Hello,
I have a question: would it be possible to integrate a laser cover with a limit switch into software, for example to turn off the laser with Gcode M5 when open the cover? Has anyone tried this before? The whole thing is supposed to be operated with the 40W Creality Falcon 2 laser.
Greetings Max
That’s possible in theory, but in most cases, you would need to change the firmware. I don’t know the Falcon 2 mainboard and the firmware used.
The easiest thing would be to enable hard limits and wire the cover switch in parallel to the x or y limit switch. The laser will stop once the hard limit is triggered.
I created this once for older firmwares, where you could configure all inputs. But maybe the mainboard has a lid switch port as well.
Thank You misken,
to wire the cover switch parallel to x or y is a very good idea! I will test it. Thank You!
Greetings
Max
@misken will have to expand on this, but if you wire it to a limit switch won’t the machine will go into a out of work area error which won’t allow you to continue the job.
This topic was automatically closed 30 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.