sephen
(Peter)
April 11, 2021, 12:52pm
1
I’m Building a Pen plotter with standard Grbl. I’ve build a simple Arduino interface to control the servo.
What i’m trying to achieve is that the laser/pen is always 100% even in the corners/at low speed.
I’ve set:
$30=255
$31=255
$32=1
But now it is also on even when moving between objects.
I’ve tried checking the “Use G0 moves for overscan” option but the result is the same.
How can i prevent the laser from firing between objects?
WF55
(Wilfried)
April 11, 2021, 2:26pm
2
Please try $31=0. $31=255 is full power.
sephen
(Peter)
April 11, 2021, 2:59pm
3
I tried that but then the laser is not always at 100%. And thus lifting the servo at slow speeds.
If there’s a other setting to keep the laser at 100% I would like to know.
sephen:
$30=255
$31=255
$32=1
Set:
$30=255
$31=0
$32=1
Then, in 0.9.21 or higher, click the ‘Constant power’ toggle in the cut layer setting:
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sephen
(Peter)
April 11, 2021, 6:32pm
5
That worked perfectly, Thanks!
I do have those set. Like you said and still traverse lines.
You’re jumping into an existing thread - post your settings? (type $$ into the console and press enter)
I push $$ nothing happens
I’m going to hook up a different machine
When you first connect to the laser, does any text get written in the console? With GRBL, for example, you’ll see “GRBL 1.1f [$H for help]” or similar. If you have the wrong firmware on your laser you might see “benbox 1.3” or something else entirely.
system
(system)
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May 26, 2021, 11:54pm
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