A quick guide for beginners for using Pronterface or Octoprint to connect directly to your 3D printer via terminal. Ideal for calibration and/or troubleshooting procedures like those on my free website.

0:00 Introduction

0:36 Our aim
Octoprint installation guide:    • Octoprint Raspberry 4B + 4K webcam gu...  

0:55 Pronterface
Pronterface (aka printrun) website and download: https://www.pronterface.com/

1:24 USB cables

1:58 Determining COM port number
TH3D USB driver download and guide: https://www.th3dstudio.com/hc/downloa...

3:04 Determining baud speed
Baud wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baud

3:35 Free resources
Free 3D printer calibration page: https://teachingtechyt.github.io/cali...
Free 3D printer troubleshooting page:

3:53 Example commands and workflow
Marlin M115 reference: https://marlinfw.org/docs/gcode/M115....
Marlin M503 reference: https://marlinfw.org/docs/gcode/M503....

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