Unable to jog in manual or continuous mode - XTool S1

[sakle2k (Lester Sak)]

Using Lightburn 1.4.05 on Windows 11 Pro. It works fine in manual mode when continuous mode has not been enabled (Edit > Device Settings > Enable $J Jogging). But once continuous mode has been enabled and Lightburn re-started, neither manual or continuous jog modes work. Is this a known issue? And, should the arrow keys on the Num Pad work while in manual mode? (they don’t) Thanks

[berainlb (PY)]

@sakle2k

But once continuous mode has been enabled and Lightburn re-started, neither manual or continuous jog modes work. Is this a known issue?

I don’t know if it’s a known issue but at least one other user experienced what seems like a related issue. See here:

LIGHTBURN 1.5 Release

This needs to be supported by the controller to work. Are you sure the S1 supports this feature? Is this for a vector graphic or image? Unexpected slowdowns could be possibly explained by things in the design not obvious. The skipping lines should never occur. Either the machine is losing steps or possibly a firmware issue. How do you know what gcode has to be entered? Is this an xTool requirement? If so, then that’s more about the idiosyncrasies of the machine.

Bottom line, if jogging fails after enabling $J Jogging then the firmware likely doesn’t support it.

@sakle2k

And, should the arrow keys on the Num Pad work while in manual mode? (they don’t)

It should.

Make sure that mouse focus is on workspace when you attempt this. Numlock must also be on.

[sakle2k (Lester Sak)]

I guess continuous mode won’t work unless XTool makes changes to support it in the firmware. I was able to use the number keys to move the laser after focusing on the workspace & having numlock on. Thanks for the info.