LinuxCNC export - laser power & end of program

Hi,

it seems LinuxCNC doesn’t have a subcategory here. I’m using 2.0.5. I found two problems with exporting gcode:

When you export gcode, lcnc will complain about a missing M2 at the end. I can work around with custom code but since it is configured as lcnc it should that automatically.

Setting the laser power with for example 20% will result in:
M67 E0 Q0.2
but lcnc expects:
M67 E0 Q20

That is a bit annoying.

Thanks

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Try with 2.1.00 RC-11 for the M2.
You can install 2.1.00 and 2.0.05 side by side ;

If you’re installing a Release Candidate alongside your existing LightBurn installation, LightBurn will offer to import settings from your existing installation, if there aren’t pre-existing settings.

For the power it seems that LinuxCNC Flavor sets S-Value Max to 1 change it per your laser $30 value or Max Spindle Speed value, they must match. (usually 1000 or 255) Tested with 1000, but to get 2 numeral places you have to set it to 100 for a taco-a-taco conversion.

Tested now with 2.0.05 it seems correct!

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