Originally shared by Ivor O'Shea Up and running...

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Originally shared by Ivor O’Shea

Up and running… RPi B+ with OctoPi connected to my Mendel90 with Azteeg X3.

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Very nice. Any plans to add a webcam for timelapsing?

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I’ve just added webcam off the USB for now, but do plan to get a PiCam and add lights, following Chris Palmers (RepRap’s Nophead) great post on the topic here: http://hydraraptor.blogspot.ie/2014/06/lights-camera-action.html

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The power connection on the RPi B+ isn’t a kindly located as the original Pi B for current position. Will have to think about that. A right angle connection might help.

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@Ivor_O_Shea not sure if its any use to you but you can apply the power to a Pi through the GPIO 5v and Gnd pins or any of the other USB ports (back powering) and it works fine. If you do this be aware that it bypasses the polyfuse on the Pi though so really you will need some sort of fuse inline.

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Thanks Daniel. That would give me a much neater wiring options.