Questions tagged [bltouch]
For questions about the BLTouch automatic leveling sensor for 3D Printers.
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How to properly maintain BLTouch probe?
I recently obtained a used Creality CR-10S Pro V2. This is my first 3D printer, so there's a lot to learn. The firmware is stock and up to date. I have an occasional issue where sometimes when homing, ...
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How to set up BLTouch properly on custom-built Delta with Marlin 2.1.x?
My delta printer is a remix of the AsterMax Delta printer extended volume extra solid frame. I had it perfectly working with Marlin 1.1.9. Upgraded to 2.1.2.5 and encountered an issue with BLTouch: ...
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BLTouch probing in mid air [duplicate]
I bought an Ender 3 v2 off a friend because he wanted to upgrade and I wanted to try getting into 3D printing (slightly relevant). He had a few upgrades on it, including a BLTouch. I printed 2 prints ...
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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 ...