Makerion

Makerion is a 3D printer management project intended to be run on a Raspberry Pi. It will support the official Raspberry Pi touchscreen, camera, and host an embedded web server to upload files, control, and manage print jobs.

3D printer support

• New Matter MOD-t

Getting Started

Get the Hardware

• Raspberry Pi 3
  • (You can also use a Raspberry Pi Zero W if you prefer)
• Micro SD card -- anything 2GB or larger should do fine
• WiFi network -- you'll need your ssid and psk (password) to connect
• Computer with Micro SD card slot

Installation

Download the files

• Download balena Etcher
• Go to the latest Makerion release page
• Download the img file matching your Raspberry Pi
  • If you have a Pi0W, you want makerion_firmware_rpi_v[x.x.x].img
  • If you have a Pi3, you want makerion_firmware_rpi3_v[x.x.x].img

Create the SD card

• Insert the micro SD card into your laptop or desktop
• Using Etcher, burn the img file to the SD card
  • Under "Select image", choose the img file you downloaded
  • Under "Select drive", choose the CD card you inserted (it is usually auto-selected for you)
  • Click "Flash!" and follow the prompts

Configure WiFi

• Remove and re-insert the SD card once the fw burning tool has finished
• on the BOOT-A volume of the SD card, add a wifi.yml file with each of the networks you would like the device to be able to join.

Example wifi.yml file:

networks:
  - ssid: Home
    psk: wheretheheartis
    priority: 100
  - ssid: Work
    psk: gettinstuffdone
    priority: 99

Note: indentation matters in the file. Use the above as a template if it helps. Another Note: for priority, higher numbers indicate higher preference for that access point

Hook it up

• Eject the SD card and plug it into the Raspberry Pi
• Put the Raspberry Pi next to the MOD-t and plug the MOD-t into one of the Pi's USB ports
• Power on the Pi
• In a web browser, visit (http://makerion.local). You should see a page with "Upload a New File" and "Printer Status" headers.

Upgrading to a new version of Makerion

Makerion Firmware has the capability of self-updating to a new version. In order to check for an update and apply it:

• visit (http://makerion.local/firmware)
• If an update is available you'll have the option to apply it. Click the button, wait a minute, and the device will reboot into the new firmware!