Great video. Thanks for sharing. Instead of soldering to the back of the board, I simply pushed my orange wire up into the black LCD connector port and when I secured the connector back to the board, it made solid connection to with then pin. Super easy solution and works great.
So simple but so useful, thanks for the top tip. I cut the ribbon cable wire to add a connector but there was no continuity to the board for some reason. Doing this got it working 100%.
I soldered it too, but instead of attaching just the servo pin connector to the board for the connection, I soldered the pin and clamped some wire onto it and put another servo pin connector at the other end of the wire. So if I ever need to disconnect the pin I can just unplug the wire. This way there's never any stress on the solder.
I was now debating with myself to get a BLtouch, if the mess with the mainboard would be worth it... especially the hassle with the LCD & J3 (I use a full graphics display -> it uses both ports) but your video helped me a great deal :D ... smart move, soldering a pin to the back of the mainboard :D
Thanks for the easy-to-understand video! I have a couple of questions. Do I just need to wire up the 3dtouch as you describe, and use the configuration.h you provided, along with the latest Marlin? I set up a 3dtouch on my D-bot a while back, and the bltouch provisions in Marlin at that time did not work - I had to do a bit of a workaround. Does the newer version of Marlin fix that? Looking forward to getting ABL running on the A8, since I've basically had to re-level the bed before each print.
I only have the cloned BLTouch so can't really say if it is worth buying. I had trouble with the BLTouch sensor crashing the firmware every so often. When I upgraded to the BLV Mod I added a capacitive sensor instead of the BLTouch.
I found continuity between the two groundwires. They must be connected somewhere inside the probe. Guess i"ll just solder a wire between the two groundpins to be sure.
why is no one in these videos simply putting a single servo connector on that pin? I have 2 display ports just like all the res of them. .....One can be used as display any the other for a single connector for the sensor.....always someone soldering or making a breakout for it.
The link is in the description but the older Configuration.h is not compatible with Marlin 1.1.8 and I had to start from the default ANET A8 config files.
You can download the configuration.h file from the Marlin Firmware Github page then customize the settings to calibrate your ANET A8. The configuration.h I had is an old file and won't work with the latest version of Marlin.
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Great video. Thanks for sharing. Instead of soldering to the back of the board, I simply pushed my orange wire up into the black LCD connector port and when I secured the connector back to the board, it made solid connection to with then pin. Super easy solution and works great.
So simple but so useful, thanks for the top tip. I cut the ribbon cable wire to add a connector but there was no continuity to the board for some reason. Doing this got it working 100%.
I soldered it too, but instead of attaching just the servo pin connector to the board for the connection, I soldered the pin and clamped some wire onto it and put another servo pin connector at the other end of the wire. So if I ever need to disconnect the pin I can just unplug the wire. This way there's never any stress on the solder.
I was now debating with myself to get a BLtouch, if the mess with the mainboard would be worth it... especially the hassle with the LCD & J3 (I use a full graphics display -> it uses both ports)
but your video helped me a great deal :D ... smart move, soldering a pin to the back of the mainboard :D
Thanks for the easy-to-understand video! I have a couple of questions. Do I just need to wire up the 3dtouch as you describe, and use the configuration.h you provided, along with the latest Marlin? I set up a 3dtouch on my D-bot a while back, and the bltouch provisions in Marlin at that time did not work - I had to do a bit of a workaround. Does the newer version of Marlin fix that? Looking forward to getting ABL running on the A8, since I've basically had to re-level the bed before each print.
You will need to configure Marlin to use the bltouch. The configuration.h I provided works for me.
Im sorry, I know this is too late but can the old 3d touch version work with this method? The one with yellow wrap and not orangy wrap like yours.
can it be added to the filament sensor at the same time?
Thanks, I was wondering how to make a connection to the display port, the rest I can easily do
What if you have the lcd upgrade which uses both sockets ?
can you solder 2 wires from the j3 and lcd so you keep connected the lcd?
Great video. How to have you done the extension cable? What type of wires and connectors.
I bought 3 pin JST connectors form ebay. I used servo extension wires and cut the end off and crimped the JST pin connectors on to the wires.
MrDabrudda thanks
hi, can you make an update version of the configuration.h file please
??
Big brains solution! I like it
Hi. Will it work on anet 8a plus? Thank you...
The picture st the beginning is different than the circuit drawing you used? Please clarify.
Both drawings are the same exact pinouts, only oriented differently.
Is this more expensive BLtouch worth it compared to the cheaper 3D touch? Is it hard to make the software run correctly?
I only have the cloned BLTouch so can't really say if it is worth buying. I had trouble with the BLTouch sensor crashing the firmware every so often. When I upgraded to the BLV Mod I added a capacitive sensor instead of the BLTouch.
@@MrDabrudda ok, so do you have a 3D touch then? Or another clone?
I had a clone BLTouch but moved to a capacitive sensor
MrDabrudda oh sorry ok thanks!
Why should you connect both GND pins? The left pin of the Z-endswitch is also ground.
Separate circuits. One ground goes to the sensor and the other ground goes to the servo which raises and lowers the probe.
I found continuity between the two groundwires. They must be connected somewhere inside the probe. Guess i"ll just solder a wire between the two groundpins to be sure.
Is the DisplayPort pin 3 connected to both the display and the bltouch?
Correct.
You sound exactly like Jeffrey R. Holland
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How'd you know my name!??
why is no one in these videos simply putting a single servo connector on that pin? I have 2 display ports just like all the res of them. .....One can be used as display any the other for a single connector for the sensor.....always someone soldering or making a breakout for it.
Could you give us the configuration.h of Marlin firmware?
The link is in the description but the older Configuration.h is not compatible with Marlin 1.1.8 and I had to start from the default ANET A8 config files.
where can i get printout of that paper
Google search ANET A8 mainboard to BLTouch hookup.
ANTCLABS!!!!
for the anet a6 wiring is the same ?
ok i know tx pin on anet a6 is the first on left side not the second as on video
but how you ground lcd when you use ground pin for bltouch you pin both lcd and bltouch to the same ground ?
aa ok i see on the schema -> ground from z ground can be used. but you use the another one. you didint use the lcd anyway ?
errata: second on right
Why connect to the display?
because its a free pin on the board. Not being used. So we can program this pin an a control pin.
I was thinking to myself wtf? Dont need the z switch? But this is pretty much a new z switch....
Where can I find the file Configuration.h ? Link to google drive die :|
You can download the configuration.h file from the Marlin Firmware Github page then customize the settings to calibrate your ANET A8. The configuration.h I had is an old file and won't work with the latest version of Marlin.
@@MrDabrudda
Better to have an example.
If you don't like the soldering and cutting wires, here is the PIN 27 break out board. www.ebay.com/itm/202571021260
or just use additional male-female pin cables