Ender 3 V3 Se Custom Firmware Upgrade

by Amit_Jain in Workshop > 3D Printing

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Ender 3 V3 Se Custom Firmware Upgrade

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Hi All,


If you have an Ender 3 v3 Se, you basically have two main firmware,

  1. Marlin
  2. Klipper

While Creality's original firmware is based on Marlin, there is no new firmware release after 1.0.6.

Creality has open-sourced their firmware https://github.com/CrealityOfficial/Ender-3V3-SE. One can deep dive and customize the same based on their liking...

In this article, I will share a great repo by Navaismo, this firmware has several new features that I have not seen in any other Marlin implementation

Features

  1. The 7x7-Mesh for bed leveling
  2. Linear Advance
  3. Hosts Commands and Support for Runnout Sensor
  4. Input Shaping Menu
  5. Extrusion Flow Item to the Tune Menu
  6. Mute/Unmute LCD Buzzer to the Prepare Menu
  7. Improved M600 feature
  8. Raised Max Temperature Values up to 300 degrees
  9. Fixed Print Information details for SD Print
  10. Linear Advance Quick Menu
  11. Custom Extrusion Menu


Features for Octoprint

  1. Configure the plugin
  2. Install Plugin's Dependencies
  3. Set Correct Baud Rate
  4. Add GCODE SCRIPTS
  5. Configure O9000 commands
  6. Configure The GCODE Preview transmission
  7. Select the Based Progress Type for the Percentage

Supplies

  1. Laptop with internet
  2. SD card reader
  3. SD card

Prepare

  1. Before we upgrade to the new firmware, we need to be sure that we are on the latest 1.0.6 from Creality
  2. Skip the below steps if your LCD and Motherboard are on 1.0.6.
  3. Goto website https://www.creality.com/pages/download-ender-3-v3-se and download Ender-3 V3 SE_HWCR4NS200320C13_SWV1.0.6_GD303.zip
  4. LCD Display firmware update：
  5. Format the MicroSD card on the computer side, and select 4096 for the allocation unit size.
  6. Put the file "TJC_SET" into the MicroSD card.
  7. Turn off the printer and Insert the MicroSD card into the card slot on the left side of the screen.
  8. Reboot and wait for the update to finish.
  9. After finishing the update, remove the TF card and delete the files inside.
  10. Mainboard firmware update:
  11. Format the SD card on the computer side, and select 4096 for the allocation unit size.
  12. Put the firmware file "Ender-3 V3 SE_HWCR4NS200320C13_SWV1.0.6_GD303_20230915.bin" into the root directory of SD card.
  13. Rename the Ender-3 V3 SE_HWCR4NS200320C13_SWV1.0.6_GD303_20230915.bin to 1.0.6.bin
  14. Turn off the printer and insert the SD card into the card slot on the motherboard.
  15. Reboot and wait for the update to finish.
  16. After finishing the update, remove the SD card from the motherboard slot and delete the bin file inside.
  17. Reference video https://www.crealitycloud.com/post-detail/64f6eb69452e2aea14e70dde

New Firmware

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  1. Goto https://github.com/navaismo/Ender-3V3-SE/tree/main/Firmware
  2. Download the latest, I typically choose 128Kbps file
  3. All are these are for Octoprint, as well. and works fine as a standalone too.
  4. Download the zip file and extract
  5. Rename the file to 1.0.9.7.9d.bin and paste it on a formatted SD card
  6. Note we do not need to update LCD firmware.

Upgrading

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  1. There should be no other file on the SD card.
  2. Before you upgrade, note the old firmware version
  3. Wait for 5 minutes before you start the printer and insert the SD with Firmware
  4. After boot, check the firmware version has changed to new version


Conclusion

You also have option to fine-tune the config files to your needs... there are tons of tutorial on the topic.

Hope you liked this article and share any feed backs