MECPOW X1 - Red dot always on. Fan alway off

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Hello everyone,

I’ve had the Mecpow X1 since yesterday. Unfortunately, the Mecpow software can’t perform a material test, so I have to use Lightburn instead. I currently have the trial version activated.

I set up the laser following these instructions:
https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/4cd95itxxrse9ho/X1_Lightburn_Verbindungsanleitung.doc/file

That worked surprisingly well, though it was a bit of a hassle to set up the laser area correctly; the 9-point galvo calibration just made things worse.

So far, so good, BUT I have two major problems. The red dot won’t turn off while laser cutting, no matter what settings I use. The case fan won’t turn on, and I can’t find an option for it in the device settings.

@ehendrix
You mentioned here that you integrated the laser with GRBL: Lightburn won't hook up to MECPOW X1

Can you send me your configuration file?

I still have 12 days to decide whether I want to keep it. I also have the slide extension and the rotary kit, but it’ll probably be a while before I try them out.

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In LB go to the Laser window. You can see my Mecpow listed. I edited the name after creating.

At the bottom see the button “Create Manually”? Click there.

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Below is the screen that comes up. Find and click “grbl GRBL”.

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When I did this, it worked. Once complete you can edit the name to your Mecpow.

I did not send the config file for two reasons.
First, I don’t know how.
Second, you learn more by doing it yourself.

I hope this helps.

Eric

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Hi Eric,

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work when I do it the way you described. After that, nothing works. Even just specifying a COM port doesn’t work. With the “BSLFiber | Galvo” settings, it works right away, and no serial port specification is necessary.

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@DJONES1964 Did you solved you connections issues?

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Thanks for asking, No I couldn’t get it to work, I tried numerous times. I finally gave up and am using the MecPow software. I don’t like it as well as Lightburn but it gets the job done.

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That’s too bad, but thanks for your feedback. The software would probably work for me too if there were a material test available. I found out that I should test it using the configuration files for the Sculpfun G9 (which is apparently identical in design). I’ll do that as soon as I have time and let you know how it goes.