AI Print Monitoring / Printer Health monitoring

Peter Lebiedzinski

@Gianluca This looks like it might be an issue with the version of pip installed. Can you try updating it with:
pip3 install --upgrade pip
or
pip install --upgrade pip

and then re-running the installation commands that failed for the backend?

None of the DWC plugin settings or UI items will work if the Backend is not running so both of your issues should be fixed by doing this. Let me know if this fixes your issue.

Gianluca

@Peter-Lebiedzinski
I'm sorry, I tried to install PIP but I'm getting other errors. Unfortunately I am unable to continue..

pi@VORON-24-SBC:~ $ pip3 install --upgrade pip
WARNING: pip is being invoked by an old script wrapper. This will fail in a future version of pip.
Please see https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/5599 for advice on fixing the underlying issue.
To avoid this problem you can invoke Python with '-m pip' instead of running pip directly.
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Looking in indexes: https://pypi.org/simple, https://www.piwheels.org/simple
Requirement already satisfied: pip in ./.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages (23.2.1)
pi@VORON-24-SBC:~ $ pip install --upgrade pip
WARNING: pip is being invoked by an old script wrapper. This will fail in a future version of pip.
Please see https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/5599 for advice on fixing the underlying issue.
To avoid this problem you can invoke Python with '-m pip' instead of running pip directly.
DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 reached the end of its life on January 1st, 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 is no longer maintained. pip 21.0 will drop support for Python 2.7 in January 2021. More details about Python 2 support in pip can be found at https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/development/release-process/#python-2-support pip 21.0 will remove support for this functionality.
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Looking in indexes: https://pypi.org/simple, https://www.piwheels.org/simple
Requirement already up-to-date: pip in ./.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages (20.3.4)
WARNING: You are using pip version 20.3.4; however, version 23.2.1 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the '/usr/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.

pfmoore created this issue in pypa/pip

closed ImportError in system pip wrappers after an upgrade #5599

pfmoore created this issue in pypa/pip

closed ImportError in system pip wrappers after an upgrade #5599

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Peter Lebiedzinski

@Gianluca said in AI Print Monitoring / Printer Health monitoring:

You should consider upgrading via the '/usr/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.

You may need to upgrade pip using python.

See if this post helps at all: https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/5599

or if any of these commands work:
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install --upgrade pip

pfmoore created this issue in pypa/pip

closed ImportError in system pip wrappers after an upgrade #5599

Peter Lebiedzinski

@Herve_Smith This Forum post was made prior to us planning on supporting DWC-only, since then we have developed a plugin that works with DWC-only configurations, see forum comment:

@Peter-Lebiedzinski said in AI Print Monitoring / Printer Health monitoring:

@DNvM84 @jay_s_uk
I've created a Plugin for DWC-only configurations to be able to run the AI monitoring. It will work for DWC 3.4, 3.4.6, and 3.5.0-rc as of now. It can be found here: https://github.com/printpal-io/DWC_PrintWatchAI_Plugin

In order to use the plugin, you still need a device (Raspberry Pi, or any SBC) running the AI backend component, and it needs to be on the same network (Ethernet or WiFi) as the Duet mainboard. The backend component as well as how to set it up can be found here: https://github.com/printpal-io/PrintWatchAI_Backend

I would recommend using a Raspberry Pi for running the backend since they are simple and easy to use.
I have also tested the Plugin's Backend component with great success on an Orange Pi Zero3 board and it works just as well. The Orange Pi Zero3 is a little more economical ($22.99 on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Orange-Pi-Allwinner-Quad-Core-Development/dp/B0CB1BYTT8/ref=sr_1_5?crid=BYJ6JUDXT64O&keywords=orange+pi+zero+3&qid=1694217352&sprefix=orange+pi+zero+3%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-5)

When testing, please run with Test Mode enabled, since the code that checks if the printer is 'Printing' has not been fully tested.