Can I see the AstroBox before it is hooked to the Printer

AstroBox Troubleshooting
#1

BLUF: Can I see an AstroBox if it is not attached to a printer?

I found what seemed like a dead AstroBox on my ONI Kage (Merlin firmware). I swapped in an AstroBox from my other printer (MakerBot Rep 2x). Initially, I used the SD card from the dead Astrobox. No Joy. I reinstalled the SD card that was originally in the MB-Rep-2x Astrobox and it seemed to work. As I was changing all the settings to be compatible with the ONI Kage, the 2nd Pi seemed to die too (just like the first). I did do a firmware upgrade. This was working for about 20 minutes. Now I want to reflash the SD cards. I just want to trouble shoot them when they are not attached to printers, until I feel confident that they are stable and that I can prove my AstroBoxes are working and that my printer in not burning them up. Will AstroPrint recognize the AstroBox if not connected to a printer?

#2

Yes, presuming that you have Paired it with Astroprint.com.

To indicate a successful pairing/association with the cloud at Astroprint.com, you should see a GREEN rocket icon on the top right corner in your local Astrobox settings.

If it’s NOT green, click on it to associate the Astrobox with your cloud account at Astroprint.com.

Then, you should be able to access it and monitor via the MONITOR APP on Astroprint.com.

P.S: You cannot access the local astrobox settings via the cloud though (for security reasons).