Our 3D Inovator got a Rasbperry PI, Octoprint and a light switch.

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Our 3D Inovator got a Rasbperry PI, Octoprint and a light switch. It’s network device finally. :slight_smile:

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Looks good. You may end up with problems on that R-Pi if you use the switch to just cut power rather than doing an operating system shut-down. Mine did fine for a while, but then the SD card was corrupted after a hard shut-down.
Possible Solution: Leave the R-Pi on when you shut everything else off. R-Pi draws very little current.

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Or configure OctoPrint to support shutdown from its interface and use that before switching off the power: https://github.com/foosel/OctoPrint/wiki/Cookbook:-System-Commands#wiki-shutdown-the-server-linux

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You might be able to hook the switch to a set of gpio pins and set it to shut down when you flip the switch. Just an idea. I have not done much with my gpio pins yet.

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Thanks for the solutions! I’m aware of the SD card problems when powering off so I’m shutting down manually for now. It’s v1 upgrade. :slight_smile:
I’ll try Gina’s Octoprint sw solution first. It seems the easiest way.