Questions tagged [bltouch]
For questions about the BLTouch automatic leveling sensor for 3D Printers.
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BLTouch problem with pin deployment
I bought and installed and uploaded the BLTouch firmware from Antclabs. When I click "level bed" it moves to homing the X and Y axes to 0 and to the middle but the probe does not extend (...
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Printer keeps going down when BLTouch activates during auto homing (4.2.2 board)
When I auto home my Ender 3 Pro, it does its usual thing where it goes to the corner and then comes to the middle. Although, when it goes down and the BLT activates, the nozzle keeps going down ...
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Poor first layer even after careful calibration
I am using Klipper on a modified Wanhao Duplicator i3 (Monoprice Maker Select V2) featuring a BLTouch probe. I am working through the painstaking process of bed leveling, but even though Klipper seems ...
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What do I need to configure to get Marlin to run an Ender 3 Pro with CR Touch?
I have an Ender 3 Pro, board version 4.2.2, and a CR Touch with 5 pin connector. I also removed the z-axis endstop connector at the endstop.
I've been building and flashing Marlin 2.1.2.2, but I haven'...
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What's the accuracy and reliability difference between BLTouch, CRTouch and 3D touch?
What are the differences between the bed leveling probes BLTouch, CRTouch and 3DTouch in terms of reliability and accuracy?
Is there some kind of benchmark available? Also, how often should the ...
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How can microswitch-based automatic bed leveling probes be possibly reliable and accurate?
I just discovered automatic bed leveling (ABL) probes that only use a microswitch.
For example, the FreeABL as shown below:
Source: Thingiverse.com
Or, the magnet mounted KlackEnder as shown below:
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Is the BFPTouch interchangable with the BLTouch for mriscoc firmware without custom changes to Marlin?
I have two Creality Ender 3 V2 printers with a version 4.2.2 board. One printer has the official CRTouch, and one is nearly original without a probe. I found a similar product, a DIY project called ...
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Ender 3 v2 with CR Touch/BLTouch moving down but not up
My Ender 3 v2 with a CR Touch/BLTouch installed is only moving down, but not up!
The display shows P Endstop when I try to move below around halfway up the gantry. ...
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Absolute Z values not 0 at print surface after auto homing with CR-Touch
I recently installed the CR-Touch onto my CR10-V3 printer. I updated my firmware to Marlin 2.1.2M and set my probe offsets and selected level bed which checked 81 points on the print bed and it said ...
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G29 Sometimes fails - Defective probe?
I have the issue that G29 does work as expected but then fails a couple of times at different measuring points after taht it succeeds again.
So I decided to enable ...
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Problems with BLTouch on Ender 3 Pro
I have had some issues with my Ender 3 Pro (v4.2.2 motherboard). The BLTouch decided to just probe the air. It had been working quite fine until one day when it stopped. IDK if this helps, but I have ...
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Should I calibrate Z-offset so that Z = 0 has the nozzle touching the bed?
When calibrating my printer and configuring my slicer there are many different values that can affect the final distance between the print bed and the nozzle for the first layer. I'm trying to figure ...
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Ender 3 BLTouch not working with BigTreeTech SKR mini e3 or stock motherboard
When my Ender 3 was on the stock motherboard, I went through two BLTouch sensors. In both cases, we had the same result: sometimes, when homing with the sensor, the printer would jam the gantry down ...
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Ender-3 Pro Factory reset/BLTouch Setup
I bought the BLTouch and followed the instructions to install it, but it ended up not working. After installing the new firmware, the screen started bugging out (pixels being out of place, always ...
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How to see BLTouch probing results?
How do I view the results from the BLTouch probing on my Ender 3?
I have set up all the firmware and installed the BLTouch fine and it works as expected. But how am I able to see the results of the <...
