BIGTREETECH-TouchScreenFirmware VS OctoPrint

I've never seen the 3dwork site before, thanks for that! Look at the settings/config options here and see if they map into that site. Also make sure to check if you need "serial_port_2 1". That was a key for me, everything else was configured correctly but the motherboard wasn't talking to the screen.

When I go here https://github.com/bigtreetech/BIGTREETECH-TouchScreenFirmware The wirring is gone all of the sudden for some random reason or i am blind

firmware from github

You can't do much to change the menu contents and almost nothing to change the menu structure in config.ini. That's why I wrote you'd have to edit the firmware source files, such as the Menu files under https://github.com/bigtreetech/BIGTREETECH-TouchScreenFirmware/tree/master/TFT/src

Thanks for the ideas. According to the readme, the TFT35 v2.0 only has the RS232 connection, not the EXP connections. It's bolted into my case, I haven't unbolted it yet to visually check for myself. And, according to the readme, the TFT35 v2.0 only supports touchscreen mode, not Marlin mode.

Per this site, to get full functionality you need to:

https://github.com/bigtreetech/BIGTREETECH-TouchScreenFirmware/commit/35d9ed2b04722894ec2123fede4b21a21a9c4c2c.

link to bug report: https://github.com/bigtreetech/BIGTREETECH-TouchScreenFirmware/issues/2681

The cheapest way is to use OctoPrint. Octoprint itself is free, and although it's often run on a Raspberry Pi, it can be installed on many things, such as an old laptop runing Linux or even Windows, or a small single-board computer. OctoPrint would connect to the printer using a USB cable, and you'd send the slicer output to Octoprint over your WiFi.

Octoprint

2023-11-08 14:10:57,263 - octoprint.util.connectivity.connectivity_checker - INF O - Resolving octoprint.org is working

- Two LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv/) mediaplayers in house (yes, one is not enough in my big family).

- One for hosting low usage applications at home network (Unifi controller and some more).

- Octoprint (https://octoprint.org) connected to the 3d-printer.

- One on my desk for hardware hacking – mostly as just a PC with GPIO.

- Some Raspberry Pi Zeros as security cameras.

Really quite easy, especially if you have ever dealt with a raspberry pi before. Once installed & set up, you manage everything over a web interface. I even added a webcam to it in order to see what's going on. Check out https://octoprint.org/

For other devices it can be harder, there are guides for installing on Linux on the octoprint website (I use an old laptop running Linux Mint). If using an old Android phone look for Octo4A.

I’d just get Octoprint setup and a camera for it