According to this Reddit, you can use a Y splitter instead of AMS Hub for multiple AMS. Can someone confirm this?
https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/174au97/comment/kpf7w1p/
Do you mean other than the 100 people in that reddit thread?
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This should also function perfectly fine.
Without the AMS, how would a filament be pulled back onto its spool when it is time for a color change?
Caveman style, sit there and reel it in like a pro bass fisherman. Then feed it like you would a goat.
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WOW! I’d rather spring for the AMS.
A single AMS buffer comes with the printer when you order an AMS combo. Multiple AMS setup is done via daisy chain of data cables, so each chained AMS knows what to do with a single AMS buffer or a AMS Hub. It makes no difference.
This is an alternative solution if you already have a single AMS buffer. But if don’t have a single AMS butter, then it’s better to go with an AMS Hub.
This is based on the assumption that both single and hub use the same electronic board. That is the part that I’m not sure.
I did run two AMS in the past with the “single” AMS Buffer that comes with each AMS with a Splitter/combiner before that buffer and yes it does work ok however for some reason the AMS will feed and retract far longer length of newly loaded filaments with this set-up than it does if you you have it set-up with the multi AMS Hub Buffer.
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The AMS performs the pulling and pushing of filament, there are no motors inside the AMS hub that perform these or similar functions.
That sounds like single butter and hub are not using the same controller board inside. Have you experienced any issue with AMS Hub? I remember the HUD was quite buggy last year.
Definitely a different control boards in the single AMS filament buffer vs the multi filament hub. The latter has filament sensors on each of the 4 entries.
Have not encountered issues with the ams hub.
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