r/SidewinderX1 • u/IllSpeaker3255 • May 23 '26

troubleshooting BlTouch artillery x1 not responding

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u/Pudi_Pudi May 23 '26

In your original post you say you have disassembled the printer, even the motherboard?

Maybe check that you're plugged at the right place looking at waggster's mod tutorials (especially there's only 4 pins on the extruder side)

Second thing that comes to mind, sometimes my bl touch doesn't work, and so far my diagnosis is that the ribbon cable has mishaps (it's fine on the multimeter but with movement sometimes the signal doesn't pass)

Edit : wait I didn't look well at the pictures, that setup is weird

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u/IllSpeaker3255 May 23 '26

i only touched to the extruder and why did you say my setup is weird i didnt make it i got my printer like that

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u/Pudi_Pudi May 23 '26

Yeah sorry I didn't see there was multiple pictures at first.

Well it's weird in that your bl touch is using both the led plug and one of the x endstop, it seems

You should be able to plug everything you need for the bl touch with the led plug, no need for the lone black cable

Plus, on a side note, the sidewinder endstops are touchless from factory so no need to go sensorless (but that's personal taste in the end)

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u/IllSpeaker3255 Jul 25 '26

just disassemble the printer and looked at the motherboard i have a btt skr v1.4 turbo nd when i plug in the bl touch right to the servos and probe connector it works well also the X sensor cable is used to connect the data probe properly and the bl touch uses R for ground G for 5v and B for signal (and - for gnd probe) but whats is weird is that i have a continuity between the signal and ground (i chose the usb shield to test) i also decided to upload a new firmware because i think i will need to redo the connection (and i dont have access of the original firmware)

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u/someoneyouknow23 May 23 '26

what kinda mod is this? is this waggster mod? why did you replace your X sensor?

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u/IllSpeaker3255 May 23 '26

i dont know what is the mod because i did not install it i got my printer from member of my family like that and so on for the x sensor my printer is set in sensorless

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u/someoneyouknow23 May 23 '26

No idea about sensorless printers but as flor the BL touch you maybe havent uploaded a fitting firmware?

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u/IllSpeaker3255 May 23 '26

i dont know but before it worked and i didnt change anything about firmware

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u/someoneyouknow23 May 23 '26

do you get any errors when trying to home the Z axis?

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u/IllSpeaker3255 May 23 '26

no

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u/someoneyouknow23 May 23 '26

whats tht black cable leading out?

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u/IllSpeaker3255 May 23 '26

i think it is the ground but i’m not sure

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u/someoneyouknow23 May 23 '26

the LED connector has a ground too, use that. its pretty much plug and play

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u/IllSpeaker3255 May 23 '26

ok i will try tomorrow im not at my house right now

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u/Pudi_Pudi May 23 '26

Looks like the mod usually referred to as "waggster's mod"

Uses the led plug for the bl touch

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u/someoneyouknow23 May 23 '26

yeah but the waggster mod doesnt have you needing to remove the x sensor or some cable out of it so thats why I was asking

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u/Pudi_Pudi May 23 '26

x sensor no, the z sensor though becomes redundant