to Octoprint or such to do the same.

[unccheezy 1]

It seems as though you can print through cura in the latest version via usb. But I could not get it to work. I may need to update firmware or something. It was just printing in mid-air, but didn't even raise the bed, or initialize starting sequences.