Two Cura computers, one S5

[JTMD 19]

my S5 is in the lab, about 100 ft from my house.  I have Cura on my lab's computer. - works fine.
But sometimes I find myself designing a part from my house computer in the early morning hours and want to print it, but not wanting to make the trip down the hill to the lab in the middle of the night, wind, rain, etc...

I have Cura on my house system and can see the S5 on my network, but get profile mismatch errors and stuff when I try to print.

 

So what magic must I do to make both cura installations match?  profiles and stuff so the printer will run from either system?

Edited July 9 by JTMD
I can spell, I just cant type :)

[Dustin 73]

I would advise using Digital Factory, its designed for this sort of use.
The free tier should meet your needs i think?

[JTMD 19]

On 7/10/2023 at 7:22 AM, Dustin said:

I would advise using Digital Factory, its designed for this sort of use.
The free tier should meet your needs i think?

 

Im using the digital factory already.   i can send files from both computers.  thet problem arises when one cura install doesn't have the materials listed that are currently loaded in the material handler.  When the file is sent to the printer, it fails since it was expecting a configuration that doesnt exist in the printer at that time.

To put it simply, I need both cura installs to match, including any custom profiles and/or materials.

 

it would seen to be a rather simple feature to provide, basically uploading whatever is in the machine to the cura install.

[tomnagel 123]

Make sure you are signed in your account when you use Cura (top right of your screen). If the blue button in the right bottom of your screen says “print via cloud” (after slicing) you are signed in. 
When you are sure you are signed in, you should select your printer in the list (top left of your screen). 
And then in the top middle of your screen you can select the configuration. If your printer has a Material Station, with multiple spools loaded, you should see multiple configurations to choose from. 
if you select one of these configs, the print job should start without hiccup when you select “print via cloud”

[MariMakes 178]

Hey @JTMD,

 

I think I recognize what you are running into. Do you have a number of custom profiles and materials, some of them even synced to the printer?

 

I have a similar set-up. If you are running the same version of Cura on both devices, you can make a back-up of the one that is most elaborate. Walk over to the other device, and restore the back-up on that device. That you have exactly the same configuration folder and all materials/printers/profiles/plug-ins will be matching. 

You can read more about them here: https://support.makerbot.com/s/article/1667412704080

 

And the next time you add a material or profile, you can just make a new back-up and do restore back-up on the other device. You can just use the UltiMaker account that you made for this forum, and the back-ups will be traveling with your account. There is also an offline version of this trick if you prefer, I can share that aswell.

 

Can you try using back-ups and let us know if that works for you? 

[JTMD 19]

On 7/12/2023 at 2:40 AM, MariMakes said:

 

Can you try using back-ups and let us know if that works for you? 

 

Mari, that worked perfectly.  Thank you.