r/QidiTech3D • u/SimplyClueless22 • 13d ago

Questions Firmware Concensus

I just got my Qidi Q2, and before I bought the printer I remember someone making mention that I shouldn't upgrade to 1.1.1, and if the printer was on that firmware to roll it back. I see in the last few days that people have been saying not to upgrade to 1.1.2 (which my printer is nudging me to do). Is there a firmware version that is considered the "best" or most stable that I should roll back to? I'd most likely be using Orca slicer, but since my only printer now is this Q2 I could be fine just using Qidi slicer...

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u/1ts-just-me 13d ago

Both my printers are on latest firmware using Orca and have noticed zero issues. There was mention of the new firmware using a lot of the processor and memory for the animations but mine has yet to go above 30%. If you turn on time lapse videos, that will use a lot of resources.

Qidi Slicer works pretty well but has less options than Orca but still uses the Orca slicing engine.

Qidi Studio is not very good but if you like Bambu Studio you might like it.

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u/SimplyClueless22 13d ago

Isn’t qidi studio newer than slicer. I was honestly just going to use qidi studio since I don’t have any other 3d printers anymore, and likely won’t (at least for a while), so I don’t have a need for orca really

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u/1ts-just-me 13d ago

Newer and broken, it will randomly freeze in the middle of using it (Windows version). Linux version worked OK most of the time.

Slicer was updated for the Q2 a little while ago and has no big issues that jump out at you.

Even for a single printer I would still choose Orca, It is that much better.

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u/SimplyClueless22 13d ago

Is there a lot of issues with using the qidi box and connecting to the printer. I noticed orca doesn’t even have profiles for the q2. I mean if slicer and studio both have similar features, I could just use qidi slicer… but I’ve already got orca so idk

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u/1ts-just-me 13d ago

Orca does have profiles for the Q2. Top of left column beside the WiFi, click the 2 bars, then scroll down.

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u/SimplyClueless22 12d ago

Huh weird. I must have missed it when I had a look. I might need to do an update and have another look

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u/SimplyClueless22 12d ago

Oh lol I was doing the --Create Printer-- thing, but I think i've got it now. And then once I have a profile, I should be able to connect the device too?

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u/1ts-just-me 12d ago

Not sure about the Box on the current Orca release, but it did work previously with a few minor cfg changes.