Flash Maker & Orca-Flashforge Setup!
Today I’m going to be walking through how to set up your Adventurer 5M series 3d printer with both Orca-Flashforge and the new Flash Maker App. First thing you need to do is visit the Flashforge website to download Orca-Flashforge and to scan the QR code with you phone to download Flash Maker.
Once you have downloaded both we are going to open Flash Maker and create an account which we will also use to sign into Orca-Flashforge later. Next you need to power on your Adventurer 5M or 5M Pro and update to the latest firmware version which is compatible with both Orca-Flashforge and Flash Maker. Then we need to navigate to the information tab and press on Flash Maker. Inside the Flash Maker App we are going to press the + button in the top right corner and then scan the QR code on your 5M series printer.
We are then going to press the confirm binding button and your printer will now be bound to your account and be available to control inside Flash Maker. You’ll be able to view a camera if you have one connected, view print history, pause and cancel prints as well as change temps and other print settings.
Orca-Flashforge
When you load Orca-Flashforge you’ll be prompted to select your region and then your printers.
One thing you will notice straight away is that the profiles for the Adventurer 5M and 5M Pro now have 0.25mm and 0.8mm nozzle settings. Nice job Flashforge!
Once you have selected your printers we need to go to the home panel and sign in to our Flash Maker account.
Once signed in you should be able to see your printer available in the device tab.
You’ll also notice a Materal Station section below which I believe will be for Flashforge’s unreleased multi-material system which we will hopefully see released later this year.
Now to send prints via wifi you simply have to slice a file as usual then press the new print plate button.
You will then be prompted to select which printers you would like to send the file to. Meaning that you can also send the same sliced file to multiple printers instead of slicing one per printer.
