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Anet A8 Auto Bed Levelling - Auto home not centring with new Marlin 1.1.9 config
Recently added a probe to my Anet A8 for auto bed levelling, calculations have been added based on position of probe to hotend as required. I'm using Marlin 1.1.9.
When I go into 'Prepare' in the ...
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Bioprinter does not extrude Anet A8 Marlin
I have a modified Anet A8 that is supposed to print hydrogels
(paper : Ultra-Low-Cost 3D Bioprinting, Kahl M et al. 2019).
For this to work, we do not need any temperature-related settings, however, I ...
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Odd behaviour of steady feedrate increase
For some weeks I noticed really odd behaviour on my OctoPi controlled Anet A8. I'm using an MKS Gen L board with TMC2208 on this and constellation worked for a year now.
When starting a print, I ...
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3 Extruders on SKR V1.1, how set up 2 in 1 out (Y piece), and 1 single extruder in latest Marlin?
On Anet A8 with SKR V1.1 32 bit board my intention is to use 3 extruders on my Anet A8, 1+2 via Y-piece on single nozzle, 3rd Extruder with 2nd nozzle. Need another stepper to connect to SKR V1.1 (10 ...
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Printer halted! Psu dead?
My Anet A8 Plus worked normally, but after the weekend and changing for new bearings on the rods, it is not working anymore at all.
I experience random reboots, the nozzle can only heat to about 10 °C ...
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G29 Bed Level not doing anything on Marlin 2.0
I've just updated my Anet A8 with the blue bed level sensor to Marlin 2.0 .
Both pressing the Level Bed button on the display or using G29 after ...
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Anet A8 Marlin BLtouch moves up instead of down during homing
I have a previously working Anet A8 that I just flashed to Marlin 1.1.9 (bugfix) and installed a real BLtouch sensor. I followed setup instructions and believe my wiring is correct. When I try to do a ...
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Bed size and nozzle homing offset in Marlin 1.1.9 firmware
This is driving me up the wall, hope somebody can give me some advice...
I have an Anet A8 (metal frame, so 'AM8'). Bed is the original 220x220 mm. When the nozzle is at the X/Y end stops it ...
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Configuration of the Anet A6 full graphic LCD 12864 on an Anet A8
I finished fixing my Anet A8 about the 3DTouch sensor working with the LCD2004 stock display, I am installing the full graphic display LCD 12864 (for Anet A6) but when I compile Marlin 1.1.9 the ...
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Marlin customization; additional output after G0/G1 move
This question concerns an Anet A8 with customized Marlin Firmware 1.1.9.
I need to generate an additional digital output to signal move complete to trigger some data acquisition process. The extruder ...
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Anet A8 with Marlin firmware: Auto Home is crashing into bed
I got things moving from the answer to a previous question. Now, since the base-video I'm following is non-English, I want the next phase fixed: Probing failed
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ANet A8 running Marlin v1.1.9 Auto Bedlevel with ROKO SN04-N
I'm trying to get the ROKO (SN04-N) sensor to work with my Anet A8. First of all, while trying to screw it to the extruder, I tightened it too much and sort of broke the acrylic plate... sort of. I ...
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Bed heating from Pronterface works, but not from LCD menu nor from SD print
Running my Ultrabase (glass plate) through a MOSFET on an stock A8 board with Marlin 1.1.8. When I do PID tune through Pronterface (by using the M303 E-1 C8 S70 ...
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Anet A8 with 3DTouch does not home X in the center
Working on getting my Anet A8 upgraded with some extra toys and although the sensor works, I can't get it to home correctly. I'm looking for some assistance to home the X in the center.
The probe is ...
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Massive over extrusion after changing firmware
I have an Anet A8 printer (no modifications) and first printed a calibration cube. It came out okayish, within expectations. Afterwards I flashed the firmware to Marlin 1.1.9 and since then have very ...
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Anet A8 - SkyNet3D freezes randomly at boot
I have a problem with my Anet A8. It is a little strange because it does not always happen.
When I turn on my printer, it freezes on boot in the second splash screen.
If I turn off and turn on ...
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Setting custom x/y bed bounds for Anet A8/marlin
I have an Anet A8 that I just flashed with the latest Marlin firmware (1.1.9). I'm sending prints to my printer with Ultimaker Cura via OctoPrint.
I have affixed a PEI surface to my bed that's about ...
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White blocks on LCD screen after Anet A8 power up
I just completed assembly of the Anet A8 and powered it up.
Powering up shows white blocks on LED and a series of clicking noise for about three seconds with flashing red LED. During power-up, the ...
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Anet A8 display on MKS Gen L board [duplicate]
So I have read this question, Connecting (Anet A8) 2004 display to MKS GEN L.
That looked so easy, so I rewired the connectors and switched the VCC and GND pins. In the Marlin firmware I disabled ...
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Anet A8 LCD shows garbage data after done printing
I have an Anet A8, and recently updated the firmware to Marlin 1.1.8.
My only change was replacing the configuration files by the Anet A8 sample files built in with the firmware zip file.
Everything ...
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Anet A8 Calibrated but print sizes are wrong
Anet A8 printer, Github Marlin, Repetier Host, Cura slicer
Just setting up printer and printed 20mm calibration cube from Thingiverse. X,Y,Z & E not too far off but not quite right (centre hole ...
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Z axis stopped part way through print
I got an Anet A8 for Christmas.
I am trying to print a calibration tower and the z axis stops lifting at approximately 100mm.
I checked that the gantry is able to travel along the full length of the ...
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Should I be doing PID auto-tuning with my fan at 100% (Anet A8)
I'm using an Anet A8 with Marlin 1.1.6.
I've read countless guides on PID auto-tuning and never saw that the fan needed to be on, but when I look at the Marlin source code's ANet A8 configuration (...
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SkyNet3D firmware home settings
I recently installed SkyNet3D V1.1 on my Anet A8 printer. When I prepare the printer and select "auto home" it moves the head close to the upper right hand side of the bed. How do I change these ...
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Nozzle jumps off the bed when using Marlin Mesh Bed Leveling
I am using Marlin firmware with a RAMPS board on an Anet A8 printer.
The bed size for the printer is 220 x 220 mm and that is stated in the configuration.h file. ...
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