Read and View Mainboard ID

Important Notes

This tutorial is only applicable to the mainboard ID reading and viewing methods.
If you are using a toolboard, please refer to the corresponding product's ID search tutorial.
If you are using a toolboard, you can directly click the button below to jump:
Connect Toolboard
If you have flashed the USB firmware, please check the USB-ID Acquisition section.
If you have flashed the USB Bridge firmware, please check the CAN-ID Acquisition section.

USB ID Acquisition
CANBus UUID Acquisition

Searching for USB ID

Open your browser, enter the IP address of the host computer in the address bar, for example, if my host IP is 192.168.101.179, type it directly and press Enter.

Open the host's WEB interface, find the configuration option in the left sidebar:

For fluidd: {…}, click to enter, then find printer.cfg

For mainsail: Machine, click to enter, then find printer.cfg

Click printer.cfg to enter, then click DEVICES in the top right corner.

Click SERIAL, then refresh.

Refreshing in fluidd

Refreshing in mainsail

Copy the ID. Click where the arrow points to copy.

In fluidd, check if ttyAMC exists and ensure the Path by ID exists. This is the USB ID.

In mainsail, check if ttyAMC exists and ensure the Path by ID exists. This is the USB ID.

Filling in the USB ID

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Please note: The ID below CANNOT be used!!!!

serial: /dev/serial/by-id/usb-1a86_USB_Serial-if00-port0

Close DEVICES and fill in the ID.

Important Note

In the configuration file, change:

[mcu] 
serial: /tmp/klipper_host_mcu

[mcu host] 
serial: /tmp/klipper_host_mcu

And add:

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

Find [MCU] in fluidd

Find [MCU] in mainsail

Fill the ID into the configuration.

tip

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

If Klipper prompts ADC out of range, this is normal. Connect the heated bed and thermistor to the mainboard, configure the thermistor pins for the hotend and heated bed, then save and restart.

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Note: All IDs appearing in this document are examples. The actual ID for each mainboard is different. Please fill in the ID you actually obtained.

Searching for CAN ID

Open a browser, enter the IP address of the host computer in the address bar, for example, if my host IP is 192.168.101.179, type it directly and press Enter.

Open the WEB interface of the host computer, find in the configuration options on the left sidebar:

For fluidd: {…} , click to enter, then find printer.cfg

For mainsail: Machine, click to enter, then find printer.cfg

Click printer.cfg to enter, then click DEVICES in the top right corner.

Click CAN, then refresh.

Refresh in fluidd

Refresh in mainsail

Copy the ID, click where the arrow points to copy.

In fluidd, confirm if the first arrow points to Klipper, if yes, click the copy button pointed by the right arrow.

In mainsail, confirm if the first arrow points to Klipper, if yes, click the copy button pointed by the right arrow.

Filling in the CAN ID

Close DEVICES and fill in the ID.

Important Notes

Please change in the configuration file:

[mcu] 
serial: /tmp/klipper_host_mcu

[mcu host] 
serial: /tmp/klipper_host_mcu

Add:

[mcu]
canbus_uuid: <Replace here with the ID you just queried>

Find [MCU] in fluidd

Find [MCU] in mainsail

Fill the ID into the configuration.

tip

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

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

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Note: All IDs appearing in the document are examples. The actual ID for each mainboard is different; please fill in the ID you actually obtained.

Searching for USB ID​

Filling in the USB ID​

Searching for CAN ID​

Filling in the CAN ID​

Searching for USB ID

Filling in the USB ID

Searching for CAN ID

Filling in the CAN ID