Framing with laser in fire mode

[Bill5519 (Bill Smith)]

Not sure where to post…Can you frame with you laser on in fire mode or framing with the laser on I just want to see the lasers boundry please help

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

@Bill5519

frame with you laser on

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How do I turn on my diode at low power to focus it or frame a job?

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): [image] Quit LightBurn and re-run it. You will now have two new controls in the Move window. A …