Well,the networking problems are still with us, but I have overcome the problem with using the USB port to load Gcode files from a USB stick.

When I first tried it, after saving a gcode file onto the stick and plugging it into the printer, nothing appeared on the printer screen when I hit the USB icon.  Back to support.  ::)

Support tells me I need to use a USB stick <16GB that is FAT32 formatted.  You can hardly buy sticks with so little memory anymore, and most of them come exFAT formatted.  Win10 doesn't even format FAT32 built in.  However, I downloaded a utility that does and partitioned and reformatted a 64GB stick, and when I saved to that, POOF the file appeared on the printer screen and I was able to print from it.  8)

My product you see is at right is another design for a hex connector for model geodesic domes.  This ome allows you to use tubing for your struts and the channels run through the conneector so you can use it to run wiring or as plumbing.  What am I using for tubing here? Cocktail Straws!  lol.  I could actually make a 10' diameter geodesic dome out of the straws, and even though they are not very strong, as long as your joinery work is good with your cardboard or plywood triangles, the dome will self support.  In reality of course I'd never use such weak support struts for such a large dome, I'd use carbon fiber or aluminum tubing.

I should be able now to make steady progress with my other stuff also, and possibly be ready to start hunting down some SUITS to get some protection by early spring.  Then we move on from there to see about finding some Venture Capital.

Everybody here in the Gulag is gaga over how cool the printer is and loves watching it do its stuff.  My first contract, one of the nurses wants me to make the LOGO symbol for her band to put on her Drum Set.  Not sure what it looks like or how complicated it is yet.

It's a bit of a pain having to use the USB stick, but I'm OK with it even if I can't get the neyworking running.  As long as it runs.  Like the carz I owned over the years, I never cared what it looked like, long as it got me from point A to point B.

RE