This Bambu Lab Upgrade Could Be Huge (BTT Panda Touch)

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In this video we dive into the BigTreeTech Panda Touch. This is a touch screen upgrade for your Bambu Lab Printer that comes with quite a few feature upgrades for your machine. It gives you USB printing, AMS management, and some print farm functionality. We go over the specs, assembly, and some potential concerns in this video.

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[mrb]

I haven't even glanced at the control pad on my P1S since initial setup. Bambu Studio is so good, I just sent prints from there on my PC.

[kykykyle]

I thought I'd want screens on all my 3d printers until realizing how much easier it is to just use mainsail

[TripleJAu]

Great video as a P1S owner I can't wait for my Panda Touch to arrive. I have saved this video to help with set up

[MrKlawUK]

old phone lying around in a drawer, hooked up to a USB power cable and a 3D printed bracket to hold on the printer, running bambu handy?

[TS_Mind_Swept]

10:57 So they realized there's nothing they can do to stop it, so instead of doing everything they can to cripple it, they're actually working with it. This is amazing news

[CoreyStup]

I ordered one. Inexpensive and looks like it will add some nice functionally for multiple printers.

[anthonylong]

I noticed you can do a soft restart of the printer with the Panda Touch. Thats nice to see

[EsotericArctos]

Love the way Big Tree Tech called it Panda touch. Panda's are associated with eating bamboo - Bambu printer.... Little things are amusing :).
Basically this is a remote control for the printer. The USB Cable is only for power and the rest is done via MQTT / WiFi. This screen could be stuck anywhere and doesn't need to be stuck to the printer itself.
I don't think MQTT would get broken. MQTT is a standard and open. Bambu may add encrypted MQTT, but I doubt they will do that as they know add-ons = more sales. Even with closed source devices, the 3D printing community, and companies aiming at that community, still seem to work together, as well as being competitive in a more friendly way. This may change in the future, but right now there is still a lot of sharing in the community and it's really good for us enthusiasts. I do hope it doesn't change in a hurry.

[SIMUVERSEAU]

i see everyone saying they don't use their p1 screen, I own an a1 and use the screen nearly every print to check up on things. I've got a Panda touch arriving tomorrow so ill see if it can do anything the A1 can't already do.

[thehappyextruder]

Great coverage Modbot !! thanks for posting ! Happy extruding !

[richc]

Bambu should partner with BTT so their users have the option on the P1 series for a touch screen.

[WARPAINTandUnicorns]

I suspect we can set up on a "Filament Drying Feature on P1S" on the Bambu forum profile or "print" to make drying a filament spool like X1C a little more smoother as well. 🤔

[Andre_M_D]

I have one of these on the way. I won it a while back. Should be here in a few days. I plan to use it with klipper as btt said it can be flashed and then control klipper printers. We will see if it can be done and how hard it is.

[JonS]

I don't think you mentioned that it's only $59. Not so much to lose if it ever stops working.

I don't have a Bambu printer, so it's not of use to me, but if the Klipper version is the same price I'd jump on it.

[williamelewis]

Not holding my breath on the API release, I guess I will wait until it gets released by Bambu before I invest in a larger screen, but this did catch my eye because of the features

[F.DoctorGT.]

merci pour cette vidéo, est ce que votre panda touch fonctionne toujours avec les nouvelle mises a jours machine récente ? merci a vous

[chriswesley]

It's odd that you didn't mention a big problem, for me anyway. Teh Pando cannot see anything but .3mf files on the USB drive, so it can't see .cgo* files. That's true when trying to read files from the printer's SD slot too. So you can't see the model files which shipped with the printer.

[jon]

Neat! The Panda Revo is what I am excited for.

[RudyAmid]

I still have old iPhone 6 phones lying around doing nothing. I repurposed those for my P1S controls.

[eclypsed]

Thought that to till I felt was a z offset delayed setting. The touch screen does not have network delay or html errors. Ive had some occurances where mainsail has altogether ignored a setting change.

I ran into a problem with the print farm functionality unfortunately with my setup. Will not print to my X1C fails instantly with an error the AMS failed to load error. I think this may be either one of two things, either I am not slicing correctly which I am sure I am doing it correctly, I am slicing the stl, I export the sliced plate (01) as a 3mf and place it on the flash drive then I attempt to print and the X1C will not print. Other item may be the Firmware is too old on the X1C which is using the same AMS firmware, but the printer FW is only 01.07.00.00 and PT is supposed to be compatible UP TO 01.07.02.00. I cannot update the FW atm because the only option is 01.07.03.00. Which is not listed.