User Manual

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1. Power on the offline controller, status will show “Alarm” in the upper right corner.

Enter “Control” interface, click “Unlock” to change status to “Idle”.

2. Enter “Move” interface, click “Step” to choose step setting (4 available steps: 0.05,

0.1, 1, 10mm). Default step is 0, if you don’t click to choose a step, machine will not

move.

As picture shows, click direction buttons (X+/X-/Y+/Y-/Z+/Z-) to move Z-axis to zero

point.

Click “Spindle/Laser” to check if the spindle can turn on normally.

Click “Speed” to adjust spindle speed (10 available levels)

3. Click the Zero XYZ buttons to set zero. You can see that the coordinates of the three

axis have become 0.00.

Then click “Return” to previous menu.

Alarm

Control

Idle

Move

Zero

XYZ

Z-

probe

Reset

Home

Set

Probe

Unlock

Return

Files

Control

Step

Move

Idle

Z+

Y+

X-

Z-

Y-

X+

Spindle

Laser

Speed

Return

Control

Idle

Move

Zero

XYZ

Z-

probe

Reset

Home

Set

Probe

Unlock

Return

Zero XYZ

Return

Set X Set Y Set Z

Set

XYZ

Idle

0.00 0.00

0.00

Step

Instruction

How to use offline controller?

Summary of content (4 pages)

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Instruction How to use offline controller? 1. Power on the offline controller, status will show “Alarm” in the upper right corner. Enter “Control” interface, click “Unlock” to change status to “Idle”. MENU Control Alarm Control Idle Move Zero XYZ Zprobe Reset Home Set Probe Unlock Return Files 2. Enter “Move” interface, click “Step” to choose step setting (4 available steps: 0.05, 0.1, 1, 10mm). Default step is 0, if you don’t click to choose a step, machine will not move.
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4. Click “Return” to previous menu. Click “Files”, choose a g-code file. MENU Files Idle FoxAlien.nc Control <-- Test1.nc Files --> Test2.nc Test3.nc Return 5. Click “Send” to start engraving. If you want to abort engraving in advance, click “Abort”. That means engraving project is ended. You can pause engraving, that means machine stops moving but spindle is still running. Files Hold:0 FoxAlien.nc Send Work coordinates: X: Y: Z: Send 0.00 0.00 0.
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How to use Z-probe? 1. Enter “Set Probe” in Control interface. The included Z-probe’s thickness is 15mm, so change it to 15; and then click “Return” to previous menu. Control Z-probe Idle Move Zero XYZ Zprobe Reset Home Set Probe Unlock Return 15 SET+ Idle SET- Return Thickness: 15mm 2. Place the Z-probe as picture shows. Click “Z-probe” to start zeroing. Remove Zprobe after zeroing. Then click to enter “Zero XYZ” interface, click Zero X and Zero Y, then return to MENU to choose g-code file.
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How to unlock when limit switch is triggered? Control Control ?? Alarm Move Zero XYZ Zprobe Reset Move Zero XYZ Zprobe Reset Home Set Probe Unlock Return Home Set Probe Unlock Return Move Z+ Spindle Laser Y+ X- Step Z- Y- X+ Control Idle Idle Move Zero XYZ Zprobe Reset Home Set Probe Unlock Return Speed Return 1. Limit switch will trigger when the machine runs out of active working area.