Kris, Great as usual!! I forgot you can hook directly to a PC. Have been using Octoprint for so long. I think everyone needs a direct connection to their printer and this is a good solution. I like your new 10 minute series. Keep it up

Thank you for this vid. I was having problems getting my printer to have permissions on my COM port and it was because of Cura Slicer being opened. Your brief comment about closing other software saved me a lot of time. Bravo!!

Thanks!! Everyone takes for granted that everybody knows this stuff, but many of us don't ahah now i know =D

Many Thanks! I was having issues setting up the printer/computer connection but your video set me down the right track!

I really like how you present things in your videos. Great job!

Mate this helped me heaps. Pronterface kept crashing & all that was wront was I was using the wrong com port. Saved me a heap of time. Thank you!!!

Thanks for the helpful video! Happy summer!

Thank you for taking the time to create this video. Great Job.

Great video man - well done; you are one of the best presenters that actually does each step clearly - other's videos leave out many important key elements and many give incorrect info! Hey, I notice you added those support struts to your machine! Those did not work for me at all! Future video suggestion: explore structuring up and stabilizing the ender 5 bed! Thanks again man! Have a good one!

Clear, concise and useful. Thank you.

Great empowering video. Particular thanks to your ability to guide the follow logical span from scratch to success. Wonderful. Thank you again.

Thank you very much for the tutorial. I learned a lot.

Great work through Thanks for sharing 👍😀

hi sorry to bother you but what USB drivers does an ender 3 pro actually use , i downloaded the FTDI usb drivers but dont know how to install them, plus i cant find the com port its sapposed to use because it cant read what is there i keep getting a code 10 it knows its there but cant communicate with. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks for your time.

Thank you for mentioning cura

thx , too many tutorials asume you hace the correct driver . you help me a lot :D

Thank You so much this was the right video!!!

i have the fdic drivers from the sd card but my pc cant find the port when i go t update the driver

Thank you this was very helpful

got the drivers installed and pronterface. baud set 115200 tried all the com ports 1 to 4. It's an early 2008 (old) MBP. won't connect getting error messages. (Errno 2)

Great video! Helped me out a ton!

Do u experiance with disconnected when u turn on any other applience like fan or lamp?

Thanks, very helpful.

Killer dude Thanks

So how do I get the printer to save a Z offset as a default? I don't have a BLTouch or any other kind of auto bed leveling, but I have measured the bed with a 0.2mm feeler gauge but not matter what I do the Z offset when I start a print IS NOT 0.2mm like I keep trying to set it either in Cura or saving the Z offset on the printer.

Ender 3 Pro 4.2.7 mobo bl touch3.1 F1st Layer firmware, Is there any way (with Pronterface) to make the print pattern offset in one direction when it prints the bed leveling test pattern. Now when it prints the test pattern it is 5mm from the left of the edge of the bed and 15mm from the right edge, i think i just need to adjust it to the right 5mm, but I think that is a firmware thing. Am I right?

Hi and thank you for sharing. I am trying to connect my printer to my computer any not having any luck. I made sure i had all my software programs closed LIKE REPETIER and slic3r. I then went to ftdi chip website and downloaded the FTDI device driver. It went through the installation wizard but when I go into computer Managment and check device driver, it still show’s no device driver. After i install the frdi driver, to i then have to add it somewhere somehow? I have a tronxy p802e 3d printer running merlin reprap firmware. The 3d printer also came with an SD card with a file called software and in that is a zip filed called ftdi driver. I extracted the files but cannot figure out if any driver was installed. I tried to go into device management/drivers and right click on the 3d printer device and selected update driver. Tried to browse comp using the 2 files above and get error. Also tried auto update. Says driver up to date. Its the mezzi 2.0 version 6 mother board and the usb serial chip does say Eftdi on it. Can anyone help here ?

thankyou

I just found your channel and it's so helpful! Can I ask where/how you got the pattern for the Tarn mask?

Thank you for that, Excellent tutorial, very easy to follow and working perfectly. I was wondering though if thermal runaway protection is enabled in your firmware.

Sadly, this doesn't work with my EasyThreed X1 printer. I installed the included drivers but Pronterface does not connect. But thank you for the elaborate explanation, when I get my Ender 3 V2 it will be very helpful!

Hi, just discovered your channel. Thanks for your video, I like how you detail while keeping it easy to understand. Not everyone is able to be concise while being comprehensive. Just a basic question if you don't mind : is it possible to modify and save the E0 max temp setting via Pronterface to the EEPROM instead of going thru the hassle of compiling new firmware, Visual Studio, Arduino IE and the likes? I have 4.2.7 (32 bit) board on my Creality, bootloader is already included. I don't feel comfortable with altering G-codes and flashing process. Thanks very much in advance!

I think a video on setting up the ABL correctly would be very welcome as I came across so many people who were having problems, they set it up ok but when they printed after a power cycle the nozzle crashed into the bed and possibly indicating the z offset had not saved, some people said that homing the Z had a secondary function of saving the Z offset to EPROM, I asked Comgrow how to save the Z offset and they told me to "Print the repair file" they did not tell me where this file was located and I could not find this on the included SD card.

When I plug my printer in with device manager opened, it shows the printer in other devices, and not the COM & LPT drop down. Under other decices it says USB serial with a yellow exclamation triangle. Basically wont show up under COM ports.

When I connect ET5X the firmware and settings don't come up, it just says connecting.....printer is online

my computer has no ports part. How to go further with that?

thank you cura was the problem:)

Thank you for this video. I have a Ender-3 S1 PRO. I have connected it with an usb cable. I try to use Pronterface, but when connecting, I obtain an error : Connecting... Traceback (most recent call last): File "printrun\pronterface.pyc", line 1053, in connect File "printrun\pronsole.pyc", line 720, in connect_to_printer File "printrun\printcore.pyc", line 46, in inner File "printrun\printcore.pyc", line 208, in connect File "encodings\utf_8.pyc", line 16, in decode UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe8 in position 39: invalid continuation byte Have you an idea to correct? Thank you, Richard Huméry

Well made video. I wish you had started a print job though. It looks like that may be a slow process though because of PF slicing the gcode. Can that be turned off?

hey i love the videos but i cant understand my printer egeloo 3 pro does not have a usb hook up

Is it possible to update firmware using the video instructions you provided here? I have an Artillery Genius.

I am trying to open Printrun app, and my windows 7 wants to know what I should open it with I tried a bunch of different options I wa given (Adobe Actobat Reader, and hl2. I am still having now luck, what did you open yours with?

You can do a 10 min on those battery op leveling sticks that light up an led to help level your printer.

Hi i cant find the drivers for my cr10 max 1.70 bl not even on their website plug cable in can make the connection and shows non as a port com no options can you help thanks David NZ

What about the 5V from the usb, does the feeding cause any issues short/long term?

Ender 5..new skr e3v3 and screen.. z is opposite when moving manually.. bl touch wont level..goes wrong way .. how do i correct this..im lost.. helpppp

Kris, I have just bought an Ender 5 Plus and have just received replacement leadscrews and smooth rods for ones that came with the printer bent like snakes, during my investigations I came across loads of people whose nozzle crashed into the bed while setting up ABL, from what I can gather the Z offset is not saving to the EPROM automatically and I think the Z Home button can be used to save this setting to the EPROM before using ABL in a print. Am I correct in my thinking?

i have a ender 3 pro and new at 3d printing i found a usb cable that i used to charge my bb8 is that going to work or is there a special cable

I'm trying to connect to a Mingda D3 pro 3d printer. And the device descriptor is failing...

could use some help here.... ponterface can see my printer, but every time i press connect it says Got rubbish reply from COM4 at baudrate 38400: Maybe a bad baudrate? even if i change the baudrate, it stil says the same

Would this work on y iMac? seem to have had a problem with a com port on my Mac? Also Kris can't I do the esteps using Raspberry Pi and Octoprint sending some M command?

I wish you had done the Pronterface connection step by step. I can't get it to connect using all the same screens. Creality 200B. I get USB Serial but not beyond that. Never finds the drive, even when I take it to the factory SD card to search.

Can you make a video about calibrating stepper motors on firmware? My E5P extrudes 9,13mm when it was suposed to extrude 10mm and i dont know how to tune it

nice video, can this method be used to change the maxim printing temperature of the printer after upgrading the hot end?

installed sn skr mini in my e5+, running on your firmware branch and can't seem to get pronterface running on whatever baudrate. says the printer is online, don't get any info about the printer in console... whatever command i try to give or button i end up pushing seems to send the printer in some error. Any suggestions?

Ender 5 Pro connected to my PC with Pronterface online but gui controls only make the printer have humming sound and the LCD "blues out". Running Marlin v1.1.1 2020-04-25

I have an Ender 5 updated with the silent mainboard 4.2.7 with BLTouch and filament runout running with the firmware of Creality. So far so good. After having a broken wire at the element of the hotend I changed the element. The temperature is badly swinging now 5 degrees up and down. Tried to connect Pronterface on my iMac OS11.0.1 with the printer with USB to do PID tuning and I only get: 'Could not connect to /dev/tty.usbserial-1460 at baudrate 115200: Serial error: [Errno 16] could not open port /dev/tty.usbserial-1460: [Errno 16] Resource busy: ‘/dev/tty.usbserial-1460'.' What is happening? Is PID tuning not possible with the Firmware for the silent mainboard or?

Thank you.

Any ideas why pronterface wouldn’t connent to Ender 5 Plus? I downloaded drivers also, and extracted them. I also followed the video for connecting. Thanks

Nice video, but aside from making infrequent firmware/settings changes, I don't really understand the value of using pronterface. It sounds to me like it's more of a speedbump than anything, or is there something I am just missing?

Hi, could you tell me if there any advantage compared to octoprint? Thanks

How to add 2nd nozzle extrude

Can i udate firmware through this because i cant get it to work through sd cards

Hi i reset the z height using a series of m codes on pronterface as per a vid now the printer does it 16 point check and just before the print stops and the progress bar works across like its printing but the print head doesn't move. I have a sd card inserted but its not doing anything, Is there a code i need to put into the main board for it to read off the factory slot ? not a connected laptop

thanks for the video ... it's really useful ... the only thing is that when i connect the usb to the printer (ender 3 pro) the screen lights up slightly, even when the printer is off ... i think something will explode, is it normal?

i did this with my ender 5 plus, i was using pronterface fine, then all of a sudden my printers screen shut off and now it wont connect to my computer at all, can anyone help? i cant find a solution anywhere.

Mine printer is stuck on "connecting" I have closed all programs (such as slicer) and selected the same baudrate as in my conif file. Do you know what is wrong?

leaning a new code is putting me off using 3 d printers why dont just turn them into icons and have a toolbar like Microsoft word find this difficult to get my head around

What does the serial port look like on the ender 3 motherboard

I have to update the driver manually but if i select the folder from the desktop it doesn't find the driver.

Hopefully you read comments on really old videos, but I recently received an easythreed k7 (it was free, don't judge me) and I cannot for the life of me get it to connect to any of my computers. The computer recognizes that something is plugged in, but it won't connect to any of the software.

Hi, so I have a problem regarding the connection between my printer and pronterface. When I plug my computer in to the printer, my computer knows it’s connected(I checked through device manager) and I also know I have the right drivers installed. Even with all this, pronterface doesn’t give me the option to choose a COM port, the only option it has is ‘none’ and no matter what I do I just can’t seem to get the two devices to connect. I double checked that I didn’t have cura open and the only other reason I could think of as to why they aren’t connecting is that I might be using a usb cable specifically made for charging, and not data sharing. Anyway I just wanted to see if you could help me at all, but regardless you did a great job with the video and it was crystal clear to follow the instructions. Good job, keep it up.

thank you for a good video. I have a problem (actually more - but one at a time :) ) My pc can not see my ender 5 + and i guess it is the drivers. in the readme file in the drivers you link to, win 10 is not mentioned, and my question is - Does the driver work with win 10?

Where do I get a usb cable for an Ender 3 Pro????

I’m having problems trying to save my E value i got to try and enter M500 and i get echo:No EEPROM. What do i need to do

Great overview! thank you for this. I do have another question though. How would I connect and send gcode to the printer without using a 3rd party software? For instance, say I am a "master at gcode" and just want to send commands through the terminal of presliced models, how would i do this after connecting my computer to the printer?

The Ender5+ documentation and other forum discussions mention not to connect the printer to the computer directly b/c any time the computer does something, like screen saver or sleep, it will stop the printing process. Does using your solution here, checking/verifying the com port, etc. prevent this? If we select the correct COM, Baud, etc., can we use the computer in parallel while the printer is printing? I don't know much about the inner workings of the computer, tho good to know, but it seems ancient thinking to be unable to simply hook up the computer to a 3D printer directly and use it like any of my paper printers. Is this due to a lack of memory in the printers and they must use the memory in the computer? You mention installing the drivers for the printer. I have not done that as yet. Is this like "add printer" in the devices icon in Win10? Good video. Thank you very much.

Can we auto bed level using the this

my laptop windos 10 asus dosent finde the printer

I need connect EZT T1 delta I don't find driver in pc It's not the same driver you use

I see you are using the pre built binaries which look to be a few years old. Is it worth it to pull the latest from GitHub and deal with that?

I have a creative ender 6 and there is no way to get connection with Pronterface can anyone help me? many thanks,

Has pronterface not been updated since 2017? I have a newer mac and it will not install

Would you please expand on how to install the driver? My ender 3 v2 was not found and I'm struggling to figure out how to install the driver.

Can we make a timelapse with this method ?

Interesting video, though I was torpedoed by a lack of drivers.

I looked for it online and it says it's no longer available.

Anyone know the USB Cable type being used?

I have the drivers installed, tried every baud rate, Ender 5 plus will not connect

The Creality printers so sure can't be installed, I only have so many other USB serial devices and no driver going up. I don't think your method works at 64-bit win 10.

My printer exceeds the printing area on X-axis far right.. Please how can i fix it?

Can I turn off my computer after starting a print ?

please sent me 3d printer details in pdf file sir

As soon as I try to set home on my printer I get error 0 and other stuff

How fast or slow is the connection over usb?

Where can I get Pronter Face?

Any updates on software, are you still using this?

And if windows fail to install drivers what do we do? No matter what folder I point to my windows says it can't find suitable drivers. All tutorials skip this possible problem like it never happens.

What about when it doesnt connect??

THANK YOU SO MUCH I NORMALLY DONT COMMENT BUT I BEEN GOING CRAZY MY NEPTUNE 2 WASN'T CONNECTING NO MATTER WHAT PORT I USED DIDN'T KNOW COULDN'T HAVE CURA OPEN COMPLETE NEWBIE LOL