What is the problem?
My printer (Flashforge Inventor I) can't connect to Octoprint. After connecting the usb connection, attempts to connect resulted in "Error: Failed to autodetect serial port, please set it manually." However, the only option is auto.
What did you already try to solve it?
Tried various "can't connect" topics but was all to no avail. Tried restarting printer, octopi, and octoprint but still the same.
Additional information about your setup (OctoPrint version, OctoPi version, printer, firmware, octoprint.log, serial.log or output on terminal tab, ...)
RPi: Model 3B
32GB Micro SD
using on-board WIFI
5.25V, 2.4A power supply
- OctoPrint 1.3.9 running on OctoPi 0.15.1
- Printer: Flashforge Inventor
Changing monitoring state from "Offline" to "Detecting serial port"
Serial port list: []
Changing monitoring state from "Detecting serial port" to "Error: Failed to autodetect serial port, please set it manually."
Failed to autodetect serial port, please set it manually.
SSH-ing into Octopi
pi@octopi:~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 413c:301a Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 2b71:0005
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 413c:2107 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMC9514 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
My comments: Bus 001 Device 005: ID 2b71:0005 is the printer
SSHing into Octopi
pi@octopi:~ $ usb-devices
T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=480 MxCh= 1
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=1d6b ProdID=0002 Rev=04.14
S: Manufacturer=Linux 4.14.34-v7+ dwc_otg_hcd
S: Product=DWC OTG Controller
S: SerialNumber=3f980000.usb
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=480 MxCh= 5
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=02 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0424 ProdID=9514 Rev=02.00
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=2mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 1 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=02 Driver=hub
T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 3 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0424 ProdID=ec00 Rev=02.00
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=2mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=ff Driver=smsc95xx
T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=01 Cnt=02 Dev#= 4 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=413c ProdID=2107 Rev=01.04
S: Manufacturer=DELL
S: Product=Dell USB Entry Keyboard
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=100mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=usbhid
T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=03 Cnt=03 Dev#= 5 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=2b71 ProdID=0005 Rev=02.00
S: Manufacturer=Flashforge
S: Product=FlashForge Inventor 3D Printer
S: SerialNumber=00000000050C
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=100mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 4 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none)
T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=04 Cnt=04 Dev#= 6 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=413c ProdID=301a Rev=01.00
S: Manufacturer=PixArt
S: Product=Dell MS116 USB Optical Mouse
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=100mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=usbhid
Running a script in Octopi to find device paths
pi@octopi:~ #!/bin/bash
for sysdevpath in (find /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb*/ -name dev); do
pi@octopi:~
pi@octopi:~ for sysdevpath in $(find /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb*/ -name dev); do> (
syspath="${sysdevpath%/dev}" devname="$(udevadm info -q name -p $syspath)" [[ "$devname" == "bus/"* ]] && continue eval "$(udevadm info -q property --export -p $syspath)" [[ -z "$ID_SERIAL" ]] && continue echo "/dev/$devname - $ID_SERIAL" )done
/dev/input/event1 - PixArt_Dell_MS116_USB_Optical_Mouse
/dev/input/mouse0 - PixArt_Dell_MS116_USB_Optical_Mouse
/dev/input/event0 - DELL_Dell_USB_Entry_Keyboard
Please help
I don't know what to do at this point. Is it becasue Flashforge Inventor is not compatible with Octoprint (can't find any threads on people using Flashforge Inventor with Octoprint)? Should I get a new printer instead?
