Researching Rostock Remote Control

[JohnStack]

[EDIT (Thanks @FOSHON)

The answer is http://octoprint.org/

And associated threads:

http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php ... 1344#p7173

http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=1399

I searched on the wrong terms..]


I'd like to control the Rambo remotely and perhaps monitor it remotely as well. I was thinking about a couple of things I could do and thought I would solicit some ideas and some help.

Ideally, it would mimic or replace the functions of the LCD Smart controller.

The first idea was to create an iOS app that hooked up to the serial interface on the board. That requires a leveled serial interface similar to or exactly like Redpark's iPhone to serial kit. They have an Arduino SDK that provides interfacing.

It then occurred to me that this would have to be tethered.

So, next? Perhaps Raspberry Pi. It's easy to load a web server on it, has serial ports, and more could be done - for example, you could stick a webcam on the page, have a scrollable log, etc. The Pi also uses python serial libraries so that's pretty simple.

Arduino? Limited web server but ok.

Potential web server software for Arduino:
https://github.com/sirleech/Webduino


Questions:

What do you think? Is there a need after you load a job to walk away but monitor your printer? Perhaps cancel a job, etc?

Does anyone know the Tx and Rx table for the Rostock?

What features are 100% essential for this?

What are really nice to haves?

I think this should live as a separate device that just interfaces with the arduino board - that way, mods to the web server can be done independently from the Rambo code stream and firmware. Thoughts?

Anything else I'm missing? Any different ideas about this?

[foshon]

OctoPrint

[foshon]

I found this awhile back. I thought it warranted further looking into.


http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:38749

[JohnStack]

Saw this kit... https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11743

Would be interesting just to launch the "responsive" designed Octoprint in it. Glad there are drawing files to contain it. That makes things a bit easier.

The Pi kit is coming today. I should have it up and running by Sunday. If that works, I'll order the thing above.

Going to the Dwell Show in LA Saturday to see if there are any print-oriented things I can see or it would be up before then.

Or, if someone wants to mod the existing setup, there's this:

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11741