The following functions do not work in LAN-only mode.
SD card access
Handy app
Firmware updates
The first two shouldn’t require internet access at all. Firmware updates obviously have to be downloaded from the internet. The current method of updating is:
Disable LAN mode
Log back in using Bambu handy
Download and install update
Re-enable LAN mode
Reconnect printer to slicer, as the access code has changed (maybe it should be stored on the SD card to survive updates)
Possible ways to solve this are:
Allow users to manually install updates from the SD card.
Allow printers in LAN-only mode to connect to the internet to download updates.
I think what most people want from LAN-only mode is simply to not send files to Bambu and back when the printer is only a few feet away, rather than not connecting to the internet at all. It wouldn’t be unreasonable to access the internet for updates.
Ideally, LAN mode shouldn’t be needed at all. Bambu Studio/Handy should attempt to connect directly to the printer by default, and only use Bambu servers if it’s unable to, e.g., when not on the same LAN. This would retain the advantages of LAN mode while still being able to remotely monitor prints.
I’d like to see this also.
I just disagree with you in this point:
Ideally, LAN mode shouldn’t be needed at all. Bambu Studio/Handy should attempt to connect directly to the printer by default, and only use Bambu servers if it’s unable
If I don’t want it to use the cloud, I don’t want it to use the cloud no matter what happens. If I want to start printing outside my network, I than need to create a VPN.
Yes, I agree. It should of course have been accessible from Studio as well, but since you can access it over LAN (in any mode) it isn’t completely inacessible, as one might think after reading the OP.
I too want full access to my printer when in lan mode. I hate using the cloud for security reasons. It also slows things down even further. When I am sending a 70M print file, I dont want to send it to the cloud, and then back down, and then through my wifi, again.
And I want access to the SD card stuff as well.
I do all my work from my pc, so being forced to “use the App” is a pain.
Another slightly frustrated user here.
I recently aquired the A1 with AMS and I absolutely love the printer!
But I do not want to use a cloud service, especially for things, that are absolutely unnecessary to use external servers.
I do not necessarily need App-Access, but I want all the features to be available in Bambu Studio in LAN-mode.
I also have a problem where I constantly have to re-connect Bambu Studio to the printer by entering the code from the LAN-only page again and again.
Don’t get me wrong. I love the printer and the UX is really great for almost everything. And I suppose there are many users which don’t have a problem using the cloud. I just would love to be able to fully use my fabulous printer without using a cloud service.
You can’t read the SD card data in LAN mode from Bambu Studio. There’s zero reason for this to be honest. If you can access it via cloud in Bambu Studio, then you should be able to access it in LAN mode. There’s no logical reason for this functionality to be gated behind a cloud service.
There are workarounds, sure… but this is a unnecessary step that requires extra software and knowledge for most users, when it could be handled within Bambu Studio.
Oh, and i just found out: cancelling a failed object (“Skip Objects” in Bambu Lab Speak) is also only possible through the App (and therefore with cloud connection) on the A1 and P1 series. This sucks big time!
Please, Bambu Labs, where is the reason? Please add this to Bambu Studio.
I did not understand why you would need those programs. They only allow file transfer, no other control on printer. When the print finishes turn of the printer take the SD card and put it to card reader transfer files. Put back the SD car and turn on printer.
no matter what happens. If I want to start printing outside my network, I than need to create a VPN.
