Category Archives: Technical

New SMS Gateway

Posted on March 1, 2025 by larry

Got the parts for my new SMS gateway Here is how it looks assembled I had to go through resetting it First ran this Then unplugged and replugged the unit and ran some additional commands. Weight: 340.6

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Starting New Project

Posted on February 27, 2025 by larry

Yes I know, I haven’t finished couple others. This new one is a simple keypad and LCD display to enter in my weight, since I cannot figure out how the scale broadcasts the weight on it. I did get parts … Continue reading →

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Wasted Test Prints

Posted on February 25, 2025 by larry

Went through a lot of filament getting the right print. Check this gridfinity lids I printed This is the bottom of the lid, the first two on the left were printed upside down, but the 3rd one was using tree … Continue reading →

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Struggling With Sleep

Posted on February 24, 2025 by larry

I am toying with the idea of going back to ambien. Been having a hard time to sleep. Makes me very unproductive during the day. I did a few things to keep me going though, tonight I am going to … Continue reading →

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Using mmcli as non-root

Posted on February 22, 2025 by larry

Trying to figure out how to send SMS messages using mmcli and not being root. I thought I had it and was ready. Here are my short notes First you have to add the user to the dialout group Then … Continue reading →

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Filament Supply

Posted on February 20, 2025 by larry

Ran out of filament again, so in the month of February 2025, I purchased more filament than I have since I got the ender 3. Part of it is the AMS, another thing that that bambu just works. Also it … Continue reading →

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Resetting LTE Module

Posted on February 19, 2025 by larry

I think I am finally understanding these used modules I have gotten. These have prior settings in the module that needs to be erased. This command showed a lot of the prior owners stuff. I think the fix is from … Continue reading →

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Garage Reclaimed

Posted on February 18, 2025 by larry

Kind of a nice thing, I cleared off enough space on my bench table to actually do work. Still working on clearing stuff off. I need to start planning the permanent organization of my workflow. In addition to the gridfinity … Continue reading →

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Gridfinity, I don’t Know What I need

Posted on February 15, 2025 by larry

Over the past few days, I been printing out a bunch of various gridfinity containers. I don’t know much about them, but I know I need to make a few so I can figure out what works for me. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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Ran Out of Filament

Posted on February 14, 2025 by larry

Yesterday it was printers printing away, today it is ran out of filament. To be clear, I ran out of grey filament on the P1S and black filament on the ender v3 pro. Furthermore, I noticed the white running low … Continue reading →

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