Native App for Duet3d/RRF - Wishlist

[jay_s_uk]

remote access to a duet in a similar fashion that can can be done with octoprint
obviously an SBC would be required for this though

[Sindarius]

At one point some time ago I started work on a flutter app to control my printers. Been so busy with other projects I haven’t been able to get back to it.

https://youtu.be/u6HS1jbjhvA

There is a lot of potential to build some creative duet controls depending on need.

[nomukaiki]

@Sindarius said in Native App for Duet3d/RRF - Wishlist:

I started work on a flutter app to control my printers

This is great. Hopefully I will manage to go a bit further. I am focusing first on the application core (network, data layer, reactive services, etc) and then will do the UI. But I also got the basics working quickly, so there is hope

[jay_s_uk]

@nomukaiki free for testing if you need any.
I have enough machines to play with

[nomukaiki]

@jay_s_uk said in Native App for Duet3d/RRF - Wishlist:

@nomukaiki free for testing if you need any.
I have enough machines to play with

That will be super useful! Thanks! I am interested to speaking with you about the "remote access" that you suggested. I am not sure what other type of remote access you are suggesting. Is it about accessing the printers outside of your local network?

[jay_s_uk]

@nomukaiki yea. Similar to this for octoprint https://plugins.octoprint.org/plugins/anywhere/

Feel free to pm me

[arhi]

@jay_s_uk said in Native App for Duet3d/RRF - Wishlist:

@nomukaiki yea. Similar to this for octoprint https://plugins.octoprint.org/plugins/anywhere/

telegram is the best solution for this out there attm imho.
in order to communicate with your printer you either need to allow access to it from the wan (port forwarding - complicated to many users, unsafe..) or you need your printer to initiate connection and in this case you need a "server" somewhere on the internet (the way "anywhere", "the spaghetty..", "telegram" and some other plugins work)... telegram's bot system is awesome and alow you to create super complicate system for free

[jay_s_uk]

telegram was what I used to use back in the octoprint days.

[nomukaiki]

@arhi said in Native App for Duet3d/RRF - Wishlist:

you need your printer to initiate connection

Is this already available on Duet? Can it be configured to do a "ping" to a configured host?

[arhi]

@nomukaiki said in Native App for Duet3d/RRF - Wishlist:

@arhi said in Native App for Duet3d/RRF - Wishlist:

you need your printer to initiate connection

Is this already available on Duet? Can it be configured to do a "ping" to a configured host?

nope, it is not

[Sindarius]

@nomukaiki I meant to say #4 will send you down a deep dark rabbit hole. I have been putting time into a 3D viewer plugin for the upcoming 3.2 DWC.

[nomukaiki]

@Sindarius that's really great! Nice job so far. I can definitely embed a web component, but I would prefer to have a more native experience/responsiveness on the app. But I agree with you that it would be almost an app by itself (as a development effort). Maybe you would be happy to learn dartlang and do contribute?

[nomukaiki]

@jay_s_uk said in Native App for Duet3d/RRF - Wishlist:

remote access to a duet in a similar fashion that can can be done with octoprint
obviously an SBC would be required for this though

I've added it to my list as the new number 13.

[whopping pochard]

I am sooo excited about this. I'm using a cheap Android tablet as a PanelDue alternative, and a native app would be amazing.

So for me:
8,9,2,10,1,4,5,6,13,,3,12,11

High on my list is responsiveness, at-a-glance information display, and macro access and execution.

Please make sure we have a way to pay you a little bit for your time!

[nomukaiki]

@whopping-pochard said in Native App for Duet3d/RRF - Wishlist:

I'm using a cheap Android tablet

Thanks @whopping-pochard ! What version of OS and tablet model (screen size) are you using?

[whopping pochard]

@nomukaiki It's a 7" tablet running Android 9.

[nomukaiki]

To keep you updated, this is what I've manage to do so far on my spare time. The app side-by-side with DWC.

[jay_s_uk]

I want to play with it now! Lol

[nomukaiki]

Now on an Android 7'' tablet. Looks a bit big but I'll sort out the sizes and styling after getting all the features in!

Any droid users out here?! Send me PM and I'll share an APK for you to start playing around. The app is read only yet, but allows multiple printers.

[Sindarius]

@nomukaiki are you planning on putting something up on GitHub?