Control Panel Tour – FiberMark

Go Button

The first button on the control panel is the green Go key. Pressing this button starts or resumes a job. Once the job starts, the display changes to show a job timer and the engraving resolution. The timer is a useful production tool that displays the elapsed time of engraving.

Pause Button

This is the pause button that pauses the lens carriage and the laser beam during a job. If the key is pressed during raster engraving, the lens carriage will stop on either the far left or right of the engraving line that is in process. In vector mode, the lens carriage will stop at the end of line segment or the next line node location.

Reset Button

Pressing the reset button will move the carriage back to its home position. It does not erase the job from the laser system’s memory; rather it will stop the engraving job in process and send the carriage back to its home position.

Set Home Button

This is the set home button. Pressing the Set Home key will set the current position as your temporary home position. This temporary home now becomes the new upper left corner of your page, or if you are using Center Engraving, your center position.

X/Y Off Button

The X/Y Off key disables the X and Y motors and allows you to move the carriage by hand to any location on the table. After pressing X/Y Off, press the Go button to disable the axis or the pause button to cancel the operation. Moving the carriage by hand lets you perform several functions, including manually focusing anywhere on the table, setting a temporary home position, and accurately determining the X and Y axis location. When you disable the axes and move the carriage by hand, the X and Y coordinates display on the LCD panel.

Red Dot Pointer

The Red Dot Pointer is a toggle switch that turns the laser system’s red dot pointer on or off. This is used for a visual representation of where the laser will fire or setting a custom home position. When active, the light will turn green.

Focus Button

Pressing the focus button allows you to raise or lower the table by pressing the up or down arrow keys. When in focus mode, the LCD displays a digital readout of the relative location of the table.

Arrow Keys

You can use the double triangle up and down arrows to quickly move the table up or down and the single triangle arrows for more precise table movement.

Frequency Button

The frequency button displays the raster frequency (RF) and vector frequency (VF). Pressing the up or down arrow key will increase or decrease the frequency output of the laser in raster mode.

Power Button

The power button works displays the power of the job sent to the laser. In raster mode you can adjust the power of the job by selecting the power button then pressing the up or down arrow. This can be performed on the fly as the laser runs. This is helpful when testing settings on a new material.

Speed Button

The speed button works identically to the power button. In raster mode you can adjust the speed of the job by selecting the speed button, then pressing the up or down arrow. This can be performed as the laser runs.

Configuration Button

The Configuration Button accesses many of the machine’s settings, including X home, Y home, rotary home, and much more. Scroll through these by pressing the down arrow key.

Jobs Button

Pressing the jobs button displays the file name of the last job stored in memory. After pressing the job key, press the up or down arrows to scroll through all jobs in the system.

Data Light

The data light will illuminate when a job is being received at the laser. Once the job has fully arrived at the laser, the light will turn off.

This was a quick walk through of the many functions available at your Epilog FiberMark system.