PSA: If you're experiencing this issue you should make sure you've updated to the newest firmware. This issue can be due to the older firmware if your machine is straight out of the box.
Oh my goodness! That's very interesting. Bambu Printers are all so tightly designed! Less than 2mm gap and that's the difference between it working or not. Thanks for the video! Mine worked fine out of the box, so I enjoyed learning from your experience!
Thanks for the video. My plate was twisted and slightly pushed back off the heat bed and I didn't even realize it after flexing the plate to remove a previous print. This solved it. Appreciate it.
After seeing your issue with the printer. I decided to share my problem I had when I first received my printer. I got the same error. I noticed that the bed would not go all the way up to the print head during the calibration. This was also the first time i turned the machine on. I found out the problem was the slide rod in the back of the printer next to the treaded rod was not in the slot during the assembly process. You have to take the back off and look up into the casing to see the rod was not in place. After the rod was snapped back into place the printer work as intended. Hope this helps someone.
Could be a precursor of bed sensor wires needing to be replaced. It starts periodically complaining about force sensors, then won't home at all. Some earlier machines have the bed sensor wire routed differently than how they recommend now.
That’s good to know. This isn’t one of the early kickstarter machines. I ordered it in November and received it December 24th. Do you know when they switched the routing?
@@3DPrintStuff very recently, I was given the instructions at the end of december, likely your machine was assembled prior to them making the adjustment.
I guess I got too excited to start printing and missed any of the pages telling me to update the firmware. It's up to date now, haven't seen this issue since.
I notice that at the end of your self test you have a red dot next to the green "Messages" speech bubble (bottom left corner of the display). Have you checked what it says? I have the same problem with Z Home failing (nothing is touching the chute or anything else). It completes the self-test routine but the message says that Force Sensor 2 gives an unexpected signal. If I try to print, it tries to home, fails on Z, and aborts. This problem started immediately after a firmware update (to 01.05.01.00, 5/10/23); until then it had worked great. I rolled back the firmware to the previous version, but the problem persisted. Filed a ticket, waiting for a response.
I didn’t check what the red dot said and haven’t had this issue since filming this video a while back. Sorry to hear that you’re having issues. I was going to suggest the firmware until I read that you’d updated it and reverted it back… I don’t have any further insight, sorry I can’t be of any help. Let me know what Bambu support says, I’d be interested in knowing what the problem turns out to be.
@@3DPrintStuff Here is their response: --------------------------- [...] For this issue, we would like to have you check a few connections on the heat bed and cable to ensure everything is connected well. Please carefully remove any glue on the connections by heating them with a hair dryer, or using needle nose pliers to pick it off. Once removed please unplug and plug the connections back in. Some of the connectors are equipped with a buckle. Please make sure that you press the buckle to open it before you try to disconnect the connector. The common points of loose connections are On the MC board of the printer, as seen in steps 6 and 7 of this guide Heatbed Replacement On the small PCB under the printer heat bed, as seen in steps 3 and 4 in this guide Cable Replacement ----------------------------- I am not sure yet what I'll do. Removing the heatbed looks pretty involved and quite frankly I am not sure I have time for this. My printer is barely 3 months old and I've made all of 6 prints. This feels like a warranty case.
Before you go ahead and do it showed in this video, make sure that your magnetic plate is not pushed too far back. That could be why it hits the exit chute.
Mine has been having issues with the LiDAR since day one. It says it cannot see the test extrusions because of lack of reflectivity in the filament(even white). Nonetheless, the prints seems to come out nice.
yeah I'm not sure how much the lidar is really affecting the prints. I've had a few prints that are going to collide with the flow calibration strips so I turned it off. The prints still came out great and I can't really see a difference. I'd imagine with some unknown materials it can be more beneficial.
@@3DPrintStuff can you turn off the flow calibration but keep the first layer inspection on? You should do some calibration prints with and without lidar enabled. I've yet to see a video showing the lidar at work. For all we know it might do little to nothing.
Had the samething happen to my P1P. Got me stumped enough that I was about to shoot Bambu a troubleshoot ticket til I saw the PEI plate wasnt placed properly (extender too far out or not all the way in however one sees it). Fixed it, reboot & voila, no problemo. Had another strange error msg on display (but not in Studio app) & rebooted again to fix. Not perfect for sure but perfect enough
That's kinda funny. I'm sure you were kicking yourself over that one and relieved it wasn't something more severe. Definitely perfect enough, really liking the overall printing experience and the quality of prints coming off this thing.
Just got my P1s and it was shooting the bed level code and I’ve already had problems with it not connecting to the internet then randomly not homing at all, the bed was off by maybe 2 millimeters lol
@@3DPrintStuff I believe so. I wish the machine would prompt you automatically right away when there's a firmware update when you turn it on for the first time.
@@cerebralvision It would be nice if it prompted you on startup or as soon as you get it connected to your WIFI. I've updated it now so we'll see how it behaves. I had a few more phantom z axis homing failures since this video so maybe it was a firmware issue.
PSA: If you're experiencing this issue you should make sure you've updated to the newest firmware. This issue can be due to the older firmware if your machine is straight out of the box.
Oh my goodness! That's very interesting. Bambu Printers are all so tightly designed! Less than 2mm gap and that's the difference between it working or not. Thanks for the video! Mine worked fine out of the box, so I enjoyed learning from your experience!
Thanks for the video. My plate was twisted and slightly pushed back off the heat bed and I didn't even realize it after flexing the plate to remove a previous print. This solved it. Appreciate it.
After seeing your issue with the printer. I decided to share my problem I had when I first received my printer. I got the same error. I noticed that the bed would not go all the way up to the print head during the calibration. This was also the first time i turned the machine on. I found out the problem was the slide rod in the back of the printer next to the treaded rod was not in the slot during the assembly process. You have to take the back off and look up into the casing to see the rod was not in place. After the rod was snapped back into place the printer work as intended. Hope this helps someone.
Thanks for sharing, hopefully it can help someone else with the same issue.
What's the slide rod and what's the treaded rod
This worked for me as a charm. Unscrewed those 6, moved bed to front, screwed back, voila!
Glad this helped! Thanks for the comment
Thanks, will give it try. This issue has me wasting so much time restarting print over the last year.
You save my print, thank you ! From Quebec Canada
This video is great , but in my case i was stupid enough not to try and put the plate on properly. It resolved the issue !!
Could be a precursor of bed sensor wires needing to be replaced. It starts periodically complaining about force sensors, then won't home at all. Some earlier machines have the bed sensor wire routed differently than how they recommend now.
That’s good to know. This isn’t one of the early kickstarter machines. I ordered it in November and received it December 24th.
Do you know when they switched the routing?
@@3DPrintStuff very recently, I was given the instructions at the end of december, likely your machine was assembled prior to them making the adjustment.
Yup, I could tell at the start of this video your f/w is not up-to-date w/ the red blinking light. It still blinks, but a lot slower.
I guess I got too excited to start printing and missed any of the pages telling me to update the firmware. It's up to date now, haven't seen this issue since.
Resolved my issue thanks so much bro.
Happy to help
I notice that at the end of your self test you have a red dot next to the green "Messages" speech bubble (bottom left corner of the display). Have you checked what it says? I have the same problem with Z Home failing (nothing is touching the chute or anything else). It completes the self-test routine but the message says that Force Sensor 2 gives an unexpected signal. If I try to print, it tries to home, fails on Z, and aborts. This problem started immediately after a firmware update (to 01.05.01.00, 5/10/23); until then it had worked great. I rolled back the firmware to the previous version, but the problem persisted. Filed a ticket, waiting for a response.
I didn’t check what the red dot said and haven’t had this issue since filming this video a while back. Sorry to hear that you’re having issues. I was going to suggest the firmware until I read that you’d updated it and reverted it back… I don’t have any further insight, sorry I can’t be of any help. Let me know what Bambu support says, I’d be interested in knowing what the problem turns out to be.
@@3DPrintStuff Here is their response:
---------------------------
[...] For this issue, we would like to have you check a few connections on the heat bed and cable to ensure everything is connected well.
Please carefully remove any glue on the connections by heating them with a hair dryer, or using needle nose pliers to pick it off. Once removed please unplug and plug the connections back in. Some of the connectors are equipped with a buckle. Please make sure that you press the buckle to open it before you try to disconnect the connector.
The common points of loose connections are
On the MC board of the printer, as seen in steps 6 and 7 of this guide Heatbed Replacement
On the small PCB under the printer heat bed, as seen in steps 3 and 4 in this guide Cable Replacement
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I am not sure yet what I'll do. Removing the heatbed looks pretty involved and quite frankly I am not sure I have time for this. My printer is barely 3 months old and I've made all of 6 prints. This feels like a warranty case.
Awesome tip to know in case it happens.
Before you go ahead and do it showed in this video, make sure that your magnetic plate is not pushed too far back. That could be why it hits the exit chute.
Good tip, gotta rule that out first.
I got the same error - it turned out that my plate was dirty - washed off the old glue stick - reapplied and it worked
That's wild that it can pick up that small of a change in weight on the build plate.
No machine is perfect, but Bambu X1C is very close to begin perfect.
I agree, it is very close to being a perfect machine at the price point. Definitely a big leap forward for the consumer 3D printing industry.
Mine has been having issues with the LiDAR since day one. It says it cannot see the test extrusions because of lack of reflectivity in the filament(even white). Nonetheless, the prints seems to come out nice.
Have you printed any flow cubes to see if the flow rate is close without the Lidar?
yeah I'm not sure how much the lidar is really affecting the prints. I've had a few prints that are going to collide with the flow calibration strips so I turned it off. The prints still came out great and I can't really see a difference. I'd imagine with some unknown materials it can be more beneficial.
@@3DPrintStuff can you turn off the flow calibration but keep the first layer inspection on? You should do some calibration prints with and without lidar enabled. I've yet to see a video showing the lidar at work. For all we know it might do little to nothing.
@@rileyneufeld7001 That's a great video idea. I'll add it to the list.
Did you try calibrating it with the pei plate on it ?
will this be the same for the p1p?
I believe the P1P does have the same chute at the back for expelling waste material.
Had the samething happen to my P1P. Got me stumped enough that I was about to shoot Bambu a troubleshoot ticket til I saw the PEI plate wasnt placed properly (extender too far out or not all the way in however one sees it). Fixed it, reboot & voila, no problemo. Had another strange error msg on display (but not in Studio app) & rebooted again to fix. Not perfect for sure but perfect enough
That's kinda funny. I'm sure you were kicking yourself over that one and relieved it wasn't something more severe.
Definitely perfect enough, really liking the overall printing experience and the quality of prints coming off this thing.
Just got my P1s and it was shooting the bed level code and I’ve already had problems with it not connecting to the internet then randomly not homing at all, the bed was off by maybe 2 millimeters lol
Did you update the firmware?
I did just now because you asked. It never prompted me to update the firmware.
Was this issue related to the older firmware version?
@@3DPrintStuff I believe so. I wish the machine would prompt you automatically right away when there's a firmware update when you turn it on for the first time.
@@cerebralvision It would be nice if it prompted you on startup or as soon as you get it connected to your WIFI.
I've updated it now so we'll see how it behaves. I had a few more phantom z axis homing failures since this video so maybe it was a firmware issue.
@@3DPrintStuff It does, new power on, prompt also in handy app and studio when connecting to machine.
This is USA returns and new printer like as Home Depot ( buy tools > uses tool > returns tool > return money 😃)
interesting error
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Or make sure your plate isn't backwards like an idiot like me.
Happens to the best of us.
i did that too lol