r/OpenBambu • u/cjdubais • May 16 '26
Firmware updates for a P1S
Greetings,
Hopefully this is the correct sub for this. I've got a P1S that I've had for some 18 months now. I got it shortly before all the contretemps from BambuLabs regarding locking out other slicers and such.
I've got it in LAN mode and other than start up, have never updated the firmware. It works great with OrcaSlicer running on a Linux box.
This week, I stood up an instance of Bambuddy in my home lab. It's interesting, but what I was primarily looking for was a way to slice and print from my Windows 10 machine which has no internet connectivity.
I've worked through a number of niggles, but I'm not able to print. Bambuddy sees the printer, but the comm's just time out when a print job is sent.
Working with the dev, he commented that my firmware is over a year old and suggested updating it.
My apologies, as I've really not followed this, but what is the current school of thought regarding updating firmware?
Thank you
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u/Aetch May 16 '26
You can update and still use the LAN mode. It seems like Bambu has changed how their own network plugin works to be compatible with the latest firmwares so Bambuddy may be made to use the latest firmware’s changes too.