First of all, I know i am doing something wrong, what,… that’s the question.
I don’t know either if I am not trying to solve two separate issues in the same topic.
First things first.
I pretend to engrave canvas for a gift (Black paint on white canvas)
After some adjustments I have this picture.
After some googling it appears this could be a laser power setting problem,… digging some more and the $30 parameters start to show, S-value max either.
This is where it seems to me i have a second issue.
I can’t read the $30 parameter on the GRBL board. NOTE: The board connected to this seat is a different board that is installed in the machine. But I know have to make the required adjustments to the board installed. (Ignorant but not so much )
But to clarify my doubt, I believe this is not relevant.
So,… It is possible a GRBL board not have $30 parameter? Or must have but could be read only by it’s own software and copy that data to “S-value max” on LB?
I am not allowed to set the minimum power too, so,… I am sure I have a lot to learn yet.
Can you point me directions?
I must have googled it wrong and now I’m stranded in the middle of nowhere.
This an expected behavior of the preview tool.
If you make the preview window larger and zoom in you’ll see each pixel. It’s a troubleshooting tool so it doesn’t remove information or engraving from the produced image - it’s just all jammed together.
It appears muddled and dark because your preview is small and your design is 3755 x 3755.
All LightBurn seats should have GRBL capabilities. You can confirm this in LightBurn by Selecting Help, then by selecting License Management (don’t click the link - i’ll try to fix this shortly) - then confirm that you have GCode as an enabled device in the pop up License Page in LightBurn.
Early GRBL-M3 boards around version 0.8 or 0.9ish may not have a $30 because they are on-off.
It’s more likely to incorrectly select GRBL-M3 than to have a GRBL 0.9 edition board.
In the Console window in LightBurn, ask the controller for its identification by typing:
$i
and press Enter. Please select and copy it from the Console window and share this information in a reply here. I’m very curious.
I must not have been clear. ( My english is not so fluent as i desire…)
What I meant is, in this precise seat i am typing right now i have a GRBL board connected but the original one that it cames with my laser machine. (this is mainly to be able to help other users. I don´t cut/engrave anything here)
Currently I have a MKS DCL32 board installed at the machine and connected to the seat were I have LB installed also and where I run my jobs.
At the installing this original board at this seat LB suggested the “GRBL-M3” but I select “GRBL” board.
Now I executed the command $i as you suggested and console return this:
It seems the original board is a 0.9 indeed. So this board might not have $30 parameter, right?
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