Just upgraded mine, if anyone else gets confused like I did because you can't find the Arduino folder in your documents folder, you have to run Arduino once first. Then close it out and the folder will be there! Great tutorial, thank you!
Did that but did not find the folder labeled documents but it must have made one because I do not get the message anymore. it is not in the list like Mathews
ahh cool worked for me, the arduino installs in the Program Files first so go look there peeps to find the file to run Arduino, then documents has an arduino folder you can put the hardware folder in. oh computers you so crazy
i have searched around for A simple marlin how to and never really found a good one until yours, and nobody ever mentioned anything about that bed leveling thing thanks for sharing!!
Great Video Matthew Rayfield! Thank you. Everyone doing this to update to Marlin 1.1.9 now will get a "Non-constant condition for static assertion" error when trying to update an Anet A8 board using this instruction video. To make it work all you need to do is go into your Arduino IDE and load TOOLS/BOARDS/BOARD MANAGER and search for "Arduino AVR Boards" - then click on "Arduino AVR Boards" and install version 1.6.23 by picking it in the dropdown on the left side bottom where it says "Select Version". After you install 1.6.23 this earlier version of the Arduino AVR boards code is not bugged and your firmware will update. Happy updates.
I did 7 hours of research trying to do this today and you managed to explain so well in 1 video. I now have a 3D Printer with Marlin. Thank You SOOOOO MUCH :)
Thanks Matthew, this was by far the easiest guide to follow for marlin (at least for a complete tech noob like me.) Install went quick and smooth, marlin is awesome so far!
hey thanks for a well put together video! just printed off parts and upgraded my anet with an e3d hotend and bowden system and your video helped me figure out all i needed to get my firmware updated with new offset definitions. nice job with the vid.
That's awesome to hear and glad I could help ! I'm envious of your e3d hotend upgrade. My hotend gives me problems but I've been lazy to upgrade. Maybe sometime this year I'll get to it ! Cheers
@@MatthewRayfield it's a great upgrade. Really am loving it. The quality of my prints sky rocketed once I did some test prints to hone my settings. With all metal hotend just remember heat creep is much more likely. So don't overheat.
Still works as of Feb 09 2021. Use the exact same versions of Arduino IDE (version 1.8.5) and the Marlin (1.1.x) as shown in the video. I was struggling for hours with newer versions of those with no luck. Finally worked when used the same versions of software on windows 10. Thanks Matthew !
Thanks for the video! You saved me a whole lot of trouble with the levelling feature on my Anet A6 printer. I installed from Octoprint and had to disable SD Support to make enough space, but it's working like a charm!
Dear sir, A well documented and clear explanation of the why and how. I found other info but that often was not so easy to understand due to high nerd-levels vs my lack of programming-experience.
had problems flashing though. Finally succes when I first re-installed the drivers that came with the original SD-card. It seems my OS (Windows 10) had problems communicating with the anet 1.0-board. Thx again!
THANK YOU !!!! Why would anyone give you a thumbs down? Seriously. I am doing the firmware update, following you step by step. Well done ! Thanks for doing this video !
I just wanted to thank you for making this video! I always thought upgrading Anet's firmware to Marlin was VERY difficult, thats why I hadn't done it in the past. Until now, I found this video and its VERY simple I now can say that my Anet has Marlin firmware, THANKS.
Hay Thank you very much I was concerned about doing this up grade as there where so many conflicting videos and blogs, yours was very easy to flow! Thanks!
I'll definitely consider making a video on it. Which type of sensor are you looking to install ? I'm using a BLToch now and could probably offer some info on that
I have the Ronxy-08n 6-36 volt sensor I have it installed (mounted) but when I try to compile marlin withe what i think are the needed changes i get "define" does not name a type. I think I am missing a library, searching that now. this is only the 2nd time i have run arduino ide lol the first time was after your video witch worked finer the frog hair. thanks
You are a profoundly likable nerd. Your video is informative and entertaining. Excellent combo. Thanks for this tutorial. I had the same heat bed plug burn out (replaced the wire harness with a beefier one that includes two leads for both + and - connection) and don't want thermal runaway to burn down my house. I have also read stories of runaway also happening @ the hotend- heating pack comes out from stress, thermister reports that hotend is cold and then heat element runs away and catches cooling fan nozzle on fire and maims your family. I dont like that.
Hey thanks again ! Hadn't heard of it catching the fan nozzle on fire, but makes sense. Dangerous little things I guess. I just stay put clutching a fire extinguisher if I'm printing. (okay not really about the extinguisher, but it is nearby)
Thank you for this video. Everything went pretty well. It did have to init the card before it would recognize it but other than that was smooth thanks to the guidance. Appreciated.
Thank you... I did it on 2nd try, because i forgot disconnect Pronterface :) ... my fault :) ... Marlin is supercool :) ..I love Bed leveling .. it's awesome feature :) ...
Well done. Great explained and following your instructions works nicely. I'm about to change my settings back to these as I've just just fitted a glass bed and my sensor doesn't work thru it - so back to manual I go (until new probe arrives or I can get a metal plate to fit under the glass.)
This video is very helpful but I did have to use an older version of Arduino (1.8.5) to make it work, 1.8.9 kept giving an error message. Thank you very much, it’s a GREAT free upgrade!
Having had done a ton of Arduino stuff in the past, this video made it incredibly easy. Thanks @Matthew Rayfield! I see some folks are having random issues flashing the A8 controller or their controller getting bricked. It is possible your Adruino does NOT have a bootloader flashed to it (or it was overwritten). This saves a bit of space at the expense of not being able to flash it over USB. In that case, you would need to get another Arduino and set it up to flash over ICSP or get a dedicated ICSP programmer. With the ICSP programmer, you can (re)flash a bootloader and then it will upload like normal. If you can't spare the space, just flash Merlin on with the ICSP. When using the ICSP, select the programmer and use the 'Upload Using Programmer' button instead of 'Upload'.
Great tip, my crappy a8 couldn't get to tip temperature on its stock firmware, this youtybe video got me around that. Mine would not write to Arduino until I'd completely exited Cura. I'm going to see what I can do with this board now.
Nice, glad I could help. And ya I forgot that the menu changes. I should have mentioned that. It does make more sense though I think to use the middle button.
Did you have to add anything to the G-Code to make this work for you? I've had a few issues. First, the screen seems to scramble into non-sensical characters now and then, and by now and then, I mean always. Sometimes hitting middle button brings it back. But most of all, I go through the manual bed leveling sequence, it finishes I save the settings. I run a program, it ignores it's bed level and tears off my tape. I have 'bed leveling' "On" in the menu.
Thanks for the video. It's a great guide! I have a question. If I wanted to add the auto bed levelling sensor (the Anet A8 official one), do I need to only do the first two changes that you did to the Configuration.h file and not the last one? And then I calibrate the sensor in the usual ways found online.
Yes that sounds right. I would have to look a bit more into it to be sure. But you will enable mesh leveling but not LCD related things. There should be some more info online about using it with the capacitive sensors. I am using the BLTouch now which has a slightly different setup.
Very good!! Everything went well, *just had to uncomment the "**#define** SLIM_LCD_MENUS" inside the "Configurator.h" so that the programm wasn't too big.*
Quick question first of all great tutorial on to upgrade firmware easy and painless so the question is after I go through manual bed leveling through LCD menu and start a print the printer head always winds up to close to bed surface and is not extruding is there a quick adjustment for that while printing through their tune menu or am I doing something wrong thanks I also want to add a proximity sensor so I don't have to go to the headache of that
Well here in 2023 i got my first 3d printer in a week she was flawless then i did a step filament test and has a nozzle run away figured I'd give it a shot and updated the firmware so far so good about to do my first test print to see if it even works!
Great tutorial. I am having some issues with the bed levelling not saving but I think that will be solved by adding the command in the goose. My main issue is that no matter what I enter in multiple slicer my part (radial) fan always sits at zero unless I manually override it using the LCD menu during a print. Any ideas?
Nice video! The only thing that I can think of is to include a checklist of what to move and where. I had to watch the video many times to figure out what you were actually doing. Now I have to relearn my printer menu......
I have an a8 with a 1.5 board. I was able to upgrade it with your help. A couple of times I have had some garbled letters on the main screen. If I go to another screen and then back it goes away. Only other thing is I don't see anything about bed leveling. Thanks for your help
@@MatthewRayfield I had to change the steps/mm and I couldn't change the settings because of some secrecy or something but the code wasn't available. I'm getting very accurate prints now. Thank you again for the video.
Thank you for posting this...excellent tutorial. Question though: say I proceed to do this with my stock A8, and for some reason I want to go back to the original firmware. Is there a way? Thanks again.
Thank you so much. Worked great. You hopefully kept me from turning my house to a pile of ash. Restart your computer after downloading everything. Would not connect to com port till I restarted.
About the heated bed connector burning: From everything I could tell when it happened to me, its because the connectors are cheap and not properly seated or crimped. I soldered the wires directly to the pins and have not had any issue since. It was the loose connection on the pins and when the heated bed moved forward and back, it moved the pin around causing sparking inside the connector, ultimately heating up and burning the connector.
thanks for sharing,it's helpful for my anet v1.5 board but my print cooling fan doesn't turn on automatic when printing after upgrade to Marlin 2.0 ,is there any configuration that I need to change?
Hy, and tks for the video, i have now marlin on my machine. Keep on doing the great work. PS sorry for not being abble to give u more than one thumb up :)
I've seen a video going around about how to configure Marlin fully. I'd recommend going to the Marlin documentation directly: marlinfw.org/docs/configuration/configuration.html It's big, but it's well organized and pretty straight forward.
As much as I really appreciate your contribution, I found myself getting ticked off because I'm a newb and you're going so dang fast that, even though I can pause, and did a LOT, you didn't tell us if we need the A8 board powered up to do this or not. I've had a ruff day as well, so take that into consideration. Bed sticking is my nightmare right now and the hairspray I picked up just spits out and blobs so I'm hoping with PLA that it will still work. I plan on printing RC airplane parts after I get things all worked out and need perfect 1st layers and thin walls. I'm printing a power switch mount and Mosfet mount for upgrading that stuff. Uggghh.... I have two burned fingers from trying to unclog the crappy PLA that came with the printer. Anyways. I really do appreciate your video. Everything I've touched today has fallen apart. I'm afraid to take a piss now.
Garry Kennedy heh I understand! I’ve had many frustrating moments with my printer as well but it always gets better. A few times it has meant buying a new part because I broke something. And yes I agree with the speed thing. Had I known so many people would watch this video I would have redone the screen cap slightly more slowly. But thanks for watching and hang in there !
Thanks Matthew. I've got it dialed in now. Printing great and doing a RC airplane tail section right now. 2 thick coats of Aquanet and it's all good. I am afraid of bricking my board but I really want that heating check sum safety that Marlin has. Plus it's not near a computer ATM. That may change soon as well though. Much better day though. I'm hangin'.
Hey matt, so i have this exact printer. Im looking at a new extruder end on wish, its a multiple color extruder (3 colors). If i were to buy that hotend, what would i need to add do you think? New board? Or can i add to it? I know i need 2 more motors and i know repieterhost will let you have more than one nozzel. Im just curious if i need to upgrade the board or what i would need to upgrade if i wanted to get the 3 color nozzel.
Thank you for this interesting addition to the videos out there about this upgrade. My main interest is in the orange warning messages during compilation. I have been asking around on Facebook anet site and questioning other contributors to Utube, the ones I have watched so far cut off the video before they appear. Thank you for including them in the video. I am still trying to understand what they mean, not being a C++ programmer they worry me. I have followed some other route to get the pins_arduino.h file and have a newer version file that works and does not have these messages and appears to work as does the Skynet source. I have not yet applied the Skynet file to see how it works, I will try it now I have seen your video, to see if there is any different results.
I went back and looked after reading your comment and it looks like most, if not all, of those are warnings about redefined constants. So I think what's happening is that there are certain default settings set in one file, and then another file down the line might change certain settings. If this is also what you're seeing then it's to be expected because there are so many options in Marlin and this would make sense for how they work. Like you may change something in Configuration.h that overwrites a constant higher up the chain, if that makes sense.
I have had this Orange message with an error thats about out of sync, I have Anet A8 1.5 board a new one, it is i believe the Bootloader that's not been installed on the Board. I have read that you have to use an USBASP: amzn.to/2FiqUNH to flash the bootloader with a 10 pin to 6 pin adaptor. Another guy i was talking to said he got it to work after he flashed the bootloader. You plug it in to the J2 connector on the left side of the board that the display uses. youtube video of UsbASp Flash Bootloader with find two videos of how to do it with more detail. I have the USBASP but waiting for the Adaptor. Sky net is old now so use marlin. Hope you have success with your update. I only want to do it cos of features that are not on the original firmware like auto shut off if head or hot bed dont heat properly to prevent fire. And Autoleveling with sensor.
hey there! thank for this video, it helped me a lot! just a noob question, i need to do the bed leveling before each print? or it just stay saved after i hit store settings?
Hit save and it will remember it. But take a look at the video description because you may need to modify the start gcode that your slicer uses so that it makes use of the bed leveling.
I already commented once, but I must commend you again. Excellent video, great presentation. As someone already mentioned, you should mention that the Arduino IDE needs to be run once first for the /Documents/Arduino folder to be created. I'm finally done seeing the "your house will burn down" warning from OctoPrint and I have some piece of mind! I ran the bed leveling tool, which was great. Havent printed yet, but it appears to be working. When I go to save/store the bed leveling settings, the printer does not give me any confirmation that settings were saved. Is this normal? I selected the "Store Settings" option, so Im assuming it saved. Any way to confirm? In your experience, is the "M420 S1" start code required for most people? I use Cura. Thanks again!
Glad you liked the video ! And yes I think that's normal, I haven't seen any indication of saving myself. It's one of those things where I click the button multiple times to be "safe". An "M420 V" command will show you the leveling data you have stored. Info here: marlinfw.org/docs/gcode/M420.html I'd say go ahead and put the M420 S1 code, it won't hurt. It seems that people have said they need it.
Nice ! Glad it helped. And yes, for the 3DTouch/BLTouch I based most of what I did on this page: www.thingiverse.com/thing:2091529 However I ran into my own issues along the way. I actually took notes on what I did. Which I've just thrown up here: gist.github.com/MatthewRayfield/37dd515aaf712bf93a5052e67f1a4ca2 Hope this helps ! It's worth doing, but was a fiddly process for me.
once you have Marlin you can also upgrade the lcd to the reprapdiscount one... it's not plug and play you need to rewire some connections but 's so much better with the rotary encoder to navigate the menus
Hi the changes that you made to the software in marlin can this be sent in print instructions to follow as you went through the video a bit fast Thank you john
This is just an educated guess but... I think you can start with the existing A8 config and modify it. I would go through Configuration.h and read the comments and think about if each setting needs modification. For example, one of the first settings is #define EXTRUDERS 1. This would need to be changed to #define EXTRUDERS 2. Marlin has great documentation where you can search the name of each configuration setting and see exactly what it does. It looks like a lot of the settings for dual extruders comes in through the slicer by way of gcode, so there may not be that many changes needed. Hope this helps !
Hey man, so Im new to the 3td printing world. I have had mine for 2 years and started using it quite a bit this year. So last night I downloaded repetier host 2.1.6, I was on 1.1.9 or something like that. but I upgraded repetier last night, and I just finished your instructions on firmware. So when I uploaded it, it gave me an error, saying com 4 port wasnt available. So I unplugged the usb cord and plugged it back in and hit upload. So it uploaded with no errors. but when I open repetier host now, under the manual control tab, you have flowrate, feedrate, extrder, and bed. Well the bed option is gone entirely from repetier host, like its not there to click to turn on and heat up the bed. I dont know what to do now to be honest.
Mathew Well I did what you said and it changed my firmware but I am not sure it is working right. I only get one menu with 4 lines and does not let me get to the homing or to move the steppers let alone the probe the bed leveling. I changed the board as I had the old on that was long and narrow but never got the thing to work as the z axis homing switch would not work. so now nothing works. any thoughts not what you would call a programer for computer software. I was running only with an sd card befor as I could never get the usb to work .
What about the 12864 screen??? Does this screen works with marlin upgrade????? And one more question... I have auto level sensor but is not the BLtouch I think is with magnet, how I can configure it with marlin??? Thnx for the info!!!
With the new firmware can I add a material to my Cura for machinable wax that has a temp of 140 deg C and will the printer respect that or must I add that to the .h code? I saw a g code reference to adding the line M320 to tell the printer it may heat to lower temps...Should that be used too or instead ?
That A8 Marlin config does have cold extrusion prevention built in, so yes I think you are correct. Looks like it's set to 160c. So you can add an M302 command to allow a lower extrusion temp, or you could change it in the config. Here's info on M302: marlinfw.org/docs/gcode/M302.html and here's the line you can change in the config: github.com/MarlinFirmware/Marlin/blob/1.1.x/Marlin/example_configurations/Anet/A8/Configuration.h#L429
Matthew Rayfield so if I edit line 429 in the Anet configuration file to allow printing at 140 degrees I need to have separate configuration for PLA and another for wax, right? Or is there a way to add the code and let the material selection in the gcode of the print file instruct the printer what temperature to print at?
If you change line 429 to 140 it will set 140 as the lowest allowed temp. So from there anything that the gcode says, as long as it's above 140, will be fine. You won't need have another config. Alternatively you can have line 429 as whatever you want, and then in the slicer settings for the wax use a M302 gcode command to lower the minimum temp for just that print. It's up to you how you want to do it. And I guess it depends how you can setup your slicer. M302 and line 429 are affecting the same thing: The lowest temperature that will allow extruding. M302 is for a print by print basis, and line 429 is the default setting. Hope this helps !
Matt, Im on the Arduino site to upgrade my Anet A8 firmware...The latest release is 1.8.10..the one you show is 1.8.5..Should I be able to do exactly what you do in the video with this latest version? Thanks. I Like your videos! - Rich
hi,i buy a new 3d printer Anet A8 borad V1.7 . When the initial operation, the extruder is directed to the opposite side to the end and continues for a while the engine rotates even when the extruder reaches the end ... The same applies to the surface ... Also, the z direction motor works one and the other does not work .. Note that I almost checked the connections All are correct, What do you think is the problem?
Thank u very much. Appreciate . But I have some issue if u can support. after updating my stock A8 to marlin 1.1 with the correct configuration profile , after auto home the display shows: X -33 Y -10 Z 0 , and The home position for my printer is not above the bed . so I am trying to adjust the X and Y offset . I'm not sure if I am doing this correctly but I use the menu to move the the correct corner of the bed and then select "Set home offsets" but I get an error: Err: Too far! Plz support
@matthew Getting the following error on upload - "'u8g_t' was not declared in this scope" I do have the U8glib installed in arduino, but still no joy. Any suggestions? Great video.
Sorry I haven't performed the install for the more graphical screen, so I'm not sure. Seems like a lot of good info comes up when I search for that error message though.
Matthew i have just completed the firmware upgrade as per your video but when i complete the bed levelling, the extruder at points 4 and 7 are not on the print bed. Can you help me in moving them?
i have a 3d printer kit using the ramps 1.4 driverboard and using an arduino mega2560 as the brain, will this work on it without problems or do i need to use a different version for the mega?
Make sure that you have the board definition installed and that the printer is on and connected. Another issue can be that a slicer or something is also trying to connect to the printer.
Hey Matt - What is your work-around for "arvdude: ser_open() : can't set com-state for "\\.\ COM3" ?" I've tried uninstalling/re-installing the driver, re-booted the computer (Windows 10), and reset the Anet... Still the same error message...
I'm following your directions exactly but it it wont allow me to paste the 2 folders over to the other file. I can copy them but when i try to paste them the paste option is greyed out. Any idea how to fix this? Thanks in advance. Im dying to try this marlin upgrade out, ive been running my A8 for a year now on stock fw.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071KG2FXG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 heres a link to the one I have, which I think is probably the same one you have.
Matthew Rayfield this one for example: th-cam.com/video/HvWgxsEVha0/w-d-xo.html Anyway, I went with your method and it worked for me, thanks. However, sometimes the LCD goes crazy with a lot of unrecognizable characters, any idea why?
Thanks for the video, though when I try to upload, I always get the following error code: avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device "\\.\COM8": Access is denied. Any ideas? I have multiple ports in the menu, but I verified that this one is the correct one by unplugging the printer and checking which port disappeared
@@dragnet53 I too have a 1.5 board. What drivers did you find? I have been looking and cannot find anything that works. I only find a separate piece of hardware, I would rather not have to purchase. Thanks.
Installation went good but when doing the bed leveling routine, the z axis will only go up. The LCD shows the amount of z travel, both up and down when the appropriate button is pushed, but z travel only goes up. Even after the z has move up well in to the positive numbers region, it will not move down when the down button is pushed. The numbers on the LCD do go down however. What,s wrong?
Thanks for the video, easy for me to follow. But I can't do anything with the printer screen menu after uploading Marlin. It now reads "Marlin bugfix-1.1.x" on start up, then next screen reads: nozzle and bed temp, x? y? z?, F/R 100%, SD---%, 3D Printer Ready. Selecting center button brings up one last screen, reads: Info screen, Prepare, Control, No SD Card, Init. SD card. I can scroll down on this screen but cannot access any options. I can print from computer via USB. Original firmware was working fine before, I just wanted thermal runaway protection with the new firmware. Anyone have any idea what went wrong? Thanks.
it might help if people would check the allen cap screws and make sure they are tight and put a little drop of jbweld where the thermistor is to keep it from fallen off
Thanks, followed the steps and it worked. But: You should make a note somewhere that this won't work for 1.5 boards without some extra steps, and some extra items that do cost money. I had to burn bootloader with a USBasp, as well as a 10 pin to 6 pin adapter, because this method doesn't work with the newer 1.5 board. After I did that, then this worked to flash Marlin.
It works well with an Arduino Uno and some jumper cables to flash a new bootloader. Anet seems to leave out the bootloader on some of the 1.5 boards but not all. So flashing a 1.5 board with a USB cable may or may not work. If you want to re-enable it again you need to re-flash a bootloader.
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Just upgraded mine, if anyone else gets confused like I did because you can't find the Arduino folder in your documents folder, you have to run Arduino once first. Then close it out and the folder will be there! Great tutorial, thank you!
Ah good tip ! Glad you liked the tutorial
Did that but did not find the folder labeled documents but it must have made one because I do not get the message anymore. it is not in the list like Mathews
ahh cool worked for me, the arduino installs in the Program Files first so go look there peeps to find the file to run Arduino, then documents has an arduino folder you can put the hardware folder in. oh computers you so crazy
I kind of just figured it out logically but then came back to share this & you already had, so thanks for that!
Thanks mate!
i have searched around for A simple marlin how to and never really found a good one until yours, and nobody ever mentioned anything about that bed leveling thing thanks for sharing!!
You're welcome, glad it helped ! And you're right about no one mentioning the LCD bed leveling, that's exactly why I wanted to do the video
Great Video Matthew Rayfield! Thank you. Everyone doing this to update to Marlin 1.1.9 now will get a "Non-constant condition for static assertion" error when trying to update an Anet A8 board using this instruction video. To make it work all you need to do is go into your Arduino IDE and load TOOLS/BOARDS/BOARD MANAGER and search for "Arduino AVR Boards" - then click on "Arduino AVR Boards" and install version 1.6.23 by picking it in the dropdown on the left side bottom where it says "Select Version". After you install 1.6.23 this earlier version of the Arduino AVR boards code is not bugged and your firmware will update. Happy updates.
Thanks for you instructions, I ran across this issue too and you saved me hours of stress
Thanks a lot, Great Man! I had the same issue. Your comment should be pinned on the top to help others with this trouble. (sorry for my weak English)
Easy to follow and very accurate, had Marlin installed in 10 minutes. Thank you for the tutorial.
I did 7 hours of research trying to do this today and you managed to explain so well in 1 video. I now have a 3D Printer with Marlin. Thank You SOOOOO MUCH :)
Good to hear ! Glad it helped !
How-To instruction begin at 6:30.
Everything before this though is essential knowledge if you didn't know it.
Thanks Matthew, this was by far the easiest guide to follow for marlin (at least for a complete tech noob like me.) Install went quick and smooth, marlin is awesome so far!
That’s great ! Glad I could help
hey thanks for a well put together video! just printed off parts and upgraded my anet with an e3d hotend and bowden system and your video helped me figure out all i needed to get my firmware updated with new offset definitions. nice job with the vid.
That's awesome to hear and glad I could help ! I'm envious of your e3d hotend upgrade. My hotend gives me problems but I've been lazy to upgrade. Maybe sometime this year I'll get to it ! Cheers
@@MatthewRayfield it's a great upgrade. Really am loving it. The quality of my prints sky rocketed once I did some test prints to hone my settings. With all metal hotend just remember heat creep is much more likely. So don't overheat.
Still works as of Feb 09 2021. Use the exact same versions of Arduino IDE (version 1.8.5) and the Marlin (1.1.x) as shown in the video. I was struggling for hours with newer versions of those with no luck. Finally worked when used the same versions of software on windows 10. Thanks Matthew !
Thanks for the video! You saved me a whole lot of trouble with the levelling feature on my Anet A6 printer. I installed from Octoprint and had to disable SD Support to make enough space, but it's working like a charm!
Awesome ! Glad I could help
Dear sir,
A well documented and clear explanation of the why and how.
I found other info but that often was not so easy to understand due to high nerd-levels vs my lack of programming-experience.
Awesome ! Glad it helped you out
had problems flashing though. Finally succes when I first re-installed the drivers that came with the original SD-card. It seems my OS (Windows 10) had problems communicating with the anet 1.0-board.
Thx again!
THANK YOU !!!! Why would anyone give you a thumbs down? Seriously. I am doing the firmware update, following you step by step. Well done ! Thanks for doing this video !
Glad it helped you ! : ]
I just wanted to thank you for making this video! I always thought upgrading Anet's firmware to Marlin was VERY difficult, thats why I hadn't done it in the past. Until now, I found this video and its VERY simple I now can say that my Anet has Marlin firmware, THANKS.
Awesome! Glad I could help !
This is the best video i have ever found, great job
Just followed your exellent instruction to install Marlin on my Anet A8. Thanks! Everything works fine now.
awesome ! glad i could help !
When I heard the bed leveling thing it blew my mind 😂 that's so useful
ya i thought so ! seems like people don't know about it. glad i could help ya
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Goodnite. See you in the morning.
Hay Thank you very much I was concerned about doing this up grade as there where so many conflicting videos and blogs, yours was very easy to flow! Thanks!
Thank you that's great to hear !
Any chance you could help us install a bed leveling sensor? Hint Hit!
I'll definitely consider making a video on it. Which type of sensor are you looking to install ? I'm using a BLToch now and could probably offer some info on that
I have the Ronxy-08n 6-36 volt sensor I have it installed (mounted) but when I try to compile marlin withe what i think are the needed changes i get "define" does not name a type. I think I am missing a library, searching that now. this is only the 2nd time i have run arduino ide lol the first time was after your video witch worked finer the frog hair. thanks
Really helpful and so simply explained. Cheers!
Glad I could help !
You are a profoundly likable nerd. Your video is informative and entertaining. Excellent combo. Thanks for this tutorial. I had the same heat bed plug burn out (replaced the wire harness with a beefier one that includes two leads for both + and - connection) and don't want thermal runaway to burn down my house.
I have also read stories of runaway also happening @ the hotend- heating pack comes out from stress, thermister reports that hotend is cold and then heat element runs away and catches cooling fan nozzle on fire and maims your family. I dont like that.
Hey thanks again ! Hadn't heard of it catching the fan nozzle on fire, but makes sense. Dangerous little things I guess. I just stay put clutching a fire extinguisher if I'm printing.
(okay not really about the extinguisher, but it is nearby)
Thank you for this video. Everything went pretty well. It did have to init the card before it would recognize it but other than that was smooth thanks to the guidance. Appreciated.
Thanks for making this video! Just followed and it worked perfectly. Was pretty worried about having to recalibrate bu didn't have to do a thing.
Nice ! Glad you found it useful
You have the best TH-cam for newbys that I have seen
Many thanks ! Glad it was helpful for ya
Thank you... I did it on 2nd try, because i forgot disconnect Pronterface :) ... my fault :) ... Marlin is supercool :) ..I love Bed leveling .. it's awesome feature :) ...
Well done. Great explained and following your instructions works nicely. I'm about to change my settings back to these as I've just just fitted a glass bed and my sensor doesn't work thru it - so back to manual I go (until new probe arrives or I can get a metal plate to fit under the glass.)
Glad you found it useful ! I'm using a BLTouch with glass and it's working well
Matthew Rayfield I managed to get a thin steel plate and now it works great. Thanks again :)
This video is very helpful but I did have to use an older version of Arduino (1.8.5) to make it work, 1.8.9 kept giving an error message. Thank you very much, it’s a GREAT free upgrade!
Thank you, that was extremely helpful and easy to follow. :)
Glad you found it useful !
Having had done a ton of Arduino stuff in the past, this video made it incredibly easy. Thanks @Matthew Rayfield!
I see some folks are having random issues flashing the A8 controller or their controller getting bricked. It is possible your Adruino does NOT have a bootloader flashed to it (or it was overwritten). This saves a bit of space at the expense of not being able to flash it over USB. In that case, you would need to get another Arduino and set it up to flash over ICSP or get a dedicated ICSP programmer. With the ICSP programmer, you can (re)flash a bootloader and then it will upload like normal. If you can't spare the space, just flash Merlin on with the ICSP. When using the ICSP, select the programmer and use the 'Upload Using Programmer' button instead of 'Upload'.
Good advice !
Great tip, my crappy a8 couldn't get to tip temperature on its stock firmware, this youtybe video got me around that.
Mine would not write to Arduino until I'd completely exited Cura. I'm going to see what I can do with this board now.
Worked for me, the bed leveling is really handy although the new menu took a little getting used to
Nice, glad I could help. And ya I forgot that the menu changes. I should have mentioned that. It does make more sense though I think to use the middle button.
@@MatthewRayfield Thanks for letting us know about the safety issues. It's appreciated
Did you have to add anything to the G-Code to make this work for you? I've had a few issues. First, the screen seems to scramble into non-sensical characters now and then, and by now and then, I mean always. Sometimes hitting middle button brings it back.
But most of all, I go through the manual bed leveling sequence, it finishes I save the settings. I run a program, it ignores it's bed level and tears off my tape. I have 'bed leveling' "On" in the menu.
just upgraded awesome vid thank you
Glad it helped ya !
Thanks for the video. It's a great guide! I have a question. If I wanted to add the auto bed levelling sensor (the Anet A8 official one), do I need to only do the first two changes that you did to the Configuration.h file and not the last one? And then I calibrate the sensor in the usual ways found online.
Yes that sounds right. I would have to look a bit more into it to be sure. But you will enable mesh leveling but not LCD related things. There should be some more info online about using it with the capacitive sensors. I am using the BLTouch now which has a slightly different setup.
Very good!! Everything went well, *just had to uncomment the "**#define** SLIM_LCD_MENUS" inside the "Configurator.h" so that the programm wasn't too big.*
Quick question first of all great tutorial on to upgrade firmware easy and painless so the question is after I go through manual bed leveling through LCD menu and start a print the printer head always winds up to close to bed surface and is not extruding is there a quick adjustment for that while printing through their tune menu or am I doing something wrong thanks I also want to add a proximity sensor so I don't have to go to the headache of that
Well here in 2023 i got my first 3d printer in a week she was flawless then i did a step filament test and has a nozzle run away figured I'd give it a shot and updated the firmware so far so good about to do my first test print to see if it even works!
Great tutorial. I am having some issues with the bed levelling not saving but I think that will be solved by adding the command in the goose. My main issue is that no matter what I enter in multiple slicer my part (radial) fan always sits at zero unless I manually override it using the LCD menu during a print. Any ideas?
thank you so much!!! this saved me so much time
Nice video! The only thing that I can think of is to include a checklist of what to move and where. I had to watch the video many times to figure out what you were actually doing. Now I have to relearn my printer menu......
I have an a8 with a 1.5 board. I was able to upgrade it with your help. A couple of times I have had some garbled letters on the main screen. If I go to another screen and then back it goes away. Only other thing is I don't see anything about bed leveling. Thanks for your help
thank you for the help, i have an alunar m505 but it still works.
Good to hear ! Glad I could help :]
@@MatthewRayfield I had to change the steps/mm and I couldn't change the settings because of some secrecy or something but the code wasn't available. I'm getting very accurate prints now. Thank you again for the video.
Great video, thank you for the info and instruction
Thank you for making this video
You're welcome ! Glad you like it
Thank you for posting this...excellent tutorial. Question though: say I proceed to do this with my stock A8, and for some reason I want to go back to the original firmware. Is there a way? Thanks again.
Dope conf..! Thanks dude!
Thank you so much. Worked great. You hopefully kept me from turning my house to a pile of ash.
Restart your computer after downloading everything. Would not connect to com port till I restarted.
I really enjoyed the video good job.
You explane it so well thank you
glad i could help !
Um also I get Errors on my arduino software it cant sync or something could you help with that
Thanks, great tutorial!
glad you found it useful !
Thanks dude. great help !!
About the heated bed connector burning: From everything I could tell when it happened to me, its because the connectors are cheap and not properly seated or crimped. I soldered the wires directly to the pins and have not had any issue since. It was the loose connection on the pins and when the heated bed moved forward and back, it moved the pin around causing sparking inside the connector, ultimately heating up and burning the connector.
thanks for sharing,it's helpful for my anet v1.5 board but my print cooling fan doesn't turn on automatic when printing after upgrade to Marlin 2.0 ,is there any configuration that I need to change?
Hy, and tks for the video, i have now marlin on my machine. Keep on doing the great work. PS sorry for not being abble to give u more than one thumb up :)
Thanks and glad it helped you :]
thank you man, It helped alot
glad it helped !
I followed your guide and it worked great! But can you do a tutorial on what all the new options and settings do and how to use them?
I've seen a video going around about how to configure Marlin fully. I'd recommend going to the Marlin documentation directly: marlinfw.org/docs/configuration/configuration.html It's big, but it's well organized and pretty straight forward.
You made my day! thx
Great video, it works good job, and thanks
Awesome! Glad it helped
As much as I really appreciate your contribution, I found myself getting ticked off because I'm a newb and you're going so dang fast that, even though I can pause, and did a LOT, you didn't tell us if we need the A8 board powered up to do this or not. I've had a ruff day as well, so take that into consideration. Bed sticking is my nightmare right now and the hairspray I picked up just spits out and blobs so I'm hoping with PLA that it will still work. I plan on printing RC airplane parts after I get things all worked out and need perfect 1st layers and thin walls. I'm printing a power switch mount and Mosfet mount for upgrading that stuff. Uggghh.... I have two burned fingers from trying to unclog the crappy PLA that came with the printer. Anyways. I really do appreciate your video. Everything I've touched today has fallen apart. I'm afraid to take a piss now.
Garry Kennedy heh I understand! I’ve had many frustrating moments with my printer as well but it always gets better. A few times it has meant buying a new part because I broke something. And yes I agree with the speed thing. Had I known so many people would watch this video I would have redone the screen cap slightly more slowly. But thanks for watching and hang in there !
Thanks Matthew. I've got it dialed in now. Printing great and doing a RC airplane tail section right now. 2 thick coats of Aquanet and it's all good. I am afraid of bricking my board but I really want that heating check sum safety that Marlin has. Plus it's not near a computer ATM. That may change soon as well though. Much better day though. I'm hangin'.
Hey matt, so i have this exact printer. Im looking at a new extruder end on wish, its a multiple color extruder (3 colors). If i were to buy that hotend, what would i need to add do you think? New board? Or can i add to it? I know i need 2 more motors and i know repieterhost will let you have more than one nozzel. Im just curious if i need to upgrade the board or what i would need to upgrade if i wanted to get the 3 color nozzel.
Thank you for this interesting addition to the videos out there about this upgrade.
My main interest is in the orange warning messages during compilation. I have been asking around on Facebook anet site and questioning other contributors to Utube, the ones I have watched so far cut off the video before they appear.
Thank you for including them in the video.
I am still trying to understand what they mean, not being a C++ programmer they worry me. I have followed some other route to get the pins_arduino.h file and have a newer version file that works and does not have these messages and appears to work as does the Skynet source.
I have not yet applied the Skynet file to see how it works, I will try it now I have seen your video, to see if there is any different results.
I went back and looked after reading your comment and it looks like most, if not all, of those are warnings about redefined constants. So I think what's happening is that there are certain default settings set in one file, and then another file down the line might change certain settings. If this is also what you're seeing then it's to be expected because there are so many options in Marlin and this would make sense for how they work. Like you may change something in Configuration.h that overwrites a constant higher up the chain, if that makes sense.
I have had this Orange message with an error thats about out of sync, I have Anet A8 1.5 board a new one, it is i believe the Bootloader that's not been installed on the Board. I have read that you have to use an USBASP: amzn.to/2FiqUNH to flash the bootloader with a 10 pin to 6 pin adaptor. Another guy i was talking to said he got it to work after he flashed the bootloader. You plug it in to the J2 connector on the left side of the board that the display uses. youtube video of UsbASp Flash Bootloader with find two videos of how to do it with more detail. I have the USBASP but waiting for the Adaptor.
Sky net is old now so use marlin. Hope you have success with your update. I only want to do it cos of features that are not on the original firmware like auto shut off if head or hot bed dont heat properly to prevent fire. And Autoleveling with sensor.
hey there! thank for this video, it helped me a lot! just a noob question, i need to do the bed leveling before each print? or it just stay saved after i hit store settings?
Hit save and it will remember it. But take a look at the video description because you may need to modify the start gcode that your slicer uses so that it makes use of the bed leveling.
You should do it every 10 prints to 1week or whenever it seems nesiscairy
Good tip, thanks !
I already commented once, but I must commend you again. Excellent video, great presentation. As someone already mentioned, you should mention that the Arduino IDE needs to be run once first for the /Documents/Arduino folder to be created.
I'm finally done seeing the "your house will burn down" warning from OctoPrint and I have some piece of mind! I ran the bed leveling tool, which was great. Havent printed yet, but it appears to be working. When I go to save/store the bed leveling settings, the printer does not give me any confirmation that settings were saved. Is this normal? I selected the "Store Settings" option, so Im assuming it saved. Any way to confirm? In your experience, is the "M420 S1" start code required for most people? I use Cura.
Thanks again!
Glad you liked the video ! And yes I think that's normal, I haven't seen any indication of saving myself. It's one of those things where I click the button multiple times to be "safe". An "M420 V" command will show you the leveling data you have stored. Info here: marlinfw.org/docs/gcode/M420.html I'd say go ahead and put the M420 S1 code, it won't hurt. It seems that people have said they need it.
Worked perfectly for me. Thanks Matt. Now to figure out how to install my 3DTouch sensor... Any recommended links?
Nice ! Glad it helped. And yes, for the 3DTouch/BLTouch I based most of what I did on this page: www.thingiverse.com/thing:2091529
However I ran into my own issues along the way. I actually took notes on what I did. Which I've just thrown up here: gist.github.com/MatthewRayfield/37dd515aaf712bf93a5052e67f1a4ca2 Hope this helps ! It's worth doing, but was a fiddly process for me.
Muchas gracias por el video, se entiende mucho. Ahora probando en mi Anet A8. (Thank you)
Glad I could help !
once you have Marlin you can also upgrade the lcd to the reprapdiscount one... it's not plug and play you need to rewire some connections but 's so much better with the rotary encoder to navigate the menus
Gizmo nice! Good to know
you can google it, there is a guide on thingiverse.
thank you for this video
Hi the changes that you made to the software in marlin can this be sent in print instructions to follow as you went through the video a bit fast
Thank you john
Great tutorial, 1 question though, How do u perform the manual bedleveling? I’ve tried twice but the settings don’t seem to be saving??thanks
Yea the manual bed leveling doesn’t seem to be saving?? Any tips on how to properly set up the bed? Thanks
@@elis51501 check the description, i have a little bit of info that might help there. some people needed to add a line of gcode through their slicer
Thank you!
You're welcome ! Glad it helped
I have the A8-M (has the 2nd print head already). Would I still use the same config files (the A8) or do I need something different?
This is just an educated guess but... I think you can start with the existing A8 config and modify it. I would go through Configuration.h and read the comments and think about if each setting needs modification. For example, one of the first settings is #define EXTRUDERS 1. This would need to be changed to #define EXTRUDERS 2. Marlin has great documentation where you can search the name of each configuration setting and see exactly what it does. It looks like a lot of the settings for dual extruders comes in through the slicer by way of gcode, so there may not be that many changes needed. Hope this helps !
Hey man, so Im new to the 3td printing world. I have had mine for 2 years and started using it quite a bit this year. So last night I downloaded repetier host 2.1.6, I was on 1.1.9 or something like that. but I upgraded repetier last night, and I just finished your instructions on firmware. So when I uploaded it, it gave me an error, saying com 4 port wasnt available. So I unplugged the usb cord and plugged it back in and hit upload. So it uploaded with no errors. but when I open repetier host now, under the manual control tab, you have flowrate, feedrate, extrder, and bed. Well the bed option is gone entirely from repetier host, like its not there to click to turn on and heat up the bed. I dont know what to do now to be honest.
Mathew
Well I did what you said and it changed my firmware but I am not sure it is working right. I only get one menu with 4 lines and does not let me get to the homing or to move the steppers let alone the probe the bed leveling. I changed the board as I had the old on that was long and narrow but never got the thing to work as the z axis homing switch would not work. so now nothing works. any thoughts not what you would call a programer for computer software. I was running only with an sd card befor as I could never get the usb to work .
The menu won't work at all ?
@@MatthewRayfield I have the same issue. It flashed, but the menu will not function at all.
Thanks man!
You're welcome !
What about the 12864 screen???
Does this screen works with marlin upgrade?????
And one more question... I have auto level sensor but is not the BLtouch I think is with magnet, how I can configure it with marlin???
Thnx for the info!!!
With the new firmware can I add a material to my Cura for machinable wax that has a temp of 140 deg C and will the printer respect that or must I add that to the .h code? I saw a g code reference to adding the line M320 to tell the printer it may heat to lower temps...Should that be used too or instead ?
That A8 Marlin config does have cold extrusion prevention built in, so yes I think you are correct. Looks like it's set to 160c. So you can add an M302 command to allow a lower extrusion temp, or you could change it in the config. Here's info on M302: marlinfw.org/docs/gcode/M302.html and here's the line you can change in the config: github.com/MarlinFirmware/Marlin/blob/1.1.x/Marlin/example_configurations/Anet/A8/Configuration.h#L429
Matthew Rayfield so if I edit line 429 in the Anet configuration file to allow printing at 140 degrees I need to have separate configuration for PLA and another for wax, right? Or is there a way to add the code and let the material selection in the gcode of the print file instruct the printer what temperature to print at?
If you change line 429 to 140 it will set 140 as the lowest allowed temp. So from there anything that the gcode says, as long as it's above 140, will be fine. You won't need have another config. Alternatively you can have line 429 as whatever you want, and then in the slicer settings for the wax use a M302 gcode command to lower the minimum temp for just that print. It's up to you how you want to do it. And I guess it depends how you can setup your slicer. M302 and line 429 are affecting the same thing: The lowest temperature that will allow extruding. M302 is for a print by print basis, and line 429 is the default setting. Hope this helps !
Matt, Im on the Arduino site to upgrade my Anet A8 firmware...The latest release is 1.8.10..the one you show is 1.8.5..Should I be able to do exactly what you do in the video with this latest version? Thanks. I Like your videos! - Rich
hi,i buy a new 3d printer Anet A8 borad V1.7 . When the initial operation, the extruder is directed to the opposite side to the end and continues for a while the engine rotates even when the extruder reaches the end ... The same applies to the surface ... Also, the z direction motor works one and the other does not work .. Note that I almost checked the connections All are correct, What do you think is the problem?
Thank u very much. Appreciate .
But I have some issue if u can support.
after updating my stock A8 to marlin 1.1 with the correct configuration profile , after auto home the display shows: X -33 Y -10 Z 0 , and The home position for my printer is not above the bed . so I am trying to adjust the X and Y offset . I'm not sure if I am doing this correctly but I use the menu to move the the correct corner of the bed and then select "Set home offsets" but I get an error: Err: Too far!
Plz support
@matthew Getting the following error on upload - "'u8g_t' was not declared in this scope" I do have the U8glib installed in arduino, but still no joy. Any suggestions? Great video.
Sorry I haven't performed the install for the more graphical screen, so I'm not sure. Seems like a lot of good info comes up when I search for that error message though.
what a guru,, cheers
Matthew i have just completed the firmware upgrade as per your video but when i complete the bed levelling, the extruder at points 4 and 7 are not on the print bed. Can you help me in moving them?
i have a 3d printer kit using the ramps 1.4 driverboard and using an arduino mega2560 as the brain, will this work on it without problems or do i need to use a different version for the mega?
Hi - Great video but mine fails with a problem uploading to board. Do you have any tips on why this may be?
Make sure that you have the board definition installed and that the printer is on and connected. Another issue can be that a slicer or something is also trying to connect to the printer.
Hey Matt - What is your work-around for "arvdude: ser_open() : can't set com-state for "\\.\ COM3" ?" I've tried uninstalling/re-installing the driver, re-booted the computer (Windows 10), and reset the Anet... Still the same error message...
I'm following your directions exactly but it it wont allow me to paste the 2 folders over to the other file. I can copy them but when i try to paste them the paste option is greyed out. Any idea how to fix this? Thanks in advance. Im dying to try this marlin upgrade out, ive been running my A8 for a year now on stock fw.
So do u take the z endstop off when you do that manual leveling what you said?
thanks for the how too dont have time to download to printer do i just save the file and download later
Sure you can just download everything you need and install it whenever
Please... a tutorial of how to use the autolevel function with level sensor
For which type of sensor ?
Matthew Rayfield I have a blue one like a little box ... I think it is inductive 😅
I have the same one! and also no idea how to install it!
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071KG2FXG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 heres a link to the one I have, which I think is probably the same one you have.
yep ididthis yes Is the same sensor... But i have a diferent mounting base ... Wich is not so important
thanks a lot.
Nice video. I've seen other videos using Marlin conf and python instead of Arduino, which is the advantage (if any) of one method over the other?
Hmm, I'm not familiar with that method. Do you have an example ?
Matthew Rayfield this one for example:
th-cam.com/video/HvWgxsEVha0/w-d-xo.html
Anyway, I went with your method and it worked for me, thanks. However, sometimes the LCD goes crazy with a lot of unrecognizable characters, any idea why?
Thanks for the video, though when I try to upload, I always get the following error code:
avrdude: ser_open(): can't open device "\\.\COM8": Access is denied.
Any ideas? I have multiple ports in the menu, but I verified that this one is the correct one by unplugging the printer and checking which port disappeared
My bad. After some more googling, it was because I had the printer open in Cura. Thanks again for the video
I get an error occurred while uploading the sketch, stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10 : not in sync: resp= 0xd6
No idea ??
I recieved a board written as "V1-5", does method in video still apply or do I need to configure something else? Thanks.
Well followed your instructions and it seems I get an error uploading. I have the Anet A8 1.5 board....
Travis Gonzalez My problem was the drivers I used. I found some drivers that worked.
@@dragnet53 I too have a 1.5 board. What drivers did you find? I have been looking and cannot find anything that works. I only find a separate piece of hardware, I would rather not have to purchase. Thanks.
Installation went good but when doing the bed leveling routine, the z axis will only go up. The LCD shows the amount of z travel, both up and down when the appropriate button is pushed, but z travel only goes up. Even after the z has move up well in to the positive numbers region, it will not move down when the down button is pushed. The numbers on the LCD do go down however. What,s wrong?
Thanks for the video, easy for me to follow. But I can't do anything with the printer screen menu after uploading Marlin. It now reads "Marlin bugfix-1.1.x" on start up, then next screen reads: nozzle and bed temp, x? y? z?, F/R 100%, SD---%, 3D Printer Ready. Selecting center button brings up one last screen, reads: Info screen, Prepare, Control, No SD Card, Init. SD card. I can scroll down on this screen but cannot access any options. I can print from computer via USB. Original firmware was working fine before, I just wanted thermal runaway protection with the new firmware. Anyone have any idea what went wrong? Thanks.
it might help if people would check the allen cap screws and make sure they are tight and put a little drop of jbweld where the thermistor is to keep it from fallen off
is there any guide for installing this firmware with Auto Leveling Position Sensor for Anet A8?
i'm stuck
There is some info out there. Depends on the sensor. This page helped me a lot: 3dprint.wiki/reprap/anet/a8/improvement/autobedleveling
Thanks, followed the steps and it worked. But:
You should make a note somewhere that this won't work for 1.5 boards without some extra steps, and some extra items that do cost money.
I had to burn bootloader with a USBasp, as well as a 10 pin to 6 pin adapter, because this method doesn't work with the newer 1.5 board.
After I did that, then this worked to flash Marlin.
Thanks for this info, I'll add this to the FAQ
It works well with an Arduino Uno and some jumper cables to flash a new bootloader. Anet seems to leave out the bootloader on some of the 1.5 boards but not all. So flashing a 1.5 board with a USB cable may or may not work. If you want to re-enable it again you need to re-flash a bootloader.
Rookie move I figured it out, ps great video!!
Do i have to do those editing steps if im not adding auto bed levelling just yet?
Nope! You can pick and choose which features you want