In this case, I have replaced the Raspberry Pi with an OrangePi Zero. Usually, the host is replaced with a Raspberry Pi, connected to LAN or WLAN and running an Octoprint instance. Octoprint is an open-source project which is intended to allow 3D printing without a host (regular PC) connected to the printer. To have the WEB interface, the printer is connected to its own WEB server which has Octoprint running on a small OrangePi Zero Linux computer. Once done shut down the Pi and put the SD card back into the Raspberry Pi Zero W.I have started modifying my own 3D printer and one of the mods is a WEB interface. We were unable to change the name for some reason, we'll investigate that further later.

Make a note of the name of your Astroprint, for example: as you will need this. You should be able to configure Astroprint through the wizard. On another device (tablet, phone or computer) open a browser and connect to this IP address. Once booted it should be connected to your WiFi, make a note of the IP address. In this file add the following (and update the SSID and password accordingly): allow-hotplug wlan0 Now you need to setup your WiFi connection:

In this file you need to add two lines: network: Now we need to setup the network connection, this is so you don't have to use the Astroprint hotspot which doesn't work with the onboard WiFi in either the RPi Zero W or RPi 3. If you're using the RPi Zero W camera (as we are) you'll need to enable it through:

Run the following commands (one at a time).

Insert SD card into your Raspberry Pi 2 or 3 (with a tested and working internet connection).

We like to use Etcher as it's quick, easy and works flawlessly. You'll need a Raspberry Pi 2 or 3 with a tested and working internet connnection.ĭownload the AstroBox Raspberry Pi image and write to your SD card. It's a little more complicated than setting up Octoprint but it's not too scary. After we'd setup Octoprint on our Raspberry Pi Zero W (see this post) we decided to give Astroprint a try on the board too.

Octoprint on pi zero