Soft Origin ? in AWC

[doyle81 (Doyle)]

I am setting up a camera to see the laser bed
While doing the “Calibrate Camera Alignment” I get prompted by LB to set the “soft origin” in the menu of the laser.

In the menu of my laser (AWC708C LITE) I could not find “soft origin” in the menu.

As described here: Soft Origin Setting

Any idea if there is another name for the setting?

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As a result, my laser does not move to the position of the material on the bed.
And will cut from its pre-set origin or current soft origin.

Issue 1: Camera alignment isn’t correct.

Issue 2: laser head will not move from “soft alignment position”. to the material.

Bonus clue:

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I Use:

• macOS Big Sur, Version 11.5.2
• Laser AWC708C LITE, 1.19.12.15,
• LB: Your version is up to date. (1.0.01)
  after update LB: Your version is up to date. (1.0.02) = I get a beachball Crash from apple.

Tried: Standard Lens & Fisheye Lens as a setup.
And: using a tethered iPhone as a webcam.

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“Soft Origin” would be a good addition to this article
https://lightburnsoftware.github.io/NewDocs/CoordinatesOrigin.html

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Many thanks

[jkwilborn (Jack Wilborn)]

It might help us if you tell us what you are trying to do…

You have a ‘default’ origin, which is usually 0, 0. If you change that via software, that could be referred to as a ‘soft origin’.

Are you attempting to setup a camera?

[doyle81 (Doyle)]

Ups, Your are indeed correct.

while doing a camera set up … it get a massage to set up the “soft origin” before running the alignment pattern. I click OK and the laser will find the middle of the bed to create the pattern (so it is kinda working) but not for my projects. Thx

[jkwilborn (Jack Wilborn)]

Glad it helps… It’s always nice to assume we know nothing about what you are doing.

Good luck, take care

[doyle81 (Doyle)]

Many thanks for your feedback. (Is was a long night lol)
I fixed my description.
Many thanks

[jkwilborn (Jack Wilborn)]

No perspiration.

Take care and good luck…

[doyle81 (Doyle)]

Hate to reply to myself … but I could not let it sit like this:

Solution is … As described As described here: Soft Origin Setting

With the addition to toggle between:
Move cursor to【Origin Mode】and press【←】【→】.Can switch origin mode as【Software Origin】
【Machine Zero As Origin】【Current Position】【Key Origin. Press【Enter】to finish changes.
Page 16.

I still need to address the camera alignment crashing … to test the final result.
Thx

[doyle81 (Doyle)]

camera crash problem: Cover the HoneyComb. DONE
Solution: Camera Calibration Crash - #2 by LightBurn