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Hi, about to replace my MKS Gen L on my Ender 5 (original) with an SKR Mini E3 V3. Currently I have the original Ender 5 screen, a 3.5" touch screen at the same time, Hemera direct drive that I am upgrading to a Revo at the same time as all this. Is there anything specific I need to keep in mind when setting up my firmware?
@@systemx17 You will want to pay attention to how the bltouch is wired, make sure the z stop is connected, uncomment EEPROM_INIT_NOW to clear the eeprom, and you may need to adjust the #define X_MIN_POS and #define Y_MIN_POS values if the nozzle isnt center.
i tried following this for my ender 3 pro with skr mini v1.2 and everything works exept the z axis wont go down. do you know what could be going wrong.
@@3DPrintscape after messing around a little bit more and also looking into the original firmware I noticed my mistake. I had put the wrong line behind default_envs. it works now. I just want to thank you for your involvement in the community and your amazing tutorials
Bought the board together with the TFT35 screen to upgrade my Anet AM8 and was struggling a little bit. After watching this video everything was super clear thanks to your small tips and 'common mistake' interludes (these helped a lot). I will do the firmware update as soon as possible! thanks a lot!
Just another thanks for this video! Upgraded my Skr Mini V3 with a CR touch and was having difficulty getting it to work, this video was exactly what I needed, and while I'm still dialling in the Z-offset, I've only managed to get this far thanks to this excellent video. Many thanks, and keep up the good work :D
Bless you for doing this tutorial. I watched numerous vidoes (bad ones) and reviewed lots of redit pages.... You were the only one that I came across that had such a comprehensive editing of the Marlin firmware for the BTT SKR mini e3 v3.
I just bought a SKR Mini E3, V3.0. Proceeded to crash the extruder into the bed first power on, my fault as I disconnected the z-stop. This set up process was tremendous! Thanks so much for walking thru the programming. I'm a newbie to coding. Glad there is replay and a pause button... Links were super helpful.
I have been struggling to even understand this whole concept for months let alone make it work and you achieved both for me in 20 minutes. Thank you - truly, I had almost just completely thrown the towel in
Thanks so much for this video. I happened to be doing this exact upgrade (SKR Mini and CR Touch) and it helped clear up a lot of things since I've never even installed Marlin before. Keep the great videos coming!
I had to do this swap on my Cr10. All I know is 3D design and slicer. Nothing about firmware coding. I have never felt so lost as here. There is a room with dog's turds everywhere. I was blindfolded. You took my hand a lead me across the room. My shoes are clean! Thank you!
I put the V3 board in this morning, yesterday direct drive and 2d z drive. I could not get my board to work all day. Found your site and downloaded, installed, working like it should. Thank you.....
Thanks so much for this video! Just upgraded to the SKR board and couldn't figure out how to get my CR Touch to work. This video got it working perfectly.
I owe you a drink sir. I was able to fix my firmware issues and troubleshoot enough to figure out the CR touch mount isn't quite low enough. Couple of spacers and I'm in business
Great video. I have been struggling with the Z-offset after upgrading the board. Will be trying a custom build this week and see if I can get it dialed in.
@3DPrintscape turned out to be firmware. I did another build with the new 2.1.x-bugfix and it works! Now to troubleshoot stringing issues since switching to Orca Slicer.
Thank you so much for such a complete walk through of how to do this. You have no clue on how many videos that I watched that just say download the marlin firmware you want and install it into your 3d printer and thats it. And that drove me so crazy. You have no clue how many times I went and download the marlin fw and un zipped it and put it on my SD card and tried to run it and nothing happened. So I really appreciate it so much. The only issue I have now is how to install the new creality touchscreen onto the BTT skr e3 v3 and have my new touchscreen work. If you can point me in the right direction I'd greatly appreciate 🙏
Hi. Thanks for the feedback. The creality screen really only works with creality firmware. I messed around for a while and couldnt get it to work with a marlin build.
@@joewynn2445 No, that wont work. Since you already have the SKR i would return the creality screen and get the TFT. IMO the TFT is much better overall.
@@3DPrintscape yeah thats what I figured. I bought the creality 2.4.7 silent motherboard and new touchscreen but they sent it to me without a boot loader and firmware on the motherboard so I decided to just get the BigTreeTech board instead. Now I just wish I got the whole kit for the BTT skr mini board. But do you know if I went with the BTT with octopi mother if that'll fit my printer. As of right now I'm running a raspberry pi zero w 2 and absolutely love it but id love to run the BTT board that has octopi with clipper but I'm not sure if it'll fit my printer. But I have to say, thank you so much for answering so many of my questions I really appreciate you taking the time to respond. Thank you!
Oh my god thank you for this! Everything worked fine after doing this, and you explained everything very clearly, so again, thank you so much! I can finally use my CRtouch!
Just came here to say, THANKS! Struggling to get my BLTouch working with a default 5pin cable on the Mini E3 V3, as the Zhoming was not playing nice. You helped tremendously, and I was able to compile a working version with the most recent Marlin Bug Fix.. Now, I need to look at the changes that were in the DANBP firmware for the V2 board (I loved that), and convert some of those over to this. Appreciate your help!
I saw your video on this board install. In it you mention needing a JST connection for the hot end fan. I did not have one and had to order a giant pack to get some (still waiting for arrival). I just saw another person's Y-tube post and he mentioned that since these wires were previously just continuous power, you could put them under the board power wire screw terminals. This gets you going until you can get a JST connector in hand. I thought it was a good idea, it has worked so far.
Thanks very much for going through the configuration step by step - my first time configuring using VS Code. Was having an issue with my microswiss v1 direct drive and hot end banging into the uprights on the Ender 3 Pro I modded. Was able to follow your guide and get everything straightened out. Yahoo!
Great video for this process! Last time I uploaded firmware was to my very first homemade Prusa Mendel! (2006?) The part about using the configuration files from Bugfix-2.1.x instead of Import-2.1.x was the lifesaver for me! Well done!
Hi Rob, Great video, it really helped me go through all the firmware upgrade! I started printing today and have run into another problem that I thought I would ask about. So it was printing for about 5 minutes maybe and then randomly the 3d printer rebooted all on it's own. Would that be an issue with the power supply? Or where would you start looking?
Hi. That could be powersupply or an issue with the board. I would try another new firmware build in case there was an issue with the bug fix one then look at the power supply.
@@3DPrintscape thanks Rob, you mean looking at an earlier build of the firmware? I noticed that it seemed like the controller fan wasn't working so I changed something there in the firmware and then when I printed the layers weren't sticking to the bed, like it wasn't putting them down properly and the fan on the side of the print head wasn't on.. I am not sure if it is somehow related to my fans and I have messed them up somehow?
Hi. I'm going to tackle this tonight. Any new updates that I need to be aware of before I dive in. Thank you for the awesome content as always! We all love your work!
Hi. Z homing is just setting the z position to zero (or a known location). If you dont have a bltouch the printer will use the z stop for it. If you do, it will use that. Its also worth mentioning that with it the firmware will home to 10mm on the z axis. You will need to set your z offset but that doesnt actually come into play until you print something.
Hey Rob, thank you again as I have reviewed several of your videos while trying to troubleshoot another BTT E3 V3 Replacement board. I think I have finished all the programming now and the only issue I'm having is a lack of motor current, steps per MM, and stealth chop settings not being set on Marlin. I can easily add them after I upload the firmware.bin file to the motherboard, but I was wondering if I could do it in the configuration files before I create the firmware? I started with the ender 3 pro config files.
Hi. I did a quick check and didnt see setting for them in the config files. They get default settings from somewhere, probably a nested config, but changing it at the printer would be faster.
Thanks as usual for the very thorough and informative instructional video. Question unrelated to the E3 V3. I have an E3 V2 which works great, but I'm having difficulty determining the source of a problem with the stepper motors grinding shortly at the extreme (most currently) of my X axis only while performing the bed leveling ( I don't print to the extremes of the print bed so this is likely why I only experience this with the bed probing). This was happening on the Y axis but has changed to the X axis now after I updated my Marlin to the latest Bugfix 2.1x. I have an ender 3 pro heavily modified with a creality sprite pro extruder and a BTT SKR mini e3 v2. No problems with printing or overall operation, only the short grinding of the X stepper when the bed moves to the right front corner. I do notice that the extruder is probing extremely close to the front edge of the build plate all along the X0 Y0 through the X235 Y0 edge. I have the default X_BED_SIZE and Y_BED_SIZE at 235, even though this is the extreme of the build platform and not realistic for the printable area. Any thoughts or suggestions on resolving the grinding issue is greatly appreciated. ADDENDUM: I neglected to add that I'm using a CRTOUCH
I set the margin to 20 mm. I re-did the firmware setup and reduced the bed size from 235 to 230 mm. I’m still getting the X stepper grinding at the extreme front right corner and a little at the back left corner. I double checked my CURA slicer bed settings and they were at 220 x 220. Not sure what other parameters to modify. The belts aren’t slipping, only the stepper motors trying to move beyond the bed edge. The X axis issue arose after switching to the Creality Sprite Pro head. Before that I had converted to direct drive using the stock ender 3 pro hot end and extruder stepper with a Printer Mods mounting plate. The nozzle offsets were significantly different. Of course I made the offset changes in Marlin. I also adjusted the X and Y min and max values in CURA in my machine setup. I didn’t check how the print head positions in relation to the printer bed and the hard rail stops. That thought just occurred to me. Once again, I’m very grateful for your input
Thank you Rob for such an amazing video. I’ve managed to set up my CR Touch because of you. I do occasionally have the problem that the X axis overshot and cause the belt to slip. Is there any idea on how to fix this?
@3DPrintscape yesterday menaged to compile the firmware. But there are mistakes in manual from BTT, wrong pins etc. There is a github topic for this. Solution is gives there.
Thank you for great video. Will you make a video on SKR Mini e3 v3 marlin firmware for the BLtouch using the z end stop and not using the z stop on the BLtouch port?
Very good video. I have a skr mini e3 v1.2, and a tft35. Is it necessary to change something in the firmware of the skr mini when I use this screen. It doesn't look like there's a problem, but it might be a hiccup?
Hi. Not to make the screen work but you may need to enable specific features for some of the options on the screen. If its not enabled, you will just get an error saying that.
@@frodesellevoll Is it just saying abl isnt eabled? If so, and its enabled on the firmware just go into the abl menu and run a mesh, then save it. It gives that error because there is no meshed for it to fall back to.
I keep running into an issue when building, even on the first test build. I keep getting a warning about "Motherboard DIAG jumpers must be removed when SENSORLESS HOMING is disabled" and the build doesn't finish or show "Success". Any thoughts?
Hi. It sounds like the config example may have issues. Try to grab a different one to see if that builds. That will tell you if the issue is with the config or a plugin or something on the computer.
Did you happen to find a resolution for this issue? I tried a different test build and also switched from the nightly build to the latest stable build and the test build from that version and still get this error. PS C:\Firmware\SKRV3-LTS\Marlin-2.1.2\Marlin-2.1.2> platformio run --silent -e STM32G0B1RE_btt Marlin\src\inc\Warnings.cpp:731:6: warning: #warning "Motherboard DIAG jumpers must be removed when SENSORLESS_HOMING is disabled. (Define DIAG_JUMPERS_REMOVED to suppress this warning.)" [-Wcpp] 731 | #warning "Motherboard DIAG jumpers must be removed when SENSORLESS_HOMING is disabled. (Define DIAG_JUMPERS_REMOVED to suppress this warning.)
Great video and thank you for explaining in such detail. I have a Kobra Go that I am trying to replicate this on. Could you share which setting to use for native ABL on the Anycubic. Would like to use the mesh UBL with 25 probing points. On the SKR mini z-probe I added the ABL wires Gnd-Pwr-PA1
hey there! great vid! definitely helped me get forward a few steps in my quest to upgrade my printer! but i have a question. it would seem that after updating my firmware like this, that the USB port no longer allows octo4a to communicate with the board, and i was wondering if i had maybe missed something somewhere that you or someon else here could help me figure out? thanks in advance!
@@3DPrintscape hey! I figured it out with the help of the Marlin discord! The issue was build 2.1.2 aperently having issues with it's serial drivers, the told me to try 2.1.1 and it works almost flawlessly now !
I appreciate the tutorial very much. It helped me understand how builds are created. I have an ender 3 pro with the SKR mini V3 board and the CR touch. The touch is plugged in to the proper port and the Zstop is plugged in to the Z port. Unfortunately, when I Home the extruder it moves to the proper point and then begins to move down and does not stop, grinding the motor. I did the build twice thinking I made a mistake but same issue. I went to my previous build using bug fix 2.0.x with the SKR Mini Z homing build and it homes accurately on all axis. What could I be missing on the Z? My build was with the latest bugfix 2.1.
Never Mind! what I didn't realize is the Z axis should not hit the z stop sensor. you might add that for clarity in your write up. Works perfectly now! Thanks for the Video.
@robertb386 I am having the same issue on my ender 3 max with this board and the cr touch. Did your light on your cr touch not work? That is what mine is doing.
You are the first one to explain in a way that I could understand and when you did something it matched exactly with what I was doing. But here is my problem I have 4 printers 2 ender 3 & 2 cr10 about 2 months ago 2 of my ender 3 & 1 cr10 went down. So I bought 3 Creality V4.2.7 boards & the temp would not hold (5c over & 4 below) I work on this for about 6 weeks with no change. bought a big tree tech skr mini E3 V3.o and followed this video step by step * made the bin file & installed it. Still have the same on all 3 printers. CAN YOU HELP
@@3DPrintscape Verify all wires with an ohms meter to make sure that the wiring was correct. The old board (v1.1.4) had no problem with the hot end. now the V4.2.7 & the big tree tech SKR mini e3 ve.0 both have the same problem. I think it is firmware.
Hi, great video, I was able to reproduce all the steps correctly but I have 2 issues: the part cooling fan just won't work at all and bi linear bed levelling starts probing off the bed so that doesn't work. I have at my probe offsets in the advance settings by getting a reference point from the nozzle unto the bed and moving each axis until the bl touch was on the reference point and noted the observed offset.
When I used this method it says "folder contains a dev container configuration file reopen folder to develop in container" and had me install desktop docker as well, and that errors every time it opens. Anyone else have that issue?
@@3DPrintscape thanks for the reply. I wouldn't think so either. I just ignored the error and proceeded with the build w/o containers and it seemed to build no problem
Great vid thank you do you have any tips on dual z set up. Going from an e3 turbo where you had dual z levelling to this board where you can’t Thank you
@@3DPrintscape thank you just so disappointed love the g34 ability. Fitted complete linear rails all moving sweet Put in the e3 v3 neopixel just felt let down lol. My own fault should read more Your video was probably one of the best thank you
HI great video easy to follow but its not working for me. Took your advise when a board isnt there currently Im running the skr mini E3v3 with the tft35 on my cr20 pro but not having any luck on the firmware changes. Maybe in a future video do a firmware video for the cr-20pro with bltouch thanks keep up the nice work Like watching your videos
@3D Printscape turn printer on try home it the bltouch will do its check the bed will start to move the x axis will start going up then just stop and stay there do nothing. I have tried moving everything manually everything moves in the right direction it should. Have tried a few times the firmware comes up clean no errors. So not sure if it's something small I'm doing wrong or there's something in the firmware not activated
Hey Rob, I been watching you along time now and learned alot. I am having a big problem with my Biqu b1 printer. I purchased there idex upgrade kit a few weeks back the install was straight forward, however no matter what I do the added X axis is moving slower than the other. This is causing my copy prints to be exactly half of the other. What I mean is. I print a cal. Cube and my x0 prints 20mmx20mmx20mm however the extra added new x prints 20mmZ 20mmY 10mmX the board is a btt skr2 with added driver board I have tried all of there FM and either that fm don't work or the steppers lock up. This has been a pain I have reached out to btt and get no reply, been on the forums no help. Now since trying all the fm from btt github my heated bed does not work (no big deal there) please help if you or your viewers has any suggestions thanks my friend
Hi thank you for the great video very helpful just wondering if BLTOUCH_SET_5V_MODE should be enabled as i have BLT rev3. Also is it possible to print directly from the onboard SD CARD slot.
I am trying to compile Marlin firmware bugfix 2.1.x for my ender 3 Pro with SKR MINI E3 V2 and CR Touch. I followed your video accurately. I think I have everything setup properly and it compiles correctly. Everything is working except for the Probe Offset Wizard. It goes through the normal routine (homes, etc), but when it gets to the step where it would normally lower the probe so you can adjust the probe z-offset, it just seems to freeze and nothing happens and I have to power cycle to get it to work again. Also, I don't see the normal "0.2 mm Shim" on the LCD, like it used to show at this step. However, I can use the "Home Offset Wizard" which does show the 0.2 mm shim. Has something changed on how this works from bugfix 2.0.x to 2.1.x? What is the purpose of the Home Offset Wizard vs the Probe Offset Wizard? Which should I be using? Can someone look at my config files and let me know if something is incorrect? Any advice is appreciated.
Hi your film's very interesting. I have problem in v2 and Ceramic Hotend Spider 4.0 I have no knowledge of programming. I never learned this. You can count on help in building the Firmware somewhere
Hello, great video, now I got my first firmware. I installed the filament sensor, can you give me some advice on what to change in marlin? Thanks for what you do
Video was bomb as hell. New to compiling firmware and just installing skr mini e3 v3 in my ender 3 with cr touch. Do I need to enable "bltouch_set_5v_mode"? CR touch says it needs 5v but the 5pin ports on board say it is 5v to start with... I am worried about starting it up and frying something in my cr touch or board so any insight would be extremely helpful
Me again. So the probe extends out but does not retract as expected when homing is attempted. This is with a skr mini e3 v3 and cr touch running the full 5 pin connector and no pins reqired to the zstop. bltouch enabled, use_probe_for_z_homing enabled, and z_min_probe_uses_z_endstop_pin disabled... Any thoughts on why it won't retract back in? It lights up, deploys, and stows on command but no reaction to pressure on homing
Hello, Thanks for your video, it's very helpful. I still have a question, I don't really understand wich options are for the BL/CR_TOUCH et which options are not. Could you add a timelaspe on the video ? I think it can be helpful to understand better when we should change the settings when we don't have BL/CR_TOUCH. Regards, Alktor
@@3DPrintscape not letting me make the changes. I’ll have to take a look at the file information and see what it says. But with me also using the BTT Pad 7 with this board I don’t need to worry about marlin for this board. I would still like to know why I can not make edits to the config file.
Want to use this board on an old Rostock Max which is a delta style printer. Would I first do a build like you show in the video? And then using that build, do another build using a delta version of Marlin? I am looking for an example of a Config.h file for a delta printer as well. Any ideas/advice on accomplishing this?
Hi. I would look to see if there is an example config file for the printer your using. If there is one, just use that. If not, find one with a similar board and make any other needed changes.
Do you have the example files for the Ender 5 Pro. The BTT github no longer has them and the latest Marlin example still don't have the Ender 5 Pro BTT SKR E3 v3 in there...?
Hi there, thank you for the very informative video. I'm a complete noob when it comes to the firmware, but sooo keen to lean. I have added a Bigtreetech Microprobe V2, on the SKR mini e3 V3, on my Ender 3 Pro. I followed all your seps, excluding-the Bltouch and defined the Microprobe. The Auto level fails, from old corner home position, the extruder moves to the center about 4mm above the bed, raises by 10mm, probe is deployed but comes shy of touching the bed and fails. I have lowered it to the lowest point but still fails. Could you maybe point me in the right direction for it to lower till it probes the bed?
@3DPrintscape hi, I'd does I've changed the z safe homing hight from 10 to 8. It goes through the leveling. After homing again it fails to go low enough to trigger. I manually move all the axises to 0 and did it again. But it just can't seem torecognize that the bed leveling is lower when homing.
@@sebastienchiniah5720 When the probe is out does it come down pass the nozzle enough to trigger. You may need to add a spacer on the bltough mount to lower it.
Please help with this error while compiling "#warning "Motherboard DIAG jumpers must be removed when SENSORLESS_HOMING is disabled. (Define DIAG_JUMPERS_REMOVED to suppress this warning.)""
hi there, I can't get my e3 v3 to work with Octoprint... besides Baudrate... is there anything I missed? Would be great if you had a video on how to connect it to octoprint.
Hi. The two main things would be the baudrate and to make sure the usb cable you are using supports data. Most cables people have around the house were meant for charging things and dont support data.
Thank you for this video, but I am struggling to get the progress bar and percentage to work. I think it is because I print from Octopi. I think I need to enable "Add 'M73' to set print job progress". But when I enable that line, the build fails. Do you have any idea what I am doing wrong?
@@3DPrintscape A Marlin mod helped me out, I needed to enable this line. //#define SET_PROGRESS_MANUALLY After I did that it started rotating between elapsed time and percentage. Thanks for the reply.
Any idea why the BIGTREETECH SKR MINI E3 V3.0 doesn't have a pre-built marlin file available to flash? And does the board work with a non-Creality 3d printer? Or thoughts on on other BIGTREETECH boards (BTT Octopus Pro, SKR 3, etc).. that either use Marlin or Klipper? MKS Gen L V1.0, Metro M4?
Hi. I think they just expect people to make their own firmware for most builds. You can use marlin or klipper but marlin will probably have better community support to help, though klipper will be faster.
Hi, Firstly, Thank you for throwing this video out for us. I have an old E3 with a Micro Swiss DD HE and a BL Touch but I've been fighting to set up my board and there's just no manual... Not that I've found. I feel that your video might help. Hopefully, I'll get it going soon....
@@3DPrintscape Hi Rob, I had a go at it and at first, it's looking better. I'm still getting ABL erorrs but I think this might be my set-up process??? I'll take a closer look at it tonight.
@@3DPrintscape Ah... I didn't clear the eeprom.... I'm in the UK and am still at work for another 2 hours. I'll check out what I have and get back to you. Can I ask... Is there a specific set-up and calibration order/process to follow?
Great video, i am looking to do a custom firmware build for a cr10 smart (not pro). Not alot of options for this model printer which is frustrating. I know alot of people are swapping the original boards with the cr6 skr boards. With that being said it seems to me as they have same pin out etc, since theyre both pretty identical as far as afixed bed without manual leveling, and strain gauge auto leveling. In your experience, do you think i could just download cr6 firmware for the skr mini e3 v3, and just adjust the build area size? I have a little bit of experience building my own firmware. But would just hate to spend the time swapping everything out if you had an immediate answer as to if it would indeed work or not. Lmk thanks!
This video was super helpful. I bought a Lanmu SD card extender and I keep getting SD init fail when I insert it. I have tried two different builds of Marlin and it still doesn't work. I'm running the SKR Mini 3 V3 on my Ender 3 Pro. My micro SD card works just fine. It's the stock 8gb card that came with it. Is there something in the firmware that needs to be changed to allow the extender to work?
I've added the BLTouch as well as a runout sensor and the V2 screen. Are the steps for the firmware update for the sensor and screen available somewhere?
Hi. Not that i know of. You should jsut be able to enable the sensor, pause, advance parking, and the creality screen (#define DWIN_CREALITY_LCD ) in the config files. Also, make sure you use the creality ui config example.
Hi I have an Ender 3 Pro and I have recently purchased an SKR min3 v3 and a CR Touch. In have watched your video which I found really helpful. I did however run into a series of problems when I made the suggested edits to the configuration settings. Various functions were reported as requiring things which were aparently not available e.g. "Mesh_Edit_Menu requires Mesh_Bed_Leveling..."The build is showing as "Failed". How can I remedy these issues? Thanks
Hi. Did you uncomment #define AUTO_BED_LEVELING_BILINEAR and comment out #define MESH_BED_LEVELING. It sounds like the second one may not have been commented out.
Hi. I have had issues with getting Marlin to work properly wired this way. What happens is the z axis doesn't go down. I would recommend keeping the z stop connected or connecting the two probe stop pins from the bltocuh there and uncommenting #define Z_MIN_PROBE_USES_Z_MIN_ENDSTOP_PIN.
@@3DPrintscape Thanks for the answer. If i plug in the Z endstop, and the blt ouch to its port, which Z endstop will the printer use? the end switch or the bl touch probe head?
@@3DPrintscape I ended up getting the TH3D firmware to work and went that route after hours of trying both ways on my own marlin build. When I did the 5pin it would crash into the bed and the bl touch wouldn’t work. Same wiring on th3d and it worked fine, I was just having z offset issues (not saving). Wired into the z stop Pins it also wouldn’t stop, and I had checked the firmware builds several times for correct settings. I even checked the pin file to make sure PC14 was the correct spot for white signal wire. 🤷♂️ Anyway I sure do appreciate the response sir! The video was very helpful and informative even though I had different issues.
@@jeepa777 I havent messed with the th3d firmware in a while. With marlin, if you have all 5 bltouch pins and the z stop connected you would make sure #define Z_MIN_PROBE_USES_Z_MIN_ENDSTOP_PIN is commented out or it will crash into the build plate. In this setup, it would use the probe on the bltouch as the stop.
I have a problem I just can't seem to fix. I have an Ender 3 original, with the SKR Mini E3 V3.0 board and a 3d touch. No matter what I do the 3d touch will only work when connected to the z-stop connector and on top of that it only works with the BTT firmware, nothing I compile myself works and the 3d touch pin goes down but when the pin is lifted up the z-axis keeps going down. I'm trying to use the 3dtouch for automatic bed levelling AND as a Z-stop. Am I doing this wrong?
Hi. You would have to have the probe stop pins connected to the z stop port and the servo pins connected to the bltouch port. You would also need to have this enabled in the firmware. #define Z_MIN_PROBE_USES_Z_MIN_ENDSTOP_PIN
Great video, however I followed your instructions precisely, with bl touch enabled but the bed leveling fails just displaying "endstop z" I do have the two wires in the z stop on the board so un commented the code which you identified in the video. Also when I print from sd card it home's fine but then does nothing, and the percentage shows done. Any advice would be appreciated.
I've checked the wires and moved them out to the front of the machine so I could check them and see, also make it easier to check connections etc and I can't find anything wrong with the connections. It was working fine before I changed mainboards, my other board, the part cooling fan pins died, so I had to change. The only thing I can think of is that it's an older 3rd party one I inherited with the machine, which ran off the 3v servo pins on the last board, so maybe it can't handle 5v? I was debating buying a new one when I saw a lot of posts regarding the e3v3 board and bl/cr touch issues. People experiencing the same things as me.
Thanks for that, I am doing a complete upgrade i.e. BIGTREETECH TFT35 screen, SKR Mini e3 v3 board and CR touch on my ender 3v2. any other tips or pitfalls to be aware of. cheers Gary, from New Zealand
Hi there, I have the ender 3v2 and when opening the config examples files for ender 3v2 there only 2 files instead of 4, do I use the ender 3 example as I am replacing the screen as well, hope this makes sense, I am also using the cr touch, cheers Gary Barford
Hello, One thing i'm not clear on is having the z-stop plugged in while using a CR-Touch? Do you have something that discusses this further? I have an Ender 3 V2 with the SKR Mini E3V3, TFT35, and a BIQU H2 Revo extruder/hotend. Please help!!
@3DPrintscape I have bl touch that is also connected, but my z axis won't work. I tried your firmware to fix z offset. With other firmware z axis works not z offset. I may made a mistake but best thing is ask :)
After booting up the new firmware, when initiating the auto home process, the BLTouch sensor is triggered as expected. However, the issue arises where the Z-axis continues to descend without stopping
@@3DPrintscape actually it's 3D touch and from one of your video I found that for 3d touch I have to comment SW model and delay. After that it's now working. Thanks for the help.
Thank you for your videos. I have used them in the past to set up my ender 3 pro with the 4.2.7 board. I am now about to set up my ender 5 pro with a skr e3 v3 board, but I cannot find the configuration files for the e3v3? all they have is precompiled firmware (which is nice, but I would like to tweak some things). When I go to the master configuration files for marlin, there isn't a e3v3 folder anymore for any of the marlin 2.x. Would you happen to know of a spot where I can get the configuration files for an ender 5 pro with skr mini e3 v3?
Hi. Here is a diagram with all the pinouts, it should help. github.com/bigtreetech/BIGTREETECH-SKR-mini-E3/blob/master/hardware/BTT%20SKR%20MINI%20E3%20V3.0/Hardware/BTT%20E3%20SKR%20MINI%20V3.0_PIN.pdf
I hope you found this overview helpful! If you have any questions or would like other tips/tricks, just let me know in the comments. If you would like to help support the channel consider joining our patreon account at www.patreon.com/3dprintscape .
Hi, about to replace my MKS Gen L on my Ender 5 (original) with an SKR Mini E3 V3. Currently I have the original Ender 5 screen, a 3.5" touch screen at the same time, Hemera direct drive that I am upgrading to a Revo at the same time as all this. Is there anything specific I need to keep in mind when setting up my firmware?
@@systemx17 You will want to pay attention to how the bltouch is wired, make sure the z stop is connected, uncomment EEPROM_INIT_NOW to clear the eeprom, and you may need to adjust the #define X_MIN_POS and #define Y_MIN_POS values if the nozzle isnt center.
i tried following this for my ender 3 pro with skr mini v1.2 and everything works exept the z axis wont go down. do you know what could be going wrong.
@@lolmetauto4579 Is your z stop connected?
@@3DPrintscape after messing around a little bit more and also looking into the original firmware I noticed my mistake. I had put the wrong line behind default_envs. it works now. I just want to thank you for your involvement in the community and your amazing tutorials
Bought the board together with the TFT35 screen to upgrade my Anet AM8 and was struggling a little bit. After watching this video everything was super clear thanks to your small tips and 'common mistake' interludes (these helped a lot). I will do the firmware update as soon as possible! thanks a lot!
Glad it helped!
I try following your instructions, but the z autohome keep pushing down the bed😢
Just another thanks for this video! Upgraded my Skr Mini V3 with a CR touch and was having difficulty getting it to work, this video was exactly what I needed, and while I'm still dialling in the Z-offset, I've only managed to get this far thanks to this excellent video. Many thanks, and keep up the good work :D
Bless you for doing this tutorial. I watched numerous vidoes (bad ones) and reviewed lots of redit pages.... You were the only one that I came across that had such a comprehensive editing of the Marlin firmware for the BTT SKR mini e3 v3.
Glad it was helpful!
I just bought a SKR Mini E3, V3.0. Proceeded to crash the extruder into the bed first power on, my fault as I disconnected the z-stop. This set up process was tremendous! Thanks so much for walking thru the programming. I'm a newbie to coding. Glad there is replay and a pause button... Links were super helpful.
Hi. Im glad you were able to get it working :).
I have been struggling to even understand this whole concept for months let alone make it work and you achieved both for me in 20 minutes. Thank you - truly, I had almost just completely thrown the towel in
Glad it helped! :)
Been waiting on this for a while, thank you!
You bet!
Thanks!
You're Welcome
Thanks so much for this video. I happened to be doing this exact upgrade (SKR Mini and CR Touch) and it helped clear up a lot of things since I've never even installed Marlin before. Keep the great videos coming!
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I had to do this swap on my Cr10. All I know is 3D design and slicer. Nothing about firmware coding. I have never felt so lost as here. There is a room with dog's turds everywhere. I was blindfolded. You took my hand a lead me across the room. My shoes are clean! Thank you!
Glad i could help :)
Am going to try this board in my delta when it arrives - thanks for posting..
You're Welcome, let me know how it goes.
@@3DPrintscape - the board has just got here, just need a bit of free time to get it fitted and will let you know how I get on - thanks again!
I put the V3 board in this morning, yesterday direct drive and 2d z drive. I could not get my board to work all day. Found your site and downloaded, installed, working like it should. Thank you.....
Glad I could help :)
This guide and your channel are invaluable resources! Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
Thanks so much for this video! Just upgraded to the SKR board and couldn't figure out how to get my CR Touch to work. This video got it working perfectly.
You're welcome!
I‘m very grateful for this video I couldn’t have done it without you
Glad I could help :)
Your video was a huge help in getting my CR-10 mini up and running with the SKR E3 V3 and CL Touch. I owe you a pint.
Hi. Im glad i could help :).
I owe you a drink sir. I was able to fix my firmware issues and troubleshoot enough to figure out the CR touch mount isn't quite low enough. Couple of spacers and I'm in business
Im glad i could help :).
Great video. I have been struggling with the Z-offset after upgrading the board. Will be trying a custom build this week and see if I can get it dialed in.
Hi. Ya, the offset can be tricky. Good luck getting it dialed in!
@3DPrintscape turned out to be firmware. I did another build with the new 2.1.x-bugfix and it works! Now to troubleshoot stringing issues since switching to Orca Slicer.
Thank you so much for such a complete walk through of how to do this. You have no clue on how many videos that I watched that just say download the marlin firmware you want and install it into your 3d printer and thats it. And that drove me so crazy. You have no clue how many times I went and download the marlin fw and un zipped it and put it on my SD card and tried to run it and nothing happened. So I really appreciate it so much. The only issue I have now is how to install the new creality touchscreen onto the BTT skr e3 v3 and have my new touchscreen work. If you can point me in the right direction I'd greatly appreciate 🙏
Hi. Thanks for the feedback. The creality screen really only works with creality firmware. I messed around for a while and couldnt get it to work with a marlin build.
@@3DPrintscape so can I install the creality firmware on the BTT skr e3 v3? So my screen will work? Or do I need to return it and go with the BTT one?
@@joewynn2445 No, that wont work. Since you already have the SKR i would return the creality screen and get the TFT. IMO the TFT is much better overall.
@@3DPrintscape yeah thats what I figured. I bought the creality 2.4.7 silent motherboard and new touchscreen but they sent it to me without a boot loader and firmware on the motherboard so I decided to just get the BigTreeTech board instead. Now I just wish I got the whole kit for the BTT skr mini board.
But do you know if I went with the BTT with octopi mother if that'll fit my printer. As of right now I'm running a raspberry pi zero w 2 and absolutely love it but id love to run the BTT board that has octopi with clipper but I'm not sure if it'll fit my printer. But I have to say, thank you so much for answering so many of my questions I really appreciate you taking the time to respond. Thank you!
@@joewynn2445 The SKR Mini e3 should fit the printer, thats what i have.
Oh my god thank you for this! Everything worked fine after doing this, and you explained everything very clearly, so again, thank you so much! I can finally use my CRtouch!
You're welcome!
Clear and to the point. Got my new SKR V3 working with this guide. Thank you!
Thanks for the feedback, you're welcome.
Excellent! I needed a refresher on this to replace my old board with a new one.
Glad it helped!
Just came here to say, THANKS! Struggling to get my BLTouch working with a default 5pin cable on the Mini E3 V3, as the Zhoming was not playing nice. You helped tremendously, and I was able to compile a working version with the most recent Marlin Bug Fix.. Now, I need to look at the changes that were in the DANBP firmware for the V2 board (I loved that), and convert some of those over to this. Appreciate your help!
Glad I could help!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. could not get this working until i found your video.
You're welcome!
thank you for this! I just installed my mini e3 v3, this was very helpful!
You're welcome
Great video. fixed my 100 lines of compiler error!
Glad it helped!
I saw your video on this board install. In it you mention needing a JST connection for the hot end fan. I did not have one and had to order a giant pack to get some (still waiting for arrival). I just saw another person's Y-tube post and he mentioned that since these wires were previously just continuous power, you could put them under the board power wire screw terminals. This gets you going until you can get a JST connector in hand. I thought it was a good idea, it has worked so far.
Hi. That should work as well. The only down side would be depending on the board/firmeware, you may lose some control but it shouldnt impact much.
Thanks very much for going through the configuration step by step - my first time configuring using VS Code. Was having an issue with my microswiss v1 direct drive and hot end banging into the uprights on the Ender 3 Pro I modded. Was able to follow your guide and get everything straightened out. Yahoo!
Thanks for the feedback, im glad it was able to help.
Great video for this process! Last time I uploaded firmware was to my very first homemade Prusa Mendel! (2006?)
The part about using the configuration files from Bugfix-2.1.x instead of Import-2.1.x was the lifesaver for me! Well done!
Thanks
Hi Rob, Great video, it really helped me go through all the firmware upgrade!
I started printing today and have run into another problem that I thought I would ask about. So it was printing for about 5 minutes maybe and then randomly the 3d printer rebooted all on it's own.
Would that be an issue with the power supply? Or where would you start looking?
Hi. That could be powersupply or an issue with the board. I would try another new firmware build in case there was an issue with the bug fix one then look at the power supply.
@@3DPrintscape thanks Rob, you mean looking at an earlier build of the firmware? I noticed that it seemed like the controller fan wasn't working so I changed something there in the firmware and then when I printed the layers weren't sticking to the bed, like it wasn't putting them down properly and the fan on the side of the print head wasn't on.. I am not sure if it is somehow related to my fans and I have messed them up somehow?
@@steverenner7933 Try the stable build or one on my site if i have one that matches the printer/board combo. 3dprintscape.com/marlin-firmware-builds/
Great video. Waiting for my v3 board to Arrive
Thank you for this effort 🙏👍
Thanks for the feedback and you're welcome.
Thank you. I'm very new to all of this. You are a great help
You're Welcome
Thank you for this guide!!!! This fix all my issues I was having!!!
You're welcome!
Thank you so much! Now my bed homing is actually on the bed since I needed to do bed offsets due to a linear rail upgrade!
Glad I could help!
Incredibly helpful video. Thank you! My first time using Visual Studio or doing anything with firmware. Great tutorial!
Great to hear!
Once again this video helped me! All your videos help very much thank you.
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This is top tier stuff my guy.
Thanks for the feedback
Hi could you do a video on how to install the BTT 24v ups to this board and keep the tutorials coming
Hi. I dont, but i an look into making one.
I second this as I just bought one. Still waiting on it to arrive from China.
Hi. I'm going to tackle this tonight. Any new updates that I need to be aware of before I dive in. Thank you for the awesome content as always! We all love your work!
What are the main difference between Z homing and BL - Touch? tks
Hi. Z homing is just setting the z position to zero (or a known location). If you dont have a bltouch the printer will use the z stop for it. If you do, it will use that. Its also worth mentioning that with it the firmware will home to 10mm on the z axis. You will need to set your z offset but that doesnt actually come into play until you print something.
@3D Printscape excellent! Thank you! Keep up the good work!
Hey Rob, thank you again as I have reviewed several of your videos while trying to troubleshoot another BTT E3 V3 Replacement board. I think I have finished all the programming now and the only issue I'm having is a lack of motor current, steps per MM, and stealth chop settings not being set on Marlin. I can easily add them after I upload the firmware.bin file to the motherboard, but I was wondering if I could do it in the configuration files before I create the firmware? I started with the ender 3 pro config files.
Hi. I did a quick check and didnt see setting for them in the config files. They get default settings from somewhere, probably a nested config, but changing it at the printer would be faster.
that's what I was thinking, thank you!
You're the man. That is all, carry on.
Thanks!
how do i click auto leveling option bc i dont have it there, and i have problem when starting printer the bed is heating up without my control
Thanks as usual for the very thorough and informative instructional video. Question unrelated to the E3 V3. I have an E3 V2 which works great, but I'm having difficulty determining the source of a problem with the stepper motors grinding shortly at the extreme (most currently) of my X axis only while performing the bed leveling ( I don't print to the extremes of the print bed so this is likely why I only experience this with the bed probing). This was happening on the Y axis but has changed to the X axis now after I updated my Marlin to the latest Bugfix 2.1x. I have an ender 3 pro heavily modified with a creality sprite pro extruder and a BTT SKR mini e3 v2. No problems with printing or overall operation, only the short grinding of the X stepper when the bed moves to the right front corner. I do notice that the extruder is probing extremely close to the front edge of the build plate all along the X0 Y0 through the X235 Y0 edge. I have the default X_BED_SIZE and Y_BED_SIZE at 235, even though this is the extreme of the build platform and not realistic for the printable area. Any thoughts or suggestions on resolving the grinding issue is greatly appreciated. ADDENDUM: I neglected to add that I'm using a CRTOUCH
Hi. Have you tried to clear the eeprom at all?
I have not. Will try that out. Thank you for the suggestion
Well that didn’t work. I’m considering reducing the bed size from 235 x 235 down to 230 x 230 in the firmware. Not sure if this will do much
@@markkranc4478 What margin do you have set for the crtouch? May be worth trying to make that larger.
I set the margin to 20 mm. I re-did the firmware setup and reduced the bed size from 235 to 230 mm. I’m still getting the X stepper grinding at the extreme front right corner and a little at the back left corner. I double checked my CURA slicer bed settings and they were at 220 x 220. Not sure what other parameters to modify. The belts aren’t slipping, only the stepper motors trying to move beyond the bed edge. The X axis issue arose after switching to the Creality Sprite Pro head. Before that I had converted to direct drive using the stock ender 3 pro hot end and extruder stepper with a Printer Mods mounting plate. The nozzle offsets were significantly different. Of course I made the offset changes in Marlin. I also adjusted the X and Y min and max values in CURA in my machine setup. I didn’t check how the print head positions in relation to the printer bed and the hard rail stops. That thought just occurred to me. Once again, I’m very grateful for your input
Thank you Rob for such an amazing video. I’ve managed to set up my CR Touch because of you. I do occasionally have the problem that the X axis overshot and cause the belt to slip. Is there any idea on how to fix this?
Hi. Thanks for the feedback. Is the overshooting consistent or when does it happen?
@@3DPrintscape it’s consistent every time I start printing the printer starts its calibration
@@striesDIY You may need to change the #define X_MIN_POS 0 and #define Y_MIN_POS 0 values in the firmware and rebuild.
Hi there It would be grate to see a video of editing the SKR Mini e3 v3 + Biqu microprobe V2 this little one is different than BLTouch.
Hi. I will look into making one.
@3DPrintscape yesterday menaged to compile the firmware. But there are mistakes in manual from BTT, wrong pins etc. There is a github topic for this. Solution is gives there.
Thank you for great video. Will you make a video on SKR Mini e3 v3 marlin firmware for the BLtouch using the z end stop and not using the z stop on the BLtouch port?
Hi. Ya i can do that but the only change should be #define USE_PROBE_FOR_Z_HOMING .
Did video was so helpful. Thank you!
You're Welcome
Very good video. I have a skr mini e3 v1.2, and a tft35. Is it necessary to change something in the firmware of the skr mini when I use this screen. It doesn't look like there's a problem, but it might be a hiccup?
Hi. Not to make the screen work but you may need to enable specific features for some of the options on the screen. If its not enabled, you will just get an error saying that.
@@3DPrintscape The screen gives me an error message on bed leveling. Do you know what I can do to activate the screen.
@@frodesellevoll Is it just saying abl isnt eabled? If so, and its enabled on the firmware just go into the abl menu and run a mesh, then save it. It gives that error because there is no meshed for it to fall back to.
I keep running into an issue when building, even on the first test build. I keep getting a warning about "Motherboard DIAG jumpers must be removed when SENSORLESS HOMING is disabled" and the build doesn't finish or show "Success". Any thoughts?
Hi. It sounds like the config example may have issues. Try to grab a different one to see if that builds. That will tell you if the issue is with the config or a plugin or something on the computer.
Did you happen to find a resolution for this issue? I tried a different test build and also switched from the nightly build to the latest stable build and the test build from that version and still get this error.
PS C:\Firmware\SKRV3-LTS\Marlin-2.1.2\Marlin-2.1.2> platformio run --silent -e STM32G0B1RE_btt Marlin\src\inc\Warnings.cpp:731:6: warning: #warning "Motherboard DIAG jumpers must be removed when SENSORLESS_HOMING is disabled. (Define DIAG_JUMPERS_REMOVED to suppress this warning.)" [-Wcpp]
731 | #warning "Motherboard DIAG jumpers must be removed when SENSORLESS_HOMING is disabled. (Define DIAG_JUMPERS_REMOVED to suppress this warning.)
Thank you very much! This video is exactly what I needed!
You're welcome!
Good Basic how to NICE job... I would like to see more Ender 5 videos. Thanks Rob.
Hi. Thanks for the feedback. Anything specific you want to see on the Ender 5? Also, what version the base, pro, or plus?
@@3DPrintscape Sure I have an E5Pro with SKR mini E3v3.0 w/3.5" touchscreen, would luv a Dual Z upgrade video w/ DD hot end upgrade too.(sprite). ;-)
@@3DPrintscape 5 plus xD
Great video and thank you for explaining in such detail.
I have a Kobra Go that I am trying to replicate this on. Could you share which setting to use for native ABL on the Anycubic. Would like to use the mesh UBL with 25 probing points.
On the SKR mini z-probe I added the ABL wires Gnd-Pwr-PA1
Hi. Honestly im not sure. I have not used that printer before.
Breakthrough for me!! Thank you sooooo much.
You're welcome!
hey there! great vid! definitely helped me get forward a few steps in my quest to upgrade my printer! but i have a question. it would seem that after updating my firmware like this, that the USB port no longer allows octo4a to communicate with the board, and i was wondering if i had maybe missed something somewhere that you or someon else here could help me figure out? thanks in advance!
Hi. I havent seen this but maybe someone else has and can comment.
@@3DPrintscape hey! I figured it out with the help of the Marlin discord! The issue was build 2.1.2 aperently having issues with it's serial drivers, the told me to try 2.1.1 and it works almost flawlessly now !
@@RileyDWP Cool, im glad you got it working. Thanks for sharing the fix.
I appreciate the tutorial very much. It helped me understand how builds are created. I have an ender 3 pro with the SKR mini V3 board and the CR touch. The touch is plugged in to the proper port and the Zstop is plugged in to the Z port. Unfortunately, when I Home the extruder it moves to the proper point and then begins to move down and does not stop, grinding the motor. I did the build twice thinking I made a mistake but same issue. I went to my previous build using bug fix 2.0.x with the SKR Mini Z homing build and it homes accurately on all axis. What could I be missing on the Z? My build was with the latest bugfix 2.1.
Never Mind! what I didn't realize is the Z axis should not hit the z stop sensor. you might add that for clarity in your write up. Works perfectly now! Thanks for the Video.
Hi. Im glad you got it working. Sorry if the video was confusing.
@robertb386 I am having the same issue on my ender 3 max with this board and the cr touch. Did your light on your cr touch not work? That is what mine is doing.
You are the first one to explain in a way that I could understand and when you did something it matched exactly with what I was doing. But here is my problem I have 4 printers 2 ender 3 & 2 cr10 about 2 months ago 2 of my ender 3 & 1 cr10 went down. So I bought 3 Creality V4.2.7 boards & the temp would not hold (5c over & 4 below) I work on this for about 6 weeks with no change. bought a big tree tech skr mini E3 V3.o and followed this video step by step * made the bin file & installed it. Still have the same on all 3 printers. CAN YOU HELP
Hi. Can you make sure the wiring is right? If seen this type of behavior when it was not connected right.
@@3DPrintscape Every thing is connected correctiy. When I run a PID the temp ogse pass the set temp then if fail temp is too high do not have no idea.
@@harrygithens3908 Did you verify the wiring or just know its right from when you did it?
@@3DPrintscape Verify all wires with an ohms meter to make sure that the wiring was correct. The old board (v1.1.4) had no problem with the hot end. now the V4.2.7 & the big tree tech SKR mini e3 ve.0 both have the same problem. I think it is firmware.
@@harrygithens3908 Ok, it is odd thats its happening with both boards. If you put the old board back in, does it work now?
I dont have the option at the top of the menu to back a level in the menu tree any more. Have you ever experienced this?
Hi. What firmware were you on before and what are you on now?
@@3DPrintscape the stock ender 3 pro firmware. I followed the video minus the time left and percent complete.
@@13lackfir3 Honestly, i dont use the creality firmware anymore. Its possible they changed things up but marlin has been much better for me.
Hi, great video, I was able to reproduce all the steps correctly but I have 2 issues: the part cooling fan just won't work at all and bi linear bed levelling starts probing off the bed so that doesn't work. I have at my probe offsets in the advance settings by getting a reference point from the nozzle unto the bed and moving each axis until the bl touch was on the reference point and noted the observed offset.
Hi. Did you clear the eeprom? If so, make sure your x and y offsets are right. What value did you end up getting for them?
When I used this method it says "folder contains a dev container configuration file reopen folder to develop in container" and had me install desktop docker as well, and that errors every time it opens. Anyone else have that issue?
Hi. I havent seen this and docker should not be required to build marlin.
@@3DPrintscape thanks for the reply. I wouldn't think so either. I just ignored the error and proceeded with the build w/o containers and it seemed to build no problem
Great vid thank you do you have any tips on dual z set up. Going from an e3 turbo where you had dual z levelling to this board where you can’t
Thank you
Hi. The most important thing is making sure the x axis is level and moving evenly.
@@3DPrintscape thank you just so disappointed love the g34 ability. Fitted complete linear rails all moving sweet
Put in the e3 v3 neopixel just felt let down lol. My own fault should read more
Your video was probably one of the best thank you
HI great video easy to follow but its not working for me. Took your advise when a board isnt there currently Im running the skr mini E3v3 with the tft35 on my cr20 pro but not having any luck on the firmware changes. Maybe in a future video do a firmware video for the cr-20pro with bltouch thanks keep up the nice work Like watching your videos
Hi. What issues are you having when trying this?
@3D Printscape turn printer on try home it the bltouch will do its check the bed will start to move the x axis will start going up then just stop and stay there do nothing.
I have tried moving everything manually everything moves in the right direction it should. Have tried a few times the firmware comes up clean no errors. So not sure if it's something small I'm doing wrong or there's something in the firmware not activated
@@davewhittaker159 Is the z stop connected?
Hey Rob, I been watching you along time now and learned alot. I am having a big problem with my Biqu b1 printer. I purchased there idex upgrade kit a few weeks back the install was straight forward, however no matter what I do the added X axis is moving slower than the other. This is causing my copy prints to be exactly half of the other. What I mean is. I print a cal. Cube and my x0 prints 20mmx20mmx20mm however the extra added new x prints 20mmZ 20mmY 10mmX the board is a btt skr2 with added driver board I have tried all of there FM and either that fm don't work or the steppers lock up. This has been a pain I have reached out to btt and get no reply, been on the forums no help. Now since trying all the fm from btt github my heated bed does not work (no big deal there) please help if you or your viewers has any suggestions thanks my friend
Hi. This would be easier to help with on discord. Can you reach out there? The invite is in the video description.
Thanks, sorry I just read your comment
Hi thank you for the great video very helpful just wondering if BLTOUCH_SET_5V_MODE should be enabled as i have BLT rev3. Also is it possible to print directly from the onboard SD CARD slot.
Hi. I didnt have to enable it and yes you can print fromt he sd port.
I am trying to compile Marlin firmware bugfix 2.1.x for my ender 3 Pro with SKR MINI E3 V2 and CR Touch. I followed your video accurately. I think I have everything setup properly and it compiles correctly. Everything is working except for the Probe Offset Wizard. It goes through the normal routine (homes, etc), but when it gets to the step where it would normally lower the probe so you can adjust the probe z-offset, it just seems to freeze and nothing happens and I have to power cycle to get it to work again. Also, I don't see the normal "0.2 mm Shim" on the LCD, like it used to show at this step. However, I can use the "Home Offset Wizard" which does show the 0.2 mm shim. Has something changed on how this works from bugfix 2.0.x to 2.1.x? What is the purpose of the Home Offset Wizard vs the Probe Offset Wizard? Which should I be using? Can someone look at my config files and let me know if something is incorrect? Any advice is appreciated.
Hi. A lot has changed between the version and the daily build can be very instable. Try to clear eeprom and see if that helps.
Hi your film's very interesting.
I have problem in v2 and Ceramic Hotend Spider 4.0
I have no knowledge of programming.
I never learned this.
You can count on help in building the Firmware somewhere
Hi. I have builds available on my site and you can also ask for assistance on the discord channel. 3dprintscape.com/marlin-firmware-builds/
Hey! is there a way to reopen the "Frimware.bin file " to edit. It seems the steepers homes in the wrong direction and crashes. Great video
Hi. You cant change the firmware.bin file. The changes would have to be made in the config and the firmware rebuilt.
Hello, great video, now I got my first firmware. I installed the filament sensor, can you give me some advice on what to change in marlin? Thanks for what you do
Hi. There is a section for the runout sensor that needs enabled. I would also look at enabling the adv pause and park features.
Video was bomb as hell. New to compiling firmware and just installing skr mini e3 v3 in my ender 3 with cr touch. Do I need to enable "bltouch_set_5v_mode"? CR touch says it needs 5v but the 5pin ports on board say it is 5v to start with... I am worried about starting it up and frying something in my cr touch or board so any insight would be extremely helpful
Hi. I wouldnt change that unless you are having issues.
@@3DPrintscape Thank you for the feedback! Will see how it goes this afternoon when probe arrives!
Me again. So the probe extends out but does not retract as expected when homing is attempted. This is with a skr mini e3 v3 and cr touch running the full 5 pin connector and no pins reqired to the zstop. bltouch enabled, use_probe_for_z_homing enabled, and z_min_probe_uses_z_endstop_pin disabled... Any thoughts on why it won't retract back in? It lights up, deploys, and stows on command but no reaction to pressure on homing
And to clarify, it does not retract when fully pushed in either so it is not a spacing issue
@@LAWILLEN1 Are you running a bug release of marlin? If so, can you try the stable release?
Hello,
Thanks for your video, it's very helpful.
I still have a question, I don't really understand wich options are for the BL/CR_TOUCH et which options are not.
Could you add a timelaspe on the video ? I think it can be helpful to understand better when we should change the settings when we don't have BL/CR_TOUCH.
Regards,
Alktor
Hi. Here are the settings specific to the bltouch.
//#define Z_MIN_PROBE_USES_Z_MIN_ENDSTOP_PIN
#define USE_PROBE_FOR_Z_HOMING
#define BLTOUCH
#define NOZZLE_TO_PROBE_OFFSET { -44, -7, 0 }
#define AUTO_BED_LEVELING_BILINEAR
#define Z_SAFE_HOMING
//#define MIN_SOFTWARE_ENDSTOP_Z
GRID_MAX_POINTS_X
#define PROBE_OFFSET_WIZARD
So I’m following along with the video, for some reason I can not edit the lines you a saying to. I’m using a Mac if that makes any difference
Hi. Are the lines not there or is it not letting you make the changes? If its not letting you make the changes it sounds like its in read only mode.
@@3DPrintscape not letting me make the changes. I’ll have to take a look at the file information and see what it says. But with me also using the BTT Pad 7 with this board I don’t need to worry about marlin for this board. I would still like to know why I can not make edits to the config file.
It sounds like the file is read only or your account doesn't have permissions to edit it. @@chilson88
Want to use this board on an old Rostock Max which is a delta style printer. Would I first do a build like you show in the video? And then using that build, do another build using a delta version of Marlin? I am looking for an example of a Config.h file for a delta printer as well. Any ideas/advice on accomplishing this?
Hi. I would look to see if there is an example config file for the printer your using. If there is one, just use that. If not, find one with a similar board and make any other needed changes.
Hi what changes to marlin would i need to make if i want to remove the endstop limit switch.
Hi. You would have to make changes to the wiring and firmware. Honestly, i would just leave the endstop there and wouldnt bother with the change.
Do you have the example files for the Ender 5 Pro. The BTT github no longer has them and the latest Marlin example still don't have the Ender 5 Pro BTT SKR E3 v3 in there...?
Hi. I dont at this time, sorry.
Do you have a klipper tutorial for installing to this board?
Hi, I dont yet, sorry. I want to make one at some point though.
@@3DPrintscape Hopefully soon! I'm kinda stuck :(
Hi there, thank you for the very informative video. I'm a complete noob when it comes to the firmware, but sooo keen to lean.
I have added a Bigtreetech Microprobe V2, on the SKR mini e3 V3, on my Ender 3 Pro.
I followed all your seps, excluding-the Bltouch and defined the Microprobe.
The Auto level fails, from old corner home position, the extruder moves to the center about 4mm above the bed, raises by 10mm, probe is deployed but comes shy of touching the bed and fails.
I have lowered it to the lowest point but still fails.
Could you maybe point me in the right direction for it to lower till it probes the bed?
Hi. Is the z stop being triggered or is the nozzle hitting the bed at all?
@3DPrintscape thanks for the reply. The probe doesn't trigger at all as it doesn't touch the bed. And the printer screen says failed please restart.
@@sebastienchiniah5720 Does the probe deploy like its supposed to and if so can you trigger it manually with your finger to see if it stops.
@3DPrintscape hi, I'd does I've changed the z safe homing hight from 10 to 8. It goes through the leveling. After homing again it fails to go low enough to trigger.
I manually move all the axises to 0 and did it again. But it just can't seem torecognize that the bed leveling is lower when homing.
@@sebastienchiniah5720 When the probe is out does it come down pass the nozzle enough to trigger. You may need to add a spacer on the bltough mount to lower it.
Please help with this error while compiling "#warning "Motherboard DIAG jumpers must be removed when SENSORLESS_HOMING is disabled. (Define DIAG_JUMPERS_REMOVED to suppress this warning.)""
Hi. Will reply to your other comment.
hi there, I can't get my e3 v3 to work with Octoprint... besides Baudrate... is there anything I missed? Would be great if you had a video on how to connect it to octoprint.
Hi. The two main things would be the baudrate and to make sure the usb cable you are using supports data. Most cables people have around the house were meant for charging things and dont support data.
Thank you for this video, but I am struggling to get the progress bar and percentage to work. I think it is because I print from Octopi. I think I need to enable "Add 'M73' to set print job progress". But when I enable that line, the build fails. Do you have any idea what I am doing wrong?
Hi. The M73 command should already be enabled. What is the exact command you are to enable in the firmware?
@@3DPrintscape A Marlin mod helped me out, I needed to enable this line.
//#define SET_PROGRESS_MANUALLY
After I did that it started rotating between elapsed time and percentage. Thanks for the reply.
@@CoyoteBate Great, thanks for sharing the fix.
Any idea why the BIGTREETECH SKR MINI E3 V3.0 doesn't have a pre-built marlin file available to flash? And does the board work with a non-Creality 3d printer?
Or thoughts on on other BIGTREETECH boards (BTT Octopus Pro, SKR 3, etc).. that either use Marlin or Klipper? MKS Gen L V1.0, Metro M4?
Hi. I think they just expect people to make their own firmware for most builds. You can use marlin or klipper but marlin will probably have better community support to help, though klipper will be faster.
Hi,
Firstly, Thank you for throwing this video out for us.
I have an old E3 with a Micro Swiss DD HE and a BL Touch but I've been fighting to set up my board and there's just no manual... Not that I've found.
I feel that your video might help.
Hopefully, I'll get it going soon....
Hi. You're welcome. Let me know if you run into any issues.
@@ParabolicLabs I worked on it last night and followed this video as closely as I could. I'm still getting ABL errors so, I have another look tonight.
@@3DPrintscape Hi Rob, I had a go at it and at first, it's looking better. I'm still getting ABL erorrs but I think this might be my set-up process??? I'll take a closer look at it tonight.
@@55Rumble Are you still having the issues and did you clear the eeprom?
@@3DPrintscape Ah... I didn't clear the eeprom.... I'm in the UK and am still at work for another 2 hours. I'll check out what I have and get back to you.
Can I ask... Is there a specific set-up and calibration order/process to follow?
Great video, i am looking to do a custom firmware build for a cr10 smart (not pro). Not alot of options for this model printer which is frustrating. I know alot of people are swapping the original boards with the cr6 skr boards. With that being said it seems to me as they have same pin out etc, since theyre both pretty identical as far as afixed bed without manual leveling, and strain gauge auto leveling. In your experience, do you think i could just download cr6 firmware for the skr mini e3 v3, and just adjust the build area size? I have a little bit of experience building my own firmware. But would just hate to spend the time swapping everything out if you had an immediate answer as to if it would indeed work or not. Lmk thanks!
Hi. I would look for a config example for the board you want to use then change that to match what is needed for the printer.
This video was super helpful. I bought a Lanmu SD card extender and I keep getting SD init fail when I insert it. I have tried two different builds of Marlin and it still doesn't work. I'm running the SKR Mini 3 V3 on my Ender 3 Pro. My micro SD card works just fine. It's the stock 8gb card that came with it. Is there something in the firmware that needs to be changed to allow the extender to work?
Hi. I dont think anything needs changed for that. From my understanding, its just a converter and the board doesnt know about it.
Did you have to edit platformio for the environment. I follow yours to the T and when completed build fails because of that
Hi. If you use the marlin auto build plugin you dont need to. I have a video on it and would recommend it.
I've added the BLTouch as well as a runout sensor and the V2 screen. Are the steps for the firmware update for the sensor and screen available somewhere?
Hi. Not that i know of. You should jsut be able to enable the sensor, pause, advance parking, and the creality screen (#define DWIN_CREALITY_LCD ) in the config files. Also, make sure you use the creality ui config example.
Hi I have an Ender 3 Pro and I have recently purchased an SKR min3 v3 and a CR Touch. In have watched your video which I found really helpful. I did however run into a series of problems when I made the suggested edits to the configuration settings. Various functions were reported as requiring things which were aparently not available e.g. "Mesh_Edit_Menu requires Mesh_Bed_Leveling..."The build is showing as "Failed". How can I remedy these issues? Thanks
Hi. Did you uncomment #define AUTO_BED_LEVELING_BILINEAR and comment out #define MESH_BED_LEVELING. It sounds like the second one may not have been commented out.
@@3DPrintscape Thanks so much for your reply. I will go through and check again.
What settings are selected if using a bl touch wired into the bl touch port and no z stop switch?
Would like to know as well!
Hi. I have had issues with getting Marlin to work properly wired this way. What happens is the z axis doesn't go down. I would recommend keeping the z stop connected or connecting the two probe stop pins from the bltocuh there and uncommenting #define Z_MIN_PROBE_USES_Z_MIN_ENDSTOP_PIN.
@@3DPrintscape Thanks for the answer. If i plug in the Z endstop, and the blt ouch to its port, which Z endstop will the printer use? the end switch or the bl touch probe head?
@@3DPrintscape I ended up getting the TH3D firmware to work and went that route after hours of trying both ways on my own marlin build.
When I did the 5pin it would crash into the bed and the bl touch wouldn’t work. Same wiring on th3d and it worked fine, I was just having z offset issues (not saving).
Wired into the z stop Pins it also wouldn’t stop, and I had checked the firmware builds several times for correct settings. I even checked the pin file to make sure PC14 was the correct spot for white signal wire. 🤷♂️
Anyway I sure do appreciate the response sir! The video was very helpful and informative even though I had different issues.
@@jeepa777 I havent messed with the th3d firmware in a while. With marlin, if you have all 5 bltouch pins and the z stop connected you would make sure #define Z_MIN_PROBE_USES_Z_MIN_ENDSTOP_PIN is commented out or it will crash into the build plate. In this setup, it would use the probe on the bltouch as the stop.
I have a problem I just can't seem to fix. I have an Ender 3 original, with the SKR Mini E3 V3.0 board and a 3d touch. No matter what I do the 3d touch will only work when connected to the z-stop connector and on top of that it only works with the BTT firmware, nothing I compile myself works and the 3d touch pin goes down but when the pin is lifted up the z-axis keeps going down.
I'm trying to use the 3dtouch for automatic bed levelling AND as a Z-stop. Am I doing this wrong?
Hi. You would have to have the probe stop pins connected to the z stop port and the servo pins connected to the bltouch port. You would also need to have this enabled in the firmware. #define Z_MIN_PROBE_USES_Z_MIN_ENDSTOP_PIN
Great video, however I followed your instructions precisely, with bl touch enabled but the bed leveling fails just displaying "endstop z" I do have the two wires in the z stop on the board so un commented the code which you identified in the video.
Also when I print from sd card it home's fine but then does nothing, and the percentage shows done. Any advice would be appreciated.
Hi. Does the autohome and run mesh commands work as expected?
Auto home works, but I haven't tried run mesh, it just does one or two probe points then errors out.
@@nomadu571 Is it pulling on the wires or anything? Ive seen that happen when there was a loose wire/connection.
I've checked the wires and moved them out to the front of the machine so I could check them and see, also make it easier to check connections etc and I can't find anything wrong with the connections. It was working fine before I changed mainboards, my other board, the part cooling fan pins died, so I had to change.
The only thing I can think of is that it's an older 3rd party one I inherited with the machine, which ran off the 3v servo pins on the last board, so maybe it can't handle 5v? I was debating buying a new one when I saw a lot of posts regarding the e3v3 board and bl/cr touch issues. People experiencing the same things as me.
@@nomadu571 If you go that route, make sure to get the board from somewhere you can return easily if it doesnt fix the issue.
Thanks for that, I am doing a complete upgrade i.e. BIGTREETECH TFT35 screen, SKR Mini e3 v3 board and CR touch on my ender 3v2. any other tips or pitfalls to be aware of. cheers Gary, from New Zealand
Hi. Thanks for the feedback and no i think you should be good with the hardware you got.
Hi there, I have the ender 3v2 and when opening the config examples files for ender 3v2 there only 2 files instead of 4, do I use the ender 3 example as I am replacing the screen as well, hope this makes sense, I am also using the cr touch, cheers Gary Barford
Hi. You really only need the two config files.
Hello, One thing i'm not clear on is having the z-stop plugged in while using a CR-Touch? Do you have something that discusses this further? I have an Ender 3 V2 with the SKR Mini E3V3, TFT35, and a BIQU H2 Revo extruder/hotend. Please help!!
Hi. Standard prebuilt firmware configs assume the z stop is connected and the bltouch/crtouch is plugged into the bltouch port on the board.
hola hablo desde Colombia puedes enseñar como configurándolo con le vltoche en una ender 3
Hi. I have a video covering the crtouch install, its the same process for the bltouch.
Thank you!!! I only got one issue..... my Z axis won't go down anymore and i can't find it. :(
Hi. Is your z stop connected? It needs to be with any of the newer firmware.
@3DPrintscape I have bl touch that is also connected, but my z axis won't work. I tried your firmware to fix z offset. With other firmware z axis works not z offset. I may made a mistake but best thing is ask :)
You still need the z stop connected with the bltoch for most firmware builds. @@spacegomine
@@3DPrintscape Okay, im sorry for the misunderstanding.
Hi Rob I have done akk the settings as in the video, but my printer will not home to the centre
Hi. What firmware are you using. I know the latest bugfix line is having some issues with the bltouch.
@@3DPrintscape Marlin bugfix-2.1.x (mar 9 2024 Firmware: V27.x
Ok, try the stable release in that line or the 2.0 line.@@nigelbrown5516
What if I want to remove my z endstop and use the crtouch instead? what changes need to be made?
Hi. The probe pins on the ct rouch will need to be plugged into the z stop port and you would have to uncomment Z_MIN_PROBE_USES_Z_MIN_ENDSTOP_PIN .
After booting up the new firmware, when initiating the auto home process, the BLTouch sensor is triggered as expected. However, the issue arises where the Z-axis continues to descend without stopping
Hi. If you trigger the probe manually with your finger does it stop? Also, what firmware did you build the stable or bugfix one?
@@3DPrintscape no it's not stopping while trigger it with finger and I tried both bigfix and stable one.
@@dafsadfjsadfsakdf435 How is it wired, is the z stop connected (should be), and do you see bltouch items in the menu?
@@3DPrintscape problem solved
@@3DPrintscape actually it's 3D touch and from one of your video I found that for 3d touch I have to comment SW model and delay. After that it's now working. Thanks for the help.
Have you found a way to get a cr touch to work with this board been having trouble for weeks on my ender 3 max
Hi. Yes i had it working with this board. What issues are you having?
Thank you for your videos. I have used them in the past to set up my ender 3 pro with the 4.2.7 board. I am now about to set up my ender 5 pro with a skr e3 v3 board, but I cannot find the configuration files for the e3v3? all they have is precompiled firmware (which is nice, but I would like to tweak some things). When I go to the master configuration files for marlin, there isn't a e3v3 folder anymore for any of the marlin 2.x. Would you happen to know of a spot where I can get the configuration files for an ender 5 pro with skr mini e3 v3?
nvm I found it. Thank you!
Hi, were you able to get everything you needed?
@@derekquast860 Could you let me know where you found it as I am having the same issue currently with my ender 5 pro.
Hello, I decided to change the native motherboard (From Anet A8+) with BTT SKR Mini V3.0. But i don`t know how to wire. Can you help me?
Hi. Here is a diagram with all the pinouts, it should help. github.com/bigtreetech/BIGTREETECH-SKR-mini-E3/blob/master/hardware/BTT%20SKR%20MINI%20E3%20V3.0/Hardware/BTT%20E3%20SKR%20MINI%20V3.0_PIN.pdf
Hey Rob I cant find your firmware on your website?
Hi. Heres the link. 3dprintscape.com/marlin-firmware-builds/