Hi Kevin,
there is an interface available that gives the possibility to link a laser controller to the project which can be used to send commands to a laser. Currently only the interface exists but no related plug-in that could handle commands to be sent. That's simply because nobody requested it until now ;-)
So we would add a generic serial interface plug-in for controlling the laser for you. So what would you need exactly:
- a possibility to choose and configure the serial port - a possibility to send a freely configurable ASCII (?) command to the laser at the beginning and end of a marking cycle - what additional commands could be useful/imaginable here?
Kind regards
Jim
On 28 January 2013 at 10:48 Kevin Criqui kcriqui@gmail.com wrote:
I'm working with a marking machine that has a Spectra Physics T20-BL10-106Q laser and a Scanlab RTC4 controlling a Scanlab scanhead. Everything is working pretty well, though I still have lots to learn. One thing I'd like to do that I haven't figured out yet is to issue a command to the laser over the PC's serial port at the beginning and end of each marking job. Specifically, I want to send the command to put the laser in run mode at the beginning and standby mode at the end. Is there any way to do this? _______________________________________________ openapc mailing list openapc@lists.fedorahosted.org https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/openapc
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