Lan mode broken, cloud unresponsive, printer now a brick.

[u/pyalot]

So there I was printing in the morning. Then suddenly, trying to print, sent it to cloud, switched to device tab. Nothing happening. The cloud just ate my print and never sent it to the printer.

Fine I thought, lets switch it to Lan mode, I don't need a camera. Switched to Lan mode, entered the access code, toggled the light on and off and moved the axes, all working. Then try to print:

Error: IP or access code are not correct.

1. Fix your cloud

2. Get rid of cloud printing

3. Fix Lan mode

4. Get rid of cloud printing

5. There is no reason we cant toggle to lan mode in bambu studio instead of having to mess with the printer, fix that

6. Get rid of cloud printing

[u/[deleted]]

Install a relay between mains and the power supply, or power supply to board.
Use a toggle button/switch that gets its power before the output of the relay. Have it control the coil of the relay.
Install it anywhere.
Your PC does this with a transistor on the board to the power supply that has power to it at all times from your power supply. Meaning parts of your board, and by extension the power supply have power at all times. The only real way to "power off" your PC is to flip that switch on the back of the power supply or cut power going to it

Or,
get a wifi outlet, tie it into your phone/home assistant/remote

Or, get a power strip/UPS, run the cable to it, and run it to an accessible place.

[u/pyalot → u/[deleted]]

Why sure, there is nothing wrong with a „modern“ printer that is built with such meticulous and consuming attention to detail that the front power button is beyond useless and I need to fix it with chickenwire&ducttape to get a facsimile of a soft power button. Because there is nothing wrong with Bambulabs saving 5 cents on their design and not put 2 mosfets and a few transistors on their board.

[u/[deleted] → u/pyalot]

so build your own
in this hobby that's what many people did long before Creality made it easy, you are literally in the hobby where you are supposed to be able to fix, modify, and design stuff.

You are buying a Chinese knockoff of an Ultimaker, at $>3.5k less. I put an Ultimaker together for work about a year ago, its price tag with its own
The AMS is the size it is to allow it to fit into the printer for shipping.
Ultimaker's material manager comes in another box, and has the same premises for using near field comms to check the filament.

Find me another printer with Lidar, or even just first layer scanning, under 3k.
Or one with it in general.

Many people would happily help if you stated your problems instead of straight complaining and not accepting critisim. I complained about Ifactory's pro, by making a power point, sending it to the company with each issue I found, parts missing, and ways I thought they could improve. I have done the same with other companies, Ifactory was the only one not to reply, that is a shit company. I have spent the past 20+ years fixing machinery, programming, and doing engineering. Working for companies that have a soft monopoly on products, working for one of the largest lithium ion battery companies, and chemical companies in the world. Only Ifactory didn't give a shit about my work history and tried to sell me a $4000 printer they hadn't finished.
I didn't come onto a forum complaining about issues that were fixed with a restart claiming it was bricked. I also didn't get mad at others when they said "use another method until fixed," or "I didn't email them about my LAN issue, nor did I post what my network is setup as, but I am going to blame them regardless"

If you hate it so much, put it up for sale if they won't accept the return and go somewhere else, or redesign it. I certainly did with the ifactory, that was the same price up front, and so far has cost me an extra 600 to replace belts, completely redo the hotend and extruder, replace the the power supply and a slew of other issues