SV04 Not seeing filament

Sovol SV04 IDEX
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I’m getting this alert / error message:
Manually change filament, click Yes to continue or No to stop print.

The choices given are “Print” and “Stop” . I assume Print is equal to Yes.

There is filament in the printer. Anyone know of a solution.

Thanks.

2

Did you push the filament through the filament sensor before the extruder?? That will throw an error like what you mentioned. Either disconnect the sensor or pass the filament through the sensor.

Hope this helps

3

Yes it is going through the censor and the blue light turns on the censor. That’s what is confusing.

4

Hi,
depending on the firmware version both filament runout sensors need to have filament inside.

Good luck!
Björn

5

Thanks Björn. I always appreciate you comments and insights.

I tried that and had no luck… Even after I turned the printer off and on, the error state remained. I reinstalled the firmware to clear up the error.

6

Did it clear up the error and continue on its merry way?

7

Checking the runout sensors and connected cables with a multimeter should help pinpoint the cause of the problem. The microswitch inside the filament sensor works as a simple toggle switch. The fine-tuning of the filament sensor can be achieved by slightly bending the lever of the microswitch with a pair of pliers.

Powering off & on the printer could result in resuming the last print job at the very same position (this is a feature, not a bug…) - removing the SD-card & deleting hidden files should prevent that kind of error loop.

Good luck!
Björn