Octoprint on a mini PC (Wyse 5010 - AMD G-T48E)?

Haggisman · 11 Apr 2024 at 10:57

Has anyone successfully done this? There's one of these mini PCs going on the MM not far from me, might be a better/cheaper option than a PI, or is it better just to stick with the tried & tested? (Was also tempted to see if I could get Octo4A running on an old Nvidia Shield!

gitbags · 11 Apr 2024 at 11:10

Might be useful to you. https://community.octoprint.org/t/setting-up-octoprint-on-windows/383

Haven't done it myself, I just used a pi zero 2 w with no complaints.

Haggisman · 11 Apr 2024 at 11:12

Thanks - no problems installing Linux if that's needed, but if it works on Windows then all good as well

VeNT · 11 Apr 2024 at 14:00

tbh I'd suggest that a pi zero 2 is a better option in the mid term as it'll run on basically no power and has much better support.

Haggisman · 11 Apr 2024 at 14:27

Would the pi 3b+ be a better option than the zero 2? I see the power consumption is higher, but no need for USB adapter and more powerful

VeNT · 11 Apr 2024 at 16:31

it's better if you've got one already but not really.

DHR · 6 May 2024 at 10:32

I used an orange pi zero 3 with armbian and so far it's worked a treat.

Haggisman · 6 May 2024 at 11:40

Update, I got Octo4A installed on the Shield Pro... Then hit the snag that you need root access to allow access to the USB port, so no luck with that

I then realised that the ideal location for the printer was right next to my Proxmox server I use for Frigate and Home Assistant, so I created a new VM & followed a guide on installing Octoprint on an Ubuntu server, and it seems to be working perfectly

ScoobyDoo · 6 May 2024 at 18:23

I use a pi3b with a touch screen on mine

sad poetry

VeNT · 6 May 2024 at 22:17

Haggisman said:
Update, I got Octo4A installed on the Shield Pro... Then hit the snag that you need root access to allow access to the USB port, so no luck with that

I then realised that the ideal location for the printer was right next to my Proxmox server I use for Frigate and Home Assistant, so I created a new VM & followed a guide on installing Octoprint on an Ubuntu server, and it seems to be working perfectly

nice.
tbh at that point I'd be looking into moonraker really.

Haggisman · 7 May 2024 at 10:09

VeNT said:
nice.
tbh at that point I'd be looking into moonraker really.

That needs Klipper firmware on the printer though?

VeNT · 7 May 2024 at 15:02

Haggisman said:
That needs Klipper firmware on the printer though?

yeah but you create that at the time.

Haggisman · 7 May 2024 at 15:12

Interesting, I'll do some reading