A1 mini and BLV BMCU370c ams

New to 3D printing and this forum. I have an A1 mini printer and have added a BLV BMCU 370c ams module. Generally it works well on standard printer firmware 1.07.02 and standard firmware on the ams unit.

The problem I have is that when I send a print to it with all filaments retracted the filament selected is pushed into the hot end, waits a few seconds and then is retracted again and I get a failed to load error message. I can manually feed to filament and hit play and it will then print.

I can also load any filament before sending the print file and it then retracts the filament, loads the correct filament and then prints correctly.

Does anyone have this problem or the solution.

Thanks.

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It migh be I’m wrong, but in the installation instructions I had a strong warning that the supported firmware on the A1 mini is 01.05.00.00 only…

Thanks for the reply but the latest firmware in the bmcu appears to Support A1 mini firmware 1.07.02

Thanks, nice to know :fu:I’ll check the BMCU FW a little bit later

Search for BMCU-C-PJARCZAK on GitHub

I have the same problem with the TreeTribe AMS, and I managed to figure out what causes it. During the start of a new print (when the filament was already used and is still in the PTFE tube), the filament is fed into the hotend before it heats up to the proper temperature. After modifying the G-code so that the hotend heats up to 250 °C (the same temperature used during manual loading and unloading), the problem disappeared.

Gcode:

M109 S[nozzle_temperature_initial_layer]
M104 S250

change to

M109 S[nozzle_temperature_initial_layer]
M109 S250

Hi, I’m having the same issue here. Did you manage to find a fix?