Redsail X700 arrived

[lfe011969]

John,

I was in school last night so I didn't get to play with the laser yesterday but I plan to work on it non-stop this weekend until I get it going.

Thanks for the link. I've been brushing up on the various issues concerning the soft stop error on this board and the Chinese laser forum so hopefully I will be able to get somewhere tonight.

I have been starting at the datum. Each successive time I've tried, I move the laser head back to datum and restart both the laser and Easycut. I will post results sometime later tonight after I've had a chance to experiment with it. Thanks again for your help.

Lonnie

[John Thomson]

Please let me know how things go......I have not connected a pc to the laser yet.....only transferred files via the USB stick......
For what it is worth I think all your issues are simply software settings issues.

All the best.

John

[lfe011969]

John, would you mind taking a look at these screenshots and compare them to your own settings to see if there are any differences? If it is indeed a software configuration problem then maybe there is some obvious setting that is wrong on my setup.

[John Thomson]

I am not in front of my pc but these look to be the default settings that I have (I have not changed any of these)
Have you tried transferring a file via USB stick rather than from the pc?

John

[lfe011969]

No I haven't but the more I read and the more I test my machine I think something is wrong with the axis controller. I'm trying to figure out now how to make sure my firmware for the laser matches the software but it is proving difficult without Redsail's input.

Now the Y axis is moving up and down instead of just down but the movement limits in both directions are now functioning incorrectly. For movement on either axis, the laser head now bumps up against the the left side for the X axis and the front of the machine for the Y axis.

I will keep testing and reading and post my results.

Lonnie

[John Thomson]

Hi,

checked your screenshots against my settings,

1st screen....my max power is 100% yours is 0%
2nd screen my pulse rates are both 0.0063500000


all others are the same.

John

[lfe011969]

John,

Would you mind reading my post here concerning firmware versions and see how my settings compare to yours? If your firmware versions are the same as mine then I can rule out that as my problem. I would appreciate it.

Lonnie

[juno]

Lonnie, we're having the same problem with our M900 (the 60w version). It will cut through if we do the little spot test, but otherwise it only engraves. I can't find anything that would switch it from 110 to 220 (it's plugged into a 220 outlet).

Where was your switch located?

John, thanks for your help. I'm just learning myself and I just figured out why I haven't been able to cut. There was a switch in the back of the step-up power transformer that was switched to 110V instead of 220V so even though I had the laser plugged in to the 220V outlet in the front, the whole unit was only getting 110V. Flipping it to 220V corrected that issue.

Still at issue for myself is the new problem concerning movement on the Y axis. Whatever I've done has caused the laser to only move in the Y- direction. Pushing up causes it to move down. Pushing the Datum button still causes the laser to move back to the origin.

I'm also getting "Soft Stop" and "Limit Stop" errors when I try to operate the laser. I've tried resetting everything and I've even reinstalled the software. I still get an error during installation but the software still seems to work.

Lonnie