On Monday 15 June 2020 15:22:33 Chris Albertson wrote: > "OTG" is a protocol spec, not a plug type. So, yes you will have > trouble finding a cable with an "OTG" connector on it. > > It's explained here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_On-The-Go > > Maybe one of these would help, but I don't know what is on the > Ender3 printer. : > https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-Standard-Connector-Smartphones-Function >/dp/B01BXSKPES
Thats what & where the mini-usb connector is, beside the u-sd socket on the printer and is intended too allow a pc to command and monitor it, but the pc can't sleep or even blank its screen for the duration of the print. Not a recommended operating mode at all ack the docs. But it would be handier than the turn button on the outhouse door if a usb key could be plugged into it instead and the driving gcode read from it. Powering down the u-sd socket so you can take it to the pc, gain root, and copy a new part file to it, is a pita. Twould be nice to just copy it over a usb cable but I apparently don't have the correct cables to pull that off as cura cannot see the printer with what I have. I think it may be a charger only cable, no data lines. Sigh.... > On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 6:58 AM Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > They've made it damned near impossible to move a gcode file from > > cura to this printers field of view by their choice of an OTG plug > > for a usb connection. So I have to use an intermediate location that > > I as the first user have write access rights to. But everything on > > the sd card belongs to root. > > > > I need a gender swapper to get from the OTG to a regular usb as seen > > on a key most use for sneakernet. Is there such a beast? Out at > > wallies 3 days back, they don't even have a cable with an OTG plug, > > have no clue what an OTG is even. Thanks everybody. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
