plastbotindustries / franklin

3D printer controlling software

Franklin RepRap driver

This is software for controlling a RepRap 3-D printer, created by the Michigan Technological University Open Sustainable Technology Lab (MOST).

Please see the wiki on github for up to date information.

Installation

For installation requirements, please refer to debian/control (the line that starts with Build-Depends).

If you're running Debian, you should get the Debian package and install it. It can be built by running ''debuild -uc -us'' in this directory.

If you're not running Debian, you should be. It makes your life better.

Seriously though, I tried to keep the code as portable as possible. It should work on any system except Windows[1]. The automatic device detection relies on udev, so that will only work on GNU/Linux. It can be used without it, only the automatic reconnect feature will not work.

1. I use a separate process for each printer and they communicate over standard input and standard output. I need to use select on standard input, and Windows doesn't support that. The only way to make it work on Windows would be to use threads. I've had such bad experience with that, that I will never use them again. However, if you run this host on a Debian server, Windows should have no trouble connecting to it and using it.