Hi, I used to have a AWC708C Controller which worked fine in my Chinese laser cutter but does not now power up. I have bought a brand new AWC7824 controller and all powers up and I can move the laser head etc. The problem is the laser can travel straight into the side and the back of the work area. I have a 900 x 600 bed. Can anyone suggest what parameters I need to set and where to stop this happening please? I cant send a small job from light burn without the laser crashing into the side or back. Thanks in advance.
This may be an issue for Lightburn use. There only a few Trocen controllers that are supported by Lightburn… this is from the hardware page of supported controllers.
Supported Trocen controllers include the AWC708C, AWC608, and TL-3120.
You could contact Lightburn support and see if they have the awc7824 in their sights…
Maybe @JohnJohn can answer this…
There is a number of entries for the vendor to figure out depending on the actual hardware where the controller is installed. These are generic controllers, so they expect to have some customizing that must take place for operation in different configurations.
Part of this information is the home seek direction, bed size, and information on the stepper motors.
Did you make a backup of the previous controllers configuration?
If you don’t have a backup, I’d suggest you contact the vendor of your machine and ask them… it will be less painful and probably quicker. At least ship them off an email and see what they can do for you.
On a Ruida I can access these through Edit → Machine Settings.
If you wish to pursue your own configuration… let us know… we’ll try and help
The Trocen isn’t the most popular controller for these… and I don’t know if Lightburn can actually talk to your awc7824.
Good luck
Although it’s not dealing with your specific controller, the general idea of setting up a Ruida controller to match the hardware may be helpful:
The general process:
- make the initial homing direction go toward the home switches
- make the keypad arrow directions work properly
- set the travel limits to match the platform
- calculate and set the distance/step value
- clean up the details
Your controller may use different terms for those values, but they’re common to all CNC controllers.
I just want to express my gratitude to Jack and Ed for their assistance, Ed mostly walked me through the setting up of my Ruida controller and making the fine adjustments necessary to reprogram my laser
When I think back to my original purchase of this used machine, The original vendor likely did not bother to take it out of the wooden crate, hook it up and program as part of his sales/service. The original purchaser likely had to program this laser without much help and as I used it found a few quirks in its operation but I really messed it up with trying to make my new rotary work.
I learnt a lot from this exercise and feel confident so that I can operate it more smoothly
After looking at a few specific threads on youtube is may be that a rotary may not be able to work correctly on my machine because of its early Ruida controller, more research would be necessary in the near future
Thanks guys for you help and patience. happy laser guy here
Tom
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Don’t give up on it…
Before you cough up money for a new rotary, post the issue (in a new thread) and we’ll do our best to work out the bugs…
Might want to include the type of Ruida you have…
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