jlegrand62 / filament_watch

Pause or stop OctoPrint if the 3D printer filament jams or runs out

filament_watch

Personal fork of the filament_watch project from: https://github.com/rllynch/filament_watch

Install:

Clone the git repo:

git clone https://github.com/jlegrand62/filament_watch.git

Run the script creating the virtualenv and installing filament_watch:

cd filament_watch
bash pi_setup.sh

Usage:

Using the nano editor as sudo:

sudo nano /etc/rc.local

add the following lines to /etc/rc.local before exit 0:

## Start filament_watch:
bash /home/pi/filament_watch/run_filament_watch.sh &

This will start filament_watch as root at boot.

Don't forget to change the API key with the right one!

Debug:

To see what is returned as JSON, look under this address in a browser:

http://HOSTNAME/api/printer?apikey=APIKEY

with the right HOSTNAME (ip) & APIKEY of course.

Or enable the added (ugly) status report by uncommenting line 182 in filament_watch.py:

octoprint.print_status()