Just ordered mine I hope it will install without any issues.
It’s live on the sovol site now in US.
Is EMMC required to install the Sovol official Eddy Current Scanning Kit? I can't find anything on the post.
Just the one the computer comes with from what I can tell. I don’t think you need to flash the firmware via image to the emmc. It sounds like just a normal format update via deb files and USB stick
I received mine. I plan on installing it today. There are some subtle differences in the included instruction booklet compared to the wiki. Hope it all goes well!
Here it is all installed and working.
So far so good with the kit. Huge improvement to my bed mesh and I think overall print quality. Still waiting for th first test print to finish but it looks good so far.
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Great improvement! Two things bug me though.
One: when you start a print, it does a zero-offset and bed mesh with a cold bed. Should be at printing temperature. Got around by manually setting the bed temperature before starting a print.
Two, which is a bit more serious: after starting a print , it homes and moves to the back to do a nozzle clean. If the back of the gantry has sagged a bit, the nozzle scrapes over the buildplate, which has now slightly damaged mine. Anybody has the same experience? It should do a z-hop first before moving.
Yes, i have the same problem that the nozzle scrapes the buildplate on the way to the nozzle cleaner.
Right, so it’s not only me. That would mean that the macro is not quite right. I’ll contact Sovol customer support. Thanks for the quick reply.
I don’t have the issue. It is extremely close.. at least the left corner of the tool head cover is.. but it never hits anything.
I was used to preheating the bed so for me it is all just welcome improvements.
It is significantly better than it was previously in many ways.. superior bed mesh, superior z offset experience.. significantly better first layers..
To me, if you are running a stock SV08 I strongly suggest buying this kit as soon as possible and installing it. I’ve installed Cartographer on a QiDi machine with FreeDi firmware etc and while the results were much better it was not very straight forward.
Sovol did a great job with the instructions and the kit. It’s a no brainer in my opinion to purchase this and get it installed. Thanks Sovol!
Hi, the solution is to change the orca start gcode to the newest one:
G28
M140 S[bed_temperature_initial_layer_single] ;set bed temp
M190 S[bed_temperature_initial_layer_single] ;wait for bed temp
START_PRINT
G90
G1 X0 Y0 F12000
G1 Z0.300 F600
M104 S[nozzle_temperature_initial_layer] ;set extruder temp
M109 S[nozzle_temperature_initial_layer];wait for extruder temp
{if first_layer_print_min[1] - 6 > print_bed_min[1]}
G90
M83
G1 E-0.1 F600
G1 X{first_layer_print_min[0]} Y{first_layer_print_min[1] - 5} F12000
G1 Z0.3 F600 ;Move to start position
G1 E0.200 F600
G1 X{first_layer_print_min[0] + 5 * 6} E{5 * 0.24 * 6} F{outer_wall_volumetric_speed * 5 * 30}
G1 X{first_layer_print_min[0] + 5 * 6 * 2} E{5 * 0.16 * 6} F{outer_wall_volumetric_speed * 5 * 30}
G1 E-0.100 F600
G1 Z1 F600
G1 X{first_layer_print_min[0]} Y{first_layer_print_min[1] - 4} F12000
G1 Z0.3 F600 ;Move to start position
G1 E0.200 F600
G1 X{first_layer_print_min[0] + 5 * 6} E{5 * 0.24 * 6} F{outer_wall_volumetric_speed * 5 * 30}
G1 X{first_layer_print_min[0] + 5 * 6 * 2} E{5 * 0.16 * 6} F{outer_wall_volumetric_speed * 5 * 30}
G1 E-0.100 F600
G1 Z5 F600
M400
{else}
G90
M83
G1 E-0.300 Z3 F600
G1 X{first_layer_print_max[0] / 3} F{outer_wall_volumetric_speed * 5 * 30}
G1 Z0.3 F600
G1 E0.300 F600
G1 X{first_layer_print_max[0] / 3 + 5 * 6} E{5 * 0.24 * 6} F{outer_wall_volumetric_speed * 5 * 30}
G1 X{first_layer_print_max[0] / 3 + 5 * 6 * 2} E{5 * 0.16 * 6} F{outer_wall_volumetric_speed * 5 * 30}
G1 X{first_layer_print_max[0] / 3} Y1 F{outer_wall_volumetric_speed * 5 * 30}
G1 X{first_layer_print_max[0] / 3 + 5 * 6} E{5 * 0.24 * 6} F{outer_wall_volumetric_speed * 5 * 30}
G1 X{first_layer_print_max[0] / 3 + 5 * 6 * 2} E{5 * 0.16 * 6} F{outer_wall_volumetric_speed * 5 * 30}
G1 E-0.100 Z3 F600
M400
{endif}
SET_PRINT_STATS_INFO TOTAL_LAYER=[total_layer_count]
Thanks, that indeed solved the temperature issue.
Got my Eddy kit installed every thing went well, the only thing is that it drops the Wifi connection during printing an will not reconnect unless I turn it off and restart it did not have a issue before?
I sent a e-mail to Sovol hopefully they will have a fix for this.
It happened to me once right after install but only once so far. It has been stable since.i just completed a large print almost two days long and it was solid all the way through.
As it turns out the WIFI didn’t drop it would connect to my WiFi but then it would revert back to IP127.0.0.1 the factory WiFi setting.
I got it working, seems since it was still on V2.3.3 and it worked flawlessly my thought is if it’s not broke don’t fix it, so never updated it.
Anyhow I took it back to beginning V2.3.3 then to V2.3.6 and then to the Eddy V2.4.9 and now everything is working perfect.
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I see that a lot of people have already installed the official eddy probe from sovola. I have a small problem with the height when the nozzle goes to the wiper and the mesh. The cover scrapes the bed. I believe it is easy to do by lining the cleaning module but probably needs some macro command for the tool head. I am not competent so if someone has a solution it would be useful
The rear of the gantry sags a bit when the printer is off. Had the same problem here, I added a ‘Z5’ to line 64 in the Nozzle-cleaning macro to avoid it.
G1 X240 Y325 Z5 F9000
Save and restart, and now it should be ok.
I'll try, thanks
pon, 27. lis 2025. u 16:14 Rob_Breedenbroek via Sovol3d forum <notifications@sovolforum.discoursemail.com> napisao je:
Has anyone that installed the Sovol Eddy kit had issues with the first layer being bad? I have the R3men bed and was not having the issue before the upgrade, but since the z-offset either does not calibrate accurately or is not saving anything. Even if I do a manual calibration it ends up either below the bed on restart or never gets to the right ‘squish’ to where the filament will merge together. It is the weirdest z-offset issue I have ever seen. I am wondering if the height is wrong, the current, etc. If anyone has any ideas of could share their printer.cfg or any relevant .cfg so I can check my settings against a known good one, it would be appreciated! Thanks!
This has been gone over several times, did you search old posts?