SKR Mini e3 v3 Marlin Firmware Update
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2022
- In this video, I cover the process to upgrade the firmware on an SKR Mini e3 v3 with custom-built Marlin firmware. I cover everything you need to know to do the firmware upgrade including where to get the firmware, the software you need, the changes to make, and how to push it to the printer.
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Thanks so much for this video. I happened to be doing this exact upgrade (SKR Mini and CR Touch) and it helped clear up a lot of things since I've never even installed Marlin before. Keep the great videos coming!
You're Welcome
Bought the board together with the TFT35 screen to upgrade my Anet AM8 and was struggling a little bit. After watching this video everything was super clear thanks to your small tips and 'common mistake' interludes (these helped a lot). I will do the firmware update as soon as possible! thanks a lot!
Glad it helped!
I try following your instructions, but the z autohome keep pushing down the bed😢
Bless you for doing this tutorial. I watched numerous vidoes (bad ones) and reviewed lots of redit pages.... You were the only one that I came across that had such a comprehensive editing of the Marlin firmware for the BTT SKR mini e3 v3.
Glad it was helpful!
I just bought a SKR Mini E3, V3.0. Proceeded to crash the extruder into the bed first power on, my fault as I disconnected the z-stop. This set up process was tremendous! Thanks so much for walking thru the programming. I'm a newbie to coding. Glad there is replay and a pause button... Links were super helpful.
Hi. Im glad you were able to get it working :).
Clear and to the point. Got my new SKR V3 working with this guide. Thank you!
Thanks for the feedback, you're welcome.
I have been struggling to even understand this whole concept for months let alone make it work and you achieved both for me in 20 minutes. Thank you - truly, I had almost just completely thrown the towel in
Glad it helped! :)
Been waiting on this for a while, thank you!
You bet!
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Hi, about to replace my MKS Gen L on my Ender 5 (original) with an SKR Mini E3 V3. Currently I have the original Ender 5 screen, a 3.5" touch screen at the same time, Hemera direct drive that I am upgrading to a Revo at the same time as all this. Is there anything specific I need to keep in mind when setting up my firmware?
@@systemx17 You will want to pay attention to how the bltouch is wired, make sure the z stop is connected, uncomment EEPROM_INIT_NOW to clear the eeprom, and you may need to adjust the #define X_MIN_POS and #define Y_MIN_POS values if the nozzle isnt center.
i tried following this for my ender 3 pro with skr mini v1.2 and everything works exept the z axis wont go down. do you know what could be going wrong.
@@lolmetauto4579 Is your z stop connected?
@@3DPrintscape after messing around a little bit more and also looking into the original firmware I noticed my mistake. I had put the wrong line behind default_envs. it works now. I just want to thank you for your involvement in the community and your amazing tutorials
Your video was a huge help in getting my CR-10 mini up and running with the SKR E3 V3 and CL Touch. I owe you a pint.
Hi. Im glad i could help :).
Thanks very much for going through the configuration step by step - my first time configuring using VS Code. Was having an issue with my microswiss v1 direct drive and hot end banging into the uprights on the Ender 3 Pro I modded. Was able to follow your guide and get everything straightened out. Yahoo!
Thanks for the feedback, im glad it was able to help.
Just came here to say, THANKS! Struggling to get my BLTouch working with a default 5pin cable on the Mini E3 V3, as the Zhoming was not playing nice. You helped tremendously, and I was able to compile a working version with the most recent Marlin Bug Fix.. Now, I need to look at the changes that were in the DANBP firmware for the V2 board (I loved that), and convert some of those over to this. Appreciate your help!
Glad I could help!
I had to do this swap on my Cr10. All I know is 3D design and slicer. Nothing about firmware coding. I have never felt so lost as here. There is a room with dog's turds everywhere. I was blindfolded. You took my hand a lead me across the room. My shoes are clean! Thank you!
Glad i could help :)
thank you for this! I just installed my mini e3 v3, this was very helpful!
You're welcome
This guide and your channel are invaluable resources! Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
Great video. Waiting for my v3 board to Arrive
Thank you for this effort 🙏👍
Thanks for the feedback and you're welcome.
Thank you. I'm very new to all of this. You are a great help
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Excellent! I needed a refresher on this to replace my old board with a new one.
Glad it helped!
Thank you for this guide!!!! This fix all my issues I was having!!!
You're welcome!
Thank you so much! Now my bed homing is actually on the bed since I needed to do bed offsets due to a linear rail upgrade!
Glad I could help!
Once again this video helped me! All your videos help very much thank you.
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Thanks so much for this video! Just upgraded to the SKR board and couldn't figure out how to get my CR Touch to work. This video got it working perfectly.
You're welcome!
Oh my god thank you for this! Everything worked fine after doing this, and you explained everything very clearly, so again, thank you so much! I can finally use my CRtouch!
You're welcome!
Hi. I'm going to tackle this tonight. Any new updates that I need to be aware of before I dive in. Thank you for the awesome content as always! We all love your work!
What are the main difference between Z homing and BL - Touch? tks
Hi. Z homing is just setting the z position to zero (or a known location). If you dont have a bltouch the printer will use the z stop for it. If you do, it will use that. Its also worth mentioning that with it the firmware will home to 10mm on the z axis. You will need to set your z offset but that doesnt actually come into play until you print something.
@3D Printscape excellent! Thank you! Keep up the good work!
Incredibly helpful video. Thank you! My first time using Visual Studio or doing anything with firmware. Great tutorial!
Great to hear!
Great video for this process! Last time I uploaded firmware was to my very first homemade Prusa Mendel! (2006?)
The part about using the configuration files from Bugfix-2.1.x instead of Import-2.1.x was the lifesaver for me! Well done!
Thanks
Thank you, thank you, thank you. could not get this working until i found your video.
You're welcome!
I put the V3 board in this morning, yesterday direct drive and 2d z drive. I could not get my board to work all day. Found your site and downloaded, installed, working like it should. Thank you.....
Glad I could help :)
Thank you very much! This video is exactly what I needed!
You're welcome!
Did video was so helpful. Thank you!
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Breakthrough for me!! Thank you sooooo much.
You're welcome!
I owe you a drink sir. I was able to fix my firmware issues and troubleshoot enough to figure out the CR touch mount isn't quite low enough. Couple of spacers and I'm in business
Im glad i could help :).
Good Basic how to NICE job... I would like to see more Ender 5 videos. Thanks Rob.
Hi. Thanks for the feedback. Anything specific you want to see on the Ender 5? Also, what version the base, pro, or plus?
@@3DPrintscape Sure I have an E5Pro with SKR mini E3v3.0 w/3.5" touchscreen, would luv a Dual Z upgrade video w/ DD hot end upgrade too.(sprite). ;-)
@@3DPrintscape 5 plus xD
I saw your video on this board install. In it you mention needing a JST connection for the hot end fan. I did not have one and had to order a giant pack to get some (still waiting for arrival). I just saw another person's Y-tube post and he mentioned that since these wires were previously just continuous power, you could put them under the board power wire screw terminals. This gets you going until you can get a JST connector in hand. I thought it was a good idea, it has worked so far.
Hi. That should work as well. The only down side would be depending on the board/firmeware, you may lose some control but it shouldnt impact much.
Thank you so much for such a complete walk through of how to do this. You have no clue on how many videos that I watched that just say download the marlin firmware you want and install it into your 3d printer and thats it. And that drove me so crazy. You have no clue how many times I went and download the marlin fw and un zipped it and put it on my SD card and tried to run it and nothing happened. So I really appreciate it so much. The only issue I have now is how to install the new creality touchscreen onto the BTT skr e3 v3 and have my new touchscreen work. If you can point me in the right direction I'd greatly appreciate 🙏
Hi. Thanks for the feedback. The creality screen really only works with creality firmware. I messed around for a while and couldnt get it to work with a marlin build.
@@3DPrintscape so can I install the creality firmware on the BTT skr e3 v3? So my screen will work? Or do I need to return it and go with the BTT one?
@@joewynn2445 No, that wont work. Since you already have the SKR i would return the creality screen and get the TFT. IMO the TFT is much better overall.
@@3DPrintscape yeah thats what I figured. I bought the creality 2.4.7 silent motherboard and new touchscreen but they sent it to me without a boot loader and firmware on the motherboard so I decided to just get the BigTreeTech board instead. Now I just wish I got the whole kit for the BTT skr mini board.
But do you know if I went with the BTT with octopi mother if that'll fit my printer. As of right now I'm running a raspberry pi zero w 2 and absolutely love it but id love to run the BTT board that has octopi with clipper but I'm not sure if it'll fit my printer. But I have to say, thank you so much for answering so many of my questions I really appreciate you taking the time to respond. Thank you!
@@joewynn2445 The SKR Mini e3 should fit the printer, thats what i have.
Thank you for great video. Will you make a video on SKR Mini e3 v3 marlin firmware for the BLtouch using the z end stop and not using the z stop on the BLtouch port?
Hi. Ya i can do that but the only change should be #define USE_PROBE_FOR_Z_HOMING .
Great vid thank you do you have any tips on dual z set up. Going from an e3 turbo where you had dual z levelling to this board where you can’t
Thank you
Hi. The most important thing is making sure the x axis is level and moving evenly.
@@3DPrintscape thank you just so disappointed love the g34 ability. Fitted complete linear rails all moving sweet
Put in the e3 v3 neopixel just felt let down lol. My own fault should read more
Your video was probably one of the best thank you
Hi Rob, Great video, it really helped me go through all the firmware upgrade!
I started printing today and have run into another problem that I thought I would ask about. So it was printing for about 5 minutes maybe and then randomly the 3d printer rebooted all on it's own.
Would that be an issue with the power supply? Or where would you start looking?
Hi. That could be powersupply or an issue with the board. I would try another new firmware build in case there was an issue with the bug fix one then look at the power supply.
@@3DPrintscape thanks Rob, you mean looking at an earlier build of the firmware? I noticed that it seemed like the controller fan wasn't working so I changed something there in the firmware and then when I printed the layers weren't sticking to the bed, like it wasn't putting them down properly and the fan on the side of the print head wasn't on.. I am not sure if it is somehow related to my fans and I have messed them up somehow?
@@steverenner7933 Try the stable build or one on my site if i have one that matches the printer/board combo. 3dprintscape.com/marlin-firmware-builds/
Hi thank you for the great video very helpful just wondering if BLTOUCH_SET_5V_MODE should be enabled as i have BLT rev3. Also is it possible to print directly from the onboard SD CARD slot.
Hi. I didnt have to enable it and yes you can print fromt he sd port.
This is top tier stuff my guy.
Thanks for the feedback
Thank you for the walk through. I’ve been able to compile a build but one issue I’m having is my Y axis location is off. When home the machine shows Y164 but in reality the build plate is pulled all the way back and it’s actually at Y0.
I followed closely and compiled three builds with the same issue. The stock BTT isn’t doing this. Any thoughts?
Hi. Did you clear your eeprom?
@@3DPrintscape I found the issue. I followed a wiring guide for the BL Touch which was reversed. Traced the wires to the schematic and problem solved after tinkering with marlin.
Great video, i am looking to do a custom firmware build for a cr10 smart (not pro). Not alot of options for this model printer which is frustrating. I know alot of people are swapping the original boards with the cr6 skr boards. With that being said it seems to me as they have same pin out etc, since theyre both pretty identical as far as afixed bed without manual leveling, and strain gauge auto leveling. In your experience, do you think i could just download cr6 firmware for the skr mini e3 v3, and just adjust the build area size? I have a little bit of experience building my own firmware. But would just hate to spend the time swapping everything out if you had an immediate answer as to if it would indeed work or not. Lmk thanks!
Hi. I would look for a config example for the board you want to use then change that to match what is needed for the printer.
Hey! is there a way to reopen the "Frimware.bin file " to edit. It seems the steepers homes in the wrong direction and crashes. Great video
Hi. You cant change the firmware.bin file. The changes would have to be made in the config and the firmware rebuilt.
hey there! great vid! definitely helped me get forward a few steps in my quest to upgrade my printer! but i have a question. it would seem that after updating my firmware like this, that the USB port no longer allows octo4a to communicate with the board, and i was wondering if i had maybe missed something somewhere that you or someon else here could help me figure out? thanks in advance!
Hi. I havent seen this but maybe someone else has and can comment.
@@3DPrintscape hey! I figured it out with the help of the Marlin discord! The issue was build 2.1.2 aperently having issues with it's serial drivers, the told me to try 2.1.1 and it works almost flawlessly now !
@@RileyDWP Cool, im glad you got it working. Thanks for sharing the fix.
Hi, great video, I was able to reproduce all the steps correctly but I have 2 issues: the part cooling fan just won't work at all and bi linear bed levelling starts probing off the bed so that doesn't work. I have at my probe offsets in the advance settings by getting a reference point from the nozzle unto the bed and moving each axis until the bl touch was on the reference point and noted the observed offset.
Hi. Did you clear the eeprom? If so, make sure your x and y offsets are right. What value did you end up getting for them?
Very good video. I have a skr mini e3 v1.2, and a tft35. Is it necessary to change something in the firmware of the skr mini when I use this screen. It doesn't look like there's a problem, but it might be a hiccup?
Hi. Not to make the screen work but you may need to enable specific features for some of the options on the screen. If its not enabled, you will just get an error saying that.
@@3DPrintscape The screen gives me an error message on bed leveling. Do you know what I can do to activate the screen.
@@frodesellevoll Is it just saying abl isnt eabled? If so, and its enabled on the firmware just go into the abl menu and run a mesh, then save it. It gives that error because there is no meshed for it to fall back to.
Hello,
Thanks for your video, it's very helpful.
I still have a question, I don't really understand wich options are for the BL/CR_TOUCH et which options are not.
Could you add a timelaspe on the video ? I think it can be helpful to understand better when we should change the settings when we don't have BL/CR_TOUCH.
Regards,
Alktor
Hi. Here are the settings specific to the bltouch.
//#define Z_MIN_PROBE_USES_Z_MIN_ENDSTOP_PIN
#define USE_PROBE_FOR_Z_HOMING
#define BLTOUCH
#define NOZZLE_TO_PROBE_OFFSET { -44, -7, 0 }
#define AUTO_BED_LEVELING_BILINEAR
#define Z_SAFE_HOMING
//#define MIN_SOFTWARE_ENDSTOP_Z
GRID_MAX_POINTS_X
#define PROBE_OFFSET_WIZARD
Thanks as usual for the very thorough and informative instructional video. Question unrelated to the E3 V3. I have an E3 V2 which works great, but I'm having difficulty determining the source of a problem with the stepper motors grinding shortly at the extreme (most currently) of my X axis only while performing the bed leveling ( I don't print to the extremes of the print bed so this is likely why I only experience this with the bed probing). This was happening on the Y axis but has changed to the X axis now after I updated my Marlin to the latest Bugfix 2.1x. I have an ender 3 pro heavily modified with a creality sprite pro extruder and a BTT SKR mini e3 v2. No problems with printing or overall operation, only the short grinding of the X stepper when the bed moves to the right front corner. I do notice that the extruder is probing extremely close to the front edge of the build plate all along the X0 Y0 through the X235 Y0 edge. I have the default X_BED_SIZE and Y_BED_SIZE at 235, even though this is the extreme of the build platform and not realistic for the printable area. Any thoughts or suggestions on resolving the grinding issue is greatly appreciated. ADDENDUM: I neglected to add that I'm using a CRTOUCH
Hi. Have you tried to clear the eeprom at all?
I have not. Will try that out. Thank you for the suggestion
Well that didn’t work. I’m considering reducing the bed size from 235 x 235 down to 230 x 230 in the firmware. Not sure if this will do much
@@markkranc4478 What margin do you have set for the crtouch? May be worth trying to make that larger.
I set the margin to 20 mm. I re-did the firmware setup and reduced the bed size from 235 to 230 mm. I’m still getting the X stepper grinding at the extreme front right corner and a little at the back left corner. I double checked my CURA slicer bed settings and they were at 220 x 220. Not sure what other parameters to modify. The belts aren’t slipping, only the stepper motors trying to move beyond the bed edge. The X axis issue arose after switching to the Creality Sprite Pro head. Before that I had converted to direct drive using the stock ender 3 pro hot end and extruder stepper with a Printer Mods mounting plate. The nozzle offsets were significantly different. Of course I made the offset changes in Marlin. I also adjusted the X and Y min and max values in CURA in my machine setup. I didn’t check how the print head positions in relation to the printer bed and the hard rail stops. That thought just occurred to me. Once again, I’m very grateful for your input
I appreciate the tutorial very much. It helped me understand how builds are created. I have an ender 3 pro with the SKR mini V3 board and the CR touch. The touch is plugged in to the proper port and the Zstop is plugged in to the Z port. Unfortunately, when I Home the extruder it moves to the proper point and then begins to move down and does not stop, grinding the motor. I did the build twice thinking I made a mistake but same issue. I went to my previous build using bug fix 2.0.x with the SKR Mini Z homing build and it homes accurately on all axis. What could I be missing on the Z? My build was with the latest bugfix 2.1.
Never Mind! what I didn't realize is the Z axis should not hit the z stop sensor. you might add that for clarity in your write up. Works perfectly now! Thanks for the Video.
Hi. Im glad you got it working. Sorry if the video was confusing.
@robertb386 I am having the same issue on my ender 3 max with this board and the cr touch. Did your light on your cr touch not work? That is what mine is doing.
Hello, great video, now I got my first firmware. I installed the filament sensor, can you give me some advice on what to change in marlin? Thanks for what you do
Hi. There is a section for the runout sensor that needs enabled. I would also look at enabling the adv pause and park features.
Great tutorial, I had to make a few other tweaks but it was super helpful.
Glad it helped! Just curious, what other tweaks did you make?
You're the man. That is all, carry on.
Thanks!
I have a problem I just can't seem to fix. I have an Ender 3 original, with the SKR Mini E3 V3.0 board and a 3d touch. No matter what I do the 3d touch will only work when connected to the z-stop connector and on top of that it only works with the BTT firmware, nothing I compile myself works and the 3d touch pin goes down but when the pin is lifted up the z-axis keeps going down.
I'm trying to use the 3dtouch for automatic bed levelling AND as a Z-stop. Am I doing this wrong?
Hi. You would have to have the probe stop pins connected to the z stop port and the servo pins connected to the bltouch port. You would also need to have this enabled in the firmware. #define Z_MIN_PROBE_USES_Z_MIN_ENDSTOP_PIN
This video was super helpful. Thank you! One question though - on my Ender Pro 3 with SKR Mini v3 v2.0 and BL touch, I can move the Z axis down with manual operation, but the Z axis won't move down during homing. Any idea why this may be happening?
Hi. Is the z stop connected?
@@3DPrintscape The white/black wires from the BL Touch are plugged into the z stop.
@@timbradley3513 ok, thats not the normal wiring. Did you account for the changes in the firmware?
This video was super helpful. I bought a Lanmu SD card extender and I keep getting SD init fail when I insert it. I have tried two different builds of Marlin and it still doesn't work. I'm running the SKR Mini 3 V3 on my Ender 3 Pro. My micro SD card works just fine. It's the stock 8gb card that came with it. Is there something in the firmware that needs to be changed to allow the extender to work?
Hi. I dont think anything needs changed for that. From my understanding, its just a converter and the board doesnt know about it.
Hi could you do a video on how to install the BTT 24v ups to this board and keep the tutorials coming
Hi. I dont, but i an look into making one.
I second this as I just bought one. Still waiting on it to arrive from China.
Thanks for that, I am doing a complete upgrade i.e. BIGTREETECH TFT35 screen, SKR Mini e3 v3 board and CR touch on my ender 3v2. any other tips or pitfalls to be aware of. cheers Gary, from New Zealand
Hi. Thanks for the feedback and no i think you should be good with the hardware you got.
this is very helpful; it would be super beneficial if you make a video about compiling a firmware for the cr10 series for the beginners
Hi. I will see what i can do here. I dont have a cr10 but i can explain the process.
Yeah this would be super helpful
Want to use this board on an old Rostock Max which is a delta style printer. Would I first do a build like you show in the video? And then using that build, do another build using a delta version of Marlin? I am looking for an example of a Config.h file for a delta printer as well. Any ideas/advice on accomplishing this?
Hi. I would look to see if there is an example config file for the printer your using. If there is one, just use that. If not, find one with a similar board and make any other needed changes.
Hi there, I have the ender 3v2 and when opening the config examples files for ender 3v2 there only 2 files instead of 4, do I use the ender 3 example as I am replacing the screen as well, hope this makes sense, I am also using the cr touch, cheers Gary Barford
Hi. You really only need the two config files.
Did you have to edit platformio for the environment. I follow yours to the T and when completed build fails because of that
Hi. If you use the marlin auto build plugin you dont need to. I have a video on it and would recommend it.
Any idea why the BIGTREETECH SKR MINI E3 V3.0 doesn't have a pre-built marlin file available to flash? And does the board work with a non-Creality 3d printer?
Or thoughts on on other BIGTREETECH boards (BTT Octopus Pro, SKR 3, etc).. that either use Marlin or Klipper? MKS Gen L V1.0, Metro M4?
Hi. I think they just expect people to make their own firmware for most builds. You can use marlin or klipper but marlin will probably have better community support to help, though klipper will be faster.
Thank you for your videos. I have used them in the past to set up my ender 3 pro with the 4.2.7 board. I am now about to set up my ender 5 pro with a skr e3 v3 board, but I cannot find the configuration files for the e3v3? all they have is precompiled firmware (which is nice, but I would like to tweak some things). When I go to the master configuration files for marlin, there isn't a e3v3 folder anymore for any of the marlin 2.x. Would you happen to know of a spot where I can get the configuration files for an ender 5 pro with skr mini e3 v3?
nvm I found it. Thank you!
Hi, were you able to get everything you needed?
@@derekquast860 Could you let me know where you found it as I am having the same issue currently with my ender 5 pro.
Hii... Thanks for the great video ... Can you please tell me is this board compatible with BTT 12864 Mini V1.0 display ?
As I am having compiling issues for this board with the above display ...
DOGLCD_CS’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘DOGLCD_SCK’?
DOGLCD_A0′ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘DOGLCD’?
Hi. Im not sure, but it should be. I will need to look into that more.
Will the Ender 5 Pro config files from BTT work with the 5 Plus? Besides changing the dimensions, what else would need to be made for the 5 Plus?
Hi. Assuming its with the SKR board it should work if you change the dimensions. I cant think of any other required changes.
Great video
Thanks!
Hello, One thing i'm not clear on is having the z-stop plugged in while using a CR-Touch? Do you have something that discusses this further? I have an Ender 3 V2 with the SKR Mini E3V3, TFT35, and a BIQU H2 Revo extruder/hotend. Please help!!
Hi. Standard prebuilt firmware configs assume the z stop is connected and the bltouch/crtouch is plugged into the bltouch port on the board.
Nice. I had to comment out version check in the sanity file.
Hi. That shouldnt have been needed unless your config file wasn't for the same version.
I think a quick video explaining the difference between the V3.0 and the V3.0.1 firmware would help a lot of people !! Some people Ive helped on discord think its just a later version when in fact its for a different processor ! PS your posted link to BTT Github is dead .
Hi. I will add that to my backlog and thanks for letting me know about the link.
Thanks!
You're Welcome
Do you have the example files for the Ender 5 Pro. The BTT github no longer has them and the latest Marlin example still don't have the Ender 5 Pro BTT SKR E3 v3 in there...?
Hi. I dont at this time, sorry.
Thank you for the helpful video. The marlin configuration and compilation all works perfectly fine, but it comes to a problem when trying to flash it to the printer.
I copy the file to the micro SD card, put it in the sd slot and starting the printer up, but nothing related to firmware flashing happens. It just starts up with the prebuild firmware. The sd card itself appears propperly and also shows gcode if i put something on it.
Do you have any clue whats the problem in my case?
Hi. The SD card needs to be formatted as FAT32 and should be 8gb or less.
HI great video easy to follow but its not working for me. Took your advise when a board isnt there currently Im running the skr mini E3v3 with the tft35 on my cr20 pro but not having any luck on the firmware changes. Maybe in a future video do a firmware video for the cr-20pro with bltouch thanks keep up the nice work Like watching your videos
Hi. What issues are you having when trying this?
@3D Printscape turn printer on try home it the bltouch will do its check the bed will start to move the x axis will start going up then just stop and stay there do nothing.
I have tried moving everything manually everything moves in the right direction it should. Have tried a few times the firmware comes up clean no errors. So not sure if it's something small I'm doing wrong or there's something in the firmware not activated
@@davewhittaker159 Is the z stop connected?
hi there, I can't get my e3 v3 to work with Octoprint... besides Baudrate... is there anything I missed? Would be great if you had a video on how to connect it to octoprint.
Hi. The two main things would be the baudrate and to make sure the usb cable you are using supports data. Most cables people have around the house were meant for charging things and dont support data.
You are the first one to explain in a way that I could understand and when you did something it matched exactly with what I was doing. But here is my problem I have 4 printers 2 ender 3 & 2 cr10 about 2 months ago 2 of my ender 3 & 1 cr10 went down. So I bought 3 Creality V4.2.7 boards & the temp would not hold (5c over & 4 below) I work on this for about 6 weeks with no change. bought a big tree tech skr mini E3 V3.o and followed this video step by step * made the bin file & installed it. Still have the same on all 3 printers. CAN YOU HELP
Hi. Can you make sure the wiring is right? If seen this type of behavior when it was not connected right.
@@3DPrintscape Every thing is connected correctiy. When I run a PID the temp ogse pass the set temp then if fail temp is too high do not have no idea.
@@harrygithens3908 Did you verify the wiring or just know its right from when you did it?
@@3DPrintscape Verify all wires with an ohms meter to make sure that the wiring was correct. The old board (v1.1.4) had no problem with the hot end. now the V4.2.7 & the big tree tech SKR mini e3 ve.0 both have the same problem. I think it is firmware.
@@harrygithens3908 Ok, it is odd thats its happening with both boards. If you put the old board back in, does it work now?
hi, super helpful video. I got my cr touch working because of this so thank you, but I did run into another problem. If i select anything on the menu I can get back to the info screen. Do you think you can help with that.
Hi. I havent had that issue yet. What build are you using and did you clear the eeprom?
@@3DPrintscape I'm using the skr mini e3 v2.0 on the ender 3 pro. where can I find the eeprom folder then I can try clearing that.
@@3DPrintscape I see that the eeprom folder is inside the .pio folder so is it okay to just delete everyting in the .pio folder?
@@sjoerdvandereerden5676 Anything in the .pio folder will get rebuilt if its missing when building the firmware. I was more talking when the firmware was on the printer though. Have you cleared it there?
I've added the BLTouch as well as a runout sensor and the V2 screen. Are the steps for the firmware update for the sensor and screen available somewhere?
Hi. Not that i know of. You should jsut be able to enable the sensor, pause, advance parking, and the creality screen (#define DWIN_CREALITY_LCD ) in the config files. Also, make sure you use the creality ui config example.
Have you found a way to get a cr touch to work with this board been having trouble for weeks on my ender 3 max
Hi. Yes i had it working with this board. What issues are you having?
I installed the SKR Mini e3 v3 along with the TFT35 on my Ender 5 Plus and I can't seem to find a good compiled firmware to download for it and I'm not sure what all to change to compile my own that works correctly. Can you tell me where I can get a working complied one?
Hi. Im not aware of any prebuilt firmware. You will probably end up needing to make your own.
my show_sd-percent is not there. am i able to add things in? also mine would be somewhere around 1850 - 1860 on the index
Hi. Try to uncomment #define SHOW_SD_PERCENT in the configuration_adv file.
Hi,
Firstly, Thank you for throwing this video out for us.
I have an old E3 with a Micro Swiss DD HE and a BL Touch but I've been fighting to set up my board and there's just no manual... Not that I've found.
I feel that your video might help.
Hopefully, I'll get it going soon....
Hi. You're welcome. Let me know if you run into any issues.
@@ParabolicLabs I worked on it last night and followed this video as closely as I could. I'm still getting ABL errors so, I have another look tonight.
@@3DPrintscape Hi Rob, I had a go at it and at first, it's looking better. I'm still getting ABL erorrs but I think this might be my set-up process??? I'll take a closer look at it tonight.
@@55Rumble Are you still having the issues and did you clear the eeprom?
@@3DPrintscape Ah... I didn't clear the eeprom.... I'm in the UK and am still at work for another 2 hours. I'll check out what I have and get back to you.
Can I ask... Is there a specific set-up and calibration order/process to follow?
I am trying to compile Marlin firmware bugfix 2.1.x for my ender 3 Pro with SKR MINI E3 V2 and CR Touch. I followed your video accurately. I think I have everything setup properly and it compiles correctly. Everything is working except for the Probe Offset Wizard. It goes through the normal routine (homes, etc), but when it gets to the step where it would normally lower the probe so you can adjust the probe z-offset, it just seems to freeze and nothing happens and I have to power cycle to get it to work again. Also, I don't see the normal "0.2 mm Shim" on the LCD, like it used to show at this step. However, I can use the "Home Offset Wizard" which does show the 0.2 mm shim. Has something changed on how this works from bugfix 2.0.x to 2.1.x? What is the purpose of the Home Offset Wizard vs the Probe Offset Wizard? Which should I be using? Can someone look at my config files and let me know if something is incorrect? Any advice is appreciated.
Hi. A lot has changed between the version and the daily build can be very instable. Try to clear eeprom and see if that helps.
Great video, however I followed your instructions precisely, with bl touch enabled but the bed leveling fails just displaying "endstop z" I do have the two wires in the z stop on the board so un commented the code which you identified in the video.
Also when I print from sd card it home's fine but then does nothing, and the percentage shows done. Any advice would be appreciated.
Hi. Does the autohome and run mesh commands work as expected?
Auto home works, but I haven't tried run mesh, it just does one or two probe points then errors out.
@@nomadu571 Is it pulling on the wires or anything? Ive seen that happen when there was a loose wire/connection.
I've checked the wires and moved them out to the front of the machine so I could check them and see, also make it easier to check connections etc and I can't find anything wrong with the connections. It was working fine before I changed mainboards, my other board, the part cooling fan pins died, so I had to change.
The only thing I can think of is that it's an older 3rd party one I inherited with the machine, which ran off the 3v servo pins on the last board, so maybe it can't handle 5v? I was debating buying a new one when I saw a lot of posts regarding the e3v3 board and bl/cr touch issues. People experiencing the same things as me.
@@nomadu571 If you go that route, make sure to get the board from somewhere you can return easily if it doesnt fix the issue.
i just installed the v3.0 with bltouch. is mandatory i do this? or downloading the file from github is enought? new to 3d printing. i have a ender 3 pro
Hi. If the build on github works with your printer/mods then it should be ok.
And so, what if you do not have your Z Stop connected and you have connected all five wires from the bltouch to the bltouch port on the mini e3 v3? (the it's really intended to be done)
Hi. Ive wired the bltouch different ways but the one i would recommend is what you described. Thats the one i use most of the time.
Hi your film's very interesting.
I have problem in v2 and Ceramic Hotend Spider 4.0
I have no knowledge of programming.
I never learned this.
You can count on help in building the Firmware somewhere
Hi. I have builds available on my site and you can also ask for assistance on the discord channel. 3dprintscape.com/marlin-firmware-builds/
I have an Ender 3v2 with an "upgrade" of a SKR MINi E3 board from BTT and their TFT35 v3 screen: I followed your steps to the letter (the version of Config.h was slightly different in a couple of places) but had absolutely no luck after a successful compile. The firmware.bin changes to firmware.cur but their is no printer detected. I am not sure if it is an issue with the serial settings, but whenever I do some of the suggested changes to serial port 2 I can't compile. I have got firmware to work with my set up, but I am searching for some that allows the printer to be usable! On your site you haven't got fw for the SKR for the Ender 3v2, is that because this does not exist? I have to say I got the board and the screen as an upgrade but I literally have not been able to print consistently since and that was about 3 months ago. I am about to buy a stock Creality board because of the frustration getting this to work. Any ideas?
Hi. I just havent tested that combo but it should be the same as the one for the ender 3 pro since you changed out the tft as well. Ive seen it change to the .cur file when it reads the firmware but something wasnt compatible.
Thank you for this video, but I am struggling to get the progress bar and percentage to work. I think it is because I print from Octopi. I think I need to enable "Add 'M73' to set print job progress". But when I enable that line, the build fails. Do you have any idea what I am doing wrong?
Hi. The M73 command should already be enabled. What is the exact command you are to enable in the firmware?
@@3DPrintscape A Marlin mod helped me out, I needed to enable this line.
//#define SET_PROGRESS_MANUALLY
After I did that it started rotating between elapsed time and percentage. Thanks for the reply.
@@CoyoteBate Great, thanks for sharing the fix.
quick question - what happens if you took the z stop off and was going to just use the cr touch to. Is that possible?
Hi. With the exception of a couple creality firmware builds. This would only work if you had the crtouch rewired and the probe stop pins connected to the z stop port.
I want to get this board to work properly with my ender 2 pro. However everytime I want to print something, the print head start printing at the home position, instead of printing on the bed. Can you help me with this?
Hi. I havent seen this unless you changed the origin at center setting in the slicer.
Thank you for the video. I have an Ender 3 Pro with the SKR Mini E3 V3.0. I do not have a BL Touch. I followed your instructions and when I turned on the printer after inserting the SD card nothing appeared to happen. The message on the TFT says no printer attached. When I look at info it says unknown system. I perhaps did something wrong. Any suggestions as to what I can try?
Hi. Whats happens if you put the tft into legacy mode. Can you get to the about screen to see what firmware its showing?
@@3DPrintscape Thanks for your response. When I go into legacy mode the screen is blank except for LCD12864 Simulator across the top of the screen.
I carefully went back and watched your video and tried again. And it worked! Because I don't have a bltouch I didn't make any of the changes you made and my first print looked great. Thanks again.
I would try to push the firmware again, it should display everything in legacy mode. @@michaelbroussard
Glad you got it working. @@michaelbroussard
What if I want to remove my z endstop and use the crtouch instead? what changes need to be made?
Hi. The probe pins on the ct rouch will need to be plugged into the z stop port and you would have to uncomment Z_MIN_PROBE_USES_Z_MIN_ENDSTOP_PIN .
Hi, I am facing an issue after updating my Ender 3 - HW 4.2.2 firmware, the SD card does not work anymore in order to load my gcode archives. Do you know how can i fix?
Hi, What firmware did you use?
I keep running into an issue when building, even on the first test build. I keep getting a warning about "Motherboard DIAG jumpers must be removed when SENSORLESS HOMING is disabled" and the build doesn't finish or show "Success". Any thoughts?
Hi. It sounds like the config example may have issues. Try to grab a different one to see if that builds. That will tell you if the issue is with the config or a plugin or something on the computer.
Did you happen to find a resolution for this issue? I tried a different test build and also switched from the nightly build to the latest stable build and the test build from that version and still get this error.
PS C:\Firmware\SKRV3-LTS\Marlin-2.1.2\Marlin-2.1.2> platformio run --silent -e STM32G0B1RE_btt Marlin\src\inc\Warnings.cpp:731:6: warning: #warning "Motherboard DIAG jumpers must be removed when SENSORLESS_HOMING is disabled. (Define DIAG_JUMPERS_REMOVED to suppress this warning.)" [-Wcpp]
731 | #warning "Motherboard DIAG jumpers must be removed when SENSORLESS_HOMING is disabled. (Define DIAG_JUMPERS_REMOVED to suppress this warning.)
Hello, I decided to change the native motherboard (From Anet A8+) with BTT SKR Mini V3.0. But i don`t know how to wire. Can you help me?
Hi. Here is a diagram with all the pinouts, it should help. github.com/bigtreetech/BIGTREETECH-SKR-mini-E3/blob/master/hardware/BTT%20SKR%20MINI%20E3%20V3.0/Hardware/BTT%20E3%20SKR%20MINI%20V3.0_PIN.pdf
What display can be used on srk mini e3 v3. Mistakenly i bought btt mini 12864 v1.0 which doesn't match the pin ports on this board. What display should I get...!?
Hi. The standard generic ones that come with many creality printers works fine, or you can get the TFT one that BTT sells. I have a TFT35 and like it a lot.
so i did exactly what you did, i extraced the files into the :c place, i even named the file skrv3, but the first clean build it failed. Any idea why
Hi. What error are you getting? Its should be the first error in the console output.
I never was able to complie and get Marlin to work correctly with my setup (Ender 3v2 with Microswiss DD and hotend). If I started with the example config files it didn't work on the printer at all correctly. If I started with the generic configuration.h and the generic configuration_adv.h files, it would work but the btt filament sensor was always triggered. After a few days trying I gave up and moved to Klipper.
Hi, Thanks for sharing. How have you liked Klipper?
@@3DPrintscape The install process is simular to installing Octoprint. However it took me a couple of hours after that looking in the Klipper online documents, watching videos on YT and taking it a step at a time to setup and get it running correctly. Not havng to compile the FW when making changes is a plus. You just make changes to a config file, save and restart. I am still learning new things all the time that make life easier. Example, just found out about 'screw_tilt_adjust' .. use the BL touch to tell you what is needed to tram the bed is great. If you like DIY'ing and have a Raspberry PI/PI Zero 2 you should defenately look into Klipper.
Can I craft the firmware for my creality CR 5 pro h for BTT SKR mini e3 v3 board? I can not see this model in samples
Hi. Can you ask this question on the discord server, easer to provide help there. The invite is in the video description.
I recently purchased this board in hopes of using it to control my DIY laser.......can you help with a marlin firmware that only controls X, Y and Duel Z. I am using an old JG Aroura A5 as my base machine.
Hi. You should be able to put marlin on it based on the config of the original printer, the dual z axis will be on the same driver though. That will get it to a standard printer that you can add a laser to. From there, you would connect to it with lightburn or whatever software your using.
@@3DPrintscape Thanks, I will try that
So I’m following along with the video, for some reason I can not edit the lines you a saying to. I’m using a Mac if that makes any difference
Hi. Are the lines not there or is it not letting you make the changes? If its not letting you make the changes it sounds like its in read only mode.
@@3DPrintscape not letting me make the changes. I’ll have to take a look at the file information and see what it says. But with me also using the BTT Pad 7 with this board I don’t need to worry about marlin for this board. I would still like to know why I can not make edits to the config file.
It sounds like the file is read only or your account doesn't have permissions to edit it. @@chilson88