I built a custom machine that uses a Lasertree K30 and is controlled by Openbuilds Blackbox x32. I’ve searched as much as I can but can’t seem to find the answer. First, using openbuilds machine software I can turn on the laser from 1% to 100% and jog around making cuts. In Lightburn, I can draw a figure, frame it with the laser perfectly when I set the layer to any speed or power and run the Gcode the laser goes to the origin, fires for a second, moves about 10 mm, fires, and will do this until I stop it or it alarms. The alarm says gcode interrupted possible miss steps and the move window changes to the power adjust speed. I can post my configurations for review but I didn’t want to load up the post with screen shots so I’m asking what information would be best to post.
Hard to tell, but this could be a communication issue.
Maybe upload the .LBRN file so we can see if it duplicates on our machine. What is the workspace size of your machine?
Thanks Mikey,
I just came in from making some changes and adjustments. The alarms I got were 3 and 9. One thing I did notice that I didn’t before was the Meanwell 350 power supply shutting on and off, on and off I think it’s being overloaded and hiccuping. I wish I had notice it before. The machine has a working area of 800 x 300. I used linear rails ala CNC with Nema 23’s on X and Y and Nema 17 on Z. I plan to use it for cutting RC aircraft from plans and I have a spindle I can swap out for metal engraving. Oddly, I ran a test pattern on it tonight using Lasergrbl and the built in test pattern. It worked perfectly. My next step is to put a dedicated power supply for the Laser and run the Blackbox only on the existing power supply. I’ll post my results after I do that tomorrow. Your thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
Primary thought is envy. Your toys are bigger than mine!
It sounds like you are getting it under control. Let us know how the power supply thing works out.
Well Mike,
I’m happy to say you were right, definitely a communication problem, between my eyes, brain and hands. 
I have an IoT to control the air assist. When I placed the machine in its new enclosure I swapped the power supply and the IoT relay on the power tap. So when the air assist came on it turned off the power supply which deengergized the IoT which turned on the power supply. Lather, rinse repeat. It runs like a champ now and Lightburn is running very well. Thanks for your help.
Great news! Now go make stuff and post a picture or two.
Hey everyone! I’ve been diving deep into improving my laser setup lately, and I ran into a bit of a roadblock. I wanted to automate some of the functions on my machine, like controlling the air assist and even the laser itself, and I thought it would be easy to handle using basic switches. But man, things got tricky quickly! There was just too much to keep track of with the power supply and the laser functions, and at times, it felt like I was running around in circles. After a bit of frustration, I started looking into IoT solutions,because why not?. I found that with the right mobile development for IoT, I could streamline a lot of the control features and make things much smoother. It saved me a lot of time and headache! Has anyone else here used IoT to improve their laser setups or other machinery?