We’ll release a GPL-licensed firmware for Glowforge

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I suspect you wouldn’t want to do this for the same reason they tell you not to plug a laser printer into it.

As I recall it’s the power draw into the fuser not the laser.

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ihermit thank you

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if you are looking for power thrashing put it on a wall timer on and off every 5 min enough time for it to boot up and then off it goes again etc…

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Actually we run on a UPS sometimes - we once ran half an hour+ on it. Bear in mind that it only consumes full power when the laser is actually active and full power, which is rarely more than a few minutes at a time.

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Thank you

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How has this been progressing?

Is it being done in tandem or like how CentOS is done, the software will be sanitized after the 1.0 release of Glowforge Cloud?

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How has the self-hosted server idea been progressing? Could I run it off a VM, and if so, what OS are we looking at? I have a small homelab that I’d love to use for this and I’d like to get started on setting up a box for it.

Any additional details would be truly appreciated!

Thanks,
Kevin

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I imagine it hasn’t at all since very few people have Glowforges. Once a developer gets one and has access to the firmware, then that person (or likely a group of people) can start trying to write their own software. I’m guessing 1-2 years from launch.

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I agree. Honestly it isn’t high on my priority list. I prefer that Glowforge simply succeeds and I use their software. But It is a nice backup.

I wouldn’t expect to see anyone messing with it until warranty’s start to expire.

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