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Laser Engineer

Control System for Laser Cutting/ Engraving Machine

OperatingInstruction

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Operating Instruction for Laser EngineerLaser Cutting/Engraving Machine

1.Contents

Chapter I. Installation of the Control System1.1. System Composition3

1.2. Controller Installation3

1.3. Soft Dog Installation 7

1.4. Application Installation7

Chapter II. Software Introduction2.1. Files 8

2.2. Editing 9

2.3. Select 102.4. Setup 10

2.5. View 11

2.6. Help 12

Chapter III. Basic Operations for Work3.1 Open a file 12

3.2 Engraving Area Setup 12

3.3 Layer Setup 12

3.4 Work Offline 12

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3.5 Work Online 13


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Chapter I. Installation of the Control System1.1 System Composition

The control system is composed of two parts of control hardware and software. The hardware

includes one controller and one man-machine interface; the software includes control software and

soft dog.

1.2 Controller Installation1.2.1 Computer Configuration Requirements

Operation system: Window2000, Win XP;

CPU: Celeron 700 or above;

Main board: USB interface is needed

Memory: 128M or above;

Hard disk: 10G or above;

CD driver: CD-ROM

1.2.2 Driver Installation

Connect the power supply of the controller according to the wiring diagram, a

Beep sound upon power-on indicates that the controller has passed self check

and enters operation status. Now connect the controller to the computer with a USB

wire, the computer will find the new hardware USB Device as the following

illustration:

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The system automatically pops out the dialog box Find New Hardware:


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Click Next Step

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Select Search the driver applicable to my equipment and click Next Step:


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Select Appoint a location and click Next Step:

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Use Browse button to find the directory of USD driver for the controller:


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Continue to click Next Step:

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Wait a moment, a completion dialog box pops out if all the operations are correct.


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Now driver installation is completed, be sure Laser Worker Controller is

in equipment manager

Controller driver installation is completed!

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1.3 Soft Dog InstallationNote: Do not insert the soft dog into the USB interface of the computer untilsoft dog driver is installed.Find MicroDogInstdrv.exe under the directory of soft dog driver and run

it, the following dialog box will pop out:

Now click Install to complete the installation. Exit the installation

program after the installation is completed.

Complete Soft dog installation just by inserting the soft dog into the USB

interface

Note: soft dog is necessary for running this system, please keep the soft dogproperly. Reorder should be implemented in case of loss.1.4 Control Software Installation

If installation directory assignment is needed in the installation process ofrunning Laser Engineer Setup.exe, please click Browse to select the

directory at the step to assign the directory, otherwise, just click Next.

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Chapter II. Software IntroductionRun the software, the main interface is as the following illustration:

Position the cursor of the mouse on the tool button below the menu, the button

function will be displayed a moment later.

2.1 File2.1.1 New: the corresponding icon on the tool bar is ;

Create a new work file.

2.1.2 Open the corresponding icon on the tool bar is ;

Empty the current graphics, read in a new graphic file ( .PLT, .AI, .DXF, .DST,

.BMP) or a work-parameter configured file ( . Lew).

2.1.3 Input

No need to empty the current graphics, add a new graphic file ( .PLT, .AI, .DXF,

.DST, .BMP).

2.1.4 Output LEC file

Save the current edited vector graphic file as a *.Lec file, and transfer with a USB disk to the

controller for future use of work.

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2.1.5 Save the corresponding icon on the tool bar is ;


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Save the current edited graphic file and work parameters as laser work file ( .Lew).

2.1.6 Save as

Save a saved laser work file ( . Lew) as another laser work engineering file ( . Lew).

2.1.7 Property

Click this button to display the related information of the current cutting work

graphic such as accumulated length of cutting route etc.

2.1.8 Exit

Exit the system by clicking this button.

2.2 Edit2.2.1 Undo

The corresponding icon on the tool bar is .

Return to the status of the previous editing operation.

2.2.2 Redo


Restore to the status of the previous editing operation.

2.2.3 Rotate


Rotate the selected graphic.

2.2.4 Move


Move the selected graphics.

2.2.5 Mirror


Create the mirror image for the selected graphics

2.2.6 Array


Array the selected graphics.

2.2.7 Scale

Zoom in or out the actual size of the selected graphics.

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2.2.8 Set Layer number

Set up layer number for the selected graphics, it is required that the selected

graphic should not mix engraving area and route up.

If the selected is route, then the assigned layer is cutting layer; if the

selected is engraving area, the assigned will be the engraving layer.


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2.2.9 Delete

Delete the selected graphic.

2.2.10 Set Start point

Set the entry point for a enclosed line segment.

2.3 Select2.3.1 Select invert

Invert the currently selected graphic, thats to say, the currently selected

graphic is inverted to be not selected while other not selected ones are

selected.

2.3.2 Select all

Select all the current graphics

2.3.3 Select single objects

Select all the single section lines in the current graphic

2.3.4 Select not close objectsSelect all the unenclosed objects in the current graphic, enclosure judgment

error is set in the option dialog box.

2.3.5 Select the First

Sect the first object in drawing sequence in the current graphic.

2.3.6 Select the Last

Sect the last object in drawing sequence in the current graphic.

2.3.7 Select the Previous

Take the currently selected object as a benchmark, select the first object in

drawing sequence in the previous graphic.

2.3.8 Select the Next

Take the currently selected object as a benchmark, select the last object in

drawing sequence in the previous graphic.

2.4 Setting2.4.1 Device Manager

Manage the equipment that needs to be connected, including adding and deleting

designations. After equipment setup, you may select to set up equipmentparameters respectively and down load file etc on the upper right corner

2.4.2 Storage Manager

After getting online, click this menu to operate the memory of the controller.

2.4.3 Parameter setting

Set up the parameters of the currently selected equipment. ( For detailed

parameters, see the following section.)

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2.4.4 Cutting layer parameter

Set up parameters for the cutting layers, including speed and power adjustment


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etc.

2.4.5 Engraving layer parameter

Set up parameters for the engraving layers.2.5 View2.5.1 Zoom all


Display the work data scope as a whole.

2.5.2 Zoom in


Zoom in the displayed graphic. Click this button, then clicking the screen with mouse can

zoom in the currently displayed graphic (the actual size of the graphic is not changed). The

position of the mouse is corresponding to the zoom center of the graphic.

2.5.3 Zoom out


Zoom out the displayed graphic. Click this button, then clicking the screen with mouse can

zoom out the currently displayed graphic (the actual size of the graphic is not changed). The

position of the mouse is corresponding to the zoom center of the graphic.

2.5.4 Zoom move


Move the currently displayed graphic.

2.5.5 Zoom table-board


Display the work breadth/ coordinate system as a whole

2.5.6 Options

Display errors in the modified graphic and set up work breadth.

2.6 Help

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2.6.1 About


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The following dialog box pops out if this button is clicked.

Display version information, soft dog serial number, time limit and your company

information such as company name, tel. number, website, email, and address etc.

Chapter III. Basic Operations for Work3.1 Open a File

Click the menu: file open, then select a file on which to be worked.

3.2Engraving Area Setup (skip if just cutting needed)Select engraving-needed part from the graphic, then click Set Engraving

button on Path edit page on the right, the selected part is converted into

engraving area.

3.3Layer SetupFor engraving area and cutting route in the graphic, different work parameters

can be set in layers.

the route or engraving area that need to be layered, take care that do not mixroute and engraving area up. Then click Set layer number button on Path edit

page to select corresponding layer number in the dialog box. If engraving area is

selected, then the selected layer number is engraving layer number; If route is

selected, the selected layer number will be cutting layer number.

The specific work parameters for cutting layer and engraving layer can be viewed

and modified in the setup menu.

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3.4Offline WorkIf the file needs to be copied to the controller by a USB disk for being worked on, you should

first make sure the equipment selected on the upper right corner is prepared for your purpose.


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Then just click Down load to Udisk on Path edit page on the right to save the file to the

USB disk.

3.5Online WorkIf work with computer online, you should first make sure the equipment selected on the

upper right corner is prepared for your purpose., then click Link button so that Device

control page can be activated if the USB connection is correct, then move the equipment to

the upper left corner of the graphic to be worked on with Left, Right, Up, and Down buttons;

click Set start point button to reset the coordinate, now press Run to start work..

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