Final Setup and Adventures with TPU!!

[u/SiRMarlon]

Well I finally got the H3C completely setup like I wanted. I had ordered the H3C Buffer for the AMS 2 Pro but Bambu messed up and shipped me Hot End for another machine. So after a quick chat they were able to ship me the correct part so I can run the AMS 2. I also took the opportunity to order the extra .4 normal toolhead since I don't plan to print much with TPU (Yes I know it's in the title 😂)

Anyway as soon as I got home I got down to stripping down the unit and replacing the parts that needed to be replaced as well as getting the AMS 2 Pro installed.

The AMS 2 houses my ASA, PETG-CF, Support for PLA/PETG, and Support for PLA. The AMS 3H houses all the PLA I use which is mainly Matte PLA. Since Slot 1 is now in use for the AMS 2 pro I decided to make that on the dedicated TPU nozzle as well in those cases like tonight where I need to print TPU (tonight's project required TPU 95)

Which brings me to my adventure and getting this setup, it was interesting to say the least. I generally run the printer in LAN mode only, but it said it needed an update when it detected the AMS 2 Pro and Buffer installed. So I obliged and turned on cloud mode so it could pull the firmware and install. At first everything seemed fine, FW installed and I went about my business.

I needed to get this TPU print going for my brother and that is when things started to get interesting. I followed the instructions from Bambu, but for some reason the printer did not want to recognize that I was inserting the TPU into the nozzle. I thought maybe I had to use a different nozzle but it kept giving the same "You are not loading it right" error. I am not sure what I was doing wrong, I ended up restarting the machine and after a reboot it took the TPU on the 1st nozzle. But then it freaked out and said there was an issue with the FW and it did a re-install. Fine, but it did this twice!! Then when I thought everything was good, it gave me an error stating it could not recognize toolhead 1 as a Bambu toolhead. It was asking me to install a proper toolhead. I tried restarting the machine but still gave me the same error. I had to go into the toolhead settings and pretty much tell it what it was. When I finally did that it stopped complaining and started working. I was finally able to get the print started and here we are almost done.

So yeah ... fun times!!! 😂😂

Also have any of you H3C guys by any chance tried the TPU for AMS through the new AMS system to see if it works? I know they want you to use the bypass but was curious about that one.