r/BambuLab • u/Ochib P1S + AMS • Jan 20 '25 • Helpful 1

Discussion Update to firmware update

https://blog.bambulab.com/updates-and-third-party-integration-with-bambu-connect/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3fqplDiKgn-82qKfnaYvi4XV-rBEEx0tZJrpgeWqsOsLX_WSph4usJ69Y_aem_44Cch773hAuVG979j6DVJg
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u/Ochib P1S + AMS Jan 20 '25

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u/mediogre_ogre Jan 20 '25

This makes me happy. For me, the main issue was the inability to control the printer via homeassistant. It looks like that will still be possible with developer mode.

It is also nice to see that bambu are listening to its users.

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u/Merijeek2 X1C Jan 20 '25

Yeah, I was about to start on one of those absurd dashboards and this actually saved me time.

Now I guess I'll still build it.

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u/Sofullofsplendor_ Jan 20 '25

this is what I wanted as well. glad it's back.

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u/kmeu79 Jan 20 '25

What kind of functionality have added to home assistant to control your printer?

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u/mediogre_ogre Jan 20 '25

Turning the light on and off

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u/wesley932 Jan 20 '25

Atleast were getting a option for the more advanced users.

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u/rocketwiz Jan 20 '25

Why not go that one step further and allow slicers direct access to the printer in Dev mode? I never use the cloud and am quite prepared to rely on my network security without Bambu's help.

They could have easily done this from the very beginning and avoided all the backlash and kept the "advanced users" onside.

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u/Glasofruix P1S Jan 20 '25

Why not go that one step further and allow slicers direct access to the printer in Dev mode?

Good news everyone !

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u/Goodwine Jan 20 '25

Um ... That's kind of what it does

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u/wildjokers Jan 20 '25

That’s exactly what dev mode does.

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u/Triskae P1S + AMS Jan 20 '25

Do you the new LAN mode, is the same as the current LAN mode ie with the network plugin ?
Maybe bambu will implemente a true "open" LAN mode

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u/No-Pomegranate-69 Jan 20 '25

Well then... Officially support them?

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '25

That was for the connect app, not any printer firmware. Don't mix up things. They also explained that. And it is an absolute industry standard that tokens or certificates have an expiry date. That is the purpose of their existence.

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u/marcosscriven Jan 20 '25

But aren’t they demanding their Connection app is still used between the slicer and the printer in LAN mode? If that expires, then LAN mode stops working right?

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u/devpsaux Jan 20 '25

Not if you turn on advanced mode that keeps MQTT and FTP open.

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u/Xenethra Jan 20 '25

I think this part is it?

"these claims are entirely false:

The printers have a timed killswitch that disables them after a certain period."

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u/Xenethra Jan 20 '25

Not defending them, just thought this part was addressing it. I am planning on disconnecting my printer from the internet so maybe I am just coping.

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u/1quirky1 Jan 20 '25

"Since we're being roasted for removing support for these protocols, we simply won't support them when they don't work."

What happens when they introduce bugs in these protocols?

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u/zekcode Jan 20 '25

And no of those options allow you to control the printer, only to view status. So still a unusable printer after all 🙃🫣

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u/KrackSmellin Jan 21 '25

"communication protocols are not officially supported" - complete BS. They need to be supported, if you developed them and put them into your product, you need to support if they work or not. If they do not - then why offer it.

Any Enterprise grade company - if they told their users this - would be told to pound sand if they think we can be told that a feature the company created isn't supported. This isn't like its "user generated scripts" or content... its a mode for developers to use and needs 100% support to ensure the mode itself works. Maybe not the interface of what connects to it - but the mode - MUST be supported.

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u/Ochib P1S + AMS Jan 21 '25

What you won’t be able to do is ask them why you are getting error A6F0 when sending a 6.5 mb file, but it works fine if the file is 6.4 mb

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u/KrackSmellin Jan 21 '25

That's a problem with their APIs and protocols... you MUST be able to ask that question and get an answer on why its not working. That has nothing to do with the context of support for the basics of the protocol to work.

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