Focus without "Fire" button

All the move commands are issued as G1’s, but they turn the beam off (intentionally). You can just issue console commands if you want to - M3 will enable the beam in constant power mode, G1 Sxxx will set the beam to xxx power, and then G1 Zxxx will set the Z to xxx height. You should put an Fxxx rate on there too, at least for the first one.

G1 S50 F1000
Z10
Z20
Z30

and so on.

You could also try using the new Focus Test feature, which automates this. Tools > Focus Test.
Choose a start and end Z height, power, speed, and number of steps, and the software will cut a small pattern with varying Z positions (labeled). You can preview and frame from the pop-up to make sure it’s lined up. If you’re in Absolute Coords mode it will run in the center of the machine.

The thinnest line is your best focus height.

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