Can you use AMS1 and AMS Pro at the same time

Bambu Lab AMS General discussions
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can you use the original AMS and AMS Pro at the same time on the X1C?

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Yes but note that the drying aspect will not work until the X1C has a new firmware update.

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And apparently drying requires the printer to be on, not sure why.
So it means that if you plan on drying spools for hours (like drying at night) you’ll have to keep the printer on all that time.

It is a break dealer to me, especially with the AMS HT where I was planning on using it for 12-24h to dry specific filament types.

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Thanks for this question, I had the same… in addition, what do I need to do so? I need the AMS Hub (seems there is no new version) and for the drying the power supply. Do I also need the upgrade kit?

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Here is what I hope I can do

I own a X1C with orginal AMS,

I would like to Purchase a HUB and a AMS2pro and use them together for 8 colour printing.

I am not to concerned about heating and drying in the near term future, i just use simple materials in a dry envirnoment… Though its a nice option to have down the road

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You can use them together. You don’t need a hub but I would recommend it for ease of use.

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pretty sure i need a hub, does not matter what printer you have, 8 colours and 2 AMS’s require a hub

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I have 2 AMS units connected to my P1S, you don’t. I still bought one but 8 color printing still worked great with a Y splitter before I got it (it was out of stock for like 3 weeks after I got my second AMS)

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I think I can sort of understand how this works, but do you have a link to some info that i can see how this is handled.

i will probably just buy the hub anyway and stay inside the manufactures recommended suggestions. the only thing I really care about is just making sure that the two AMS’s can work together on the same bus on the X1C. Fr33lab says it works, but am hoping for more confirmation on this before i just go and buy it.

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The AMS hub doesn’t actually rerout the inputs at all, it’s basically just a buffer with a 4 way Y splitter. It does have 4 sensors instead of one since it has 4 inputs but they do the exact same job as the 1 on the buffer. So basically with a y splitter you are just combining them before the sensor instead of them needing seperate sensors. I can promise you it works just like the AMS hub, I had no issues with 8 color printing when I used the Y splitter.

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BB is correct. You absolutely (currently) don’t need an AMS hub.

I bought the inexpensive 4-to-1 splitter from the store and have that before the AMS buffer. He’s an example of what it looks like (taken from Makerworld)
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I guess it’s theoretically possible that BL could stop this working with a firmware update, since the AMS hub has separate hall sensors on each input.