I’m really new here and I’m hoping some of my questions can be answered.
I bought a new MonPort 30W Split fiber laser and was so excited to get things going until I realize my provided USB did not come with the “markcfg7“ file that is required. I have reached out to monport with no answer. My question is: can I run without this file? It seems Lightburn is not detecting my laser without the file? I’m just using the free trial so maybe that doesn’t help? Any help would be SO appreciated!
The free trial is fully featured so that’s not a factor.
The ‘Find My Laser’ search should find your galvo, are you running a MacBook Pro? Is the USB cable plugged into a hub or adaptor of some kind?
Some people have reported problems with getting USB 2.0 devices connected to new Macs with high speed ports and hubs even though they should be all backwards compatible that doesn’t always seem to be the case - so sometimes a change of adapter/dock/port or cable can help.
Also make sure the laser is powered on properly with the emergency stop button released - often new machines come with these already activated and you might not notice this straight away.
I noticed in the Monport website product page for your machine, under the title of ‘User Manual’ there are links to download software, and in the folder structure of the download, there is a markcfg7 file - useful if your machine has a EzCad2 board in it:
Hi Nicholas! Thank you for such a quick response. If only MonPort was this responsive.
I am in fact running a MAC with a USB adapter! Lightburn is finding my laser but is labeled as BLSFIBER under the “find by laser” feature
Monport says it should be manually configured and needs to be JCZFiber and then upload the Markcfg7 file, which is not on the USB. I only have Markcfg0 but when I configure it with that file the laser no longer becomes seen by lightburn and shows my laser “disconnected”. I hope I’m using the right terminology here and I SO appreciate the help!
I’m hoping these images come through. But here is my issue:
The Monport user manual says to manually connect my laser and select “JCZFiber” and then import EZCAD config using Markcfg7. When I do this, my status says “disconnected”.
When I search my “find my laser” I receive the provided screenshots. The laser is recognized by Lightburn as BSLFiber with “none” under the connection type. After hitting add device, I have tried importing with the Markcfg7 file (greyed out and does not allow me to select it) and I have also tried just hitting next.
After completing the prompts in the new device wizard, my laser is recognized but it does not give me framing preview and I am getting concave squares when I run test panels.
If the markcfg7 didn’t come with your laser skip it, and run Laser Tools> Calibrate Galvo Lens
I like to cover the base with black painters tape and run low power, leaves nice crisp white line.
May have to reduce scale depending on your lens.
Once you run the calibration there is a little box with 3 dots, that is the scale utility, run that.
Then produce a square and measure corner to corner, if not square manually adjust skew.
Then adjust redlight pointer.
Then run the timing / delay adjustments. LMA has a good tutorial.
Cant say for sure but pretty good chance. Sometimes folks have trouble with the scale on the 9 point correction, I think that is caused by the framing laser being out of adjustment.
So if you can’t get a frame on the 9 point, run it anyway with the laser at low power. come back to it later. If you never get the framing to work, might be something else but rare.
Also, some reason, 0,0 on the framing laser is center of work area where 0,0 on the laser is lower left corner.
Frame speed is also something to mess with.
It does not seem like I’m getting a frame at all but what’s interesting is I can hear the laser framing (I hope that makes sense). So an audible difference in the laser head when I hit frame. But no image frame or laser. I only have the main red laser.
I gotta ask, don’t get mad, is their a power button for the framing laser separate from the main power?
There are basically 2 ways the framing laser works, a separate laser running through a “Combiner” and a red light laser running right out of the laser source. Sometimes even with the laser source -R the builders use the combiner.
You could ask if the sky is blue and I won’t get mad, I’m just so glad to have any sort of help with this!! I’m very new to this and feel like I’m lost at sea lol
There is a button on the top of the laser head that just turns the main laser off. I’m not seeing a separate laser for framing. Going to run a test now.
No other on off or emergency stop? That is an unusual place if that is the main power switch.
So maybe you should start at the begaining. Make a small square, maybe 10x10mm, assign some parameters like 20% power, 20KHz, 0.0254 Line Interval Fill mode Bi direction and Cross Hatch. Start with the head about 300mm above the black business card and start laser. You want to use the continuous Mode, make sure and reset count to zero. Frame and start.
Lower your galvo down until it starts making noise, then try to adjust up and down until you get the most noise. That is your focus point. Even if you have a focusing laser, measure this height, make a T-stick, dowel, or a mark on your clear ruler. If you don’t get any noise, turn your power up start again. .
