Sharing config files

[jdurand]

I see the MatterControl software stores at least some of the configuration on the local computer. As we have mechanical software on three machines I'd like to be able to save G-code to SD from any of them. Is there a convenient way to keep all three machines in sync?

The machine the printer will be plugged into is XP, if that matters. The other two are Windows 7, 64-bit.

[Jimustanguitar]

If you can specify where these files are stored, you can make a it a cloud or network location. I've used most of the cloud storage flavors out there and most of them have a locally mapped way to access the data.

I've fought with managing dropbox, box, google drive, icloud, cubby, onedrive, etc for storage because I've got a little bit out there in each of them... My most recent strategy is to use each one for a specific purpose. Google is official work stuff, dropbox is between friends, box is for sidejobs, and I've been using OneDrive for making and 3D printing... It's probably a crazy strategy, but it makes sense to me and keeps me from syncing the wrong files on the wrong computers.

[Earthbound]

I'd like to be able to save G-code to SD from any of them.

No way to do that with the current software. The printer is physically connected to one machine. The SD card is handled by the printer firmware and host software, not seen as a storage device by the PC's operating system.

I have not tried a remote host configuration like OctoPi. That might provide a solution for your scenario.

[Captain Starfish]

@Earthbound: Shove the SD card into your computer, not the printer. Select the file from the queue, then in the menu at the bottom of the list export gcode to folder, select the SD card and go. I only have one computer generating code and do it this way because it's a billionty times faster than using the "save to SD card" option which pushes it all down the USB link.

@jdurand: you can export and import your current settings as an XML file, there's an option for that. On the Mac, at least, a bunch of settings are stored in a couple of different places. I don't remember where but it's buried somewhere in the home directory, guessing similar story with Windows.

On a brighter note, Kevin and Lars (the guys who will answer your email to [email protected]) are extremely responsive to emails and very, very helpful. If you ask them they'll at least tell you how to find the settings so you can share them via rsync or some similar tool, but you might also find that after asking them an option appears in the next version to set the file location

[Earthbound]

@Captain: OP wants to generate code from multiple computers and send to SD card in the printer, I think.