It seems like before the new update when i would engrave and i turned off air assist lightburn would turn off air assist. However now air assist is always on no matter what I choose in the software.
I am using an OMTech 50w B&G
Some information would help. Are you using one of the âair assistâ kits on the market?
How are the solenoids connected?
You think it worked but you are not sure?
I can get thatâŚ
Check the voltages across the solenoid(s) and see if they are âpickedâ (energized.)
There a numerous ways of doing this or something like it, so youâll have to fill us in.
i am using it out of the box no upgrades
I canât help you with this. I asked you a couple of questions about the connections. If it isnât working and you wonât tell us how itâs set up. I canât really help you.
If itâs setup out of the box, then it should work. If it doesnât we have to track down why it isnât, so how itâs hooked up and other information are needed.
Good luck
I donât know how itâs hooked up⌠Itâs the default setup⌠I havenât changed anything⌠I donât know the answer to your questions⌠is there a solenoid in the default setup?
If we can help you, you have to know what you have and how it operates. I canât do it remotely with little to no information.
Who installed this originally?
You have an external type air compressor, not the small one that came with it?
There are many ways to install an âair assistâ and there is no âdefaultâ configuration. There are some that are more common and setup to be sold in kits and some people just put the parts together.
Take a couple pictures of it and weâll work from there⌠
Hang in thereâŚ
The air assist was installed by omtech⌠I am using the compressor that came in the system. Here are a few picturesâŚ
You have no aux air installed. Look at the lower right of the controller in the picture. The air you have is just on all the time not controlled by the controller.
I have been told that it should be controlled and that it shouldnât be.
The AUX Air connection is what the controller uses to turn on the air solenoid. If you follow the wires from the pump they probably just go to the power strip in the main compartment. The pump will be on whenever the machine is turned on. I just removed the exact same pump and installed the air assist.
Is there any way to make it in demand?
Iâm sorry for my ignorance, I can make the air assist I have on demand with an air assist kit correct?
Yes with a kit similar to this.
Thank you for your help and patience. Merry Christmas!
No worries. I donât talk much anyways.
Merry Christmas
This is my air assist connection⌠In your photo, there is no connections, so no air assist control like you are expecting.
The âWindâ sink is activated when layer(s) with âAir Assistâ enable are executed.
The âStatusâ sink is active when the machine in is ârunâ mode. I used this with a ss relay to control the compressor and fan.
thanks guys! i wonder if i can wire it to send power to the compressor when the toggle is on in lightburn and not when its off
Youâll still want to get the kit. You donât want to turn off the air 100%. The little airflow when the kit is installed helps keep the smoke off the lense.
The controller is turning this stuff on and off. The only thing is knows is that a layer has âair assistâ enabled or not. It doesnât âuseâ lightburn to operate.
You should read through the standard implementation of Air Assist. Many of us have dumped that original âair compressorâ for an external one with more volume and higher pressure.
Most people use the âair assistâ kit like this⌠When the machine is operating without âair assistâ it will feed low pressure air anytime the machine is in ârunâ mode. The execution of a layer with âair assistâ enabled will allow high pressure air to make it to the head.
There are two solenoids, one for that is enable anytime the machine is in ârunâ mode (âStatusâ) and the second when âair assistâ is enabled on the layer (âWindâ).
The âStatusâ sink, allows hi pressure air to enter the system.
If the âair assistâ layer is âoffâ then âWindâ will not go active and the âbypassâ solenoid is closed. The only way to the head is via a reducing valve. This gives low pressure air any time the machine is in ârunâ mode.
When the âair assistâ layer is executed, âWindâ goes low, enabling the âbypassâ to allow full pressure to the head.
The machine has no idea about the existence of Lightburn⌠so you canât program for thatâŚ
My first moves on my machine was to get rid of the noise of both the supplied compressor and the exhaust fan that ran the whole time the machine was on.
This is an easy âfirstâ hack. You are just wiring the compressor and the exhaust fan together and controlled it by a ssr connected to âStatusâ.
Good luck
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