by gene » Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:06 pm
So I'm using mach3 and trying to get the laser engraving plugin working (most recent tweaks version)
The laser is coming on, but it's jut not creating enough power to send a beam out to do anything. Obviously not enough power being sent with Pot at 100%
Any ideas where my issues could be? I've tried switching to PWM control but that doesn't seem to do anything. I've got the front switch on control panel in the closed (Active) position but it still gets adjusted with pots control and internal mach3 spind speed settings don't seem to do anything with it.
I've been reading as much as I can find on it but I'm not sure what it means to set the plugin up to 4000 as a sweetspot. Does that indicated steps per inch? if so I'm running the barts 3x laser control board, 16x microstepping and only getting 500 steps per inch so I'm kind of confused