Anyone using Pronterface? Any benefit over Repetier?

Anyone using Pronterface? Any benefit over Repetier?

To me, the main advantage Repetier has, is the ability to read and write EEPROM values.

If you are comfortable with Repetier Host I would stay with it. Pronterface is receiving some small amount of maintenance now but it is less capable than Repetier Host. I am not anti-Pronterface (I use it myself) but I am trying to be unbiased :grin:

CURA has a Pronterface UI builtin but I just use it to slice and save the Gcode to an SD card then use the SD card on the printer. I only use Repeater when I need to do bed leveling or testing after changing firmware or moving bed.

@Rien_Stouten ​ I’ve been doing that for years with pronterface? Unless we are not the thinking of the same thing.

@Keith_Applegarth ​ I prefer pronterface, but I am fond of python and when I tried repetier host a few years back it was not very mature at all so I should probably give it another go. Octopi is coming along nicely as well.

Why not just try it out, find out if it works for you?

probably not. In Repetier you can get a list of all eeprom variables and edit them. I believe you can even do it while printing.

@Rien_Stouten ​ That is a feature of the firmware (like marlin), not the host software. You control eeprom by sending m codes (like m204) while reading serial communication (with m501), which any host software really should be able to do. I really enjoy live tuning with eeprom when calibrating!

I have personally had terrible luck with Repetier on Linux. The Mono code in it is a big problem that seems to crash and hang on my Linux laptop. I could just be cursed though.

@Peter_Hertel
Did you ever use the combination of repetier host and firmware?

@Rien_Stouten ​ No, but I’m guessing it has some pretty neat features, so I really ought to try it out. :slight_smile:

@Peter_Hertel
Yes, you should. Then you would know what I’m talking about.