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1. Click on the Enter key button whenever you decide to purchase or you have purchased it and you are ready for full license key Enter Key will open following dialog box and show the Hardware fingerprint of your computer Enter Key Enter the registration name and key below exactly as given to Hardware fingerprint CBB9 7103 Name Key You need to provide us the proper information for Hardware fingerprint Business Name valid email for Business along with the LinkMotion version and operating system you are using Fill out this information in each respective boxes save the file and email it to us at support solustan com Solustan is not responsible for any incorrect Hardware fingerprint code you provide Please double check this information before you send it to us Software license working with Hardware fingerprint and matching code provided by Solustan Inc is intended to work only on the computer with the proper hardware fingerprint Key Code will not be generated for any incomplete information All LinkMotion product licenses are non transferrable User will need to buy another license for another computer Additional license can be made available for an extra charge Hardware fingerprint Name Business name or Computer user s name Valid email for Business or User Your Operating System Win 7 64 Win 7 32 Win XP Your LinkMotion Application LinkMotion USB __ LinkMotion Lite _ LinkCAM2. full step angle of a step motor 200 full steps for 360 degree turn etc and micro stepping of the driver If you know any two of the three the third one can be determined using nudging feature of the Control Pad Typically most of the Control Pad is activated using physical keys of the keyboard and using them with fingers The nudge feature is activated using a single click of the mouse on the appropriate key on the screen Nudge a distance by declaring the distance in the General Options Next measure the actual distance moved by the machine Make the necessary correction of the value for the unknown parameter until you get the desired distance by nudging Machine setup Test There is one simple test you can do using the nudge value in the General Options tab Default nudge value is linch when you install LinkMotion User can change this nudge value 0 25 or 0 5 inches for Z axis if your machine is designed to travel very small distance overall Now when you bring up the control pad and bring the arrow of your mouse on the x axis right movement arrow and click with the left mouse button and X Axis of your machine should move linch to the right If it does not move 1 inch then your values declared as explained above is not correct and you need to get the proper values Using that nudge value you can do this test for all of the three axis to determine if your settings are proper in Linear Travel per revolution of Machine Properties as well as
3. General Options Help Per Pen Color Settings Material anodized Al er Pen Color Setting Tool Speed Pen Color Job Feedrate Yo Job Feedrate 21 infsec Pen 1 Black 100 A Pen2 Red 100 Z feed 1 infsec 8 Pen 3 Green 100 Pen 4 Blue 100 Move Speed infsec Pens Cyan 100 A Pen M t 100 2 feed up 1 infsec en 6 Magenta Pen Yellow 100 Jog 2 in sec Pens Orange 100 Pen 9 Brown 100 Cutter Pen 10 Purple 100 Depth 0 003 in Max depth o in per pass Lift 0 15 in Dwell 0 1 sec OK Cancel Apply Material Pull down the Material Properties menu to observe a selection of various materials Pre select the values of speed and tool positions for each of the materials The default values are simply that LinkMotion can be employed to work with many different types of machines Hence there is no single value appropriate for all different machines User s experience will dictate the values for his her machines The values can be inches per second or millimeters per second or centimeters per second General Options menu allows you to make your selection for this measure of units Per Pen Color Settings Jobs can be designed in color and job feed rate speeds can be defined as percentage of declared values for each of the color One of the applications of this feature is to design the same job in different colors on different layers and sequence the layers appropriately Following are the color pen values f
4. I click on Z axis and I do not see any movement on Z axis Why You may have solenoid controlled Z axis or motor control Z axis In case of solenoid Z axis you can see the control from the I O 1 or I O 2 depending on how it is connected In case of motorizes Zaxis it should move up and down by and keys on the control pad Also it is possible that you may have selected a wrong machine while installing LinkMotion 5 My machine is connected I can jog the machine using the ControlPad However the directions are wrong What do I do Launch LinkMotion from SysTray Go to Machine Properties menu Reverse the direction of the axis that are wrong Click Apply Read the details in the HELP tab under the chapter How to use LinkMotion 6 Can I change speeds of operation How 47 Launch LinkMotion from SysTray Go to Material Properties Set values for speeds of operation for different materials Click Apply Read the details in the HELP tab under the chapter How to use LinkMotion or LM amp USB PDF 7 Can I preset values for speeds of operation for different materials Where Launch LinkMotion from SysTray Go to Material Properties Set values for speeds of operation and other settings for different materials Read the details in the HELP tab under the chapter How to use LinkMotion 8 How can I change starting positions of a job Check the Origins Setup tab in the LinkMotion settings Note the Home Positions and Start Positions and the
5. momentary or toggle by way of settings in the LinkMotion INI file Spindle Control for CNC Engraving type application or Air Control for Laser type application Key 9 I O 4 is used to control spindle motor or air in case of laser application Each click of the keys will toggle the I O position VO keys to be either momentary or toggle keys find the following lines in LinkMotion INI file and in the area of your machine name selection Key1Toggle 0 Key3Toggle 0 Key9Toggle 0 KeyDeleteToggle 0 These lines control the toggle or no toggle nature of the four I O keys on the Control Pad The four keys correspond to keys 1 3 9 and Del Any key with a declared value of zero is a momentary key while a declared value of 1 becomes a toggle key The big 0 zero or Space bar key is available to stop processing of the job anytime When job is being processed it is very important to remember not to touch the mouse and the rest of the keyboard Num Lock and keys are available only when machine is in motion These keys can decrease or increase the speed of the X Y movements of the machine Do not keep this key pressed for long time Simply press and release gently each click of the key will decrease or increase the speed according to the settings in the LinkMotion INI file OnTheFlySpeedChange 4 is a default value in the INI file This number works in percentage value of the original speed specified in the Job feed rate of the Materials menu When
6. Do not use the arrow keys elsewhere on the keyboard in place of the Control Pad keys Once a job is sent or you have activated the LinkMotion applet then it shows up in the bottom bar where active applications are displayed If LinkMotion was already in active mode and if you launch again from the system tray on the bottom right Control pad of LinkMotion does not become active User need to either launch it again from the active mode or needs to close it and re launch it to make it active LinkMotion INI file can be found as follows In the hard drive Find folder name Document and Settings gt Folder with user s your own or business name name gt Folder Application Data gt Folder Solustan gt Folder LinkMotion gt File name LinkMotion INI Open LinkMotion INI file by double clicking on the file It is a text file You will see all the different machine names at the beginning Specific machine related controls are further down in the file Find the specific settings for your machine and you can make changes there Remember to save the file after you make changes Also remember to Re Launch LinkMotion for your changes to take effect Re Launch LinkMotion It is extremely important to Re Launch LinkMotion if you replace or change LinkMotion INI file for it to be effective Exit the LinkMotion icon applet by right mouse click from the systems tray at the bottom right LinkMotion icon should go away from the systems tray Now launch it
7. M amp G zx LinkMotion VC LinkMotion VC Laser LinkMotion Galvo LinkMotion HPGL Eng __ LinkMotion HPGL Vinyl LinkMotion Leetro LinkMotion USB and LinkMotion Lite users need to verify Serial number of the USB controller card Launch your LinkMotion application and select the Help tab menu Last thing at the bottom right 1t displays the serial number for the USB Controller Please write this serial number in the box below USB Controller Serial Number fF After you send us all of the information in above boxes we will send you the customized Key Code This key code is long text containing numeric numbers as well as alphabet letters Key Key Code for LinkMotion License We highly recommend that you simply copy and paste this in the Key section by bringing back the same Enter Key screen Click OK and you are ready to use your LinkMotion driver software license If you did not purchase within 30 days or 30 launchings you will see a last reminder as seen in the following picture It will be best to purchase at this point You area key has opre red If you believe this mess age y to purchase the license and register this pro rodu ct For RPE Ey eral cla E eeu re Rey Fe Click on the Enter key will always give you the Hardware Fingerprint and you can purchase the software any time if you were using the trial version Part 3 Install Engraving Fonts Rotary Engraving machine users only Although any TrueType font can b
8. Microstep per full step in Motor parameters Following two values are important for getting proper size output 1 Linear Travel per revolution in Machine Properties The pitch of the screw in all three axis determines the linear movement of the axis per single rotation of the step motor 2 Microstep per full step in Motor Parameters Amplifier Drivers used for the motors of your machine determine this value Cylindrical Axis Cylindrical axis choices will be offered if the machine is equipped with it It is very important to quit and Re launch LinkMotion applet after you make this selection Maximum Travel size of the table in X or Y will change when you Enable Cylindrical Axis Support You do not need to enter this new size in Maximum Travel area in LinkMotion applet However it is very important to remember the dimensions and create that Table size in your design applications like Corel or Cad Selecting X or Y whichever is the cylindrical axis for your machine Motor Gear Ratio and Job Piece Diameter is entered for your job in the bottom section 26 Motor Parameters LinkMotion for MicroSmart 1212 Ver 1 4 0 Control Pad Material Properties Machine Properties Motor Parameters Origin Setup General Options Help Full Steps per Revolution Toolhead Maximum Acceleration Xaxis 2 Xaxis 50 00 in sec 2 axis 200 Yaxis 47 00 infsec 2 Zaxis 200 Zaxis 27 00 infsec2 Microsteps per Full Step Maximum Motor RPM
9. Section II LinkMotion Driver 1 Do I need to access LinkMotion driver software once loaded Generally you simply deal with your job design software and your machine We do provide an accompanied settings application This application can be invoked from its icon in the System Tray area This application will allow you to choose a few settings by going to different tabs menu like Material Properties Machine parameters Origin setup and Motion Control Boards Make proper selection click on the apply button and then start the design application 2 How do I know if my LinkMotion is installed properly When you launch LinkMotion applet does it show the title LinkMotion for My Machine USB Ver X XX version that you have If this is not proper you may have installed for the wrong machine You need to uninstall and re install LinkMotion again by windows standard uninstall procedure If you had a trial version you need to purchase the full working version 3 How to see the file for my LinkMotion related configuration settings This file is named LinkMotion INI Go to your CA gt Documents and Settings gt Folder with computer User s name how ever you have set up your computer gt Application Data gt Total Graphics Network gt LinkMotion gt LinkMotion INI This file has all your machine related settings You can save this file under different name as well as reload this file from where you might have saved this file 4
10. and all whole or partial copies of it including modified copies or portions merged into other programs You are responsible for the use of and results obtained from the Program This Program may be used only on one machine at any one time You may not reverse assemble or reverse compile the Program except as specifically provided by law without the possibility of a contractual waiver You may not sublicense rent lease or assign the Program 2 Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability THE PROGRAM AND ANY OTHER PRODUCT WHICH WE PROVIDE TO YOU AS PART OF OUR SERVICE ARE PROVIDED AS IS EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH HEREIN NEITHER WE NOR OUR LICENSORS MAKE ANY WARRANTIES REPRESENTATIONS OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY QUALITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE RELATING TO OUR PROGRAM SERVICES AND OR RELATED PRODUCTS THAT WE OR OUR LICENSORS PROVIDE 3 INNO EVENT SHALL SOLUSTAN BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OR MISUSE OF THE SOFTWARE OR THE ACCOMPANYING MANUAL INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR INJURY TO ANY PERSON OR PROPERTY THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO WORK WITH MACHINES AND AS SUCH ANY PART OF THE SYSTEM MAY MISBEHAVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE ALL THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IN OREDR TO AVOID EQUIPMENT DAMAGE AND OR INJURY 4 WE DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTY OF TITLE OR OTHER WARRANTIES FOR ANY THIRD PARTY S OFFERING S OR PRODUCT S ALL SUCH WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED WITHOUT LIM
11. back again by following and selecting the path Windows Start button gt Program Files gt Solustan gt Link Motion by the arrow of your mouse LinkMotion icon should appear again in the systems tray at the bottom right Control Pad in English LinkMotion for MicroSmart 1212 Ver 1 4 9L Control Pad Material Properties Il Machine Properties Motor Parameters Origin Setup Il General Options Help z o Reset Counter Move To 0 O The Control Pad is operated using the numeric keypad the right side of the extended PC keyboard Click on the Apply button after any changes you make on any of the Tabs Menus Changes are effective only when you click on these buttons Home Limit switches Green or red lights show up at the top of the Control Pad for each axis If switches are present and properly configured it will show green color when not tripped We protect you from driving into the end of an axis where you may have tripped the Home switch already Move the table in any one of the axis until the switch is tripped the green color will change to red Once the switch has Settings for the switches are in the Origin Setup menu Sometime Z axis is either Solenoid or there may not be a home switch in Z axis and in that case you need to go to the Origin menu and under Home switches uncheck Z axis Enabled Reset Counter Basic function of this is to Reset Counter to 0 value for each X Y and Z axis positions If you move the
12. offset values for each axis Read the details in the HELP tab under the chapter How to use LinkMotion 9 How can I check and make sure my Home switches work properly You can check a few clever things easily before exercise Home switch command Set up your switch polarities in LinkMotion Turn on the power to your controller and machine You should see green lights for X Y and Z axis If you have a motor and a home switch in the Z axis on the Control Pad of LinkMotion next to the X Y and Z coordinate values If you can get to the home switches actuate the switch and see that the appropriate light turns red If not you may have a wrong connection no connection loose connection broken switch or wrong selection of the pin number or the polarity in the Origin Setup 10 I want to design in millimeters and not inches How do I change Simply go to the General Options tab and change from inches to mm by clicking on the scroll down arrow and then click on the Apply button Similarly you can change to cm also It is that easy 11 I am sending file for printing and nothing is happening What am I doing wrong This situation may occur due to any of the following A Check all hardware cable connections and lights for your equipments B Check the settings in General Options tab of LinkMotion for proper selection on Parallel printer port and its address where you have connected the parallel port cable on your computer C Check if you ha
13. received the software on CD or your hard drive C if you down loaded the software from internet 5 Under Folder section open MaxFonts folder Select all fonts from the List of Fonts on the top and Click OK 6 You are done with the Installation If you have purchased other optional fonts you can install them in the same way Please follow the keyboard layout pictures to enter proper text from each keyboard layouts shown in the Fonts section of the document Using LinkMotion manual LinkMotion Virtual Controller for 3 or 4 Axis The LinkMotion driver comes with a small application that resides in the System Tray The System Tray is the lower right bar of the Windows screen Double click on the LinkMotion icon to bring up the application Based on the selection the Control Pad will show up in English Spanish or symbols Control Pad can be designed easily into any of the languages of the world Your computer should have Windows XP operating system with Service Pak 2 SP 2 installed one parallel port on original mother board and one USB connection Also you should install Microsoft NET Framework Version 2 0 This is available form Microsoft s web site for you to download freely Microsoft com gt Downloads amp Trials gt Download Center gt NET Framework Version 2 0 Do not use Keyboard or mouse connected with USB connection Use PS2 connections Install LinkMotion following the instruction that you received with your LinkMotion CD F
14. saved as LinkMotion INI file LinkMotion INI file is located on your hard drive C Document and Settings gt Folder with computer users name gt Folder name Application Data gt Folder name Solustan gt Folder name LinkMotion gt LinkMotion INI Click on the Save button and it will ask you to give a file name Make sure to remember the file name and where you are saving it You can navigate on your hard drive where you want to save You can also rename the file with what ever is easy for you to remember Mostly our customers rename the file with their machine name Load 34 In case the LinkMotion needs to be loaded again from the CD supplied by Solustan or you need to load upgraded version the user will be able to reload all the settings with your INI file without wasting any time For loading the settings back select Load button and navigate to the saved INI file and click on Apply and OK Now click on the right mouse button when you are on the LinkMotion appellate and exit the program Go to the start button and launch back LinkMotion You should see all your saved settings here now Restore Defaults Clicking on this button will load default LinkMotion INI file that we supply with the LinkMotion driver It is very important to exit Link applet and Re launch the applet when you change and select another INI file for it to be effective LinkMotion driver mode of operation General purpose mode This is loaded by default This mo
15. shape during a job and turn itself OFF at the end of completing the shape The I O will stay OFF during the traverse Move motion to the beginning of the next shape You can test the operation of the I O by either clicking on the Key 3 button with a mouse or depressing the key on the Control Pad Z axis can be selected as solenoid or air controlled It may be attached to I O 1 or I O 2 If Enable I O control 3 is checked it will turn on and off with the job execution You can check by clicking Key Del on the Control Pad 24 If Enable I O control 4 Spindle is checked it will turn on and off with the job execution You can check by clicking Key 9 on the Control Pad The value of delay can be entered in seconds and fraction of seconds in the Spindle Delay area This delay value will allow the spindle motor to reach its speed before the tool plunges into the material Logic levels of the I O s Microsoft Windows sets all the active lines of the parallel port as logic High when the PC and the Windows are launched To comply with that LinkMotion uses Logic Low to activate any of the I O s We set up a line in the INI file called Control Port Default 4 This makes logic High or Control Port Default 11 This makes logic Low If you need to invert any of the I O lines you could do that by declaring different values for the above setting Following values will give you the following results Control Port Default 1 2 4 7 8 11 15 1 0
16. this computer In most cases you should specify Everyone and then Click on Next button 1 LinkMotion The installer will install LinkMotion to the following folder To install in this folder click Next To install to a different folder enter it below or click Browse Folder C Program Files 5 olustan LinkM ation Browse Disk Cost Install LinkMotion for yourself or for anyone who uses this computer Everyone Just me 6 Click on the Next button once again i LinkMotion The installer is ready to install LinkMotion on your computer Click Next to start the installation 7 Later during the installation you will see Choose your application and Choose your machine for installation Application name is Virtual Controller for CAM and machine is My Machine Name of the machine is shown as an example and if you click on the scrolling arrow on the right you should see many more machines listed If you do not see the name of your machine then it is easy for us to include once we have proper information from you with specifications of your machine Choose your Application and Machine Choose your application Virtual Controllers for CAM Choose your machine My Machine X 8 During installation if a dialog pops up warning you that you are installing an untested driver click on continue anyway This warning will be removed in a future release Hardware Installation The software
17. tool any where on the table the X Y and Z the counter will display the actual position of the tool If you then click on the Reset Counter it will make all the display values to 0 0 O Machines without the Home switches or selecting a new staring position on any machines are some of the useful functions of Reset Counter button Move To 0 0 Clicking on this button will make your machine move your X and Y position to 0 0 location if the counters show values other than 0 0 This is a useful function for resetting back to the start position for the machines without the Home switches Clicking on the Solustan logo will take you to Solustan web site if the computer is online and connected to Internet All the blue colored keys are designed to move X Y and Z axis with respective direction Following are the keys for each axis X left 4 X Right 6 Y Up 8 Y Down 2 Z Up Z Down and Move Fast 5 Move Fast Key 5 is pressed along with X or Y key movement to make it move faster For faster movement you also need to have faster speed in the Move section of the materials menu Move value is responsible for two functions One function is fast jog speed and second function is tool up speed when it lifts up between the shape while doing a job Z Ref key is clicked when the tool is just touching the top of the material LinkMotion will remember the reference surface for the job It will use the Z reference to calculate the moves i
18. you are installing for this hardware Printers has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows lt P Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway STOP Installation 9 Click on Close when the installation is complete i LinkMotion LinkMotion has been successfully installed Click Close to exit Please use Windows Update to check for any critical updates to the NET Framework Icon shown above should show up in system tray at the bottom right 10 Setting up the Default Printer You want the LinkMotion printer to be your default printer Go to the Start button and open the Control Panel gt Printers and Faxes menu and find the printer driver with My Machine name as shown in the picture below Right click on this printer and select Set as Default Printer Printers and Faxes DER File Edit View Favorites Tools Help y Microsoft XPS Document Writer e 0 Add a printer a Ready A See what s printing Select printing e preferences LL Auto HP Universal Printing PS on MM Y HP Universal Printing PS ag Pause printing SA TEST 3 0 Y EIA 2 0 Ready 4 Share this p
19. you create the file for proper location of the output 8 Can I cut any part of the job again without sending a complete job again Yes Follow the same procedure as in answer no 5 from above 9 Can I use any design applications to save my job Yes you can use other applications as long as the design application is capable of sending a vector output file Design application should allow you to design shapes with thinnest line or hairline or zero line width and no fill Word processing type applications are not capable of sending the vector output Please check with your supplier for more information We document the one we do testing with 10 What can I do to get more help Support is freely available by email support solustan com 51
20. 1 Pin14 L H H L H L L 1 02 Pin1 H L H L H L L 1 03 Pin17 H H H H L L L 1 04 Pin16 L L H H L L H Safety Limit and Emergency controls Pin 15 on the parallel port is available for connecting safety limit and emergency switches We will expect Logic 0 on pin 15 for the machine to operate normally When we see logic 1 on pin 15 the job will be aborted or will not start Once job is aborted it cannot be recovered It has to be restarted We feel Logic 1 is failsafe and requires active response from the safety apparatus for it to work properly Reverse X Y or Z direction Directions for X Y and Z can be set properly here by checking or un checking the direction button If the axis movements are opposite to the intended directions the direction or directions can be reversed without changing the wiring Machine Travel Table size for X and Y and Maximum Z travel The maximum travel distances of the machine in X Y and Z axis is shown here which is also known as the table size of your machine The maximum travel numbers should match the Design applications you are using like Corel Draw or Auto Cad for the job to appear in the expected place on the machine Linear travel per revolution for X Y and Z 25 Linear travel per revolution lead screw pitch is shown here and you can change this if necessary There are unknowns in a system from time to time These are the pitch of the screw 2 turns per inch 5 turns per inch etc
21. 96 Alt 0197 Alt 0198 Alt 0199 Alt 0200 Alt 0201 Alt 0202 Alt 0203 Character B Mo M An O My O C C C ca QO Q QO O O Z Key Alt 0204 Alt 0205 Alt 0206 Alt 0207 Alt 0209 Alt 0210 Alt 0211 Alt 0212 Alt 0213 Alt 0214 Alt 0216 Alt 0217 Alt 0218 Alt 0219 Alt 0220 Alt 0224 Alt 0225 Alt 0226 Alt 0227 Alt 0228 Alt 0229 Alt 0230 Character COS COCO O Q O OO gt oS e a O amp O oO Key Alt 0231 Alt 0232 Alt 0233 Alt 0234 Alt 0235 Alt 0236 Alt 0237 Alt 0238 Alt 0239 Alt 0241 Alt 0242 Alt 0243 Alt 0244 Alt 0245 Alt 0246 Alt 0248 Alt 0249 Alt 0250 Alt 0251 Alt 0252 Application Compatibility with Link Motion Go to www solustan com support and download instructions for the appropriate design application you might be using Some applications have their own limitations and mostly it is listed in the document We are adding information as we test with respective applications Solustan tests the primary function of accepting hair lines vector lines from the third party application software to make the vector moves on the machine using LinkMotion driver Solustan may test additional functions However it is not a detailed testing The developer and marketer of the third party software make changes to their applications quite often It is the responsibility of the user to make sure that the necessary functions are available while making the choice of off the shelf application software S
22. A Link Motion Tel 781 449 7666 Et A by Solustan Inc support solustan com User s Manual SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS YOUR INSTALLATION OF THE PROGRAM INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE LICENSE TERMS PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING THE PROGRAM SOLUSTAN INC WILL ONLY LICENSE THE PROGRAM TO YOU IF YOU FIRST ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT BY INSTALLING THE PROGRAM SOLUSTAN INC PROVIDES THE SOFTWARE FOR TRIAL FOR 15 DAYS OR 15 LAUNCHES OF THE DRIVER TO PROVE THE FUNCTIONING OF THE DRIVER ON YOUR PC BEFORE PURCHASING THE LICENSE ONCE THE LICENSE IS PURCHASED IT IS NON REFUNDABLE AND NON RETURNABLE These license terms apply to Your installation and use of the program which program includes copyrighted materials and programs collectively referred to as Program This license is granted to You by Solustan Inc You may not use the Program contained in this Package to upgrade any existing Programs that You may have The Programs contained in this package are intended only for New Users of LinkMotion and or MaxMotion and not for any other use 1 License This Program is licensed and not sold Title to the Program does not pass to You Solustan owns copyrights in the Program You obtain no rights other than those granted You under this Program License Agreement The term Program means the original including any revisions enhancements updates or the like
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24. Solustan menu open the MaxMotion submenu and click on the MaxMotion program you want to run MaxMotion for XP does not support the Print command to print to a regular Printer Once you design in MaxMotion application you can use windows Print Screen key command Paste it in the Paint Program and Print to a regular printer LinkMotion does not support dot design from MaxMotion for output Scoring output from MaxEng application is not supported Bridge lead in and 3D output features from MaxCam application are not supported Bottom left is the only home and start position supported from MaxCam Dotted output for Marking application is also not supported Instructions for I D key Upgrade This is used only if you have hardware key 37 This is required only when you need to upgrade the features offered or upgrade to use with the new Version of LinkMotion or upgrade the number of executions for the I D Key To upgrade your I D key you will receive a code as a text file from us Note pad or Word pad type of utility should open this code Simply highlight the code with a cursor Right mouse click and select Copy Now launch LinkMotion Icon Click on the General Options menu Click on the button Update I D Key A dialog box will open Right mouse click inside the Authorization Code box Select Paste Click OK Click on OK in General Options menu Now right mouse click on the LinkMotion icon and select Exit Go to the Start button Select A
25. axis Make proper selection for your machine Home Switch Polarity selection is available for Normally High or Low and it depends on how the wiring is done for your home switches LinkMotion will sense those switches and show you green lights on the control pad next to X Y and Z movement boxes when we sense proper switches If you do not know how your machine is wired then try selecting one after another and when the lights are green you have made the proper selection Select Not Present when machine you are using does not have home switches 31 Start Position Explanation Tool s Home 5 sition 2 hp Lal X Offset value to be declared in Start position i six 9 for Top Center or Centre j 55 X Ofsotvalue to be declared in Start position i 5 8 for Top Center or Centre i Be ES i 2 5 5 183 22 re Plate size 2 x 1 to s 228 Placed at top centre a ye E d30 gt 3 gt 7 gt o A Plate size 2 x 1 o E Placed at centre T s z 2 H HR E 23 2 s y 25 E gs 5 3 SBR 23 FE FE g gt 3 52 E us ca Machine s Table size for X Axis 8 aoe 7 d O Tool s Homa 4 X Offset value to be declared in Bottom Left Start position for Top Centar or Centre position Three different Home Positions are shown in the above diagram Top left away from the table Top left at the corner of the table and Bottom left away from the table Home Switch Position values for X Y an Z offset are the values where you want t
26. ches are present pin numbers need to be assigned in home switch wiring section where the switches are connected to the computer It is also important to declare the logic level of the switch in normal conditions high or low 29 Home Switch Position This is the parking position of the tool of your machine Bottom Left and Top Left are the choices Top Right and Bottom Right are not available at present It is important to understand the setting of the origin for the machine If the machine has home switches it will have a defined Home position It should be selected The offsets from the limit switch sensing serve two purposes A It is advisable to get off the switch once sensed The offset value will allow the machine to move back by the declared distance after reaching the switch B The offset values can be adjusted to get to a specific position such as the very corner of the table where the user may want to start every job C This position shall be recalibrated every six months or anytime the sensor is replaced Homing Speed The Homing speed for finding and going Home is different than the jogging or move speed LinkMotion forces the machine to go Home twice when asked to go Home The Home key is key 7 on the Control Pad The first time the machine travels at a higher speed Once reaching Home the first time the machine travels back into the working area of the table and hunts for Home again at a slower speed This will allow the table
27. d in the Motor Parameters Port Port LinkMotion will send the jobs to the selected port If it is used for Virtual Controller applications where machine is connected to parallel port You can specify the port s Base address Control Pad Labels Control Pad Labels Arrow to the right will show you the choices you have Here select the English or Spanish or Symbol and click on the Apply button Now you should see the control pad you have selected Enable Braille support Enable Braille support is an optional feature and it is designed to drill dots This is used for creating Braille signs Adot is the font we provide when Optional Braille support is purchased Selecting this option makes your tool travel to the begin point of each shape and go down to create a mark or a hole and go back up and go to the begin point of the next shape OEM Settings Hide OEM setting is for OEM customers only and it hides some of the control pad settings as requested It is controlled by a line User Type 0 or 1 in the LinkMotion INI file One value enables OEM settings and Zero value displays all settings Checking the button in the General Options menu will hide some of the settings and user needs to change the value back to Zero in the LinkMotion INI file manually to bring back those hidden settings Save Settings Save Once the machine is properly configured and is working well it is advisable to Save the settings on the hard disk drive This is
28. de is used when you use Corel AutoCAD type of design softwares and use LinkMotion to send files to your machine Only MaxMotion users do not need to use this mode MaxMotion mode This mode is used when you use MaxMotion virtual controller applications MaxEng MaxCAM MaxMark User needs to change this after you install LinkMotion After changing to MaxMotion mode you need to apply and close the LinkMotion applet Exit LinkMotion applet by right mouse click Relaunch the LinkMotion applet This is necessary only when you change the mode Not switching to this mode can result into undesirable results Font Height Control is necessary for working in the MaxMotion applications Please follow the instructions below for correct font size output Pass through mode This mode is no longer supported and it will not show up in newer versions This mode is used when you use MaxMotion HPGL and Unica applications MaxHPGL MaxUnica User needs to change this after you install LinkMotion After changing to Pass through mode you need to apply and close the LinkMotion applet Exit LinkMotion applet by right mouse click Re launch the LinkMotion applet This is necessary only when you change the mode Font Height Control is necessary for working in the MaxHPGL and Unica applications Please follow the installation instructions for correct font size output Setting up MaxMotion font sizes Because of differences in the way Windows 98 and Windows XP hand
29. e engraved under the LinkMotion application Solustan provides traditional engraving fonts All the engraving fonts are not only designed as TrueType fonts but they are also designed such that engraving bit does not lift up to finish any alphabet character once it starts We call them Non Lift Fonts It will engrave faster and smoother Multi Line fonts are designed and Optimized to work with 0 5 inch or higher sizes Fonts provided with the LinkMotion driver software for engraving customers has the folder name MaxFonts Basic Fonts Fontpak is the optional fonts and you will see this folder only if you have purchased optional fonts Customer using Braille option should see a folder name Braille Fonts Make sure there is no application launched before starting to install the fonts 1A If you have not removed your CD LinkMotion Installation you can move to the next step If the CD was removed you need to put CD back into the CD drive It will start installing again and you need to click cancel for automatic Installation or 1B If you received this by internet when you unzip the software you should see appropriate fonts folder names as described earlier 2 Now go to the Control Panel On the left side on the top you will see Switch to Classic View Click on it Select Font folder from the list of items you see on the right side 3 Select Install New Fonts from the File menu 4 Under Driver section select Your CD drive D or E if you
30. e machine Read more details in the HELP tab under the chapter Using LinkMotion or LM amp USB PDF 13 I have setup and customized LinkMotion for my needs Now you sent me information for new version of LinkMotion How can I preserve my settings while upgrading to a new version It is very easy Remember to first save your older configuration file and then uninstall Follow the uninstall instruction from the end of the document from installation instructions Now install the new version and bring back you older configuration file from General Options tab by Load button Re Launch LinkMotion driver one time and then work with your new version 14 How do I Pause a job Space Bar or Zero Key on your accounting key pad of your Key board will pause the job any time After a job is paused you get a message if you want to continue or quit Make your selection If you select continue then it will finish the rest of the job If you select not to continue it will ask you if you wish to go back to 0 O position or you wish to stay at the position where you are Make your selection and work accordingly 15 My machine is in motion doin th job and my computer screen behaves extremely strange and I am unable to do anything about it Why 49 This is LinkMotion Virtual Controller driver It is communication to your machine continuously thru the parallel port of your computer We advise you not to touch your mouse and key board while job is in process Pl
31. ease wait until the job is finished to use your computer for any other work Section III LinkMotion and Design Applications 1 My machine moves properly with Control Pad of LinkMotion but when I send the job I have a problem Why You need to make sure that your page size in the design application is same as the machine table size declared in the machine properties of LinkMotion Printer driver selection from your application should be for Linkmotion driver installed for your machine Shapes you design should have either hair line thinnest line or zero width line selected for vector output Shapes cannot be filled for vector output Please refer to the most recent document on help section or LM amp USB and LM amp Popular applications 2 Can you tell me briefly the settings I should make sure of in Corel Draw version 11 or 12 to make Corel and LinkMotion compatible with each other Yes we suggest that you take a look at the HELP section and read the chapter on LinkMotion and popular applications We have listed a number of settings and suggestions Also check help menu or LM amp Vc and LM amp Popular applications 3 How can I change starting positions of a job Starting position is controlled by your design application as well as what you have selected in Start Position under Origin Setup of LinkMotion Please read and understand functions of both applications from their help section before using it 4 Why is my job being cut g
32. for which we are collectively responsible 5 Termination This license is effective until terminated This license will terminate immediately without notice from Solustan Inc if fail to comply with any of its provisions Upon termination you must destroy the Software and all copies thereof and you may terminate this license anytime by doing so 6 General You are responsible for payment of any taxes including Your personal property taxes resulting from this Program License Agreement or Your use of the Program You agree to comply with all export laws and regulations Neither party may bring an action under this Program License Agreement more than ONE years after the cause of actions arose This Program License Agreement and all Your rights and obligations are governed by the laws of the State of Massachusetts 7 LinkMotion driver software is protected with a software protection key The protection key is tied to your specific PC computer using appropriate Microsoft Operating System If the technology was not available to transfer the license to another PC you will be required to buy another license at a full price of the software in case of a PC failure beyond normal repair It is very important to safeguard the PC with the license 8 LinkMotion driver software you purchased can also protected with optionally available hardware ID dongle key If the ID key fails for some reason you could return it for replacement As long as Solustan can ide
33. irst part of the installation is only for LinkMotion I D Key driver for customers who purchased the hardware key option customers with software protection only will not have this driver and the second part will be the LinkMotion driver application Make sure to select proper application and your machine name during the last part of the LinkMotion installation Warning for Control Pad Please avoid using the mouse after you have sent the job for the output Once the job is done your mouse should be available for use Use the Zero or the Space Bar key on your keypad to Pause You will see a message box asking you if you want to Continue or Quit the job Some times this message box is in the back of your Control pad and you can bring it to the front simply by clicking on the system tray s active LinkMotion application At this point you can go to LinkMotion and change the speed or depth in the materials menu click apply and then click Yes to continue the job or No to stop the job completely Keep in mind that if it is in the Move Mode between the shapes or letters it may not pause When jogging the machine do not press three keys together it may cause undesirable results Some times pressing two keys together for both X and Y movements can cause machine to continue moving in one direction even if you are no longer pressing the key Pressing the same key again or the opposite direction key should stop this unnecessary movements
34. k if I have installed Service Pak2 or higher on my computer Go to the Start button Select Control Panel Select System Now in General menu it should show if Service Pak 2 is installed Also you can install and uninstall by windows standard Add Remove program procedure Make sure you install LinkMotion after you install windows operating system related update first 3 How to check if I have installed INET Framework 2 0 or higher on my computer Go to the Start button Select Control Panel Select Add Remove programs Here you should see if you have installed the INET Framework 2 0 of Microsoft This is required to work with our new version of LinkMotion 4 How can I check the processor speed and RAM memory on my PC Go to the Start button on the System Tray on the bottom left and select Control Panel Select System from the Control panel Here you should see information for the version of your operating system and under Computer you should see the processor speed and the RAM memory installed on your computer 5 How to see hidden folders in windows Go to the Start button Select Control Panel Select Tools Menu and select Folder option Click on the View menu You should see a folder called Hidden files and folders Here select the button for Show hidden files and folders Click on the Apply button Now you will see all the folders This is useful to see the configuration file name LinkMotion INI for LinkMotion driver application 46
35. le screen resolution you may have to adjust the way MaxMotion displays and handles fonts To see if you need to make an adjustment start one of the MaxMotion applications pull down the Job Design menu and select Fonts Choose the A3Roman fonts set the size to 1 inch and click OK Now choose the font tool and 35 type an uppercase T and an uppercase E Now choose the arrow tool and select the text you just typed you will see a blue box around the text The text should be the same height as the box like this y ki x These are cases of incorrect font sizes 36 If your fonts are too big you need to make the Font Size factor larger If your fonts are too small you need to make the Font Size factor smaller As an example if font size shown in the picture above that is smaller you need to enter 80 or for the larger you need to enter 1 25 as a value To change the Font Size factor launch LinkMotion select the General Options tab and select the Font Size factor you want There are three preset values you can try Normal Higher and Lower or you can enter your own custom value Remember to click Apply and OK You must exit from your LinkMotion and MaxMotion application and restart it before the new setting will take effect After this setup you can start using MaxMotion Applications Using MaxMotion application with LinkMotion To run the legacy MaxMotion applications go to the Start Menu find the
36. lick on the Next Button 3 Click on the Next Button Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe ci ar criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law lt Back E Neis 4 When you get to the License Agreement dialog see above you must read the agreement If you agree go ahead and click the radio button I Agree for the installation process to continue Then Click on the Next Button inkMotion Please take a moment to read the license agreement now If you accept the terms below click I Agree then Next Otherwise click Cancel SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS YOUR INSTALLATION OF THE PROGRAM INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE LICENSE TERMS PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING THE PROGRAM SOLUSTAN INC WILL ONLY LICENSE THE PROGRAM TO YOU IF YOU FIRST ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT BY INSTALLING THE PROGRAM SOLUSTAN INC PROVIDES THE SOFTWARE FOR TRIAL FOR 15 DAYS OR 15 LAUNCHES OF THE DRIVER TO PROVE THE FUNCTIONING OF THE DRIVER ON YOUR PC BEFORE vi yN C Do Not Agree EE lt Back L new 5 After you have read and agreed to the License Agreement you will be asked to specify the installation folder In most cases you can leave this at the default value You will also be asked to specify who will be able to run LinkMotion on
37. ll Programs Select Solustan folder and select LinkMotion application Now you will see a LinkMotion Icon on the bottom right again You are all set to work with your updated I D Key 38 Basic Fonts with LinkMotion MaxFonts ABCDefgl23 ABCefg 123 AB Cefgl23 ABCD 123 ABCDefg 123 ABCDetg 23 ABCDefg123 ABCDetg 23 ABCD EFG125 ABCDErc123 ABCefgl23 ABCDafg 1 28 E SHBC127 HDN TUEN 204 Th otaa 3 amp 6 9etgh 123 ABC Defg12 Optional FontPak A4Swiss 4 Line Swiss A6Swiss 6 Line Swiss 3c0d12 ABcd12 Al100ptem 10 Line Optem cd12 A4Roman 4 Line Roman Al0Roman 10 Line Roman AB12 ABcdl2 A6Gould 6 Line Gould cdl AB12 A2Symbol 94 P PIRI RIFF o a B e 9 AOcasion en Litt 2 A ESA ACircle Keyboard Layout Alnterlock AOcasion A CODO ras Y 7 8 9 A B C f D E G cae OSO de E UM G EA H I noe K M O DS P m ED SSI B Q R S T 0 Y W 00 Y 2 a b c ge di gs d e UN 9 h i EN Y 1 m E X dep Y ds SAPO o a r s t a pe bt x y z 32 Y To mar A How to access International Characters Please access numbers from the accounting key pad Character m m MIMO N be Pi bi gt bbe Om Key Alt 0128 Alt 0145 Alt 0146 Alt 0147 Alt 0148 Alt 0153 Alt 0161 Alt 0163 Alt 0174 Alt 0191 Alt 0192 Alt 0193 Alt 0194 Alt 0195 Alt 01
38. n the Z axis for the depth and lift as it processes the job If your machine has the home switch for Z axis and if it is activated in LinkMotion Z Reference value is automatically calculated If your machine does not have the home switch then you can declare the Z Reference value in the Origin setup in the Z offset for Start Position and it will go up by that distance with the Z Reference Key If you traveled in X and Y direction to do the Z Reference you should go back to home position only by clicking on the button on the Control Pad Move To 0 0 If your Z stroke is 3 inches or more and you do not care to travel the full stroke while seeking the home switch during homing operation you could declare Z home switch not enabled and declare your own Z up stroke in the Z offset in start position of Origin setup menu HOME key 7 will move the machine to its Home position if the machine is equipped with home switches Machines may have home switches in X and Y axis or all the three axis Home key is used after you do your Z Reference VO Keys 1 3 or Del and 9 are available for I O 1 I O 2 I O 3 and 1 04 controls These could be used to control Z axis movement in case Z axis is not motorized but it is solenoid and is controlled by air valve for example Can also be used for lubrication of tools vacuum control laser control red diode air water etc Each click of the keys can toggle the I O position User can set to make the action
39. nse code from Solustan to make it a permanent license for the computer of your choice Please make sure and install on the computer that you are planning to use for long term All LinkMotion product Licenses are non transferrable Price is subject to change any time Additional software licenses can be made available for an extra charge Part 3 Installation of Fonts is necessary and provided to the customers with Engraving machine upgrade kits Part 1 Installation Procedure for LinkMotion VC driver version 2 7 or higher Note that you must have administrative privileges on the computer in order to install LinkMotion Most of the installation process is self explanatory with following screens You can stop the installation at any time by clicking Cancel If you have received the driver software on a CD then follow steps from 1A If you have down loaded form the web then go to step 1B Go to step 2 if you already installed the driver for the hardware key dongle 1A Insert the LinkMotion installation CD into your CD ROM drive If the Auto run feature is enabled Windows will start the Installation automatically If the Auto run feature is not enabled browse the CD drive in Windows explorer and double click on the Launcher exe and installation will begin or 1B After downloading unzip the files and save them by creating a folder name LinkMotion Now double click on the file name Launcher exe and installation will begin 2 C
40. ntify the key to be the one issued by us we will replace it for a fee On the other hand if you lose the key you will be required to buy another license at a full price of the software It is very important to safeguard the ID key Solustan Inc 165 Chestnut St 200 Needham MA 02492 Tel 781 449 7666 Fax 781 449 7759 EMail support solustan com Link Motion Detail Installation and Setup Instructions Computer Requirements Windows XP with Service Pak 2 or higher and Microsoft NET 2 0 Framework installed Parallel Port Processor speed of at least 800 Mhz Minimum RAM memory GB or more preferred 60 MB of Hard drive free space Screen resolution of at least 800 x 600 CD ROM drive is not required if the driver software was down loaded from the web site CD ROM drive is necessary if the software was received on a CD Use keyboard and mouse with PS2 connection only Do not use Keyboard and mouse with USB connection Microsoft NET 2 0 Framework is available for a free download from the following site Microsoft com gt Downloads amp Trials gt Download Center gt NET Framework Version 2 0 or Higher Installation required for LinkMotion VC Part 1 Second part is installation of LinkMotion VC driver software Part 2 Software License Code procedure is necessary for full working license When you install the LinkMotion software on your computer it is good for 30 days or 30 executions Within this period you need to get a lice
41. o park the tool after it senses the home switches and parks away from those switches Start position offset values are shown in the diagram above after you have parked the tool Start position offsets are declared when you use Top Centre or Center to be the Start position Above diagram explains how to setup deign output in relation to your selection of Home Switches Position and Start Position in Origin Setup of Linkmotion It is extremely important to understand that Table size and the page size in your design software should be the same in order to get the output in proper location If you select start position also to be top left or botim left you need to declare only the distance between the tool s position and where the table begins If your machine is designed to use other home position for parking of the tool then measure the distance from those location and decide the proper values to declare in positive or negative numbers in the origin setup accordingly If you are using engraving design software where design is done in actual plate size then it is better to declare your table size to be same as your plate size and re launch your design software to get the proper output in proper location 32 General Options LinkMotion for MicroSmart 1212 Ver 1 4 0 Control Pad Material Properties Machine Properties Motor Parameters Origin Setup General Options Help Units inches v settings Initial Slow 0 1 Sec Load Restore Default
42. oes back and forth all over the machine Most design applications generally will output jobs in the order that it was designed If you wish to see a different order then you need to use sorting available from the Design Application Please check your design application functions LinkMotion and specific Design Application document has more detail explanation 5 How can I design a job in different colors or layers These functions are available from the design Applications Please check the document of your design application or the document name LinkMotion with popular applications 50 6 How can I duplicate my design to cut several times These functions are available from the design Applications Please check the document of your design application or the document name LinkMotion with popular applications 7 Can I cut the same job again since it was not cut all the way depth properly User should always do preliminary testing for proper depth and then send the job for production Following conditions will allow you to cut the job again Check the box under Origin setup for Return to 0 0 after job This allows your tool to be parked back in the same position as before Make sure to make changes in the depth selection of Material Properties Click on the Apply button for it to be effective Now you can select the object or the shapes that did not cut properly and send it again to the machine Make sure to look at the preview before
43. olustan s liability is limited to the purchase price of the LinkMotion driver software 1 Corel Draw version 9 10 11 12 X3 X4 and X5 2 Corel Paint Shop Pro Raster Only 3 Adobe Illustrator 4 EngraveLab SignLab version 6 0 and higher 5 FlexiExpert 6 FreeHand MX 7 Gerber ArtPath and Composer 8 Vinyl Express 9 Xenetech 10 AutoCAD version 2000 and higher 11 DesignCad 12 DolphinCAD specially designed version for LinkMotion 13 Instant Engineer 14 14 Rhino 4 0 Beta 15 IntelliCAD AcceliCAD 16 BarTender Raster only 17 Microsoft Word Raster only 18 PhotoShop Raster only 19 MaxMotion Windows XP and 2000 Not supported in Vista Win 7 32 or Win 7 64 45 Frequently Asked Questions Section I Microsoft Windows configuration and computer related questions 1 What is the minimum configuration required for the PC Windows XP operating system with Service Pak 2 or higher and Microsoft NET 2 0 or higher Framework installed and one Parallel port one USB port if your want hardware option Processor speed of at least 800 Mhz minimum RAM memory 512 MB 1 GB preferred 40 MB of Hard drive free space Screen resolution of at least 800 x 600 Service Pak and NET 2 0 Framework are free downloadable from Microsoft s website CD ROM drive is not required if the driver software was down loaded from the web site CD ROM drive is necessary if the software was received on a CD 2 How to chec
44. onds and fraction of seconds the tool will stay at the same position in the material before making X Y move and after finishing the shape to cut the material 23 Machine properties LinkMotion for MicroSmart 1212 Ver 1 4 0 Control Pad Material Properties Machine Properties Motor Parameters Origin Setup General Options Help C Enable Output 1 Enable Spindle C x moves up and down Reverse X direction Enable Output 2 Spindle Sec 1 Y moves up and down Y Reverse Y direction O Z axis is Solenoid Delay Not Motorized Z moves up and down Y Reverse 2 direction Cylindrical Axis support Maximum Travel Linear Travel per revolution C Enable Cylindrical Support Yaxis 112 in Xaxis 0 5 if 4 Mo Limit Switch Y axis 11 9 in Y axis 0 5 in O Reverse Direction Cylindrical Axis Zaxis 2 a zaxis 025 in Ox axis Y Axis Table size 12 00 x 11 90 in Motor Gear Ratio 50 Job Piece Diameter 1 5915 in Cancel Apply Enable output 1 2 3 and Spindle Air If Enable I O control 1 is checked it will turn the I O ON while cutting engraving a shape during a job and turn itself OFF at the end of completing the shape The I O will stay OFF during the traverse Move motion to the beginning of the next shape You can test the operation of the I O by either clicking on the Key 1 button with a mouse or depressing the key on the Control Pad If Enable I O control 2 is checked it will turn the I O ON while cutting engraving a
45. or the LinkMotion printer driver RGB values are given in percent Pen number Color R G B 21 2 Red 255 0 0 3 Green 0 255 0 4 Blue 0 0 255 5 Cyan 0 255 255 6 Magenta 255 0 255 7 Yellow 255 255 0 8 Orange 255 128 0 9 Brown 128 0 0 10 Purple 128 0 128 If you did not create a color palette with the above RGB values our understanding of the way GDI handles this is that GDI will convert the object s color to an RGB value using whatever color correction model is in effect then will do a least squares fit to the 10 color palette whichever of the 10 colors is closest to the color of the object on a least squares bases will be the color that is sent to the printer driver Tool Speed Job feed rate is the speed when the tool is engaged into material and working Bringing your arrow on the number that shows Job Feedrate 100 for each pen and Double clicking on the number should open a box that will allow you to change this number If your job federate in tool speed is 2in sec and you make the red pen to give output at 50 then job should run at 1in sec Jog speed is when the user is jogging the machine with the help of Control Pad Move speed has two functions it is the speed when the tool is retracted and the machine is moving to the next shape after finishing the previous one and it is also used for fast jogging holding down fast key while keeping the directional key pressed User can set up separate speeds for Z feed up and Z feed d
46. own Cutter Depth is the value declared for tool to travel in the material Once the top of the material surface is determined depth value controls the movement of the tool in the vertical axis Maximum depth per pass is the value declared if you wish to do your job in multiple passes For example if you have selected 0 15 in to be your Depth value and you want to do your job in three passes you can declare 0 05 in value for Maximum depth per pass and your job will be done in three passes When you send the job you should see the dialog box for Pause Between passes User can select to pause between the passes or continue without the pause in the dialog box when doing the job with multiple passes as shown on the screen below Your tool will always return to 0 0 for X Y position Regardless of weather you have checked or unchecked in the origin setup for Return to 0 0 after job and then do the next path If you declare O value in multiple pass it will always do the job in one pass 22 Pause Between Passes i Pause and show this window before each pass Total number of passes Current pass cae Ae Lift is the value for tool to lift between the shapes to do the job If you have several inches of travel available for Z axis then it saves time to plug in the lift value where it does not travel all the way up for Z axis between the shapes and instead it travels only by the Lift value and saves time Dwell is the amount of time in sec
47. rinter SET Rename this printer Delete this printer Set printer properties Installation procedure is complete Now refer to Using LinkMotion and the design application you are using and how that works with LinkMotion and Popular Applications Document names are as following LinkMotion and Corel Draw LinkMotion and Illustrator LinkMotion and Auto Cad and More Uninstalling LinkMotion Please make sure of the following before you uninstall Your specific machine related settings are saved as LinkMotion ini file This file can be saved from General Options Menu and simply click on the Save button and give whatever name you prefer You can also navigate where in your hard drive you want to save it Different users can save under different names Similarly you can Load that file back after another installation of LinkMotion by going to the General Options menu and clicking on the Load button Navigate to the file from your computer where you saved it earlier Restore Default button allows you to load default installed INI file that is supplied with LinkMotion It is very important to exit LinkMotion applet and Re launch the applet when you make any changes for it to be effective Uninstall Link Motion Procedure Make sure the LinkMotion applet is closed Open the Start menu and select the Control Panel Double click on Add or Remove Programs Look for LinkMotion entry in the list and click on that Select Remove and ans
48. s speed duration Nudge 0 02 in Port LPT1 Re LinkMotion driver mode of operation General Purpose mode eae MaxMotion mode Control Pad Labels Symbol v O Pass through mode C Enable Braille support C Hide OEM settings ID Key Updation Update ID Key Units There are just a few things in the General Options screen Units of choice can be selected from inch mm or cm LinkMotion is designed to provide a slow speed move for a declared amount of time when jogging After that the tool will move at the declared speed of jogging in materials property screen This allows the user to position the tool or the laser red indicator diode at a precise position quickly Nudge The Nudge will allow the axis to move a fix distance when any axis is moved with a single mouse click on the keys that move the X Y and Z axis when Control Pad tab is open or selected Using nudge you can do the basic testing for your machines settings in following manner Set up the Nudge to be 1 and Apply and save Go to Control Pad Bring the arrow of your mouse on the X Right arrow Click the left mouse button and watch and measure the machines movement in X direction 33 If it moved 1 to the right then your settings are proper If it moved less or more distance then 1 you need to change linear travel per revolution in Machine properties as well as check your Microsteps per full steps dependent upon drivers used for the motors declare
49. specifications given by your motor manufacturer Machine setup Test There is one simple test you can do using the nudge value in the General Options tab Default nudge value is linch when you install LinkMotion User can change this nudge value 0 25 or 0 5 inches for Z axis if your machine is designed to travel very small distance overall Now when you bring up the control pad and bring the arrow of your mouse on the x axis right movement arrow and click with the left mouse button and X Axis of your machine should move linch to the right If it does not move 1 inch then your values declared as explained above is not correct and you need to get the proper values Using that nudge value you can do this test for all of the three axis to determine if your settings are proper in Linear Travel per revolution of Machine Properties as well as Microstep per full step in Motor parameters Following two values are important for getting proper size output 1 Linear Travel per revolution in Machine Properties The pitch of the screw in all three axis determines the linear movement of the axis per single rotation of the step motor 2 Microstep per full step in Motor Parameters Amplifier Drivers used for the motors of your machine determine this value 28 Origin Setup LinkMotion for MicroSmart 1212 Ver 1 4 0 Control Pad Material Properties Machine Properties Motor Parameters Origin Setup General Options Help Offset Polari
50. the machine is in motion user can decrease the speed by pressing Num Lock Key Similarly user can increase the speed by pressing the Key For safety reasons increasing the speed will never go above the speed declared in the Job Feedrate of the Material Properties Once the job is done the speed again goes back to what is declared in the Job Feedrate of the Material Properties Control Pad in Spanish language LinkMotion for MicroSmart 1212 Ver 1 4 9L era Control Pad Material Properties Machine Properties Motor Parameters Origin Setup General Options Help z Reset Counter Move To 0 O Go into General Options menu Look at Control Pad Labels Arrow to the right will show you the choices you have Here select the Spanish Control pad and click on Apply button Now you will see the Spanish control pad Control Pad with Symbols LinkMotion for MicroSmart 1212 Ver 1 4 9L AA Control Pad Material Properties Machine Properties Motor Parameters Origin Setup General Options Help y o Reset Counter Move To 0 0 Go into General Options menu Look at Control Pad Labels Arrow to the right will show you the choices you have Here select the Symbol Control pad and click on Apply button Now you will see the Symbol control pad 20 Materials Properties Menu LinkMotion for MicroSmart 1212 Ver 1 4 0 Control Pad Material Properties Machine Properties Motor Parameters Origin Setup
51. ties C Go home after job Disable Limit Switches and Directions Home Position Start Position Top Left v Top Left v Offsets From Limit switch Offsets From Home position x offset 9 05 in Xoffset 9 in Y offset 0 05 in Yoffset 0 in Zoffset 0 1 in Z offset 0 5 in Homing Speed Limit switch wiring Signal Polarity when Limit Switch is Not Active Kaxis 1 misse he Pniz Y X LimitSwitch HIGH Y axis 1 inisec Y axis Pini3 iv Y LimitSwitch HIGH Zaxis 0 5 in sec Zaxis Pin10 vw Z LimitSwitch HIGH Cancel Apply Go Home After Job If you have not checked this box then after finishing the job the tool will travel up on Z axis and stop at the position where it finished the last shape It does not move the X and Y position It does not go to the start position Checking this box makes your tool go back to the starting position parking position for X Y and Z axis Most of the time parking positions are 0 0 for X and Y If you have the need to sense the Home switches again then you need to make sure your surfacing value in the Z axis Origin Setup and Z offset value in Start Position is proper and then click on the Home key on the control pad and that will place you tool in the Home position If you need to change the surfacing value then you need to surface the tool again and then go home Disable Home Limit Switch Checking this box disables the home switches Un checking the box activates the limit switches If limit swit
52. to get to the exact Home position every time Start Position Bottom Center Bottom Left Bottom Right Center Top Center Top Left and Top Right are the choices If your Home Position and Start Positions are the same following are the selection necessary Top left and Bottom left are the only two home positions supported at this point if your machine has the home switches Home Position Selection Start Position Selection Bottom Left Bottom Left Top Left Top Left Job start position can be different than the Home position Job start position may be Where the jig is positioned Home Position Center of a machine in case of a vise type machine with offset values in X and Y where both jaws move Top center of a machine with offset value in X only in case of a machine where only bottom jaw moves In above situations and others it is necessary to select Start Position and declare offset values for X and Y appropriately 30 If you suspect that there is a problem with one or more limit switches and it is hindering your production check the Disable home limit switch box at the top This will allow the operation of the machine while the limit switches are being investigated Home Switches Home Switches for each axis can be selected individually by selecting the pin numbers This depends on how your machine is built and wiring is connected Some machines have home switches for all three axis and some have for X and Y but not for Z
53. ve given the Print command from your design application D Check the print queue for any extraneous documents and remove them 48 E Check the job feed rates and other settings to make sure that they are all correct F Printer driver installed for your machine may not have been selected as DEFAULT DRIVER Please check in Control Panel gt Printers and Faxes gt Your Machine Driver this should be selected as default driver G You might have selected thick outline or filled object in your design White fill is also not proper to send the job to a machine Use only Hairline for any job you design with graphics or text If you sent the file for print by mistake with thick line or the filled object go to the print spooler and make sure you delete the file properly before sending the new corrected file H If Service Pak 2 was not installed on your Windows XP operating system you may see the problem of LinkMotion not sending anything to the machine You need to uninstall the LinkMotion and then install the Service Pak 2 and re install the LinkMotion driver I Make sure to design the job within the size of plotting area available with your machine table size 12 Can I preset or change the values for the speeds of operation for different materials Where and How Launch LinkMotion from Systems Tray Go to Material Properties Set values for Job Feed Rate of operation for different materials Click Apply and then send the file again to th
54. wer Yes when it asks you if you really want to remove LinkMotion LinkMotion INI file configuration file does not get deleted with uninstall procedure If you want to delete your existing INI file following is the procedure In the hard drive Find folder name Document and Settings gt Folder with users your own name name gt Folder name Application Data gt Folder name Total Graphics Network gt Folder name LinkMotion gt LinkMotion INI Delete this file Re Launch LinkMotion It is extremely important to Re Launch LinkMotion if you replace or change LinkMotion INI file for it to be effective Exit the LinkMotion icon applet by right mouse click from the systems tray at the bottom right LinkMotion icon should go away from the systems tray Now launch it back again by following and selecting the path Windows Start button gt Program Files gt Solustan gt LinkMotion by the arrow of your mouse LinkMotion icon should appear again in the systems tray at the bottom right Part 2 Software License Key Procedure We welcome you for trying out our LinkMotion driver software You will see the following message on the screen when LinkMotion is launched from the systems tray every time when you are using the program as demo Reminder Thank you for evaluating LinkMotion You have 15 days or 15 launchings of the LinkMotion applet to evaluate You can purchase the license For unlimited use of the LinkMotion driver at anytime For this PC
55. xaxis 10 xaxis 1500 Yaxis 10 Yaxis 1500 Zaxis 8 Zaxis 1500 OK Cancel Apply Full steps per revolution Above values are determined by the motor manufacturer Enter Full steps per revolution values for each axis depending upon the motor and the lead screw size specifications Toolhead Maximum Acceleration Declare Toolhead Maximum Acceleration values for the motors in each of the axis in in seec42 You may need to adjust this numbers to get proper acceleration constants for smooth motion Check with your machine manufacturer for the correct numbers required for the machine In absence of that you should start with a number between 25 and 100 as a safe starting point Microsteps per every full Step Set the Microsteps per every full Step for your system for each of the axis This is necessary only if you are using step motors in your system This number is derived from the Amplifier driver used for your motors In case of servo motors you need to make sure that the multiplication of numbers in this 27 area as well as in the number of full steps per revolution of the motor in the Motor parameters match your encoder number for the feedback Generally it would be a good idea to declare number as the number in microsteps per every full step and the encoder resolution number in the number of full steps per revolution in the motor parameters location Maximum Motor RPM Maximum Motor RPM number should be selected by the
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