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Topic: DaVinci 1.0 A Printer "wifi upgrade"

Hi Everyone Long Story, I have a brand new DaVinci 1.0 A never been used. I want to replace the board with a 1.0 A Pro board so I can connect my printer to my Computer wireless. I have my Printer in the Garage and my PC in my room. Anyone know of a board replacement with wifi that can be swapped? Can I use a board from a Pro? if so, where can I get the board. Thanks in Advance!

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Re: DaVinci 1.0 A Printer "wifi upgrade"

hecbom wrote:

Hi Everyone Long Story, I have a brand new DaVinci 1.0 A never been used. I want to replace the board with a 1.0 A Pro board so I can connect my printer to my Computer wireless. I have my Printer in the Garage and my PC in my room. Anyone know of a board replacement with wifi that can be swapped? Can I use a board from a Pro? if so, where can I get the board. Thanks in Advance!


Pro has different firmware and different settings. It won't be compatible with the 1.0 hardware. Your best bet would be to buy a 3rd party board with wifi and install it. Try ebay or search google for 3d printer controller with wifi. You could also look into maybe Octoprint and set that printer up on a Raspberry Pi. Then access over wifi that way. Not sure if octoprint supports native XYZ boards.

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Re: DaVinci 1.0 A Printer "wifi upgrade"

As the owner of a Da Vinci Pro 3 in 1 with WiFi; my experience has not been very good using OEM WiFi in the same room using the same access point.  There were times it worked great and others when it would never connect.  I tried different channels & 20/40 settings until I just gave up and started using an active USB Extension cable.  The ESP8266 running a web server to control the layer cooling fans has better WiFi performance.

Octoprint does not interface with the XYZ Printers, or I would use that as I do with my Tevo printer. A possible solution you may consider is to find a laptop with a broken screen or a small form factor refurbished system that you can run VNC or use the Remote Desktop via WiFi connected to the printer using USB.  Refurbished or used monitors can be found at a low price if you do not have an old one on hand.  That should work fine to run jobs at the lowest possible cost.