dainon

I use the S5 as a hobby; if someone's use case is similar to mine (i.e., small set of spools/colors), you can try this location for NFC tags and re-write to them when you replace a spool. I 3D modeled an NFC tag holder (26mm square and staple shaped), then printed it in each filament. I attached the NFC tag (written per filament brand/type/color, using all the great information from this thread) to the inside left side of the material station bays. In this location, the NFC tags are recognized and updated. This works for all but the left most bay as it has a side wall there. For me, I used that bay for Ultimaker Breakaway filament, so it's not an issue.

I'm new to the UltiMaker S5 with Material Station and thought the same about the generic profile when using 2 colors (only load one generic material at a time, and unload when changing colors for the same print core); however, I realized after following these posts to create a NFC tag that you can create "Custom" profiles and set the settings the same as a "Generic" profile with the appropriate colors (specifically "custom" to create a new UUID or the S5 doesn't recognize it as a new material). I would have to do this anyway to have the NFC tag associate with this new material and color. To load the new materials in the S5 i used a USB, because the material network sync didn't work for some reason. Now the S5 shows the new material profiles are now added to the S5 and I can manually chose them per bay with the appropriate color. In Cura, the material/color is selectable from what is loaded in the material station. This negates the need for the RFID tags for all but amount left on the spool and having to manual enter what's loaded.