Motherboard ID Reading and Viewing

Note

• This tutorial explains how to read and view motherboard IDs. For tool boards, please refer to the corresponding product ID search tutorial.
• If you are using a CAN tool board or an RS232 tool board, please click the button below to view the instructions.
• Connect Tool Board

USB ID Retrieval

Search USB ID

1. Open the browser and enter the IP address of the host computer in the address bar. For example, if my host computer's IP is 192.168.101.179, simply type it in and press Enter.

2. Open the WEB interface of the host computer, and in the configuration section of the left sidebar, find:

For fluidd: {…}, click into it to find printer.cfg

For mainsail: Machine, click into it to find printer.cfg

3. After entering printer.cfg, click on DEVICES at the top right corner.

4. Click on SERIAL, then refresh.

   Refresh for fluidd

   Refresh for mainsail

5. Copy the ID; click the arrow to copy.

   For fluidd, check if ttyAMC exists, and ensure that Path by ID exists; this is the USBID

   For mainsail, check if ttyAMC exists, and ensure that Path by ID exists; this is the USBID

Fill in USB ID

1. Close DEVICES and fill in the ID

Note

• Please change the following in the configuration file:

[mcu] 
serial: /tmp/klipper_host_mcu

to

[mcu host] 
serial: /tmp/klipper_host_mcu

• Add:

[mcu]
serial: <Replace this with the ID you just found>

In fluidd, locate [MCU]

In mainsail, locate [MCU]

2. Fill in the ID into the configuration.

tip

• After filling in the ID, click SAVE & RESTART at the top right corner.

3. If Klipper shows a warning ADC out of range, this is normal. Connect the heated bed and thermistor to the mainboard, and configure the thermistor pins for the nozzle and heated bed, then save and restart.

dangerous

Note: All IDs shown in this document are examples. Each mainboard's ID is different; please fill in the actual ID you obtained.

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CANBus UUID Retrieval

Search for CAN ID

1. Open a browser and enter the IP address of the host computer in the address bar. For example, if the IP address of my host computer is 192.168.101.179, simply enter it and press Enter.

2. Open the WEB interface of the host computer, and in the configuration options of the left sidebar, find:

For fluidd: {…}, click into it to find printer.cfg

For mainsail: Machine, click into it to find printer.cfg

3. After clicking into printer.cfg, click on DEVICES in the upper right corner.

4. Click CAN, then refresh.

   Refresh in fluidd

   Refresh in mainsail

5. Copy the ID; click the arrow to copy it.

   In fluidd, confirm whether the item pointed to by the first arrow is Klipper; if so, click the arrow on the right to copy it.

   In mainsail, confirm whether the item pointed to by the first arrow is Klipper; if so, click the arrow on the right to copy it.

Fill in CAN ID

1. Close DEVICES and fill in the ID

Note

• Please change the following in the configuration file:

[mcu] 
serial: /tmp/klipper_host_mcu

to

[mcu host] 
serial: /tmp/klipper_host_mcu

• Add:

[mcu]
canbus_uuid: <Replace this with the ID you just looked up>

In fluidd, find [MCU]

In mainsail, find [MCU]

2. Fill the ID into the configuration

tip

• After filling in the ID, click SAVE & RESTART in the upper right corner.

3. If Klipper shows a message ADC out of range, this is normal. Connect the heated bed and thermistor to the mainboard, and configure the thermistor pins for the extruder and heated bed, then save and restart.

dangerous

Note: All IDs shown in the documentation are examples. Each mainboard has a different ID, so please fill in the actual ID you obtained.

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