Klipper is miles above Marlin in pretty much every aspect. Print speed and quality have substantially improved due to the Sonic Pad, and interfacing with the printer is convenient and many times easier using the Fluidd web interface.
I am able to print at 150-200mm/s with my Ender 3 v2 with better print quality than I was ever able to get with Marlin firmware. Combined with the webcam, and the ability to control up to 4 printers at once all without even touching the machine is a game changer.
The Sonic Pad was by far the upgrade with the best return on investment. Especially with Raspberry Pi prices these days, and how how simple and almost plug and play the Sonic Pad makes things (at least with stock Creality printers) it’s a no brainer to buy one of these.
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Updated April 2024 Ender 5 +Things to know.
Got it today 11.26.2023. haven't hooked it up yet to try out. It will be a little while before I can get to it. But thought I would share photos and a couple of things. Received in paper type envelope, and it was torn open on one edge. Also the silica gel pack had a hole in it so the silica was rolling around in the box. photo provided. All still looked ok. I powered it up, seems a little slow booting up. Did language, read through policy, it went black, tap a couple times on screen to wake it back up. Connected to wifi, put in wifi PW, not going to tell you. Has a update to download, so I let it do that, then to telling it what printer you have. Then wanted me to connect the USB cable And that's where I got to. No time to go finish it at the time being.Note that something I noticed, is that the screen is going to be easy to not only pick up finger prints but also scratches, so I'm off to see if I can find a screen protector for it, before I start working with it anymore. Screen 7" x 4 & 6/16". I will edit again later.2024 04 13. Update...Things to know,1. Need to know the board chip you have, may need to remove cover to find it. Take photos of all of it for records. Cables plugs boards. Might as well while your in there.2. Will have to flash the board. May have to have a blank sd card to load the flash info onto. Mine did it by way of USB connection though the pad. Wifi already on.3. It wants you to tighten all the bed knobs up tight,( not like this part) so you'll have to relevel the bed. I had already updated to the silicone type. I have the taller ones. And I also have a printed cable support in place. My cable support I did design with the ability to change. It's spring loaded unlike a couple I had tried but don't really allow much change. So made my own.4. G sensor cable is only 40 1/4 inches long. I find it not long enough for practical use on larger printers. ( not connected yet ) will look for a extension. Book says PS2 the plug end is round with 6 pins and a plastic key pin. Connectes to back of pad.USB cable is 39 3/4 inches long. Came with two end adapters. Connected to USB port 1 Top side of pad.5. Usb port 2 also side under port 1 for print files. USB instead of sd card6. Power cable from the block end 5 foot. Connected to back of pad.7. Lan port back of pad, cable not included.8. USB ports 3 and 4 back of pad. For Camera(Not yet tried) update later.9. On bed level calibration be sure to watch the clips if you have them. It goes out that far and can hit them.OkayFinally got around to connecting it to my 3D printer, the Ender 5 Plus. The manual, I find it to be a little lacking and is in small print. There is a PDF one on the USB drive that came with mine. Turned on and wanted to update again, did that, already had done the wifi. Connected the USB, picked my printer End 5plus, it did not give any choices of boards to pick from like the manual says. It says to know what board chip you have and you may need to take the cover off to see what it is.. I had already updated to the silent board (big difference) and updated to a Micro Swift direct drive setup. It flashed the board. Goes through and checks fans and bed level calibration.Tried a print from the included USB drive. For the g sensor flat cable as a test print.During the print I had bumped the power block cord and lost power, course it stopped, I plugged back in restarted, it picked up where it stopped and finished the print. Not to bad considering the filament was a little left over, been sitting around a while. Expecting more moisture bubbles. Still need some fine tuning.PS the regular screen will not be usable, after flashing with the pad. So you cant just unplug the pad and fire up the printer to use it the way it was.( Downer )
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Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2023
I am able to print at 150-200mm/s with my Ender 3 v2 with better print quality than I was ever able to get with Marlin firmware. Combined with the webcam, and the ability to control up to 4 printers at once all without even touching the machine is a game changer.
The Sonic Pad was by far the upgrade with the best return on investment. Especially with Raspberry Pi prices these days, and how how simple and almost plug and play the Sonic Pad makes things (at least with stock Creality printers) it’s a no brainer to buy one of these.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2023
Klipper is miles above Marlin in pretty much every aspect. Print speed and quality have substantially improved due to the Sonic Pad, and interfacing with the printer is convenient and many times easier using the Fluidd web interface.Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2023
I am able to print at 150-200mm/s with my Ender 3 v2 with better print quality than I was ever able to get with Marlin firmware. Combined with the webcam, and the ability to control up to 4 printers at once all without even touching the machine is a game changer.
The Sonic Pad was by far the upgrade with the best return on investment. Especially with Raspberry Pi prices these days, and how how simple and almost plug and play the Sonic Pad makes things (at least with stock Creality printers) it’s a no brainer to buy one of these.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2023
Absolute garbage! Bug's, Glitches, endless codes and Errors.
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2023
The moment I set this up it ruined print after print! MCU errors, Webhook Errors, disconnecting halfway through an 8 hour print - 3X times! Slamming my bed past the end stops. I spent more time fixing and problem solving then I did printing. Oh and you can forget about customer service, there isn't any! Creality is to worthless to service their own crap, so they rely on 3 party forums to solve their problems for them. BTW thank you to all the other forum members who endlessly are trying to figure out what the hell is going on with these POS's!Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2023
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Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2023
Got it today 11.26.2023. haven't hooked it up yet to try out. It will be a little while before I can get to it. But thought I would share photos and a couple of things. Received in paper type envelope, and it was torn open on one edge. Also the silica gel pack had a hole in it so the silica was rolling around in the box. photo provided. All still looked ok. I powered it up, seems a little slow booting up. Did language, read through policy, it went black, tap a couple times on screen to wake it back up. Connected to wifi, put in wifi PW, not going to tell you. Has a update to download, so I let it do that, then to telling it what printer you have. Then wanted me to connect the USB cable
And that's where I got to. No time to go finish it at the time being.
Note that something I noticed, is that the screen is going to be easy to not only pick up finger prints but also scratches, so I'm off to see if I can find a screen protector for it, before I start working with it anymore. Screen 7" x 4 & 6/16". I will edit again later.
2024 04 13. Update...Things to know,
1. Need to know the board chip you have, may need to remove cover to find it. Take photos of all of it for records. Cables plugs boards. Might as well while your in there.
2. Will have to flash the board. May have to have a blank sd card to load the flash info onto. Mine did it by way of USB connection though the pad. Wifi already on.
3. It wants you to tighten all the bed knobs up tight,( not like this part) so you'll have to relevel the bed. I had already updated to the silicone type. I have the taller ones. And I also have a printed cable support in place. My cable support I did design with the ability to change. It's spring loaded unlike a couple I had tried but don't really allow much change. So made my own.
4. G sensor cable is only 40 1/4 inches long. I find it not long enough for practical use on larger printers. ( not connected yet ) will look for a extension. Book says PS2 the plug end is round with 6 pins and a plastic key pin. Connectes to back of pad.
USB cable is 39 3/4 inches long. Came with two end adapters. Connected to USB port 1 Top side of pad.
5. Usb port 2 also side under port 1 for print files. USB instead of sd card
6. Power cable from the block end 5 foot. Connected to back of pad.
7. Lan port back of pad, cable not included.
8. USB ports 3 and 4 back of pad. For Camera
(Not yet tried) update later.
9. On bed level calibration be sure to watch the clips if you have them. It goes out that far and can hit them.
Okay
Finally got around to connecting it to my 3D printer, the Ender 5 Plus. The manual, I find it to be a little lacking and is in small print. There is a PDF one on the USB drive that came with mine. Turned on and wanted to update again, did that, already had done the wifi. Connected the USB, picked my printer End 5plus, it did not give any choices of boards to pick from like the manual says. It says to know what board chip you have and you may need to take the cover off to see what it is.. I had already updated to the silent board (big difference) and updated to a Micro Swift direct drive setup. It flashed the board. Goes through and checks fans and bed level calibration.
Tried a print from the included USB drive. For the g sensor flat cable as a test print.
During the print I had bumped the power block cord and lost power, course it stopped, I plugged back in restarted, it picked up where it stopped and finished the print. Not to bad considering the filament was a little left over, been sitting around a while. Expecting more moisture bubbles. Still need some fine tuning.
PS the regular screen will not be usable, after flashing with the pad. So you cant just unplug the pad and fire up the printer to use it the way it was.( Downer )
And that's where I got to. No time to go finish it at the time being.
Note that something I noticed, is that the screen is going to be easy to not only pick up finger prints but also scratches, so I'm off to see if I can find a screen protector for it, before I start working with it anymore. Screen 7" x 4 & 6/16". I will edit again later.
2024 04 13. Update...Things to know,
1. Need to know the board chip you have, may need to remove cover to find it. Take photos of all of it for records. Cables plugs boards. Might as well while your in there.
2. Will have to flash the board. May have to have a blank sd card to load the flash info onto. Mine did it by way of USB connection though the pad. Wifi already on.
3. It wants you to tighten all the bed knobs up tight,( not like this part) so you'll have to relevel the bed. I had already updated to the silicone type. I have the taller ones. And I also have a printed cable support in place. My cable support I did design with the ability to change. It's spring loaded unlike a couple I had tried but don't really allow much change. So made my own.
4. G sensor cable is only 40 1/4 inches long. I find it not long enough for practical use on larger printers. ( not connected yet ) will look for a extension. Book says PS2 the plug end is round with 6 pins and a plastic key pin. Connectes to back of pad.
USB cable is 39 3/4 inches long. Came with two end adapters. Connected to USB port 1 Top side of pad.
5. Usb port 2 also side under port 1 for print files. USB instead of sd card
6. Power cable from the block end 5 foot. Connected to back of pad.
7. Lan port back of pad, cable not included.
8. USB ports 3 and 4 back of pad. For Camera
(Not yet tried) update later.
9. On bed level calibration be sure to watch the clips if you have them. It goes out that far and can hit them.
Okay
Finally got around to connecting it to my 3D printer, the Ender 5 Plus. The manual, I find it to be a little lacking and is in small print. There is a PDF one on the USB drive that came with mine. Turned on and wanted to update again, did that, already had done the wifi. Connected the USB, picked my printer End 5plus, it did not give any choices of boards to pick from like the manual says. It says to know what board chip you have and you may need to take the cover off to see what it is.. I had already updated to the silent board (big difference) and updated to a Micro Swift direct drive setup. It flashed the board. Goes through and checks fans and bed level calibration.
Tried a print from the included USB drive. For the g sensor flat cable as a test print.
During the print I had bumped the power block cord and lost power, course it stopped, I plugged back in restarted, it picked up where it stopped and finished the print. Not to bad considering the filament was a little left over, been sitting around a while. Expecting more moisture bubbles. Still need some fine tuning.
PS the regular screen will not be usable, after flashing with the pad. So you cant just unplug the pad and fire up the printer to use it the way it was.( Downer )
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Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2022
Controling and printing wirelessly is nearly enough to justify the cost. Once you add the fact that I dont need to upgrade my motherboard anymore, the increased print speed and excellent data constantly at your fingertips it is a no brainer. I actually tried to set up Octoprint before this pad and wasted my money and time. Klipper is well meyonf my technical ability but now I have it and so far love it. Can't wait to put it through its paces.
Setup was easier than expected. I haven't configured the resonance yet as I don't like the current sensor mounting options though.
Setup was easier than expected. I haven't configured the resonance yet as I don't like the current sensor mounting options though.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2023
