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Laser Engineer
Control System for Laser Cutting/ Engraving Machine
OperatingInstruction
V 2.0
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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
The corresponding icon on the tool bar is .
Restore to the status of the previous editing operation.
2.2.3 Rotate
The corresponding icon on the tool bar is .
Rotate the selected graphic.
2.2.4 Move
The corresponding icon on the tool bar is .
Move the selected graphics.
2.2.5 Mirror
The corresponding icon on the tool bar is .
Create the mirror image for the selected graphics
2.2.6 Array
The corresponding icon on the tool bar is .
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
The corresponding icon on the tool bar is .
Display the work data scope as a whole.
2.5.2 Zoom in
The corresponding icon on the tool bar is .
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
The corresponding icon on the tool bar is .
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
The corresponding icon on the tool bar is .
Move the currently displayed graphic.
2.5.5 Zoom table-board
The corresponding icon on the tool bar is .
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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