Ability to upload, and then push to Astrobox sliced files

Feature Requests
#1

When I am home I love having the ability to slice something in my slicer of choice (S3D usually), and then push it to the box on my network, and then click print!!!

However it seems you cannot do this from outside your home network…

There is a ‘File manager’ option in the dashboard, but it ONLY lets me upload .stl files it seems. :frowning:
It would be awesome to be able to upload .gcode, or .x3g files here as well, and then ‘push’ them to the box at home and print remotely…

Is this possible? Am I the only one who wishes this was possible?

#2

@Jeffrey_Seymore:

Negative, you are not the only person interested in this :wink:

So, the FILE MANAGER on the AstroPrint cloud does not have the ability to upload .gcode files partially because:

  • We haven’t gotten to it yet
  • One of the reasons we haven’t gotten to it is because there’s no way to visualize G-CODE files right now. The reason we allow STL’s to be uploaded to the File Manager (on the AstroPrint Cloud) is because, those can be easily visualized before printing.

In any case, if you are feeling adventurous, theoretically, you CAN access your local AstroBox remotely by perusing port forwarding.

To find the IP address of your AstroBox, follow these steps:

  • Log into your local WiFi network (the same WiFi network your AstroBox is connected to)
  • Go to your AstroPrint Cloud’s “Monitor APP”
  • Then click on the GREEN arrow on the top right hand corner (below your account email address)
  • This should open up a new window/tab with your AstroBox IP address.

Essentially, you would configure your router (with port forwarding) to give you remote access to your AstroBox where you could login and upload G-Code directly.

I have attached some screenshots for clarification.

Let me know if that (temporarily) solves your problem! :slightly_smiling:


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#3

I’ll second this request - it would be a great addition (when you can work it into the dev schedule). I’m not sure I’d care if it didn’t show the visualization of the cgode file - perhaps just a snapshot of the 1st layer to show how it’ll fit on the print bed?

I did the port forwarding thing when I was running Octoprint, and it worked well. I’ll also recommend remoting into a computer in your home network if you have that capability, and doing the local things from there. I’m in the process of ramping up to 5 Astroboxes, and setting up one remote computer is a lot easier than 5 port forwards (and remembering what port goes with what box)!

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