# Cetus3D: reconstructing printer status messages

> Cetus3D reconstructs status communication between UP Studio and a Cetus3D printer using Wireshark captures and experiments. Python and Arduino implementations discover the printer and query print progress, layer, remaining time and temperature; the capture notes describe network message exchanges.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/maarten-pennings/Cetus3D>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/maarten-pennings/Cetus3D/blob/5dab90ed88f85609ef099ddb29717647bc4db58d/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/cetus3d-status-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/cetus3d-status-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/cetus3d-status-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A Cetus3D printer and a networked host; the Arduino example uses an ESP8266.
- **Limits:** The implementation focuses on status; extrude, withdraw and initialize commands remain future work.
- **License:** MIT licence.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/maarten-pennings/Cetus3D/blob/5dab90ed88f85609ef099ddb29717647bc4db58d/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/maarten-pennings/Cetus3D/blob/5dab90ed88f85609ef099ddb29717647bc4db58d/docs/CaptureNotes-Cetus3D-Wireshark.md>
3. <https://github.com/maarten-pennings/Cetus3D/blob/5dab90ed88f85609ef099ddb29717647bc4db58d/LICENSE>

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