cprezzi
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5 years ago It works ok for me. Just set "M106 S0" in the start gcode, "M107" in the end gcode, "M106 S" for intensity and activate intensity separate line.
Closed Mordiev closed 4 years ago
cprezzi
commented
5 years ago It works ok for me. Just set "M106 S0" in the start gcode, "M107" in the end gcode, "M106 S" for intensity and activate intensity separate line.
Hello Everyone! I just discovered this app today and tried to get it to work with my MPCNC running the Marlin Firmware.
Both of these issues are related to Settings > GCode
Issue #1 the On Off button for "Intensity Separate Line" doesn't seem to do anything.
Issue #2 the "Tool On" and "Intensity settings" don't generate usable gcode for Marlin. Examples below
Some details on my settings. please let me know if I missed something.
I have GCODE Generator set to "Marlin" GCode End set to M107 ;This is what will turn off my laser. Tool Off is also set to M107. Then before I generate the Gcode I have tried "Verbose Gcode" on and off.
Ok I need the program to generate Gcode that will look like this. G0 X### Y### F###; Travel to the starting X and Y at the travel feedrate. M106 S###; Turn the laser on at the desired intensity level G1 X###; Move some distance while burning M107; Turn off the laser before the next move. Or this could be M106 S0. Either option would work.
When I try setting Tool ON to "M106" I get gcode like this... G1 F###; Feedrate is on its own line. I'll have to double check but I don't think this works in marlin without it getting added to an actual X or Y move. G0 X### Y###; Travel to the starting X and Y M106; Turn the laser on at FULL POWER NOT the desired intensity level G1 X###; Move some distance while burning M106 S###; Adjust the laser to the desired intensity level; This happens AFTER the burn move aka too late.
So I tried to leave the Tool On setting blank and changed the Laser Intensity setting to "M106 S" That resulted in Gcode that looked like this...
G1 F###; Again not sure if this works to set the speed
; stripped: S0.0000; Looks like it is trying to set the laser to 0 for a Travel move but it Should have looked like this "M106 S0.0" G0 X### Y##; Travel move ; stripped: S###; Should have looked like "M106 S###" G0 X### Y###; Burn move ; stripped: S0.0000; Should have looked like this "M106 S0.0"
So I can't get this thing to produce marlin flavored Gcode. On top of that I tried all of these same combinations with the "Intensity Seperate Line" on and off and I never saw a difference in the Gcode it produced.
Please not that Marlin could use M106 S### to turn on a laser or M03 O####. It just depends on how it is configured. Then it would also use M107 or M05 to turn the laser off. But that detail really doesn't matter here.