Omtech Polar Laser Jumping around and Jamming

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@Jfloyd84

random times when the laser will jump to a different position and continue the engraving

Which suggests a communication dropout of the sort that’s all too common over USB.

One way to convert the Polar’s Ruida controller to a more reliable Ethernet connection:

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