# "Fire" laser during "Outline"

**URL:** <https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/fire-laser-during-outline/43128>\
**Category:** Tips and Tricks\
**Created:** [June 25, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/fire-laser-during-outline/43128 "2021-06-25T18:22:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rick](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/rick/32/69_2.png) [@Rick](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/Rick)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/fire-laser-during-outline/43128/2 "2021-06-25T19:27:44Z")

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Welcome. We can help with this. Have a review of the following and let us know if you continue to have any issue with this. 🙂

> [@How do I turn on my diode at low power to focus it or frame a job?](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-turn-on-my-diode-at-low-power-to-focus-it-or-frame-a-job/10520):
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> Diode lasers often don’t have a red-dot pointer like CO2 lasers do, so it is often useful to enable them at low power for focusing or framing. (Please do NOT do this if you have a CO2 laser, as the beam is invisible and this could blind you or start a fire) In LightBurn, go to Edit \> Device Settings, or click here: [image] Turn on the ‘Enable Laser Fire Button’ switch (make it green): Quit LightBurn and re-run it. You will now have two new controls in the Move window. A …

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