Hello
First a big thanks to everyone who has contributed to the forums on this site - i have learned a great deal from reading here over the last 6 months or so.
I have just purchased a 600x900 60 watt machine from XYZ-Tech in Jinan, China and currently setting it up. The machine seems to be pretty well made overall - though there is some patches of slightly rough work here and there!
Does anyone else own / use a machine from this company? or may be able to advise on the following questions based on a similar machine?
1 - It was supplied with lasercut 5.1 , softdog dongle, and as far as i am aware it uses MPC6515 card (inside laser . connected by USB ) - but very little in the way of documentation! I have installed the lasercut and softdog without any problems. but not sure how to commence a job. i gather from the forums that with this hardware i have to download the job to the machine's memory then control from the machines control panel rather than controlling job from the PC - is this correct? also someone mentioned that a config file has to be sent from lasercut to the machine prior to use ?
2. How to set Zero positions (if possible ) ? The Z table doesnt seem to have a upper limit switch ( have to hit emergency stop! ) X and Y seem to stop at limit switch zero ok - but come home with a 'clunk'. and this point is outside of my cutting bed. For example can i set zero to be at a selected point on the worktable?
3. does anyone know if the machine will be damaged by running it without laser tube installed, whilst setting up software etc ?
Only i dont want to take my fingers off / eyeballs out whilst calibrating it.
Please excuse the barrage of questions!
Regards from Scotland.
KP