Feature Request - Turn Off AMS Lights When in Standby

Bambu Lab AMS
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Again, as per my post many moons ago, was wondering if it’d be possible to request that the AMS Lights turn off when printer is in stand-by?

Mainly due to part longevity - of the I only ask again here because i’ve noticed if the printer is left on for a while idle, the lights sometime tend to ‘surge’ (ie. almost flicker randomly) which may indicate a voltage fluctuation.

My Original Post from Mid-Jan '23 here:

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Seconded. Switching off the fan after a certain period of time would help too.

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Yes, i added that exact request as well to my other post earlier…

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Yes, they’ve come part of the way with the recent firmware update (turning the fans off) - but for some reason, lights (print head and AMS) lights still stay lit…

Maybe just a case of baby-steps. :slight_smile:

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+1 on this. What am I even pressing the “power button” for if it can’t even turn off the lights? Give us an option to only turn them on when printer is “on” or printing.

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Yes. This feature needs to be added. It’s basic off function to turn lights off.

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+1 As somebody who had their printer in their bedroom, its quite annoying to not be able to turn the AMS and hotend lights off.

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According to the Bambu Lab X! Specific g-Code thread you can turn off the hot end light I’ve been meaning to try this.

You could print little caps to cover the leds on the AMS or just use black electrical tape…

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+1 here, too. Would love to see this as an option.

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+1 from me too. It seems so simple and obvious that I’m surprised it hasn’t been done already. It would help to extend the life of certain parts and it would help the environment a little. I find myself using a smart plug to turn it on/off when I use it remotely.

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My X1-C lives in my shed and all the unnecessary lighting during overnight printing, as well as Standby just attracts unwanted flying and crawling insects… so then arachnids show up… I’m nervous what comes next to hunt them! :wink:

Dark-mode feature request pls

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Best reason ever for this feature. And +1 for me as well.

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Can we get this for the A1 too? Like I can turn off the startup and print completed sound effect in settings, but not any of the lights.

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Its a simple firmware change bambu please make it happen :pray:

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+1 for me, but leave the 24v pins alone, they drive my M-1J1R Solid State Dehumidifier.

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Adding my vote in! Or at least let me control it. I like it as an office night light but wouldn’t mind controlling brightness or pulsing

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Same, it would be very nice to be able to turn them off.

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Yes please, I can work in the print room at night with lights off from all the unnecessary lights on the printers and AMSsssss

I can turn off the toolhead light in code - The AMS units (or the X1/P series I guess) has a memory, give us some options

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I also ask for the possibility of turning off these LEDs!
Unbearable at night in a room…

Several possibilities:

  • Turn off when the printer is on standby (best)
  • Turn off turn on or turn off at the same time as the LED strip.
  • Have a dedicated button in the application with possible settings such as intensity etc.

Please just do an update! :pray:t2:

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@Oddity3D how do you turn off the toolhead light in code on your X1C?

I understand the GCode to toggle the toolhead LED is;

M960 S5 P0; Bambu Lab toolhead logo light off
M960 S5 P1; Bambu Lab toolhead logo light on

But how do you actually send this to the printer?

Very often either when I stop a print even before it starts to print or after finishing some prints the toolhead LED is left on only to be turned off following the next print job if I am lucky.

I would love a simple solution to be able to send GCode or something to turn the toolhead LED off.

In fact when it finished my last print yesterday the LED has been on ever since and will stay on until the completion of the next successful 3D print job.

Thanks & kind regards,
-=Glyn=-