Sorry reading the document, it looks like I can on Mac now
So this problem continues to plague me. I have now updated the firmware and removed the hub from the equation and run a line straight from the laser to my Macbook. Any other suggestions from anyone?
What exactly are you experiencing now? Has any behavior changed? Does the laser sometimes connect?
If you’re sometimes connecting make sure that the port is set to the right port in Laser window. Also try right-clicking the Devices button to reconnect.
Basically same as before. It’s an intermittent problem. I ran no problem for an hour long run, went to the next file and it stopped after about 5 mins. I connect no problem, the laser runs for a few minutes then just stops out of nowhere it stops (it always finishes the image it is on I will say), the clock keeps counting down though as if it does not know that it is stopped. Interestingly though, now that I think of it, I think it was the same program and time in the program that it happened last time. Perhaps the file is corrupted. Odd though because I’ve run that program at least 50 times before and never had a problem with it, just all of a sudden.
And it has happened with a bunch of other files since then.
Can you review this post from @OrturTech in another topic?
Try the process of removing the connector to the laser module. Does a known bad design finish properly? At least in terms of motion?
If so, possibly a power supply problem.
OK I will try that thank you!
In regards to this comment, sometimes it will finish, sometimes it won’t, but when it screws up, it just stops motion all together until I reset the laser (i.e.hit stop, the home it) Hitting stop will cause the program to stop (laser itself has already been idle),
Just for clarity, is this after you tried unplugging the laser module before running a job? Or was this in your previous error runs?
Sorry, what I mean is, there are some times that I run a project and it goes all the way through the entire thing flawlessly, other times, same project, it just stops moving after 5 mins of operation, the clock in Lightburn is still counting down as if it is still running, just no movement on any of the axes or any laser coming out.
That’s what I understood was your initial problem statement so I think we’re covered there.
Have you attempted the troubleshooting step of trying to run a job without the laser module connected? Preferably you’d do this on jobs you know are likely to fail. Does it work reliably without the laser module connected?
If so, this would indicate a power supply issue.
OK, I’m going to try that tonight or tomorrow. Again, with the intermittency it’s a crap shoot because it doesn’t always fail. I’m wondering though, it always finishes the image it is working on, it never cuts out mid way through an image. Would think if it were power loss this wouldn’t be possible.
Thank you for your willingness to help! Will let you know when I find something.
Sorry to bug you again PY, this problem also is still haunting me. So I ran the laser with the Laser disconnected and it is doing the same thing. Goes for about 10 seconds (without the laser but doing the motions) then just stops at the end of a line/circle and hangs. Clock still running like it thinks it’s moving.
Now I can’t even make it past 2 seconds from the origin. I tried printing out a template for my my placement of round objects to be burned and I pretty much would get one circle maybe two then it would freeze and I’d delete the one it just printed and hit start to print the rest and again does only one or two circles, I delete etc etc. So I started on the top line of circles (origin is in the bottom right corner), when it gets about 2 inches away from the origin it just stops before it even burns anything, the clock still running out, but I notice now the red light is flashing on the controller. At the moment it honestly reminds me of the welding robots I work on, if you ramp up too fast it locks the servos up. Looks like it is accelerating too fast and it just locks up. The other times it doesn’t look like that at all, just stops at the end of a command. And I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that it just defaults to the highest speed it can handle anyway.
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Ortur Laser Master 2 Pro S1 Ready!
OLF:OLF 175.
OLH:OLM_ESP_V1X.
OLM:GENERAL.
[MSG: Warning: Flame Sensor Disabled by User OverRide]
[MSG: Flame detector active,Ambient infrared value:0]
Grbl 1.1f [’$’ for help]
$0=5.0
$1=100
$2=0
$3=6
$4=0
$5=7
$6=1
$10=2047
$11=0.050
$12=0.002
$13=0
$14=2
$15=0
$16=1
$17=0
$18=0
$19=0
$20=1
$21=1
$22=1
$23=7
$24=600.000
$25=3000.000
$26=100
$27=3.000
$28=0.100
$29=0.0
$30=1000.
$31=0.
$32=1
$33=1000.000
$34=0.000
$35=0.000
$36=100.000
$37=0
$39=1
$40=1
$41=0
$42=1
$43=1
$44=3
$45=0
$46=0
$56=1.000
$57=1800.000
$58=395.000
$59=6000.000
$60=0
$61=0
$62=0
$63=3
$64=1
$65=0
$100=80.000
$101=81.633
$102=2124.000
$110=10200.000
$111=10200.000
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$120=2000.000
$121=1800.000
$122=200.000
$130=400.000
$131=400.000
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$259=0
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$261=0
$262=280
$263=30
$264=0
$265=50
$266=100
$267=0
$268=0
$269=0
$270=5120
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Your GRBL configuration looks nearly stock and the differences don’t think would cause a problem.
I still suspect some sort of hardware issue. What is your connectivity situation right now? Are you still going through the hub? Try swapping out USB cable.
The power supply might still be an issue although your test of running without laser module makes it less likely. It’s just that power supplies are often a cause of these disconnect situations.
I stopped using the hub for that connection, it’s going straight to the port on the side of the Macbook now. I also bought a direct cable from the Printer USB to USB C whereas I was using a USB extension before in between.
I guess I’m going to try from scratch to make a similar file, maybe I’m just inserting a corrupted export or something
Seems you’ve narrowed down a lot of variables. I don’t think I’ve ever seen LightBurn carry a bad design/burn through to the controller. If there’s an issue it will be made known beforehand. It’s possible that there’s something in the design that’s revealing an issue with the hardware.
One thing maybe you could try. Can you run LaserGRBL in a VM and see if the behavior is any different?
One other thing you might be able to try. In Device Settings there is a control for Transfer Mode. Try changing this to Synchronous and see if anything changes. If I remember correctly the Baud Rate isn’t an option in Mac.
I just drew everything from scratch, just circles and lines and it did the same thing. Tried change the device settings to synchronous and it crapped out again. Is VM virtual mode? I’m unsure how to do that, looking at the help topics I don’t seem to get a clear answer
Also, Baud Rate is there in the Mac
My Lord things are deteriorating rapidly. I just tried to trace with the laser on and it froze. I think I need to reboot my Macbook or something, it’s not holding position on the origin at all now, something is messed up royally
Wow, my Laser has stopped cooperating completely