After my device is located the Z axis just keeps going down

[Kenb (Ken Braden)]

I’m running Windows 10. I just installed the software. But after it finds my device the Z axis just keeps trying to go down. It shows busy busy in the laser window but I haven’t given it anything to do and it doesn’t respond when i push pause or stop

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

Configuring a 3018 CNC (or other CNC-based laser) for use with LightBurn

The summary: Turn on Laser Mode to get rid of the travel lines You’re trying to move too fast, which is why you don’t get enough power You need to zero the machine 3018’s are pre-configured for use as CNC machines, not lasers, so their settings and speeds will likely need to be changed to give you acceptable results with LightBurn. To see the existing settings, you can type $$ into the console in LightBurn and press enter, or go to Edit > Machine Settings. Both are showing the same values, b…

[LightBurn (Oz)]

You might’ve told LightBurn to home your machine, and it’s possible that your machine doesn’t have a homing / limit switch on the Z axis, which would prevent that from working unless you have a special build of GRBL with the Z homing disabled.