andycb
Updated voxel to flash forge firmware - now "file format error"
Hello,
First of all, thank you for the time and effort you have done on this app. It has been fantastic, but I might have just shot myself in the foot.
I have the monoprice voxel. It has been having some calibration issues, so I did the steps to flash it as a flash forge adv 3 lite. Not sure why I chose lite over Pro, but I did. I tried to change to Pro and I'm not smart enough to know how.
ANYWAY, since I've done this, your Client connects fine, but I get a "file format error". I was thinking it was something to do with my G-code for the longest time. Then I took the G-code over on a USB and it printed just fine.
I went from a mono price firmware V1.1.5-1.4 that worked great with your app to a flash forge V1.2.5-2.1 that does not seem happy anymore.
Any tips or ideas would be appreciated.
~RJ
Hey, there have been some issues with newer versions of the firmware. With my own printer, I avoided updating it to keep it on a known compatible firmware version. The file format error bug has had some discussions on redit and in the comments of the original post. There seem to be a couple of paths in the comments, about converting the file. But I haven't tested them myself: https://andybradford.dev/2020/01/12/using-the-monoprice-voxel-with-ultimaker-cura/#comments
Andy! Your app has seriously been wonderful. I use a work laptop since I do 3D design on it for work, but they have all the USB's shut down on it, so its a pain to get things to my printer (onedrive to the phone to flash). Your app was a lifesaver work around for that. I'll try to do some reading, but I'm not a coding expert. I did the update to the latest because I was having a horrible time with the Monoprice Voxel software ignoring the calibration and driving the print head into the print bed randomly during the first layer. Every print since going to flash forge has had a fantastic first layer. I really appreciate you reaching out. ~Randy
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Hey, there have been some issues with newer versions of the firmware. With my own printer, I avoided updating it to keep it on a known compatible firmware version. The file format error bug has had some discussions on redit and in the comments of the original post. There seem to be a couple of paths in the comments, about converting the file. But I haven't tested them myself: https://andybradford.dev/2020/01/12/using-the-monoprice-voxel-with-ultimaker-cura/
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Hey, there have been some issues with newer versions of the firmware. With my own printer, I avoided updating it to keep it on a known compatible firmware version. The file format error bug has had some discussions on redit and in the comments of the original post. There seem to be a couple of paths in the comments, about converting the file. But I haven't tested them myself: https://andybradford.dev/2020/01/12/using-the-monoprice-voxel-with-ultimaker-cura/
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I reflashed back to MonoPrice/Voxel software and my Adventurer Client works again. I liked the updated Flash Forge software, but not worth loosing Adventurer Client to me.