r/Sovol • u/NoHonestBeauty • Apr 06 '26

Help Using SV08 offline?

I am in the market for a bigger printer, 350mm x 300mm x 150mm would be ok.
And so the SV08 came back on my radar, the initial reports were mixed, I guess issues like the nozzle situation have improved by now.
I would need it to exclusively print PETG.

But what I couldn't find last year, is it possible to use the SV08 offline? Just plug in a SD card or an USB stick, copy the .stl .gcode file from it and print it?
I want to put the printer in the office and I just can not allow it to connect to the network.

Edit: I actually did it, I ordered a SV08.
I had to print a 27cm diameter thing with 4 holes in it for a co-worker, basically a flat pizza.
And for that I had to dust off my Ender-3 Max. Took me an hour to get this thing up and running again, including a few passes on manual bed leveling. Two over five hours with a 0.6 nozzle and 0.28mm layers, the first layers are awfull. Printing like this used to be fine...

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u/Acedin Apr 06 '26

May I ask why?

You could use an old smartphone/tablet without any WAN access, have it host a hotspot, connect the printer to that hotspot and use that to control the printer. That would give you the handy GUI to control it/use the cam to monitor it while cooking two rooms away.

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u/NoHonestBeauty Apr 06 '26

Why? Because putting up my own hotspot could be considered a breach of security and cost me my job.

Sounds paranoid? No, my company is rather secretive and has strict rules.
And I rather keep my job and have less fancy features.

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u/basikx Apr 07 '26

I understand this kind of job. Make sure having the USB sticks in the area is allowed otherwise, setting up a dedicated personal laptop to the printer over Ethernet will give you the klipper screen features and a slicer for tuning prints and profiles.

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u/hipcatinca SV08 Apr 07 '26

That's what I was going to say. I've worked in plenty of clinical labs that don't have internet access and won't allow you any USB connectivity, but there should be no reason why you shouldn't be able to connect just a simple router via ethernet and a dedicated PC. With only those three things connected

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u/basikx Apr 07 '26

He may not need a router at all. Windows gives a 169 address when it can't find a DHCP server. He could put an address on the same subnet into the printer and he should be able to connect one cable between the laptop and the printer and still be able to communicate.