Plans to support non-bambu printers?

[YAMLcase]

I'm very impressed with bambuddy and about to set it up for my X1C. My next printer is probably going to be a 4+ tool changer that is NOT a Bambu. Any plans to support non-Bambu printers?

[MartinNYHC]

Nope, BL only.

[D2Vital]

Bummer. This is what I came here to find. This would be an absolute powerhouse if it wasn't locked down to bambu. I am surprised no one has made something like this that can support all the major ecosystems by now.

[YAMLcase]

@d2vital Bambu has a really weird stack when it comes to IOT devices. Rather than a monolithic codebase with an API endpoint, it's more of an operating system with MQTT for the communications and FTP for handling files. The only other exposure I have is with Klipper which has an API, but last I worked with it only controls a subset of what Bambu controls. I tried to build something like Bambuddy about 9 months ago except way crappier which is how I know what work is involved in this.

I think if (big if... I totally understand @martinnyhc hesitation) Bambuddy were to add support for other printers, he'd be starting from scratch pretty much on every 3D printer brand out there. Going with some kind of plugin system where he provides the hooks and kind authors write support themselves might be the way to go about this, but too often those plugins will just sully the main project's image over time.

[SL666]

My only thought on the non-bambu would be to support octoprint - that way it would support that whole stack, but thats probably because i have octoprint on my other printer.