I have a EleksLaser A3 Pro that I purchased last year. It worked great with the EleksCAM software, but it did not support homing or variable power output to make gradients. I just recently added the EleksExtra kit that includes limit switches. I followed the instructions here to the best of my ability putting the switches in the recommended location: https://wiki.eleksmaker.com/doku.php?id=extra_module
I enabled the homing feature in Grbl using $22=1
The first time I tried to home, it went in the opposite direction of the switches and hit its mechanical limits.
I entered $23=1. The homing feature seems to work perfectly now, gently bumping each switch twice and backing off. I set the working size to the actual usable area in Grbl as well as Lightburn (370x262mm)
I placed a small test/calibration image in the center of the work area. When clicking start, the X axis slams against the opposite end, and the Y axis moves about 2/3 of the way to the opposite end and it starts printing against the side of the frame.
I noticed after homing the laser and selecting “Get coordinates”, I see strange values (X: -429.00 Y: 219.00 Z: 0.00) This doesn’t make any sense to me.
I followed the guide here for common Grbl setups: https://lightburnsoftware.github.io/NewDocs/CommonGrblSetups.html
When typing G0 X0 Y0 to find the machine origin, it does the same thing as before, maxing out the X travel and moving 2/3 up the Y.
What am I doing wrong? I’d really like to purchase this software if I can make it work.
Here’s my current Grbl settings:
$0=10
$1=25
$2=0
$3=1
$4=0
$5=0
$6=0
$10=0
$11=0.020
$12=0.020
$13=0
$20=0
$21=0
$22=1
$23=1
$24=100.000
$25=1000.000
$26=250
$27=1.000
$30=1000
$31=0
$32=1
$100=80.000
$101=80.000
$102=80.000
$110=5000.000
$111=5000.000
$112=5000.000
$120=800.000
$121=800.000
$122=5000.000
$130=370.000
$131=265.000
$132=200.000