Questions tagged [firmware]
In electronic systems and computing, firmware is a type of software that provides control, monitoring and data manipulation of engineered products and systems. Use this tag for questions about the firmware of your 3D printer. Include name and version as well as custom modifications that might be helpful to understand your problem
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Anycubic: change default temperature for filament in/out command?
The last thread I found on this is a couple years old now -- https://www.reddit.com/r/AnycubicVyper/comments/vv8wwl/filament_change_temp_question/
Does anyone know of an update or an alternate ...
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BTT Pi fails to list USB connection with `ls /dev/serial/by-id/*` (or /by-path/*); how to connect to the controller board MCU?
I'm in the process of converting my main CoreXY printer to Klipper firmware. I acquired a BTT (BigTreeTech) Pi v1.2 and a BTT Octopus Pro v1.1. The latter is using the STM32H723ZET6 microprocessor.
I ...
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Undefined Reference Error on compiling when Integrating New Custom G-Codes into Marlin 2.1
I'm encountering an issue while attempting to add new custom G-codes to Marlin 2.1.* firmware. Specifically, I'm aiming to introduce G-codes M9910 to ...
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My Ender 3 malfunctions with touchscreen
Yesterday, I upgraded my Ender 3 with a Creality touchscreen that is compatible with it. However, since the installation, it gets stuck on the loading screen once the bar fills up. I tried different ...
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How could dual end-stop switches on each axis improve the functionality and precision of 3D printers like the Creality Ender 3 V2?
Looking at a bare Creality Ender 3 V2, I realised that there are three end-stop switches, one for each axis, X, Y, and Z. But this only helps to determine the start (0) position of each axis. Wouldn't ...
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How do I add a custom motor driver to Marlin?
I've been digging through the Marlin code from GitHub, and I'm hoping that someone could direct me where to add a custom motor driver. I figure someone here already is familiar with the code and it ...
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Is it possible to read the state of a specific printer part from the firmware, such as the power of a stepper motor, LCD brightness, or fan speed RPM?
Is it possible to read the state of a specific printer part from Marlin-based firmware such as mriscoc, such as:
the power (on or off) of a particular stepper motor;
the brightness percentage of the ...
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How to successfully flash a DACAI LCD screen of a Creality Ender 3 V2?
I thought I had two identical Ender 3 V2 printers, the main board in both is v4.2.2 but it turns out they came with a different LCD screen.
I flashed the firmware on both printers to mriscoc firmware ...
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Ender3 v2 on Marlin moves head while rotating button
I updated firmware on my Ender3 v2. Previously I used to have precompiled 2.0.7. Now I compiled 2.0.9 from source. Everything seems to work fine except of Move menu. Previously, I pushed the button to ...
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Does additional thermal runaway in OctoPrint add anything and shouldn't it use a smart plug to kill power instead?
With the following thought in mind: 'Two eyes are better than one' does additional Thermal Runaway detection in OctoPrint add any benefit?
This OctoPrint-ThermalRunaway Plugin seems to add a basic ...
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Ender 3 printer won't auto home [closed]
After building my Ender 3 printer, installing the CR touch auto bed leveling kit, and the Ender-3 Marlin2.0.6 CR-Touch or BLTouch firmware for it. I turned it on and tried to auto home but it just ...
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Aquila X3 small firmware does not flash to board
I'm using the MRiscoCProUI firmware on my Aquila X3 printer, but when I enable more features in the firmware, I'm unable to flash the printer.
I already tried several options and independently of the ...
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Auto Build Marlin extension showing random board and environment?
I am trying to compile firmware for an Ender 5 Plus with its stock 8-bit board with ATmega2560. The environment is set correctly and it compiles the hex file as it should when I use PlatformIO:Build (...
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Why won't my Ender 5 Pro move back to its home and won't print after firmware update?
I just updated the firmware of my Ender 5 Pro to Ender-5 ProMarlin2.0.6HW4.2.2GDBLTouchFilament. Since then my printer won't return to its correct home.
When it ...
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Is Marlin 2.0 actually needed for Automatic Bed Leveling using FreeABL?
I need Automatic Bed Leveling (ABL). I have seen this: FreeABL - the ultra cheap (free) ABL for Ender 3. However, after reading the description, I found out that I need to flash the firmware.
I had a ...
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SKR Mini E3 V2 - PWM on PC12 possible?
The SKR Mini E3 V2 uses the STM32F103RCF6 MCU based around ARM.
I want to control the pin PC12 with PWM. However, this pin is not working as the Laser PWM signal. ...
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Levelling Data Exception on Ender 3 V2 Neo
I was having problems where the nozzle was shaking on my Ender 3 V2 neo, so I tightened the screws holding to where the nozzle was mounted (which were quite loose), but then when I tried to print ...
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Ender 3 CR Touch UBL Fails to Produce Viable Mesh
I've been getting deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole of UBL and I am losing my mind!
Just installed the CR Touch and I am having print issue after print issue with larger prints despite manually ...
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Printer temps are displaying on top of each other on Ender 3 v2 running Marlin 2.1.2
I just finished flashing Marlin 2.1.2 on my Ender 3 V2 printer. I had some difficulty flashing the screen from my SD card, but once I formatted the card to 4096 FAT32 and added the both Marlin ...
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Printer ignores G29 command
I have a 3D printer Ender 3 V2. I bought a BLTouch sensor for it and compiled my own Marlin firmware.
Now, my print run of the part is like this:
I heat up the table
Starting table calibration
After ...
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Configure MKS Robin WiFi Module on FLSUN Super Racer without Klipper
I recently purchased an MKS Robin wifi module for my spouse's FLSUN Super Racer after noticing that the printer runs on an MKS Robin Nano V3.1 board. Immediately after installing the chip, I saw it ...
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Creality Ender-3 V2 Not Doing Anything (Hard to Explain)
I’ve recently obtained a Creality Ender-3 V2 3D printer and have tried setting it up. With it came 2 modifications (CR Touch auto bed leveling kit and dual Z-axis kit).
The installation of the dual Z-...
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Automatic Z-homing when connected
We have the problem that our machine automatically performs a Z-homing when our software connects to the Arduino, but only the Z-axis. We would like to disable it, but could not find the line in ...
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Creality Ender-3 V2 motors going insane
I recently started using my Ender 3 V2 again because I needed it to print a hook. I went through multiple problems that I could solve by updating the firmware but after starting the print, I heard a ...
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Show build date and time in Marlin 2.1 firmware?
I'm trying to find out how to format the __DATE__ and __TIME__ options in Marlin.
This is NOT a duplicate of (Show Build date ...
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Updating the firmware an Ender 3 With Linux
I have the following command:
format /q H:/fs:fat32/a:4096
that will then allow me to upload a .bin file that will update the ender's firmware. How do I do this ...
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Strange chirping sound appeared after firmware upgrade
I got 4.2.7 "silent" motherboard and plugged it into my Creality Ender. It worked well except it didn't recognize my (old) BLTouch device. I tried to download firmware from official site, ...
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How to determine correct firmware for Creality MB and BLTouch?
I bought motherboard version 4.2.7 and had BLTouch version 3.1
Printer version is probably Creality Ender 3 Pro (although I don't know how it can matter if I got brand new motherboard from Amazon).
On ...
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Installing Creality CR6 SE Community firmware
I want to know how simple is it to install CR6Community firmware
https://github.com/CR6Community/Marlin/releases
I do not want to make low-level modifications for it. And also I want to know how ...
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Prevent postion from reset to 0.0.0 when serial goes offline
My hardware Arduino Mega with RAMPS 1.6 with Marlin 1.0.2 and powered by external power to prevent my board from losing memory, when I reconnect the USB and serial goes offline, the board set last ...
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CR-20 Pro Heated Bed Thermistor "stuck" after mainboard change
I recently changed the mainboard on my Ender CR-20 Pro because the SD card slot started acting up. I replaced it with the same spare part, hooked everything up (after having a bit of a fight ...
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Configuring Marlin 2.x with Ender 3 4.2.2 and BLTouch
I bought an Ender 3 recently and it has the 4.2.2 Creality board. Then I bought a BLTouch to upgrade it with bed leveling. It turns out that the BLTouch now comes with a standard 5-pin connector ...
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Ender 3 not allowing z=0 regardless of z offset value
Using TH3D firmware with some small changes to allow manual mesh levelling and to increase the serial baud rate, neither of which are active when the error presented.
When auto home is used either ...
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Which firmware version is correct for my CR-5 Pro with 4.2.2 main board?
My CR-5 Pro is brand new and has the V4.2.2 main board. Originally the "About" screen showed the following firmware version:
When the machine went "catatonic" I re-flashed the ...
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Can I re-flash the mainboard on my CR-5 Pro using the USB port instead of the microsd card?
I've had a lot of difficulty with my CR-5 Pro not reading the micro SD card. I was up and running but got the "blue screen" yesterday and re-flashed the main board using instructions I found ...
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Marlin 2.1 reboots before printing model when power recovery is enabled
Ender 3 Pro with Creality 4.2.7 board. Just flashed Marlin 2.1.
Enabled POWER_LOSS_RECOVERY
Problem: The printer will successfully go through auto leveling and the clean/prep line on the left side. ...
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How to change the time format on LCD screen in Marlin 2.1?
How can I replace the line in the time display with a dot? Using Marlin 2.1
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Ender 3 Thermal Runaway Error when booting up
I am trying to fix my Ender 3 printer at work. Someone else had it before me and added a direct drive extruder, auto bed leveling, and changed the firmware. He claimed it worked fine, however when I ...
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Flashforge adventurer 3 will not home or calibrate
I had a piece of filament break off in the tube and could not unload it so I removed the extruder and pulled out the piece. Reloaded filament and started to recalibrate. The head went to left and ...
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Ender 3 Pro keeps stopping after about 2 or 3 layers. SD card maybe?
I bought my Ender 3 Pro 2 weeks ago. Put it together, leveled it, and was off to the races the first day. I printed the test dog and test pig perfectly, so I ventured off to Thingiverse and probably ...
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I was updating my firmware for my 400XL kit for Ender 3 Pro and got an original firmware from the Creality website, but VSCode couldn't read it
Basically,
I got the XL
I installed the kit
I downloaded the firmware from the Marlin GitHub page (Version 1.1.9 for Ender 3 Pro v2)
I put it in VSCode but it says that it is not binary or uses ...
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CR Touch firmware NO Z-axis home Ender 5 Pro 4.2.7
I purchased a new 4.2.7 (256k) board for my Ender 5 Pro and added the CR Touch. I got everything connected and flashed the board with the "Ender-5 Pro- Marlin2.0.1 - V1.1.1 - ALT - TMC2235.bin&...
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Can you use OctoPrint on an Ender 5 pro with the stock firmware?
Is it possible to use OctoPrint with an Ender 5 Pro that is still using the factory default firmware (any version) from Creality, or is changing the firmware an absolute pre requisite for even basic ...
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My Anycubic i3 Mega S stops working
I have an Anycubic i3 Mega S and I'm using Ultimaker Cura. I'm using it for 1-2 years but 1-2 months ago this issue has started: The printer is starting to print then usually after 2-3 loops, it just ...
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Anycubic firmware update fail and screen blinks or update firmware never ends
I spend many hours tonight with a friend figuring out what's happening and solving my Anycubic Vyper firmware update. I had various issues :
While updating with the current version (2.4.5 as of today)...
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Switching computers for 3D printer
Does anyone know how to move a project I'm working on in VSCode on my Mac onto a different Windows computer? It's a Marlin firmware file using Auto Build Marlin and I want to move it from my main Mac ...
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Enabling Pause feature on HBOT 3D 1.1
At work, I have an HBOT 3D 1.1 printer and I need to be able to pause my prints. I've tried all the usual G-code commands (M0, M1...
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Marlin firmware issues
So I'm working on building a Prusa i3 MK3 clone and all's gone well so far but when I make edits to the firmware and reupload it, the printer doesn't seem to be getting it. Like I changed the software ...
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Ender 3 v2 BLTouch pushing too far in X axis
I'm having issues with my Ender 3 V2 after installing the BLTouch sensor and flashing the firmware. I downloaded the precompiled firmware from Creality's site for the 4.2.2 board. The thing is, ...
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Factory reset needed!
I have just bought a Creality Ender 3 Pro. During setup, I think I must have applied an offset... The nozzle lifts up about 5 mm from the bed when starting to print.
I am reading that ...
