Lightburn fire button expand TTL

[NoMercy (Edwin)]

Hello,
lightburn fire button expand ttl

i wonder if i can exspand the time that the laser stay on when i press the fire button.

The TTL is now just about 10 seconds but is to short for me.
i like to change it to 30 sec but cant find the setting for it or cant find the grbl-command that i can use.

hope you can help me with it. ?

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

Apologies for this delayed response. To assist, below I share how this button is designed to behave.

• Press the button to turn on the laser, and press it again to turn it off. Set the Power value to a very low value that makes the laser just visible enough to see and focus. Too bright and you run the risk of burning the material when your focus is correct.

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 …

[NoMercy (Edwin)]

Im on a diode laser.[atomstack x20]

I already had activated the fire button and it kind of work.
When i push the gire button the laser getting on add 1 % power

But it automaticly power off after 10 seconds
And not stay on.

[LightBurn (Oz)]

@NoMercy

But it automaticly power off after 10 seconds
And not stay on.

Most likely that is a safety feature in the firmware of the laser itself, and not something that LightBurn would be able to control. I would suggest contacting AtomStack to see if there is a way to override this.

[NoMercy (Edwin)]

Thnkx Oz, i just did.