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title: "Bambu Lab H3C Camera & Monitor for Mac · Bambu Bar"
description: "Monitor your Bambu Lab H3C from your Mac: print progress, the live camera, temperatures and AMS 3H filament in the menu bar and desktop widgets. For macOS 26+."
url: https://bambubar.app/printers/h3c
language: en
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# Your Bambu Lab H3C, in the menu bar

The H3C in your menu bar: the nozzle on the toolhead, all nine AMS 3H spools, five fans and the heated chamber's target.

**Supported from a real H3C report**

Bambu Bar shows the nozzle mounted on the toolhead out of the nine in the rack, the nine AMS 3H slots numbered 1–9 as on the printer, the humidity of its dampest drying zone, all five fans and the heated chamber's reading and target. Support is built from a real H3C's report: if you have one, tell us how it works for you.

## What Bambu Bar shows for the H3C

- Progress, layers, time left and finish time
- The nozzle on the toolhead, out of the 9 in the rack (up to 350 °C)
- Bed temperature (up to 120 °C)
- Chamber temperature and its heater target (up to 65 °C)
- All nine AMS 3H slots by colour name, with the dampest drying zone's humidity
- Chamber light switch
- Part, aux and chamber fans
- Door open warning
- Live camera in the panel, the window and a floating window (turn on LAN Only Liveview on the printer)
- Pause, resume, stop and print speed (LAN Only + Developer Mode)
- Printer errors (HMS) in plain words, in Bambu Lab's own translations, with a link to that error's wiki page

## H3C at a glance

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Chamber | Heated, up to 65 °C |
| Build volume | 330 × 320 × 325 mm |
| Nozzles | 9 · up to 350 °C |
| Bed | Up to 120 °C |
| Filament | AMS 3H |
| Chamber light | Yes, switchable from the panel |

## Connect your H3C in three steps

1. Download Bambu Bar and open it. It lists the printers it finds on your network.
2. Pick your H3C. Bambu Bar uses the access code Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer saved, or read it on the printer under Settings → WLAN / Network.
3. Click Connect. For pause, stop and speed, switch the printer to LAN Only with Developer Mode on.

## The H3C camera on your Mac

The H3C streams its camera as video over encrypted RTSPS on your local network. The printer offers that stream only once **LAN Only Liveview** is on (printer screen → **Settings → Network**); full LAN Only mode isn't needed for the camera.

### Turn the camera on

1. On the H3C's screen, open **Settings → Network** and turn on **LAN Only Liveview**.
2. In Bambu Bar, open **Settings → Camera** and turn on **Show the printer camera**.
3. On the **Printers** page, turn the camera on for your H3C.
4. Open the preview in the menu bar panel or on the Printer page, or press ⌘K for a floating window that stays on top.

A printer allows only a few camera connections at a time: if the picture doesn't start, close the camera in Bambu Handy or Bambu Studio. Bambu Bar shows the stream and never records it.

[Camera not showing? The fixes for the H3C](https://bambubar.app/guides/bambu-lab-camera-not-working#rtsps)

## Guides for your H3C

- [The printer camera on your Mac](https://bambubar.app/features/camera): Your Bambu Lab printer's live view in the menu bar, the main window or a floating window, and how to set it up for your model.
- [Camera not working](https://bambubar.app/guides/bambu-lab-camera-not-working): No picture from your Bambu Lab printer's camera? The checks for each model, in Bambu Bar and in Bambu Studio.
- [LAN mode explained](https://bambubar.app/guides/bambu-lab-lan-mode): Cloud mode, LAN Only, LAN Only Liveview and Developer Mode: four different settings, and which ones you actually need.
- [Access code and IP address](https://bambubar.app/guides/bambu-lab-access-code): Where your printer shows its 8-character access code and its IP address, and how to use them to connect from your Mac.
- [Developer Mode and locked controls](https://bambubar.app/guides/bambu-lab-developer-mode): Why pause, stop and speed show a lock in Bambu Bar, what Developer Mode changes on the printer, and whether you need it.
- [AMS filament and grams left](https://bambubar.app/features/ams-filament): How much filament is left on each AMS spool, in grams, with colour names and humidity, and where the numbers come from.

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