Laser control issue

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Laser control issue

Postby docschrock » Thu Jan 23, 2025 1:48 am

I'm trying to set up a laser on my DIY router, uc400eth controller. I have my laser powered with 12v and the pwm set to pin 14 from the uc400eth. I can turn the laser on with the spindle button and control the intensity with the S slider.
However, when I try to use the laser engraving plugin, is only fires the laser at low intensity and does not change. Is there something I'm missing?
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Re: Laser control issue

Postby cncdrive » Thu Jan 23, 2025 10:55 pm

The laser plugin is using the Laser output pin not the spindle PWM is the issue.
You find it in the I/O settings.
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Re: Laser control issue

Postby docschrock » Sat Jan 25, 2025 3:09 pm

Thanks, that worked.
Now I'm trying to figure out how to have the laser burn back and forth on my Y axis instead of my X axis. Is there a way to do that? Or would I have to reconfigure my machine and swap the axes?
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