GOLDEN LASER Offline Series Software Manual

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Table of Contents
Preface..............................................................................................................................2 Operation Flow..................................................................................................................3 Chapter one.4 1.1 Operating system requirement..................................................................................4 1.2 Controlling System Component..4 1.3 Softdog driver installation..........................................................................................4 1.4 USB driver installation...........................5 Chapter Two........................................................................................................................9 3.1 Machine parameter settings......................................................................................9 3.2 Processing parameter settings................................................................................11 3.3 Bmp scan pre-setting..............................................................................................13 3.4 Hatch scans pre-setting.........................................................................................15 3.5 Processing path settings.........................................................................................16 3.6 Net Parameter Settings..........................................................................................22 Chapter Three...................................................................................................................25 4.1 Interface introduction.25 4.2 Standard Tool Bar....................................................................................................25 4.3 Establish Toolbar.....................................................................................................27 4.4 Editing Toolbar.........................................................................................................28 4.5 Display toolbar35 4.6 Control Management.41 4.7 Status Bar...............................................................................................................44 Chapter Four.45 5.1 Register...45 5.2 Upgrade...46 Appendix A Technical Support.........................................................................................48

Preface
This is special offline laser machine software which used in many different laser equipments to process textile field. For the laser cutting, engraving, marking, we have completed and strength functions. To textile, leather, we have continuing process and hopping process control system. Software characteristic: Efficiency: Optimize dispose the speed of small line, curve, arc, complex figures and multi data, to improve the working efficiency greatly. To the character of servo motor control system, the software is optimized which ensure its high speed and reduce its moving lag and unstable to the least. Stabilization: Explored by special and professional software team, surveyed and feedback by

market, software function is stable, interface is friendly and procedure is fluency. Powerful function: Compatible format: PLT, DST, DXF, AI, BMP. Three transfer data options: by USB, by net cable, by flash disk. Big data image operation is fast. Over 10M data can be operated instant. The conversion from color to gray mesh. Optimize typeset function to save material. Estimate the time of processing, without real processing, after you set the velocity. Cutting speed can reach 1500mm/s Charging by time can decide the wage of your work. Special updating function enables your machine never out of date. More editing functions. Convenient typeset function like any point mirror image, level mirror image, any point circumrotation, accurate circumrotation, accurate zoom, accurate movement; convenient draw tool like point, straight, closed and unclosed multi lines, closed and unclosed curve, round, square, ellipse, arc and some other convenient function keys like: simulate process, simulate display, go rim, draw rim, laser drawing, pause, continue, accurate feeding length, auto seal the unclose tiny line and so on. Detailed software manual.

Operation Flow
Step One: install machine Install the machine according to machine installation in hardware manual Step Two: Software installation Copy all files from the CD to your computer. Before setup the Goldenlaser software(Goldenlaser.exe) in your company , you have two things to prepare: first, install softdog driver(is mentioned in 1.2 Softdog driver installation of Chapter One) ; second, insert Softdog to your USB slot of your computer. NOTE: for the softdog driver, you only need to install once. But for softdog, you have to insert it to your computer each time you use the software. Connect computer and laser machine. There are two ways to connect them. First, connect them by USB cable. Second, connect by Net cable. Both will be mentioned in following section. NOTE: If you don't want to use computer, you can use flash disk to transfer the file from

computer to machine (will be mentioned in following section). This is what we called offline machine operation. And here the file format only refers to LSR. Step Three: setting machine parameter Open the machine connected with computer, you can set machine parameter(will mentioned in 3.1 Machine Parameter Setting of Chapter Two) Step Four: input your design Making your design in software such as CorelDraw or Photoshop or AutoCAD or other embroidery software and save it as PLT, AI , DXF, BMP or DST. Click to load your design and put the design in the working area. Step five: set processing parameter You can set the processing parameter according to your products.(will be mentioned in 3.2 Processing parameter settings of Chapter Two) After that, you can download your design to machine. Step Six: adjust the focus length Refer to the focus length adjust in the hardware manual. Step Seven When you finished above setting, you can press test to make process. After testing, you can begin production by pressing Start. Step Eight You can upgrade the software. For details, you can reference Chapter Four. icon in the software

Chapter One Software Requirements and Installation

1.1 Operating system requirements Window2000Windows XP. CPU Celeron: 2.1G Main board: Three USB connection ports. EMS memory: 256M HD: 20G CD-ROM: CD room 1.2 Controlling system component The controlling system is composed of hardware (mainboard) and software. Hardware includes one mainboard, softdog and USB cable. Software includes USB driver program, soft dog driver program and control software. The whole software is in CD. The catalogue of software and file introduction: Software TableOne

File or subdirectory name GoldenLaser.exe others Hardware

Content the main program of control system system file

Usage introduction Golden Laser .exe Copy into the HD, it will run after install it.

TableTwo Item Mainboard USB cable Softdog Number one one one Description Have USB port, flash disk port, net port The length within 3 MM Plug in the USB port of computer

1.3 Softdog driver installation Insert the CD to your computer and open Softdog driver folder, you will find the following file:

Double click the icon to install softdog driver, pls see the picture:

Pls unselect Parallel Dog Driver and Parallel Dog Driver which are not needed here for this software. Click Install Driver and waiting for the driver to be installed until you see the message as follows:

Click Exit to get out.

Also, you can find Genius Dog USB device in the hardware manager of your computer.

1.4 USB driver installation Connect machine and computer by USB cable. Switch on machine and the computer will detect USB automatically to show the following box:

Select the Advanced if you are installing the Driver for the first time. Click Next to see:

Click Browse to select the folder named D13 from the offline software. Then click Next to see:

Click next to see the following picture:

Just select Continue anyway. You will see the following box:

Make sure you have selected D13. If not, you can click Browse to choose again.

Click ok to finish. When you install the USB driver successful, you can find the PHILIPS D13 USB Device in the hardware manager of your computer below picture shows:

Chapter Two Parameter Settings

(Note: all the standard values are just for your reference and you can set them by yourself according to the material.)
3.1 Machine parameter settings .Click the icon to see the following box:

3.1.1 Area

The default setting is largest working size based on the machine you buy, such as model JGSH 10060, X is 1000mm, Y is 600mm. You can set them smaller according to your products. 3.1.2 Axis Setup

Pulse Number: Here we only refer to X/Y move Pulse number. 12800 is the best choice for this machine. X/Y move: By setting these two value, you can get a more precise cutting. The standard value: 31.25 and 31.25, for generally used Now I will explain how to get this two values: First you can fill Xmove and Ymove with 25 and 25 respectively or something else randomly. Let us say A=25. Supposed you are going to cut a square with BB=100mm100mm, you did it in a normal way. After finishing cutting, you can measure the actual size of the square you cut, you will find the length and width are not 100mm exactly. Pls write down the actual size separately, such as actual length C=125mm. So here you will notice two points: one is that A=25 is not good for precise process; the other is how to set the right value for Xmove and Ymove(we call the value as D). It should be like this:

D= C*A/B, here we can figure out D=31.25. 31.25 is the best parameter for this machine on almost all cuttings. Or you can test by yourself following the formula. A:number in the X/Y move field. B: the size you want to cut. C: the actual size cut.
Z move Z move is for the machine which has equipped with auto-feeder system.. Usually the Pulse Number for Z axis is 6400. You can get the value for Z move by using the same way as X/Y move. Z vel Set the speed of Z axis moving.

Z acc Set the acceleration of Z axis moving. 3.1.3 Velocity programming

Start Vel: The start speed of the laser head. Standard value(SV): 5 X max Vel: start speed of the X. Standard value(SV): 15 Y Max Vel: start speed of the Y. SV: 5 Generally speaking, Y max velocity and Start velocity should smaller than X max velocity. Curvature: the smoothness of curve. SV: 25. None Vel: Distance of laser travels per unit time. None ACC: A increasing rate of velocity. Auto setup cut acc: If you select the Auto setup cut acc here, you will disuse work acc in processing parameter. For None Vel and None ACC, these parameters are close to the parameters in the processing parameter. If we set 200 and 2000 here, them we should try to set 150 and 1500 in the parameter setting as below

3.2 Processing parameter settings Double click the color line to set parameters.

Pls see the following box:

3.2.1 Cut Curve As you can see in above picture, there are three processing modes in the software: a, Cut curve b, Bmp Process c, Fill a processing Cut curve: Set the Work Energy and Min Energy. Generally, Min Energy is 15 smaller than Working Energy Work speed: 1-150, depending on the processing result. Work acc: 20-1500 also depending on the processing result. BMP Process This model is for files cutting with BMP format. After you choose BMP process model, you can set the following value. 3.2.2

Common engrave: Laser head can work forward and backward. Unilateralism engraves: laser head can only work forward. BMP Step: the value are generated in Photoshop, so there is no need to change it here. Bmp Energy: working energy Work speed: 100-500. Work acc: 1000-5000.

3.2.3 Filling processing

. Partition: the distance between two adjacent lines, which should be above 0.05. Draw edge: select to create a new layer which is used for cutting the outline of your object. Start fill: click this icon to confirm the filling mode. Overlap length: set this parameter as 0.5-3 to make the cutting result closed. Out put: select the option, the machine will process the layer as you set. Deselect it; the machine will not out put this layer. 3.3 Bmp scan pre-setting

Before you do BMP engraving, you have to do some bmp scan setting. Create a 50mm*50mm square in Photoshop or painter in your computer and then input it to our software. Input it to our software and set its processing parameter as below:

Pls see the processing result.

So you should adjust the parameter as below picture show:

Double click the blue filed to reset the values as you want. The offset of lines in the last process result can be adjusted by resetting the value on the blue field under Offset. See the following picture for a good effect.

3.4 Hatch scans pre-setting Before you do fill processing, you have to do some hatch scan setting. Create a 50*50 square in the software and set its processing parameter as below:

Test it and then start the processing on acrylic or other material.

May be the engraving result is like the below picture show:

So you should adjust the parameter as below picture show:

Set the same velocity and ACC as you set in the processing parameter. Adjust the values in the offset to solve the problem and make the final engraving result as below:

You have to repeat the above procedure for several times to find the best offset and then save it. 3.5 Processing path settings

3.5.1 Work Model

Immediately work: Once you press start on the LCD panel, the laser head will begin work immediately from the position where it is. Home work: Once you press start on the LCD panel, the laser head will move to the position first where the product is and then begin the work. 3.5.2 Stop point set up

The position where the laser head lies after finishing process. 3.5.3 Path setup

Nesting: means the processing sequence is from inside to outside. General: means the processing sequence is from outside to inside. About the up to down and down to up option, or array path by row and array path by column mean the direction of laser moving. Take an example, Up to down means the laser head will move from up to down.. Create Path: click to activate your choice.

For Normal and path, pls see the following picture:

Here you can set the processing sequence handily. Select the normal hand path first and then click the create path beside.

Select the first object set its process number as 0 and click the modify icon. Select the second object and set its process number as 1 and click the modify icon.

. Select the third object you want and set its process number as 2 and click the modify icon

Select the fourth object you want and set its process number as 3 and click the modify icon

Select the fourth object you want and set its process number as 3 and click the modify icon

To check the path you made, you can click Display path.

3.6 Net Parameter Settings

1) USB means USB cable is selected to connect machine and computer.

2)If you choose NET, you will find Netcontrol beside Setup

When you click the icon

, you will see the following box, pls fill it as follows:

IP address is as follows: IP Address: 192.168.1.233 Net Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gate Way: 192.168.1.1 Then you will find Netcontrol appear in the screen. Select online and then click the Update list to make it done.

3.7 How to generate LSR file. 1. Select the file and click File to choose Save/Download LSR File

You can rename the file and click Save file (LSR file) to choose the place to store the file.

2. Copy the LSR format file from the computer to the machine 3. The machine will find the LSR file automatically. Press RIGHT button on the control panel to copy the data to the machine. 4. You can test and then start the job.

Chapter Three Offline Software Toolbar Introduction

4.1 Interface introduction

Editing toolbar

Standard toolbar

View toolbar

Control panel

Working Area

Establish toolbar 4.2 Standard Tool Bar

Layer toolbar

Status bar

4.2.1 Create a new file.

4.2.2 Open generated LAS file

4.2.3 Save design as LAS file.

4.2.4 Import files locally.

4.2.5 Output design to local folders. Save design as PLT, BMP, and DXF.

4.2.6 Cut and revise current image.

4.2.7 Copy

4.2.8 Paste

4.2.9 Withdraw what you did last step.

4.2.10 Restore what you withdrew last step.

4.2.11 Short introduction about the software.

4.3 Establish toolbar

4.3.1 By click this button, you can draw points on the interface.

4.3.2 Click to draw beelines.

4.3.3 Click to draw random lines.

4.3.4 Click to draw circle.

4.3.5 Click to draw circle arc. 4.3.6 Click to draw curve.

4.3.7 Click to draw ellipse.

4.3.8 Click to draw rectangle. 4.3.9 Draw the closed curve. 4.4 Editing Toolbar

4.4.1 Edit toolbar Remind: It must click the target when using edit toolbar 4.4.2 Delete unnecessary part of image

4.4.3 Copy image but with different angles which can reach 180 degree.

4.4.4 Copy the image with different size. The size will be decided by the Offset Distance which means distance between two parallel images. Click this icon will appear the following box:

Outside: copy image to outside of the original one.

Inside: copy image to inside of the original.

4.4.5 To add the image by rows and columns. Click to see the following box for setting the related parameter:

4.4.6
Rotate current target with different angle

4.4.7 Enlarge the image size.

4.4.8
Click it and then double click the object, the object will rotate with mouse. Press Shift button, and roll the mouse, it will increase the rotate speed. Press Ctrl+Shift and roll the mouse, it will low the rotate speed.

4.4.9 Create text 1. Click text icon

2. Select windows style and the font

3. Input your text and click ok

4. Move the text with your mouse to what you want it and right click mouse to make it done.

Pls put in mind that the height and width of the text cannot be too large. Or the text wont display in the screen.

4.4.10
To move the image by the position of X,Y axis or distance on X,Y axis. Click this button, you can set the parameter of moving.

4.4.11 Select the target image, and click this button, the image will change its position to be a vertical symmetry one.

4.4.12 Select the target image, and click this button, the image will change its position to be a horizontal symmetry one.

4.4.13
Rotate the image by intersection of X,Y axis. In rotate angle, you can set the rotate angle.

4.4.14
This icon is to center all images. First, you draw some graphs on the screen, such as several squares. Second, you click the icon and then select one of the graphs. Third, you begin to select other graphs one by one. Finally, you will find all images will center by the first image you choose.

4.4.15 Click this button, you will see the box for you to enter text.

This function is to add characters and carry out an edit on characters on the geometric figure. setup character height , character width , character spacing , gradient , offset amount , moving starting point , moving the destination , character etc and it can carry out 180 degree of rotate on characters , many time arrangement , mirrors adjusting characters spacing and make them on the central

4.4.16 Estimate processing time Click the icon to estimate how long will processing take after you set up the velocity of the image.

Click the Down to make a further setting.

4.4.17 Inlaid typeset The inlaid typeset is the best way to save your processing material, also it called saving layout. Operating step as below: Firstly: input your design in the working panel. Secondly duplicate another one and put it under the original one as close as they can. And then duplicate the third one and put it on the right center of the previous two. Finally duplicate the fourth one and put it on the right side of third one and parallel to the original one as in the below picture:

And then making a minimum template Select the original one and the third one and then click the template. Select the fourth one and click the the to specific the width. icon for typeset. The final layout as below picture: icon to specific the length .select the second one and click icon to specific the minimum

Finally, select the

4.5 Display toolbar

4.5.1
Click this icon and hold the left button of the mouse to select the image.

4.5.2 Use this icon to move the working area freely.

4.5.3 Use this icon to see the real size of the design.

4.5.4
Click this icon and select the design(hold the left button of your mouse to frame the design) you want to zoom in, and then right click your mouse.

Zoom out the whole working area.

4.5.6 Zoom in the whole working area.

Set parameter of this laser machine. Click to see the following box:

The parameter above is the parameter for the machine, detailed setting refter to chapter two Parameter settings.

4.5.7 Undo

4.5.8 Redo

4.5.10 Click on the button and measure the to-be-measured object.

4.5.11 Click this button to recover the screen to the original one.

4.5.12 Click on this button to make the design in the center of the screen.

4.5.13 Click on the button to display the processing arrowhead, and then click the arrowhead to hide. 4.5.14 Meshwork of net processing 1) Input one color picture with the format BMP

2) Click he corresponding icon on the toolbar is

and it will display below interface:

3) Click color conversion, and the graphics will change to grey color.

4) Adjust contrast, and the graphics will turn to brighten along with accretion of the contrast.

5) Chose mesh icon and click confirmation, then the graphics will appear as followings:

Then the graphics will be processed out and the result will be better.

4.5.15 If you have input below processing object in the software:

The line in this graphic has not been connected but need to be connected. Select the object and then click and it will display below interface:

Select joint close button, setup the parameter for mini connection distance, click ok and it will appear following interface graphics:

The graphic will be joint, this function is mainly applied for dispersed lines of the graphics, improving the processing efficiency. If you choose All close, then the graphic will be like this:

4.5.16 Net communication Click on this button will display dialog box as below:

For details pls reference to 3.6 Net Parameter Settings

4.5.17
Select the object and then click the in the software.

It will display the node of the object and you can edit the node of the object.

4.6 Control Management

4.61 Work

Double click the color layer and then you can set the processing parameter as below: Setting instruction refer to chapter three.



: Arrange the sequence of the processing layer : Arrange the sequence of the processing layer

Modify the current layer data: pitch on one pattern layer and click on this button, there will be a dialog box of processing parameter as below. Reverse of bitmap grey degree: click on this button, and the data of bitmap will be reverse to the original data. Pass down the filename: the inborn filename during pass down Current processing file: the current to be processed pattern

Create processing data and pass down: click on this button and pass the processing data created by the pattern on the interface to the offline card. How may files exit in the mainboard How many times the present file will be processing. start to processing the pass down file data Finish this processing completely and the laser head comes to the original. You can pause the processing by click this icon and then press start to continue. To list names of the files which has been storage in the mainboard. Delete the file you don't need in the mainboard.

4.62 Manual

and

: click the two icon to move the laser head left and right.

and

: click the two icon to move the laser head forward and backward.

: Click this icon to let the X axis go home position. : Click this icon to let the Y axis go home position. : Both axes will go home position. : Actual distance the laser head will be move each time. : The move distance you specified. : Select ON, the laser will be opened and OFF will be shut. : Select it the water pump is ON. (Machine mode is limited) : Select it the air pump is ON. (Machine mode is limited). 4.6.3 Set up

This set up is about the processing path and etc. 4.7 Status bar The picture is as below:

: Objects amount you have selected in the software. : The perimeter of the object you have selected. It displays the current coordinate of the cursor. 4.8 Layer bar The picture is as below:

You can select the different color to represent the processing sequence.

Chapter Four Register and Upgrade

5.1 Register When you find OUT OF DATE information on the LCD panel on the machine and the laser machine can not work at all. You have to send back the old register code to the machine supplier. Connect the machine and computer by USB cable first and then follow below procedure in the software:

The software will fetch the old register code from your machine mainboard as below:

You have to make a screen capture about you machine and send it to the machine supplier. The machine supplier will calculate the new register code according to old register code on your screen

capture. Without the old register code, the new register code can not be calculated. If you have input wrong register code for four times, the software will give warning information. If you have input wrong register code for eight times, the machine will be locked up. You have to contact with the machine supplier with the screen capture. 5.2 Upgrade We there are some new functions added or improvement in the software, you have to upgrade the LCD panel and mainboard. The software and the upgrade resource should use same version and t use them together. 1) Connect the machine and computer by USB cable first and then follow below procedure in the software:

2) Select the Display panel update in the box:

Find the HEX file in the upgrade resource and double click it for upgrading the LCD panel.

3) Deselect the Display panel update in the box and find the Bin file in the upgrade resource and double click it for upgrading the mainboard:

After few minutes, the software will report its upgrade result as below:

If you failed in upgrade, do the upgrade again. After successful upgrade, the machine will go home automatically after a few minutes.

Appendix A Technical Support

If you are experiencing problems using offline series software and you need help, you should: 1. Retry the action carefully following the instruction for that task in this manual. 2. Try to reproduce the problem and document the exact scenario in which it occurs. If possible, save screen captures of all error/ event messages 3. Try to determine the nature of the problem. Bu eliminating variables. The problem can be narrowed down, if it appears t to the hardware problem, check the documentation that came with your hardware for maintenance or the hardware-related issues. 4. Feel free to report the problem to technical department by email to: aftersaleservice@163.com.