Does theFix CBD Firmware plug-in change printer firmware

[edjen]

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[Charlie_Powell]

Just the way OctoPrint talks to it. See also the FAQ entry

I cannot successfully print on my printer running a firmware identifying itself only as "CBD make it" or "ZWLF make it"

If you are running into printing issues between OctoPrint and your printer like lines seemingly being skipped, endless resend loops, a flood of errors in the terminal tab and your printer responds to an M115 information request with a line that looks similar to this: ok CBD make it.Date:Nov 21 2019 Time:16:32:55 or this: ok ZWLF make it.Date:Dec 19 2017 Time:20:47:53 your printer runs a firmware that has some severe errors in its communication protocol implementation which due to the iden…

These printer vendors are incredibly annoying when it comes to messing up established firmware protocol, and to be honest I would upgrade the firmware as soon as you can - there's usually a whole number of bugs with it.