Basil is a Bambu Labs A1 connected to an AMS unit (Automatic Material System) allowing to switch between up to 4 different filaments automatically during a print.

While useful, the AMS can be unreliable and get stuck requiring help and/or maintenance from a human from time to time.

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How to change Filament

  1. Just like with Leaky, use the the touchscreen to navigate to the Filament screen
  2. Unlike Leaky, the filament screen will have two tabs at the top, one for managing the standard External Spool and another for managing the AMS
  3. Select which source and/or the AMS slot you want to modify and select Load or Unload
  4. The display should then guide you through the steps

This page is work in progress!

Todo:

  • add picture of basil
  • add pictures of example prints from basil
  • add guide for troubleshooting ams issues
  • add desciption for basil
  • changing filaments guide