makerbot-notify

For Makerware email notifications (on Linux)

• Send an email when Makerware print job completes on Replicator 2/2X.

  • Can send (optional) webcam capture with the email, e.g. from motion

• Only tested on Ubuntu 16.04 (Makerware's most recent supported release)

  • Makerware has been abandoned by Makerbot, but is still the recommended slicer for Replicator 2X

History

• 2020-05-19: python3 only now

Background

I was jealous when OctoPrint jobs had all sorts of fancy plugins with webcam support, etc.

One big annoyance with using MakerWare was not having email notifications when a job was complete. I made this python script to fix that!

Limitations at the moment

• Assumes gmail + Linux for email.
  • filesystem stuff probably would need some updates on other platforms (have not tried)
• Designed for USB tethered Makerware prints
  • Works by locating and parsing the Makerware's app logfile

Usage

cd ~/projects/makerbot-notify
cp ./create_cfg.py ./create_cfg_custom.py
chmod +x ./create_cfg_custom.py

# edit create_cfg_custom.py to match your gmail setting
# - motion_dir should match motion.conf `target_dir`
# - creates an output file 'example.json'
./create_cfg_custom.py

cd ~
# <<assumes makerware is already open/running!>>
~/projects/makerbot-notify/read_log.py

Relies on a JSON config file. Copy create_cfg.py to create_cfg_custom.py to match your config. Run it to create example.json JSON config file. Then launch the script (after Makerware has been opened).

Includes webcam support based on motion app, which can include an image from the completed print in the email.

example output

from the terminal

PrintDialog job: set job ID 1
Job 1 concluded
print job pgp-4-top.gcode concluded took 0:20:09
will send notice
sending email
From: your@gmail.com
To: your@gmail.com
Subject: pgp-4-top.gcode concluded

print job pgp-4-top.gcode concluded took 0:20:09

Email sent!

installing this script

1. Clone the repo locally
2. Copy/customize create_cfg.py and then run it
3. Run read_log.py which reads in config just created

Platform notes

Ubuntu 16.04

If you get error like this

ImportError: No module named dateutil.parser

sudo apt install python3-dateutil