WANT!!! Duke University UM2 rack mounted dream set up!

[peetersm 124]

Check out this most beautiful visage!

Written up i more details here:

http://3dprint.com/117412/duke-case-study-3dprinteros/

[Labern 774]

Very Cool

[chrisw 70]

Any ideas about what those devices may be that're mounted to brackets at the front of each UM2?

edited to add:

Ok, my own question answered. It's a camera that comes with their wifi kit

https://www.3dprinteros.com/store/easybox-wifi/

Edited January 31, 2016 by Guest

[jambalyle 2]

Nice! Might be nice to have the whole thing on casters too.

[LePaul 324]

That's a very expensive...yet impressive, set up

[Aeiou1234 0]

may sound dumb, but here I go

¿Are each of those printers plugged to a single computer? or ¿Is there a way to control all of them from a single computer?

 

I´ve been breaking my head, thinking of the way I can set a 3D printing "farm", "factory" or "hub" (if you will) , but haven´t figured it out

 

¿Could somebody help me understan this?

[ahoeben 1,955]

They are likely all connected to a small computer each (think like a Raspberry Pi). Each individual small computer communicates with a cloud-server. You can control all printers through the cloud service.

[peetersm 124]

3 hours ago, Aeiou1234 said:

¿Are each of those printers plugged to a single computer?

 

Yes, each one has a raspberry Pi and web cam plugged into it. It's a free for all, students just use the web page to browse thought the printer's cameras to find one that is free, then they send their print job to that printer.

https://www.3dprinteros.com/store/easybox-cloud-3d-printer-management/

 

I goofed around with 3dprinterOS is NOT cheap and NOT opensource, and does not really deliver on the accounting side which was most interesting to me as an educator who needs to keep track of who's printing what and accounting quotas. I have not found anything that does that.

 

Maybe see if the will fit your needs, the opensource and free Octoprint it is pretty awesome https://octoprint.org/

 

There are some "real print farm" projects out there used by Luzbot and prusa but I have not looked to see if they are sharing.