This question wasn’t really answered. I have the latest version of Lightburn (1.6.01 as of today) and the “Focus Z” button is there, but not functional. It’s great that the focus is “auto computed” (since v1.5 or so) which allows me to use the material library to make cuts and engraves without needing to compute it every time, etc. However, this model does actually support “full auto focus” (it was one of the reasons I bought it). I can figure out the calculations, but I bought this model and justified the additional price for the convenience of just having it probe and figure it out for me.
Is this on the roadmap at all? Is there any information I can provide that would help?
I can confirm that when I go into the Device Settings, the “Focus Enabled” toggle is set to “True” but when I use the Move panel and click on the “Focus Z” button it simply homes the Z axis back to 0.
In fact, to manually move the Z-axis at all (e.g., Material Testing), I have to use a workaround by setting a Z-axis move in a preset because there is no Z-axis entry box displayed on the Move tab either.
For reference to the full autofocus support, see the probe video on the product page. Just saying this because some seem to keep replying about computing the focus, but the 55w does actually have a full autofocus probing capability, and that’s what we’re asking about.
@BillieRuben, I believe has one of these animals. You can try these links and see if they help.
From what I can tell, looks like it’s operational from version 1.5
I don’t know these machines, so I’m not up on them. If these are the threads you’ve already followed, I’d suggest looking at the release notes for 1.5 and 1.6
Hang in there and see if Billie or someone else shows up.
Thanks for the reply. I think I’m familiar with the improvements made in 1.5, and thankful for them. That is not “full autofocus” though. It’s basically just computing the correct height from what I can tell (so you don’t have to enter it manually).
Yeah, I’ve searched for similar threads and scanned the release notes. All I can find is others who have asked the same question and received similar replies:
Some refer to the changes in 1.5 for Omtech Polar and the Gweike machines, but that’s not full autofocus using a probe. It is just calculating the height automatically.
Some are not understanding that this particular model (Gweike Cloud Pro II 55w) does actually have a probing autofocus capability. That’s why I provided the product page and video.
If there is any info I can provide to Lightburn that would help capture details needed, I’m all for it. I’m a software developer also, so I should be able to handle just about any request thrown at me that doesn’t require specialized hardware.
The main problem with these, if I understand this correctly, is the manufacturers won’t tell Lightburn much of anything about how they work… The Ruida commands have been reverse engineered from what I know. The Gweike cloud has a Ruida that has custom firmware on it I’ve been told …
I think that’s why development is slow… lack of information… The Lightburn people are quite capable with proper information as from the use on my Ruida, operational…
I think Billie would be one of the people that would know… @Rick has made some comments about these and maybe he knows or has better answers than I.
You may need to clarify, for them, as I don’t know what the exact issue you’re dealing with… I don’t have autofocus on any of my machines, so it’s likely I’ve misinterpreted your question.
We do not have this machine, and I was not aware there was an auto-focus.
If you have their stock software and can do a USB / Wireshark capture of a job that includes the auto focus commands, I can likely figure out from that what the commands are.
