New Davinci 1.0A with Firmware 1.0.3? (Page 1 of 2)

Yea I figured that after looking at some other threads. For now, I just put it on my firewall to stop all incoming and outgoing connections.

Yea I literally just saw your post too. Mine does not seem to have the blue casing like the one from the European website however. I am also located in the U.S and it does not seem to even appear on the U.S. website. My box just says da Vinci 1.0 3d Printer though like my old one.

Bearing casing seems to be the same. Perhaps the holes to screw them in is a little different though, can't tell. Glass bed seems... slightly different. The extruder itself looks slightly different but I can't really tell as well. Wiring is definitely different though, and it seems there are spacers in between the wheels on the rails are preinstalled as well. Z-axis movement is different. Basically a lot of little things. I'll try to get some pictures up, I'm doing a test print of a circle right now, and for all i can tell at the moment it's actually printing really really well. Much better than my old one atleast.

Edit: First time I've had something small stick to the print bed so well that I actually HAVE to wait for it to cool down and hope it pops off. Might have set the bed a little too high. I do remember it slightly hitting the bed as it did the preprint cleaning of the nozzle. (My auto-calibrate says its fine and it might just be the tape I'm using on the bed though).

Circle came out a little flat on the sides but that might have to do with the belt being a little loose. Adjusted the screw and reprinting now! Also noticed that the height adjustment screws on the bed are a LOT easier to turn now. Much smoother but also way too easy to accidentally overturn. My old ones used to be fairly tight and hard to turn. This machine seems to be much quieter as well...

While I'm printing, enjoy the pictures. Is what I would say but it seems I can not post links! so just go to imgur and add this to the end for the album /a/XE7xd

My email history with xyzEU previously....

HI Richard,

Yes, you will be able to upgrade the 1.0 for PLA just changing the noozle. Price is not announced yet, we don’t have it yet to be honest.

Regards.

From: Richard ******
To: SalesEU
Subject: 1.0A Da Vinci.

Thanks Fernando,

When will they be available ? - Will the 1.0 be upgradable to PLA?

Cheers!

From: SalesEU
To: Richard *****
Subject: 1.0A Da Vinci.

HI Richard,

Thank you for the interest in our printers.
Well besides the different color now the main door has magnet and sensor
as the top door has. Also the blue version is compatible with PLA and
ABS. But PLA cartridges are still not available.
Any other question please let us know.

Regards.

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard ******
To: SalesEU
Subject: 1.0A Da Vinci.

Hi, I was about to purchase a Da Vinci 1.0 Printer and between yesterday
and today, I see the model number on the website has changed from 1.0 to
1.0A and that the plastic casing is now Blue, apart from the casing
colour change...what else is different?

How were the print outs in the end?

Sorry to fill this thread!

Okay got some interesting confirm from someone at studica.com, who appeared to be very knowledgable and happy to answer my questions. Been digging today.

Differences they spoke of:
1. New Connector/Cable on Extruder, to fix the issues of the power tripping / shorting
2. Refinements on the Rails to improve stability (as spotted by krndragon)
3. Firmware refinement to improve print quality (maybe that is something to do with the calibration numbering)
4. MicroSD card instead of SD
5. Door Changes
6. PLA Compatible, new head - PLA Filament launching Mid-Jan
7. New Mainboard

Other interesting bits. the 1.1 (with Wifi) will be end of Jan / Feb, the 2.1 will be March time.

They will have stock next Thursday of the new 1.0A (as they are shipped from rotterdam). Said it was definitely worth waiting for the 1.0A if contemplating a DaVinci.

The Trickster provides from his correspondence with XYZ support...

Um... I bought my printer 6 months ago from Amazon and the listing clearly stated that the printer could use ABS OR PLA (as did the product specification on their website). I was happy to lend XYZ some time to develop their firmware to allow PLA, but since when would having to BUY an upgraded nozzle to achieve functionality they advertised AND continued to advertise for month and months be reasonable? If the DaVinci 1.0 requires a new nozzle to print PLA then the new nozzle should be provided free of charge.
What a bunch of crooks.

I got this snippet from a marketing brochure for the daVinci 2.0, I downloaded the PDF it's from on May 11 2014.

I never kept (or at least I can't locate) an equivalent PDF for the 1.0, although I know I saw such before I bought mine, including the note about PLA.

Sadly for our upgrade wishes, the note not only pins a date but also provides a "subject to change" escape clause.

so has anyone with the new machine tried printing pla then?

Thinking about buying a Da Vinci and what brought me to join this forum.

I recently discovered the 1.0A version as it stated that it could also print PLA.

I very much want to hack it not wanting to get tied to cartridges etc, curious to know why the second poster said not to flash it? has the firmware been changed on the 1.0A as many do re flash the 1.0 with repetier and feel they get much better results