Fake the broadcasts of a Bambu Lab X1 Carbon 3D printer so you can use it via VPN.
The bambu lab X1C emits a broadcast containing its IP address and name regularly. The Orca-Slicer plugin for the X1C will only show printers in the "Device" tab when it receives those broadcasts.
If your computer is not connected to the same LAN (e.g. you are connected via VPN or you are in a different subnet) then the slicer will not be able to send the print data to the printer. Entering the IP address directly is not possible.
This little script is a proof-of-concept. It immitates the broadcast messages from the printer and sends them out on your local machine for the slicer to receive.
This was last tested in March 2024. Please use wireshark to sniff broadcast from the X1C
and check if the ANNOUNCEMENT_TEMPLATE variable still is compatible with the
announcements the X1C is broadcasting.
usage: fake_x1c.py [-h] printerip printername
positional arguments:
printerip IPv4 address of the Bambu X1C printer (in LAN mode), e.g. 192.168.1.42
printername printer name as it appears in the device pane of OrcaSlicer/Bambustudio
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
Example: fake_x1c/fake_x1c.py 10.0.0.217 EXA-MPL-EXX