X1E now supports offline firmware update

BambuLab · July 24, 2024, 11:21am

The latest firmware release for the X1E implemented the offline MicroSD firmware upgrade support, for customers that wish to keep their printers offline. Our team is already working on implementing the same feature for the X1C and then, for the A1 and P1 series, in the following months

Guy_with_a_3d_printe · July 24, 2024, 11:39am

This is great, can’t wait for it to come to the P1S

ProtoSpyre · July 24, 2024, 11:53am

I hadn’t even thought that I wasn’t able to do this lol. This would potentially help eliminate upgrade failures also since it wouldn’t be downloading/installing but a simple SD > Install.

Bravo! Bambu Lab!

drakko · July 24, 2024, 12:04pm

That’s a long overdue… and long awaited for, firmware update. Looking forward to see it released for, and run on my X1C asap…

Rob2000000 · July 24, 2024, 2:47pm

Sounds good - will look forward to it on the A1 Mini along with downloadable firmware versions

Alex-S · July 24, 2024, 5:45pm

Any updates on finally allowing to connect by IP to a printer?

In my opinion, this is even worse than having no offline updates. Who cares about firmware updates, if you can’t even use your printer without running additional scripts outside BambuStudio, or using microSD like in the stone-age.

If the printer’s SSDP packet cannot be received by the slicer due to the network setup, no printer is available. Only with a script to send a fake SSDP packet, containing the printer’s IP address, from localhost to localhost, it is possible to use the printer in LAN only mode.

Almost two years and still not possible to connect by IP

github.com/bambulab/BambuStudio

Add device by IP address, without needing to trigger a connection error first

opened 06:58PM - 29 Mar 23 UTC

etec-masterofsynapse

feature

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** In v1.4.2, t…he functionality to give the software the IP address of the printer after a connection error occurred, was added. But this isn't very helpful if a new user connects to a printer for the first time and wants to do it via IP address directly. **Describe the solution you'd like** It would be better to always have this option, available for example via the device tab and the +-menu, where the wiki link currently is. **Additional context** Screenshot of menu for adding the new feature: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/59238423/228640442-ce024fde-b2e2-4886-8e76-38304878c092.png)

github.com/bambulab/BambuStudio

Ability to enter IP of Printer(s)

opened 01:49AM - 09 Aug 23 UTC

TheCableGuy99

feature

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** Yes, I've st…arted to use LAN mode now video is supported. But the printers reside on a separate IoT subnet where scanning is not allowed and therefore printers cannot be auto-discovered. **Describe the solution you'd like** The ability to enter the IP address of the printer and it allows it to be a different subnet. For example, if my PC is on 192.168.1.10 and one of the printers is on 192.168.2.10 then I can enter rhis and it stores it until I decide to edit it. This must support multiple printers. **Describe alternatives you've considered** Putting my PC and printer on the same subnet and allowing scanning is the only way to get LAN mode working that I can see. **Additional context** I think the above is clear enough but please let me know if you need any further clarification.

github.com/bambulab/BambuStudio

Make LAN-only mode actually usable

opened 04:51PM - 17 Jul 24 UTC

UltraBlackLinux

feature

LAN-only mode is an absolutely crippled feature: - [ ] #4026 - [ ] #3210 - [… ] #3272 - [ ] #2232 - [ ] #1491 - [ ] #1429 - [ ] #4295 - [ ] #3387 - [ ] #3098 - [ ] #1839 Why would you prefer online features over local LAN features? I don't need (nor want) an app on my phone to control my printer, and I doubt I'm the only person with this opinion. Most of the time when you're printing something you're probably within arm's reach of the printer. Why all these networking features? Why do I need to remotely move my printer's toolhead while on the road? If I need to intervene with the printing process then I'll probably need to get physical access to the printer as well. You can't take a bad print off the build-plate using the toolhead, so what's the point? (Speculation) Is this internet "requirement" just intended to allow Bambu to easily track almost everything the user does with their device? Maybe I just don't want to passively share all of this... (yes, yes. Some of this is opt-in, but even worse: some of it is opt-out. Then there's the question if the printer and software adhere to what I chose) ![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/48e62754-556b-4ae7-a0ae-685f8ee3d763) (I find it ridiculous that some contributors here argue that some networking features have issue XYZ because the "server infrastructure costs money". The cost of collecting and storing all of this tracked data must be enormous in comparison) Please, fix LAN-only mode so that it doesn't almost suspiciously often hold you back. I'm grateful that it does exist and won't turn the printer into e-waste if Bambulab ever seizes to exist but sadly it's currently barely usable.

bradsjm · July 26, 2024, 6:32pm

It doesn’t seem to work if you have multiple slicer windows open either, only the first instance receives the SSDP advertisements, open additional windows and go to devices and there is nothing there. Why doesn’t it properly share the list between windows? Why did no one test this basic capability? Why isn’t it using MDNS like nearly every other modern IOT device (e.g. ESPHome)?

Why not simply just open source the slicer network plugin so the community can fix these problems for you! Its not like we don’t already know how it communicates via MQTT so there is no reason not to publish it IMHO.