How to stop USB plugin grabbing printer?

[smartavionics 209]

So, I want to use Cura to slice but I want to use another application (e.g. S3D, pronterface, etc.) to actually print. How do I stop Cura grabbing the printer it sees on /dev/ACM0? Thanks.

Edited March 24, 2017 by Guest

[ahoeben 541]

Most straightforward way is to remove the USBPrintingPlugin for now.

[smartavionics 209]

Thanks for the reply.

OK, bit of a pain though as I have to remove it every time I update Cura. Would be somewhat nicer to have a preference that simply disables the plugin.

[nallath 589]

I might make a pull request for that some of these days. It's not that hard to fix. Ultimaker doesn't see it as a priority.

[ahoeben 541]

Beat ya to it:

https://github.com/Ultimaker/Uranium/pull/235

[nallath 589]

Beat ya to it:

https://github.com/Ultimaker/Uranium/pull/235

 

Sniff. You did got a bit ahead of what I wanted to build. I think a "Don't automatically connet to USB" preference would be better for this case.

[ahoeben 541]

Yes, that would be useful to have too.

I've been waiting for Alephobjects to create a PR of their usb rework, but I might go ahead and implement my own proposal for 2.6:

https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/issues/1049

https://github.com/fieldOfView/USBConnectionMockup

[creatron 0]

On 3/24/2017 at 12:23 PM, smartavionics said:

So, I want to use Cura to slice but I want to use another application (e.g. S3D, pronterface, etc.) to actually print. How do I stop Cura grabbing the printer it sees on /dev/ACM0? Thanks.

 

[creatron 0]

I just bricked my printer because Cura was active and I tried to program it with new firmware this is really a bad decision. I use octoprint. It must at least have an option to swicth it off, like auto auto prepare. 

[ahoeben 541]

Go to the Toolbox, see the Installed tab and find the USB Printing plugin. Disable it and restart.