<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Ok, back at Noisebridge and reducing the speed seems to have fixed that issue.<div><br></div><div>My next issue is that the laser doesn't seem to fire at all. </div><div><br></div><div>I tried pressing the 2 green buttons but nothing happens.</div><div><br></div><div>The instructions also say that the small red button should be in the down position but that button doesn't seem to have a down state.</div><div><br></div><div>arghhhh... so close yet so far.</div><div><br></div><div>Any ideas on this one?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers.</div><div><br></div><div>Phil</div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Apr 9, 2013, at 12:49 AM, Phil Spitler wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Great, so you think think it's just a speed issue? That is EXCELLENT news.<div><br></div><div><div>I'll try tomorrow evening if I can get to NoiseBridge.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope tomorrow I don't have the connection issue and therefore be able to get cutting.</div><div><br></div><div>Much appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>Phil</div><div><br></div><div><div>
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<br><div><div>On Apr 9, 2013, at 12:44 AM, Martin Bogomolni wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Slow down! What you're experiencing is called stepper binding.<br><br>Please lower the speed down, and you'll stop seeing the head do that.<br>It's because the whole machine is 1) very dirty and 2) I just adjusted<br>the head to ride the rails .. the pulleys have been loose and dragging<br>for a long time, which means they can bind.<br><br><br>=M<br><br>On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 12:24 AM, Phil Spitler <<a href="mailto:phil@bonfirelabs.com">phil@bonfirelabs.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">"some" progress was made.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Somehow the PC is now connected to the Laser cutter and it can control it,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">not sure what changed, it could have been the magnet, I also reseated all<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the cords.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">However now when I try to print a document from Retina Engrave, the print<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">head shoots to the left side of the printer and keeps hitting the side of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the case.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">It's as if it doesn't know where zero is. I am calling it a day today but<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">may try again tomorrow evening.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Any idea on this issue?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Thanks again.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Phil<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Phil Spitler | Creative Technologist | Bonfire Labs | t :<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">415.394.8200 m : 415.571.3139<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Website | Facebook | LinkedIn<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 8, 2013, at 11:32 PM, Casey Callendrello wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">This often happens when two copies of RetinaEngrave are running. First try<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">rebooting the laser cutter computer.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">If that doesn't fix it, it means we've probably fried the USB board.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">According to the intrepid hacker who has one of his own, this can happen<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">when the tube gets weak (which ours definitely has). Let's hope this isn't<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the case.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">--Casey<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On 4/8/13 11:19 PM, Tony Longshanks LeTigre wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Hey, sending a quick note / desperate plea for help re: the lasercutter<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">to a few people I think have been knowledgeable on the subject. I was<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">supposed to give Phil (CC'd) a tutorial on how to use it tonight @<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Noisebridge & we ran into a wall. Tried everything we could think of,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">but RetinaEngrave persistently displayed an "Attempting to Connect"<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">status bubble without ever succeeding or advancing past that stage.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Furthermore, we couldn't even get the laser engraver itself to jog or<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">move at all. The laser test worked, but that was it. We had several<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">others look at it & tried most every variable: cords, software, logging<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">in as different users, &c, to no avail. Among the few things we haven't<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">tried are unplugging or replacing the card that the connecting USB cord<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">plugs into on the laser cutter, and....suggestions? We do know, on the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">encouraging side, that Martin B. used this lasercutter, apparently with<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">success, as recently as one day ago. CCing to Martin. (Sorry if you're<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">getting multiple messages.) Martin, do you think in the course of your<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">"checkup" on the machine the other day there is anything you might have<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">changed that could explain this impasse?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Thanks for any help you can offer!<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">+11+<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>