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EleksMaker EleksLaser-A3 Pro

Warning!!! After flashing the Mana SE Arduino clone With GRBL firmware, if you disconnect USB or lost communication with the PC (serial disconnection) the laser fire!!!

The setup order for mise-in-operation must be:

  1. wear the laser protection goggles
  2. activate the serial communication
  3. power ON the Mana SE board

For shut-down operation the order must be:

  1. power OFF the Mana SE board
  2. deactivate the serial communication
  3. unwear the laser protection goggles

GRBL settings

I'm using the machine with GRBL firmware and LaserWeb4 PC frontend instead the original EleksCAM (called somewhere Elek-SCAM 8-) )

GRBL settings used for LaserWeb and explanation.

This article is related to GRBL v1.1f (2017-08-01) Release

The setup that i've used is based on this useful wiki article: https://github.com/LaserWeb/LaserWeb4/wiki/2.1-Initial-Configuration-GRBL-1.1

$0=10      ;Step pulse, microseconds
$1=25      ;Step idle delay, milliseconds
$3=1       ;X axis direction inverted
$10=0      ;send work coordinates in statusReport
$30=255    ;max. S-value for Laser-PWM (is referenced to the LaserWeb PWM MAX S VALUE)
$31=0      ;min. S-value
$32=1      ;Laser Mode on
$100=160   ;steps/mm in X, depending on your pulleys and microsteps
$101=160   ;steps/mm in Y, depending on your pulleys and microsteps
$102=160   ;steps/mm in Z, depending on your pulleys and microsteps
$110=10000 ;max. rate mm/min in X, depending on your system
$111=10000 ;max. rate mm/min in Y, depending on your system
$112=10000 ;max. rate mm/min in Z, depending on your system
$120=1000  ;acceleration mm/s^2 in X, depending on your system
$121=1000  ;acceleration mm/s^2 in Y, depending on your system
$122=300   ;acceleration mm/s^2 in Z, depending on your system
$130=400   ;max. travel mm in X, depending on your system
$131=300   ;max. travel mm in Y, depending on your system
$132=100   ;max. travel mm in Z, depending on your system
$$         ;to check the actual settings

For a reference, please read Grbl's $x=val settings and what they mean on the official GRBL wiki.

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