Hey All,
Curious if this feature exists (yet)?
When I’m running a job with a number of passes, the laser bar that shows the percentage is often quite inaccurate. It’ll show 100% and then it’ll still be running for another 15-20 minutes.
I’d like to see something where I can see what pass I’m on. I.e. 3 of 25 passes, or when I’m doing a multiple sub layers on a single layer, it’d be nice to see what portion I’m on.
Anyone know of any settings for this? Or is it in the works for the future?
This is because the data is streamed to the laser, which captures it in a buffer (memory section). Apparently your buffer can hold a lot of lines of code. The 100% means Lightburn has finished sending the file, and the 15-20 minutes means your laser is running from the buffer.
The laser does not report to Lightburn which line it is actually running.
Short answer: No, no, and no.
Bummer, well, it was worth asking at least lol.
Thanks!
If this is really important to you, create a GCode file and feed it to LaserGRBL to run the laser. Of course you lose a lot of runtime control, but I think LaserGRBL feeds the laser commands one line at a time.