Creality Ender 5 Pro - BLTouch and Marlin 2.0 (8 bit) Firmware Upgrade

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Creality Ender 5 Pro - BLTouch and Marlin 2.0 (8 bit) Firmware Upgrade

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In the video we attempt to upgrade a Creality Ender 5 Pro with a BLTouch auto bed levelling probe. We also end up updating the firmware on the 8 bit mainboard (v1.1.5) to the latest version of Marlin (2.0.9.1) as the official Creality firmware files with BLTouch enabled are quite old (Marlin 1.1.6).
BLTouch install kit (8 bit boards): www.amazon.co....
Creality BLTouch tutorial: • Ender 5 Pro BL-touch I...
Teaching Tech BLTouch tutorial: • Ender 5 BLtouch guide ...
Creality firmware & flashing software: www.creality.c...
Marlin firmware source: marlinfw.org/
Creality Ender 5 Pro reference source files (Marlin 1.1.6): drive.google.c...
My firmware (+ source files): www.thingivers...
DISCLAIMER: These files are provided for information purposes only so use entirely at your own risk. I will not accept any responsibility if these cause issues with your 3d printer.

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@TheRevalak 2 жыл бұрын

Your Video helped me after four weeks of not getting any step further in repairing my printer. Many thanks for your video! I very much appreciate your effort!

@tedcruzinusa Жыл бұрын

I can't thumbs this up enough. I was pulling my hair out and this has staved off baldness.

@riddikus6698 2 жыл бұрын

Really nice video! Thanks for sharing your process of getting the BL touch running. Helped a lot!

@vonscherfarms925 2 жыл бұрын

these steps also work for the CR touch thank you so much!

@charles_1523 6 ай бұрын

Youre a freaking angel, like seriously, thank you so much for the firmware.

@MrCarlox86 2 жыл бұрын

Searched your video as my own FW got completely off the last week. (And little to no idea why) Thanks for the very through video and explanation. Much appreciated.

@EsotericArctos 7 ай бұрын

I was lucky that my Ender 5 Pro came with the 4.2.2 32 bit board and I was able to just connect the BL Touch directly the board. This is still a helpful video for the Marlin config.

@SYESNAP 2 жыл бұрын

I struggled to fit the marlin 2.0 with BLtouch enabled on the V1.1.4 8bit board using Arduino mega 2560 as a ISP through the Arduino IDE, 'using the bltouch bootloader with VScode platform IO using the melzi optiboot optimized environments worked disabling bootscreen, enabling, slim_lcd, i left baby stepping alone. good work thanks...

@thalidin 2 жыл бұрын

This saved me, thank you for making this video

@Nyaaani 2 жыл бұрын

I've been looking for a video like this for a while as i've struggled to find working firmware (I reallllyy didnt wanna compile my own) for this exact setup. Everything has gone exactly to plan and worked great up until i actually need to print something, Is printing from SD card missing in this version of marlin? or am i just missing it? help appreciated

@amp9438 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. The SD card was working fine for me. You need to make sure it hasn't been disabled in your firmware source files. Think it's called #SDSUPPORT (or something) in Configuration.h. The source files and firmware I used are linked in the description for reference.

@1science100 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you can help me here with my question since I can't get my hotbed leveled in the 16 positions I had setup in my Bugfixed Marlin 2.1.x. version. Whatever I try my Z steppermotor keeps pushing my hotbed a bit too far up against my nozzle. And my hotbed is correctly manually leveled with the steppers disabled. My Ender 5 Pro became completely useless although it was entirely and perfectly working upgraded to Bugfixed Marlin 2.1.x version with CR-Touch and with RUNout sensor that all worked fantastic!, until I decided to just remove the glass hotbed plate and replace it with the brandnew Twotrees magnetic plate. Re-Calibrating went perfectly and everything worked fine and an object was nicely printed. But after my Ender 5 Pro(blem) printer's calibration was stored before it was switched off, it behaved very erratic after powering up because the bedleveling didn't work anymore as expected because the Z-bed height was somehow wrong. (Maybe because there apparently is no eeprom file on the SD card anymore after the new firmware was made and installed?). And when trying to adjust the Z-offset the nozzle crashed and also destroyed my brandnew 30 euros Twotrees plate. Nowhere is a correct answer given on how to solve this very annoying Ender 5 Pro problem. Which also started giving E1 heater reset problems while trying to print with PETG filament at 255 degrees Celsius. About 5 days ago before I had replaced the glass Creality plate everything worked without any worries and as a sunshine! Now I became so frustated after hours of trying to solve the issue that I had completely disassembled my useless Creality firmware unsupported Ender5 Pro(blem) printer and had put everything back in its box. And when there is no clear solution to this problem, Creality never will be my 3D printer brand anymore! And I am very sure that many other frustrated Creality Ender 5 Pro buyers encountered the same issue that made them cursing Creality for their extremely bad and useless support! And I know it is not about just setting the Z-offset because that was never a problem, this bed Z height problem is a much bigger problem that seems unsolvable and makes any Creality 3D printer ready for scrapping.

@drelmoh 5 ай бұрын

Amazing video. Thank you so much for explaining. One question: I accidentally flashed the firmware for the ender 3 instead of the ender 5 pro somehow. Is there a faster way to re-flash the firmware for the Ender 5 Pro?

@amp9438 5 ай бұрын

For the firmware itself you can just download and use the versions on Creality website but they are out of date. To install for 8bit boards you need the adapter but I think you can update the bootloader to allow it to flash from the SD card but haven't tried it. For 32bits it's a lot easier and you can flash from the SD card.

@TheRwdyAudi 6 ай бұрын

I have this same printer. I haven't yet upgrade the drive gear. What kinda difference might I have to look forward to?

@amp9438 6 ай бұрын

Hi. You mean direct drive extruder? Not something I've tried yet

@MrJahid-yh3ss 2 жыл бұрын

- That's Really Amazing 😍😍

@jochenweisel8612 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, very helpful. 👍

@drakeandrew1990 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful❤

@camillequemado2475 2 жыл бұрын

i have done all the steps from this video and the one mentioned but i keep getting a failed in my build saying Error: MOTHERBOARD is not defined in Configuration.h any advicec? soooooo frustrating

@amp9438 Жыл бұрын

Not sure what Marlin version you're trying but might be worth getting latest versions from the Marlin Github in case something has changed since I did the video. Obviously you'll need to apply the settings to those version of the config files. Otherwise you'll need to get the correct version from Github to match I one I used (2.0.9.1).

@mattvs117 Жыл бұрын

Is there any way to adjust the default X location when "homing"? I added a direct drive assembly and the wheel (that engages the zero button) is offset such that the "middle" of the bed is closer to the edge and when the BLtouch is leveling the bed the far end of the bed the BLtouch doesn't touch the bed at all. Can someone help?

@amp9438 Жыл бұрын

Could you move the X stop switch to accommodate?

@mattvs117 Жыл бұрын

@@amp9438 the way the stop switch is mounted it has a threaded hole so I would have to drill and tap a new hole. Essentially what I ended up doing was measuring the old plate that held the hot end to the old hole and duplicated that location to the new plate. So now the wheel that engages the stop switch is now in the same location as it was before.

@jimmessenger 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. I am in same boat as wife bought the BL Touch with No Kit ! After watching at least a dozen How To Vids yours is a godsend. I hope to be able to use your files. One question. I am an ex PLC programmer and would always back up existing EEProms before uploading new code as a fallback option. Can the stock Ender 5 Pro code be downloaded to PC ? If I totally screwed this upgrade how do I get back to 'Vanilla' printer as it came out of the box. Total newbie - 5 items printed so far!

@amp9438 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I think the program to upload the firmware does allow you to download the current one first if you want. Haven't tried it though. But I don't think the firmware actually overrides the bootloader so should be ok if there's a problem. Also I think the stock firmware is available from Creality's website

@SebastianRamirezH 2 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate your video. I have been looking for something understable to do the step, because I used the hex file from crrality, but it only probed 9 pointd and I want more. Honestly, I have never been able to understand teaching tech. I do not get his way, but you are the life saver... Kind of haha. Have you planned to do a video explaining the config for bltouch? I did not like the teaching tech way.

@amp9438 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Glad it helped as its not easy. Originally I just wanted to use the Creality firmware but it was so out of date I figured I'd try it myself. The BL Touch settings were pretty much the same as Teaching Tech albeit with some differences with Marlin 2.

@SebastianRamirezH 2 жыл бұрын

@@amp9438 could you tell me what were the new things you edited for marlin 2 please? I do not want to brick my printer hehe

@amp9438 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. The thingiverse link in the description lists the changes I did.

@SebastianRamirezH 2 жыл бұрын

@@amp9438 ohhh thank you!

@shamolykhatun564 2 жыл бұрын

So beautiful

@riyahossen3348 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@nickinimgaard3870 2 жыл бұрын

but what is the porblem whit the old version of marlin?

@amp9438 2 жыл бұрын

My original firmware didn't have BLTouch enabled. Also heard the updated Creality firmware has issues so decided to use newer Marlin which has newer features and fixes. Also building yourself you can decide which features to enable. But if the process is too complex you can probably just use the Creality firmware.

@andrewcharles3417 Жыл бұрын

How open LCD_BED_LEVELING ？ 100.5% (used 127570 bytes from 126976 bytes)

@andrewcharles3417 Жыл бұрын

I have solved it, just close the splash screen and the space is enough to open it

@palashhossain2989 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful ❤️

@jemyakvianto7271 2 жыл бұрын

thanks you

@snowthirsty6183 2 жыл бұрын

I am confused at the 3 min mark. I only have 4 pins instead of 6 can anyone explain.

@amp9438 2 жыл бұрын

On mine there are 5 wires, 2 of which are ground. On 8-bit boards it splits into 3 wires for controlling the BLTouch and 2 wires as the z stop switch. Maybe you only have 1 ground wire?

@mhumayunkabir4234 2 жыл бұрын

beautiful

@moegammadraeesdollie2239 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video! Helps alot. Just a little confused. I got the ender 5 pro with the bltouch v.3.1. I followed your steps and used your hex file. My firmware is updated, however my bltouch doesn't move the probe in any direction. Any help? Also using marlin 2.0.x

@MyPotat 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have to have the kit? My brother got me a 3d printer bundle with the BL touch and I read the instructions and it didn’t show anything about those extra pieces. You just plug it in pretty much.

@amp9438 2 жыл бұрын

I think the BL Touch usually comes with everything required. I bought it 2nd hand off eBay and only recieved the BLTouch with nothing else so needed the kit to install it.

@I_am_nameless_ 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. Assuming I have the same printer and board, can I just flash your files without messing around compiling my own fw? Thanks

@amp9438 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. Yes you probably can but need to check the nozzle to probe offset values are the same

@santosanto4296 2 жыл бұрын

Really good video 😘😘

@davidvybiral5031 2 жыл бұрын

Hi everyone, I am little bit puzzled, I own the Ender 5 not PRO version, recently bougth the Bl_touch and firstly I followed instructrion to update firmware for Ender according video tutorial but it was regarding marlin v1.1.9, I had to measure with calliper distance between nozzle and Bl_touch X and Y axis and adjusted X and Y probe offset parameters and in addition also make further editing of Configuration.h and Configuration_adv.h due to the connection of BL_touch. So for Marlin 2.0.x this kind of adjustment isn't needed?

@amp9438 2 жыл бұрын

It's the same in Marlin 2.0 but they changed the name of the setting to NOZZLE_TO_PROBE_OFFSET . If you search in Configuration.h you should see it.

@josephmama9657 2 жыл бұрын

It’s the BL better than the Creality brand one?

@amp9438 2 жыл бұрын

Don't know but imagine they are pretty similar

@christopherlee9605 2 жыл бұрын

I have an ender 5 plus. I'd like to use the adapter kit you said was on Amazon. Didn't see it. Do you have a site or link I could use? Does this also work the same as with an ender 5 pro? Please and thank you. Thanks- Chris.

@amp9438 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. There's a link in the video description to the kit I used. Paid about £8-9 but seems to have gone up since then. I'm not sure it will work on a 5+ as this kit is for 8bit boards. I believe the 5+ uses a different one. Also I thought 5+ already came with a Bltouch?

@christopherlee9605 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much

@manuloko82 2 жыл бұрын

and for the prusaslicer what command is used?

@amp9438 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. If you're slicing into G-Code then would be the same

@farukahmed7263 2 жыл бұрын

Good work

@asikulislam3585 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@munnahosan2604 2 жыл бұрын

Beautyful

@novasatus1843 2 жыл бұрын

Except the firmware file does not look like the one in the other video. It more resembles HTML and frustratingly so. I cant find all of the places he says to make changes. Even using control F....

@amp9438 2 жыл бұрын

The files I updated are linked in the description. Included is both the Marlin source files (C/C++ code) and the compiled .hex firmware file.

@novasatus1843 2 жыл бұрын

i just downloaded your compiled firmware and it worked perfectly. Just really frustrating that I couldn't compile my own. ah well!

@dreemcomputer2284 2 жыл бұрын

very nice

@riponhassan4588 2 жыл бұрын

very good

@jani_na 2 жыл бұрын

Very Nice

@borhunuddin1296 2 жыл бұрын

So beautiful 💗❤💓

@Engenharia_Facil 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Can I Get your full Gcode start in cura slicer?

@amp9438 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. I just use the default Cura profile for the Ender 5. Only thing I add is the G29

@harrisxxvi 2 жыл бұрын

Hello! I'm really frustrated. I'm trying to download the config files from marlin for the ender 5 pro but i can't figure out how. Can anyone pleeeeeease help me?

@amp9438 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. Where are you trying to download the files from?

@harrisxxvi 2 жыл бұрын

@@amp9438 At first I wanted to try building my own firmware so I tried downloading the configuration files from marlin. In the end I used your hex file and it worked great. Thank you for your video. It helped me fix a problem after a week searching on how to make bltouch work. You're great!