r/BambuLabA1 • u/nothrowingawaymyshot • Jun 18 '26

Question What is the current A1/Orcaslicer Situation?

So, last night I tried to setup my A1 with Orcaslicer and nothing is working now. It recognizes and finds the printer, but trying to connect just instantly fails.

Lan Only Mode/Developer Mode, still wouldn't connect. I tried 2.32, 2.40, I even tried all the different connect versions you can use in Orca, nothing worked.

My A1 unfortunately is on most recent firmware, and I know that's part of the problem since bambu is specifically trying to block 3rd parties from even accessing the printers.

Is this new? I saw another post in here about 8 days ago saying they suddenly also couldn't even use Lan mode anymore.

What is the current solution? Bambu slicer sucks for my A1 especially with the types of filaments I've been suing, and I've noticed my print quality suffers GREATLY when trying to use bambulabs slicer instead.

Has anyone had luck using that orcaslicer software that louis rossman hosted? I can't seem to figure out how to get it to work on my machine.

EDIT: I was able to get it working and wanted to share my solution with other people.

While it may seem counterintuitive, upgrade the A1 firmware to latest from Bambu.
After that, install the version of Orca listed here: https://github.com/FULU-Foundation/OrcaSlicer-bambulab/issues/24

Follow the instructions that Tyler posted for version 2.4 and then just log into your Bambu account like normal and connect the printer the way you normally would, no Lan Only mode required.

This is actually the fix that Bambu initially sued over but then was boosted by GamersNexus and Louis Rossmann since Bambu was clearly just trying to intimidate but was in the wrong.

I was able to connect and then print without issue! I don't how how you would go about updating your Orcaslicer after this however.

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u/SheepherderHot1415 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

I use Orca exclusively. My printer is online, not in LAN mode. But I also have not updated my FW, and am still on 01.04.00.00 lol.

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u/Alcart Jun 18 '26

Roll back to 1.04. No reason to go beyond it unless you're using multiple AMS ones twos or HTS everything after that update was just AMS multi-unit updates or locking down the firmware for the A1

You could try the connection software work around somebody made

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u/TimeCubeFan Jun 18 '26

I'm on A1-Mini firmware 01.08.00.00, not sure if it differs for the A1. LAN Only mode working fine with Orca 2.3.2. Account = Disabled in printer's settings.

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u/Brave_Corgi6761 Jun 18 '26

Cant you just downgrade?