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Aside from valuing my sleep, I have a lot of incentives to ensure it never goes off, including the fact my wife says she'll divorce me if she ever hears the klaxon :D
I'm kinda concerned by the number of mentions here of using the Pi to run OctoPrint (I think that's right?) to remotely admin and monitor a 3D printer... I've always been of the mind that a 3D printer should never be left physically unattended - even with monitoring (via camera and such), as they can potentially start a fire if something goes wrong (failed print spewing random filament?). Is this a wrong viewpoint? A…
Four things: 1. Pihole to ad block ads (useful for phone browsing) https://pi-hole.net/ 2. Custom Weather conditions dashboard, using Dark Sky's API I'd love to replace the weather dashboard with one of my integrated work / personal calendars so I could see what meetings I have each day but work won't expose that data, claims it's a security risk. 3. Custom NYC subway dashboard, showing me estimated train arrivals fo…
Have you experienced any issues using PiHole? I would imagine some apps etc would go to lengths to prevent their use. But if it works I'll set one up for my partner who plays way too many spammy games.
But still find something a bit annoying and there is little we can do about it.
1. YouTube Ads are still showing up (you need to maintain a list quite often to avoid those ads) 2. To maintain the software (update is simple), but you better update and then back up the SD card and replicate it to the second Raspberry Pi.
In terms of performance, I have not seen anything blocker, no malfunctioning app or the network getting slower. Time-to-time, I got angry wife that cannot click on ad links. :-)
I use it to take up space in my drawer of useless electronic stuff because I can never find a combination of power supply and SD card that doesn't eventually end up corrupt and unbootable.
You could try not buying cheap components. Storing it in a drawer probably doesn't help either.
1x Raspberry Pi 3 installed in my car within the internal network as a bastion box and to run software that let's my interact with the entertainment system 1x Raspberry Pi 3 running Home Assistant with a Z-Wave USB Dongle (Home Automation) 1x Raspberry Pi 3 running OctoPrint (Host/remote-control for 3D Printer) 1x Raspberry Pi 3 running FullPageOS (Full-screen Chromium in kiosk mode) displaying a server statusboard i…
I'm kinda concerned by the number of mentions here of using the Pi to run OctoPrint (I think that's right?) to remotely admin and monitor a 3D printer... I've always been of the mind that a 3D printer should never be left physically unattended - even with monitoring (via camera and such), as they can potentially start a fire if something goes wrong (failed print spewing random filament?). Is this a wrong viewpoint? A…
I'm thinking of eventually enable remote printing though (just to be able to perform long prints), but I will have some safety measures installed before that. All of the below is probably mandatory for me.
* A webcam that I can watch from wherever I am (mobile and browser). Also with audio so that I can listen in on it. I think it would be possible to have an automatic system to listen (or watch) in on the printer to hear anomalies - but I will not have the energy to pursue that.
* I will be able to shut down the power via internet.
* Perhaps automatically shut down printer and then cut power if internet connectivity is lost - preferably with sms notification.
* A smoke alarm that automatically cuts power (will most likely be software controlled though, so not foolproof)
* A heat activated fire extinguisher (haven't done research on it yet but exists quite a few, popular for caravans etc.).
* Decent printer with good track record (prusa), and all the automatic protections enabled (temperature sensors giving up etc.)
I have not yet decided if the above provides a satisfactory level of assurance that nothing will go wrong. I know that just the webcam will provide immense ease of mind - but that is just me being human.