WebCam Availability

[AwFisher 0]

So I'm using Cura with an Anycubic i3, I have it connected to OctoPrint primarily for the webcam access, and the ability to stop the print if something goes wrong....Octo has been giving me a lot of issues, so I was wondering if there was webcam support in Cura for non-Ultimaker Printers?

[Smithy 1,144]

Short answer, no

 

[ahoeben 1,955]

Somewhat longer answer: yes, through OctoPrint.

[AwFisher 0]

 

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Somewhat longer answer: yes, through OctoPrint.

yeah I use Octo, it's just problematic right now.

Thanks!
 

[GregValiant 1,287]

How about the post-processor plug-in "Time Lapse"?

[ahoeben 1,955]

That script adds commands in the gcode to trigger a camera, if the printer firmware and hardware support that. It does not handle displaying the snapshots in any way.

[ahoeben 1,955]

7 hours ago, AwFisher said:

I use Octo, it's just problematic right now.

 

There's a great OctoPrint community here:

https://community.octoprint.org/

I'm sure they can help you out.

[Smithy 1,144]

Octoprint itself works fine, so I suggest to solve your Octo problem with their community first and then install the amazing Octoprint plugin for Cura.

 

I have 3 printers running with Octoprint and Cura plugin and it works great. 
 

BTW thanks again @ahoeben for the great plugin 👍🏻