X1C Carbon camera & lighting

[k.dalby]

Hi all,
Does anyone know if the fitted camera ( or picture from it ) can be zoomed in?
Also is there anything that people have done to improve the lighting on the bed as it appears to be very low on my printer and seeing anything around the nozzle print area is impossible.!!!
( note: I am not a techy person so the less I have to faff about with the better LOL ).
See the picture grab from current video.

[mr1952]

Light: I bought a ring light which I placed on top of the glass. That light is usually used for smartphone.
Costs abt Euro 10

[k.dalby]

Do you remember the link for that? Thx

[mr1952]

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B08BHXPT9M/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 this one

[k.dalby]

Thanks mate, I appreciate it

[Chris]

As far as I know there is no way to zoom in with the camera. And yes, the lighting is dim to say the least. There are other people who have added lighting though there have also been some reports that the added lighting makes it hard for the LiDar to work properly.

Whether the Lidar is really that important or not is also something that up for debate.

[k.dalby]

Hi Chris, I would not have the " extra " lighting turned on for the calibrations just run it for the videos and general overwatch and maintenance. cheers

[Chris]

That’s one thing I’d like to see in the “X2”… add more lighting but have it controlled by the printer itself. If the Lidar needs it to be dimmer, then turn off part of the lighting, then when calibration is done, turn on all the lights.

[johnhdk61]

Done the same on mine, gives really good light in the chamber

[robandwend]

I designed this light insert that slides under the rim of the ams
https://www.printables.com/model/320939-bambulabs-ams-attached-lightbar

[k.dalby]

Hi mate, where did you get the lights from ??? thanks

[johnhdk61]

Hi bought a selfie-led-ring light, took out the led part and lay it flat on the glass
Bought at a local supermarket, but think you can find it anywhere they sell small electronics

[k.dalby]

cheer John, much appreciated

[Jonathan]

Thx very much for this nice design!
Is it possible to make one that fit on the backside of the AMS? I printed it twice, one for the front and one for the back, but on the back it does not fit.

You can print this without support on a bambu lab X1. (PLA)
I used a Eurodomest ledstrip 300 led, 5m, warm white with remote E 12,95 from the Action (Netherlands). You can cut this led strip in pieces.
I would like to have a led strip on the front and back of the AMS.

[afp316]

@Chris I was just wondering about adding lights and started to think the BL must have made it so dim for a reason (as you imply regarding the Lidar). I wonder if there’s a way to write some start gcode that can turn off LED’s that have been added aftermarket then turn the light back on after the flow calibration (if you enable the flow calibration of course).

[gerardmartinez1998]

Bambu Lab X1 Specific G-Code

Right now there’s no documentation from Bambu around what standard and non-standard G-code commands can be used on the X1 series of printers. As for the standard commands, this Marlin cross reference is great but please note that Bambu doesn’t implement all of it, and some things that are implemented behave a bit different than stated there. This will be a constantly evolving thread to document these until Bambu publishes some official documentation. Some things are certain, some things may be…

M960 S5 P0/1 Bambu Lab toolhead logo light off/on

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Here are the different codes for the lights, fans… I don’t know how to tell it to turn off the logo light when calibrating the print and turn it back on once it’s done.
If someone has achieved it please explain how, thank you very much.

Aqui estan los diferentes codigos para las luces, ventiladores… No se como indicarle que apague la luz del logotipo al calibrar la impresión y que se vuelva a encender una vez termine.
Si alguien lo ha logrado por favor que explique cómo, muchas gracias.

[Flashy_DE]

hmm… put the fan code before and after these lines:

M960 S5 P0 ; Switch Bambu Lab printhead logo light off

;=========== laser and rgb calibration =========== 
M400
M18 E
M500 R

M973 S3 P14

G1 X120 Y1.0 Z0.3 F18000.0;Move to first extrude line pos
T1100
G1 X143.0 Y1.0 Z0.3 F18000.0;Move to first extrude line pos

M400 P100

M960 S1 P1
M400 P100
M973 S6 P0; use auto exposure for horizontal laser by xcam
M960 S0 P0

G1 X240.0 Y6.0 Z0.3 F18000.0;Move to vertical extrude line pos
M960 S2 P1
M400 P100
M973 S6 P1; use auto exposure for vertical laser by xcam
M960 S0 P0

;=========== handeye calibration ======================
M1002 judge_flag extrude_cali_flag
M622 J1

    M973 S3 P1 ; camera start stream
    M400 P500
    M973 S1 
    G0 F6000 X40.000 Y54.500 Z0.000 
    M960 S0 P1
    M973 S1
    M400 P800
    M971 S6 P0
    M973 S2 P16000
    M400 P500 
    G0 Z0.000 F12000
    M960 S0 P0
    M960 S1 P1 
    G0 Y37.50 
    M400 P200
    M971 S5 P1 
    M960 S0 P0
    M960 S2 P1 
    G0 Y54.50 
    M400 P200 
    M971 S5 P3 
    G0 Z0.500 F12000
    M960 S0 P0
    M960 S1 P1 
    G0 Y37.50 
    M400 P200
    M971 S5 P2 
    M960 S0 P0
    M960 S2 P1 
    G0 Y54.50 
    M400 P500 
    M971 S5 P4 
    M963 S1 
    M400 P1500 
    M964 
    T1100 
    G0 F6000 X40.000 Y54.500 Z0.000 
    M960 S0 P1
    M973 S1
    M400 P800
    M971 S6 P0
    M973 S2 P16000
    M400 P500 
    G0 Z0.000 F12000
    M960 S0 P0
    M960 S1 P1 
    G0 Y37.50 
    M400 P200
    M971 S5 P1 
    M960 S0 P0
    M960 S2 P1 
    G0 Y54.50 
    M400 P200 
    M971 S5 P3 
    G0 Z0.500 F12000
    M960 S0 P0
    M960 S1 P1 
    G0 Y37.50 
    M400 P200
    M971 S5 P2 
    M960 S0 P0
    M960 S2 P1 
    G0 Y54.50 
    M400 P500 
    M971 S5 P4 
    M963 S1 
    M400 P1500 
    M964 
    T1100 
    G1 Z3 F3000 

    M400
    M500 ; save cali data

M960 S5 P1 ; Switch Bambu Lab printhead logo light on

[indi.bmw]

It would be even better to see a bolt-on upgrade for the X1/X1C from BL, of course controlled by the printer itself.