Connecting to flashforge creator pro on laptop

[Ben_Stanbridge]

What is the problem?

The problem is that there is a data corruption error and octoprint cant connect to the printer via my laptop

What did you already try to solve it?

checking all the forums and FAQs

Have you tried running in safe mode?

no

Did running in safe mode solve the problem?

n/a

Systeminfo Bundle

You can download this in OctoPrint's System Information dialog ... no bundle, no support!)

WRITE HERE

Additional information about your setup

im using the Flashforge creator pro and a laptop to run octoprint.

[Ben_Stanbridge]

[Ben_Stanbridge]

[Ewald_Ikemann]

Hello @Ben_Stanbridge !

You may try one of these plugins:

Flashforge/Dremel/PowerSpec Printer Support

GPX

[Ben_Stanbridge]

[Ewald_Ikemann]

Plugins usually are installed from within OctoPrint.

OctoPrint Settings -> Plugin Manager

And please give more information about your OctoPrint setup. (Systeminfo Bundle)

[Madz75]

Try selecting a baudrate of 115200 instead of "AUTO". I have vague memories of having this issue years ago.. GL

[Ben_Stanbridge]

My octoprint setup is code on my laptop and then my laptop is plugged in to the printer, octoprint is installed into my C drive

[Ewald_Ikemann]

I assume it's a Windows laptop.

Did you follow this guide ?

Setting up OctoPrint on Windows

This guide will help you install OctoPrint onto Windows. Do you just want to access your existing OctoPrint instance under Windows? Then there's absolutely no need to follow this guide, this is for installing the OctoPrint server under Windows, which is probably a rather unusual setup. If all you want is to access your existing OctoPrint instance (e.g. running on a Raspberry Pi via the OctoPi image), fire up your browser of choice and direct it to that instance's URL. Don't know wh…

[Ben_Stanbridge]

Hey, I'm just going to use Linux instead so the plugins work. Thank you