4.5 PREPARING THE MACHINE FOR WORK
Powering the Machine On
Before powering on the machine ensure that the protective cover is closed. Verify the safety Emergency
Stop is not engaged (if it is, rotate it clockwise and it will extend to the non-engaged position). Flip the
main power switch on the side of the machine or turn the key if you are operating an 80 or 100w laser.
Transferring Files to the Laser Cutter
• Insert the USB stick into the lower of the two USB ports on the right side of the laser cutter.
• On the control panel of the laser, press the “file” button. The files currently stored in the internal
memory in the laser will be displayed in a box with a series of smaller boxes to the right
• Use the white arrow keys on the keypad to navigate over to the smaller boxes and navigate down
until you reach the box called “UDisk+”
• Press the “Enter” button on the keypad.
• The display will refresh with an empty window on the left and a new group of boxes on the right.
Select “Read UDisk File”. The left window will populate with the names of all of the laser files stored
in the parent directory of the USB stick.• Use the arrow keys to highlight the file you want to use.
• Use the left and right arrow keys to toggle back to the boxes on the right side of the screen.
Navigate down to “Copy to Memory” and highlight it. Press the “Enter” button.• Press the “ESC”
button on the interface twice. This will exit the machine from file displaying mode.
• Press the “File” button once more. The file that was copied will now be displayed in the list of files
in the box at the left of the display screen. Use the curser to scroll up or down until the file that is
needed is highlighted.
• Press “Enter” – the file is now in the active memory of the machine and is ready to run.
Note: There is a limited number of file names which can be displayed on the screen at one time, so other
files in memory may only become visible when the curser keys are used to scroll up or down through the
list. The menu option displayed on the screen will cycle from the bottom. It is not necessary to reverse
scrolling direction – the list will simply loop. Caution: Do not leave too many files loaded in the machine
at one time. It will slow the process of file selection and may completely fill the limited memory space of
the on-board computer. To delete files, select them in the left window then navigate in the right boxes to
highlight the “Delete” option. Then press “Enter”.
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