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OctoPrint-Lcd1602

PYTHON3

This plug-in allows you to control a 16X2 lcd display (hd44780 connected to port I2C) to display the octoprint status. If DisplayLayerProgress is installed it is also possible to display the current layer count.

It is useful for people like me who have a printer without a display. It indicates on which port the printer is connected, the progress of printing. It also displays the remaining print time (thanks to a simple method).

LCD1602 Plugin for Octoprint Written by: n3bojs4 https://github.com/n3bojs4/octoprint-LCD1602

Forked on 2021-12-17 by GrooveServer

Notes: This plugin as written did not support Python 3 (Current default in OctoPrint) Modified to support Python 3, removed refrences to fakePi that were causing the plugin to fail to load.

Hardware - Setup

Youtube video from "Chris's Basement" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=302LQo1i2ks

  • 16x2 Character Display with a HD44780 controller connected via I2C

Wiring

Make sure you have i2c enabeld via sudo raspi-config

OctoPrint - Setup

Install via the bundled Plugin Manager or manually using this URL:

https://github.com/n3bojs4/OctoPrint-Lcd1602/archive/master.zip

MANUAL INSTALL:

clone the repo :

git clone https://github.com/n3bojs4/OctoPrint-Lcd1602.git

install :

cd OctoPrint-Lcd1602 && python3 setup.py install

Configuration

If you have DisplayLayerProgress-Plugin installed, you can enable the layer output in the plugin settings:

Normally it shows the Progress and the ETA (after 10% progress).