You have to install the profile from Market Place.
As mentioned, the transfer to the printer should happen automatically, e.g. at Cura startup. If it doesn't (and the connection logo is shown in Cura - the check inside the blue dot) your Cura configuration might be corrupt. In such a case, delete (or better rename) your configuration folder, which you find through the menu help->show configuration folder.
Edited by Dim3nsioneerI am not sure about your specific material, but maybe I can help anyway if this isn't resolved yet.
I was recently setting up custom profiles (mainly to control for color) and they were not appearing on the material station section of the touch screen. What worked for me was found in the "manage printers" section of the settings tab. From there, select the desired S5, then click on the activate button followed by the "connect via network" button, then select the printer again and press "connect". This should basically make it so that the printer and the computer are linked together as if it were a direct line. As soon as I clicked the "connect" button, a pop up at the bottom of the Cura page came up that said something to the effect of "Transferring new materials to the material station", and I was able to find the new materials through the touchscreen menu.
I hope this can help the OP or anyone else struggling with getting custom materials that have been added to Cura to appear on the S5 touchscreen.
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We're aware that transferring (custom) material profiles from Cura to printers is cumbersome (e.g. it only works with a local network connection right now). However we're working on alternatives so that it also can work offline (USB) and via the cloud (Digital Factory) connection, so that all types of customer workflows are covered. I'm not sure when this will be rolled out, but keep an eye out for all the release notes.
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On 8/7/2021 at 8:27 PM, ctbeke said:We're aware that transferring (custom) material profiles from Cura to printers is cumbersome (e.g. it only works with a local network connection right now). However we're working on alternatives so that it also can work offline (USB) and via the cloud (Digital Factory) connection, so that all types of customer workflows are covered. I'm not sure when this will be rolled out, but keep an eye out for all the release notes.
Hi @ctbeke, I am using custom PLA with S5 bundle pro. I manually added custom filament print profile in cura and loaded the Custom PLA roll in Material station by choosing custom PLA settings. When I print the project form USB, it gives unknown material warning although it shows the material is connected to AA core. When I print however it says "Please load the material" then aborts if I ignore it. That doesn't happen with Tough PLA Black that came with the printer. Normally it pulls the filament all the way up to nozel when I start printing a project from USB after loading it just like above.
When I try printing with cloud, it gives error on printer display "Please reconfigure the printer to start next job. Extruder1: unknown unknown (unknown)."
Is that to do with the above connectivity issue? Do we have a solution for this yet?
Hi guys,
So I was able to resolve extruder issue. The problem is when defining custom filament in Cura. I was using PPLA material. Think I am doing the smart thing by creating a custom Cura profile and choosing PPLA as its Material, I actually wasn't. The issue is that Printer does not have any PPLA profile in it. In printer settings when loading PPLA to Material Station bay B, I selected Custom > PLA. This caused mismatch with Cura print profile. When I changed Cura profile to use Custom PLA instead, it worked.
Hope that helps someone!
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Did they ever fix the material station talking with Cura issue? Cause for the life of me i cannot get new profiles from my cura to the material station via wifi.
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Once you've made this connection and startup cura (with the printer on) will it automatically send over all the profiles? Or do you have to do something in Cura first? Maybe click some button to send the profiles - or print the project that contains the material profile?
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It submits the data automatically after establishing the link and on each Cura startup.
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kermitas 2
I am connecting to the printer via local IP (via WiFi) and I didn't experience Cura uploading filament(s) profile(s) :/.
How to prepare profile correctly so I can select it at the S5's screen?
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