I’ve read a lot of people say that after they upgrade theirs there’s no difference, but I know that’s anecdotal and really have no idea. If it was an upgraded light that connected to the control board as a replacement, wouldn’t it function the same with on/off as the original like @Avgils said?
The stock light doesn’t turn off during calibration and can’t be controlled via g-code.
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The standard lighting is so dim that the Lidar is not bothered by it. However, you don’t see much, especially with the door closed.
ON YOUR OWN RISK!
you can use the ams port:
further information about the cable/port:
https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/x1/troubleshooting/ams-power-failure
Careful with strip LEDs. They can pull quite a bit of power.
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AFAIK the chamber light is not (yet?) controllable via G-Code. That’s the beauty of solutions like BLLED. They use MQTT to determine the state of the light.
However, when you want to tinker, you can control the light via MQTT youself as I stated here
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Just bought the same x1c led bar again, a friend made a y split cable and so i lookes like the led bars from the x1e. Goes on and Off Like the normal lamp and doesnt influence the lidar.
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That is a great idea. Wish I knew how to make the cable mod you’re talking about.
If i remind, i can make tomorrow a picture of the cable, its a y Split cable 2 from the connector you See in Shopping Page. 2 Male to 1 female If i femind right, Just need to Cut 2/3 Clips, but still hold on its own
Interesting. Thank you. I’m going to have to run this by some people I work with who are more knowledgeable. If I can figure it out, I’d like to do the same. How’d you mount the 2nd one? Did you design a bracket yourself or use something pre-made?
Theres Like 1 hole in the frame there whats suiting the slidelock in the Led bar, Just need to Cut thrnother 2 away from the Led bar. Holds fine.
You need to Cut following plastic pieces away (better Check one time before, Just Out of my mind), (Just dont the cable itself obv) 
then it will Slide and Lock in the frame by its own.
From the Cam with 1 more bar
Ordered another light bar and going to give it a try. Thanks!
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Do you happen to know what size those JST connectors are? I’d prefer not to cut the stock wires if I can help it.
Thanks,
pete
I use one of these, it plugs into the stock 2 pin connector that the useless OEM LED is usually plugged in to, its nice and bright.
The plug confuses me.
Bambu rates it at 300ma
Bambu rates the USB port at 1.5A
I ran that exact light on each plug to test.
The USB got really warm, the pcb as well.
When using the tiny plug it didn’t, everything stayed cool.
The USB port is always rated at 5V so 1.5A is 7.5w.
Maybe that port is 300ma at 24v? which works out to 7.2w
But it’s outputting 5v, isn’t it? Haven’t actually measured