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Chapter1 General Question ................................................................................................ 2
1.1
How to disassemble Nova ....................................................................................... 2
1.2
Operation manual for Thunder laser machine ......................................................... 4
1.3
System Maintenance .............................................................................................. 9
1.3.1
DAILY CHECK LIST ............................................................................................ 9
1.3.2 WEEKLY CHECK LIST ............................................................................................ 10
1.3.2
MONTHLY CHECK LIST ................................................................................... 11
1.4
How to judge if the laser power become weaker? ................................................ 15
Chapter2 Laser cutter machine ........................................................................................ 16
2.1
Alarm of LCD panel—Frame/X/Y Slop over............................................................ 16
2.2
Alarm of LCD panel—No enough extend space ..................................................... 17
2.3
Alarm of LCD panel—Water error ......................................................................... 19
2.4
Alarm of LCD panel—Machine protected .............................................................. 21
2.5
The machine won't turn on................................................................................... 22
2.6
Y-axis not moving at all ......................................................................................... 24
2.7
X-axis not moving at all ......................................................................................... 26
2.8
The laser tube won't fire the beam ....................................................................... 28
2.9
Why the red dot pointer not being able to come out from the laser head? ........... 30
2.10 Why the "Origin" button of LCD panel not working? ............................................. 32
2.11 Engraving problem—the engraving quality is very poor ........................................ 33
2.12 Cutting problem-- Some point of the same piece of materials cannot be cut through
35
2.13 Cutting problem– Why the starting point of a cutting graphic can't meet with its
end point ........................................................................................................................ 37
2.14 Why noisy while moving laser head front and back, how to adjust? ...................... 41
2.15 Why does the machine beep continuously ............................................................... 44
Chapter3 Laser cutter software ........................................................................................ 48
3.1
How to prepare your files for feeding into the laser program to engrave .............. 48
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  • Page 1 Contents Chapter1 General Question ....................2 How to disassemble Nova ..................2 Operation manual for Thunder laser machine ............4 System Maintenance ....................9 1.3.1 DAILY CHECK LIST .................... 9 1.3.2 WEEKLY CHECK LIST .................... 10 1.3.2 MONTHLY CHECK LIST ................... 11 How to judge if the laser power become weaker? ..........
  • Page 2 How to run several laser machines with one PC via USB cable connection .... 63 How to setup wireless network connection for Thunder laser machine ....65 How to run several laser machines with one PC via USB cable ......68 How to import PDF files into RDWorks ..............
  • Page 3 Chapter1 General Question 1.1 How to disassemble Nova The Users Guide section will walk you through 6 steps for learning how to disassemble your Nova PS: There’s glass laser tube inside the laser machine, be careful and do not crash something when moving.
  • Page 4 4. Move the machine upper part with a trolley 5. After moving all the parts to your room, please reassemble them by fix 8 screws on each side. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com...
  • Page 5 1.2 Operation manual for Thunder laser machine To be safe, never ever run the laser system unattended. According to international standard, “ O” means close; “ I” means open for the rocker switch below 1. Turn on the water chiller 2.
  • Page 6 ③ Left arrow to move down; ④ Place the material; ⑤ Right arrow to move up;  The new panel www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 7 5. Fix the material with magnet, adjust right focal distance with focus tool; 6. Close the top lid 7. Select the appropriate start point, start the program www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 8 8. Shutdown sequence of machine:Laser switch→Main Switch→Turn off the water chiller Any accident during working, please press emergency stop immediately Standard feature Water chiller: http://www.thunderlaser.com/features/water-cooling-system.html Air compressor: www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 9 Exhaust fan: http://www.thunderlaser.com/features/exhaust-system.html www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 10 3. Remove the focus lens 4. Clean the lens with cleaning cloth Note: The direction of focus lens mounting please refer to below picture: www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 11 1.3.2 WEEKLY CHECK LIST  Reflector Use a lens cloth and lens cleaner to keep all mirrors clean www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 12 Remove these small pieces that fall into the honeycomb table and collected in the machine using small brush or vacuum cleaner 1.3.2 MONTHLY CHECK LIST  Rails and Screws www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 13 When the laser head move to four corners of the working table, check if the laser beam lasers to the same position on the third reflective mirror. 2. Vertical alignment; www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 14 Change the pure (distilled) water and clean the filters Note: if water drains slowly from drainage nozzle during water changing, please open the water supply inlet. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 15 More detail please refer to the Chapter 5 Maintenance of User’s Manual. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 16 Files: cut a 15*15mm circle ; blowing air; keep laser power to 90%,and then test how much is the fastest speed does the laser cut through the acrylic. Please tell us your testing and we will judge for you. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 17 If you set an incorrect starting point, the graphic might be out of bounds. Please set a correct starting point to resolve this problem, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 18 The buffer distance will be longer as long as you set faster speed, so we need to keep more buffer distance when the speed is higher. (Buffer distance out of working table) www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 19 (Buffer distance within the working table) www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 20 Please turn on the water chiller before power on the machine, like below.  Signal cable for water protection has no connection Please has signal cable connected, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 21  Wiring problem Please check it according to the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPV8moEZNh8 www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 22 Our machine has sensors for door protection (front cover and laser tube cover), like below. Please close both of them before start to work. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 23 Note: The machine before Nov. 2016 had been installed the fuse without circuit breaker. Please check and replace the fuse, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 24 DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 25 If the y-axis limit switch is working properly, please open the laser tube cover, check if the interfaces of y-axis motor are connected well, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 26 If y-axis still not moving at all, so the y-axis motor is broken; If the problem shifts to x-axis, the same driver is flashing red light, so this driver is broken. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com...
  • Page 27 Motor or driver of x-axis is broken Please open lower right hand door panel, check the x-axis driver (red LED should be up and flashing), like below: www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 28 If x-axis still not moving at all, so the x-axis motor is broken; If the problem shifts to y-axis, the same driver is flashing red light, so this driver is broken. End. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 29 Laser power supply or laser tube is worn out Please test the laser power supply itself, first take off the plug of control signal, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 30 If the laser beam won’t come out form the laser head, please align the mirror according to the video below. http://www.thunderlaser.com/how-to-use-your-laser-machine/how-to-adjust-the-laser-beam-pa th.html www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 31 2. Place a square of masking tape over the left side of the third mirror carriage, and mark a dot on the center, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 32 3. Use the three adjustment screws on the Red Dot Pointer Mount to move red dot to the mark dot on the tape, like below. End. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 33 Origin enable1 Origin enable3 Origin enable2 Origin enable4 Set origin: Next origin: Press Z/U move item Modified press Enter End. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 34 When the laser head move to four corners of the working table, check if the laser beam lasers to the same position on the third reflective mirror. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 35 10mm acrylic. Please check the laser beam path according to the video below. https://www.thunderlaser.com/how-to-use-your-laser-machine/how-to-adjust-the-laser-beam-p ath.html End. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 36 When the laser head move to four corners of the working table, check if the laser beam lasers to the same position on the third reflective mirror. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 37 When the laser head moves to four corners of the working table, check if the laser beam can vertically go through the 10mm acrylic. Please check laser beam path according to the video below. http://www.thunderlaser.com/how-to-use-your-laser-machine/how-to-adjust-the-laser-beam-pa th.html www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 38  The gear of transmission shaft loose Please check which side of gear of transmission shaft is unfixed like below: www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 39 If still not good,please go to next step. 2.Reduce the User setting of Go Acc factor and Speed factor to minimize the impact Like below: www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 40 When the laser head moves to four corners of the working table, check if the laser beam can vertically go through the 10mm acrylic. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 41 Please check laser beam path according to the video below. http://www.thunderlaser.com/how-to-use-your-laser-machine/how-to-adjust-the-laser-beam-pa th.html www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 42 What is the cause of this? Both sides of transmission shaft are not aligned How to fix this problem? www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 43 Push the X Axis front and back by hand, will find that the noise is disappear. This is the most important step to screw them back, cause fix the screws not good ,it will make noisy again. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 44 After that, fasten the three screws A. PS:A small noise is ok no affect the process results, it’s hard to make the noise disappear fully by non-professionals. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 45  The smart board has short circuit on temperature sensor The smart board is installed in the middle under the X-axis rail, see below pics. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 46 After adjusting the sensor, restart the machine and see if the machine stops beeping. See below pics. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com...
  • Page 47 Before you replace it, you can bypass it: Please open the lower left door, and find the TL-Timer board and unplug the “IN6” connector. See below pic, www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 48 DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 49 RDworks will recognize darker areas as engraving areas, and lighter areas will not engrave; if perform the picture directly, many details of the picture will disappear, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com...
  • Page 50 Note: Images for laser engraving should generally have a resolution of at least 300dpi as the output size. In RDwroks, you can check it from the BMP window, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com...
  • Page 51 If the picture is a black and white image, it can be performed directly; if desired, you can make invert for the image, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 52 The closed vector object is engraved by the laser machine line by line in their filled area. Scenario 1: A closed vector can be engraved, like below. An Open vector cannot be engraved, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 53 When the vectors nested each other, the overlapping area will have different results, like below: Solution: In CorelDRAW, you can use “Weld” tool to merge objects into one, like below. Scenario 3: www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 54 Three objects overlap Solution: In Rdworks, you can use “Delete overlap” tool to delete all overlapped paths, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 55 If you’d to make a rectangle at 30×30mm, however, it becomes 29.9×29.9mm when cut it through on material, because there’s a little bit of gap appear on cutting edge, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com...
  • Page 56 Solution: In RDworks, you can use “offset polygon” tool to correct the error. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 57 Connect the laser cutter system to desktop or laptop via an Ethernet cable. 1. Configure computer Go to Start>>Control Panel>>Network and Sharing Center, configure the connection for local connection, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 58 Mask to 255.255.255.0, like below. 2. Configure laser cutter software Add and select the Web port. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 59 Click below link to see instruction video: http://www.thunderlaser.com/how-to-use-your-laser-software/19-how-to-connect-the-laser-usi ng-a-ethernet-cable.html www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 60 1. Don’t forget to install the driver for USB. If you are not sure, just install USB driver again. 2. Laser cutter system connect to the PC. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 61 COM appears in the following of the “USB Serial Port”. 3. Install the USB driver manually http://www.thunderlaser.com/download/down/USB_driver_diagram_for_windows.rar www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 62 For other machine, you may have other IP address as 192.168.1.X. 3. Configure laser cutter software; Add the Web port for each machine according to their IP address, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 63 Note: please check the current IP for computer and avoid IP address conflicts from the laser machine and software. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 64 1. When connecting with the first machine, it’s connected automatically as default. 2. When connecting with the second machine, please click the “Add” below, then click “USB” and choose COM3 (or other ports). www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 65 If you use Ethernet interfaces, please refer to the following video teaching you how to set network. And the way of adding more Ethernet port is the same as above. http://www.thunderlaser.com/how-to-use-your-laser-software/19-how-to-connect-the-laser-usi ng-a-ethernet-cable.html www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 66 Right click on your Wireless Network Connection and then select Properties. In internet protocol version 4(TCP/IPv4) Properties window select Obtain an IP address automatically, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 67 Our router IP is 192.168.1.1, so set gateway as 192.168.1.1, like below: 4. Configure laser cutter software Add and select the Web port on rdworks, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 68 Note: please check the current IP for computer and router and avoid IP address conflicts from the laser machine and software. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 69 If you use Ethernet interfaces,please refer to the following video teaching you how to set network. And the way of adding more Ethernet port is the same as above. https://www.thunderlaser.com/how-to-use-your-laser-software/19-how-to-connect-the-las er-using-a-ethernet-cable.html www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 70 3. Then RDWorks can read the DXF file, Just import the DXF file into RDWorks directly. 4. The other way is open/import PDF file with CorelDraw,use the plugin button “Laser Running “ to import the graphic into RDWorks www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 71 2. After that, close CorelDraw. Double click to open RDWorks installation program. Choose the type of CorelDraw_Laser (be sure the RDWorks main program has been already installed), and then tick the item RDworks, as shown below: www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 72 . Move them to anywhere you want them to be. After finish drawing the graphics, click “Laser running” to directly import the graphics into RDworks. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 73 I’d like to cut a Rectangle at 30x30mm, however, it become 30×60.2 in simulation and in laser, Please make sure “Enable rotate engrave” is not ticked. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 74 DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 75 Please refer to below photo to set DXF unit in RDWorks: Please make sure DXF file unit from your drawing software is the same as RDWorks’ s DXF unit. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com...
  • Page 76 In RDworks, you can adjust the Reverse Interval to improve this issue. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 77 1000mm/s will be calibrate automatically. 2. Test and calibrate the Reverse Interval; Open System Setting window: Config >> System Setting >> General Settings, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 78 Look at the results with a magnifying glass and calibrate reverse interval until the lines will align horizontally, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 79 Note: Each time you change the value of reverse interval, please send again the test file to your machine and test. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 80 Make sure “Axis X mirror” is unticked, and “Axis Y Mirror” is must ticked. If your setting is different from this, this is the problem why your cutting/engraving reverse. Just reset the config as above. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 81 Please draw a 100x100mm square using the cut mode and send to your laser cutter and cut the square. Let’s say the actual size of the square measured is 98x95mm www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 82 Click “Read” first.Now select the X/Y axis and revise the step length,input the numbers as the below, and the software will count the correct number automatically,then please click” Write” and then exit. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 83 DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 84 If you have any other questions, please contact with us directly by sending email to us tech @thunderlaser.com End. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 85 If your laser cutter’s LCD panel is in Chinese, it might cost you lots of time to set to English. Now Thunder laser will show you how to change Chinese to English just in a few seconds. Step 1. click “Z/U” button Step 2.
  • Page 86 1. Screw 4 screws to fix the controller board and plug the connectors back to the board except AXIS Y and AXIS X, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 87 3. In software, please check the setting in vendor settings windows. Open vendor setting windows: menu bar(top left corner)>>File(F)>>vendor setting>>password:rd8888. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 88 Read the setting of the board by the “Read” button, the progress bar will become blue once read successfully, like below. Check the breath of X, it should be 900mm for nova35 for instance. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 89 Axis x and y. Note: if the breath is not correct, please contact with our tech team: tech@thunderlaser.com. End. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 90 2.unfix the tube. ① Cut the white cable tie ② Remove the screws 3.drain the water away from the tube. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 91 In order to ensure laser path correct, location of new tube should be the same with the old one. Then fix the tube and wire. More details, please following below instruction video: http://www.thunderlaser.com/how-to-use-your-laser-machine/install-new-laser-tube.html www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 92 There are four screws A, for fixing the X motor; Screw B: It’s for adjusting the belt tension, please loosen the four screws A before adjust belt. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 93 There are four screws C, for fixing the Y Motor. Click the link below for instruction video:  Y motor disassembly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlKVgI0A5vY  Y motor reassembly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sYk1SYU5xI www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 94 As shown above, by adjusting these screws you can fine adjusting the support frame of the knife table so as to calibrate height of one corner. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 95 3. Working table of this corner will go up or down when you rotate the lead screw in different directions. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 96 ①Hold and shake it to check if it becomes loose.(Can’t be wobble obviously) ②In the back of X Axis Shaft have four rollers,both of them should locate on the rail.(can move smoothly) www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 97 First , Hold the screws back of the Eccentric gears; Next, loose the A screws ; Then, Rotate B by Crimp Tool to tighten the X Axis Shaft. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 98 Make sure all the Rollers are at the same tension ③repeat step 1 to check again. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 99 Diagonal line 1 = Diagonal line 2. Error value must be less than 0.5mm like below: ① If the Diagonal line 1 > Diagonal line 2. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 100 Above are just fine tuning the angle of the X Axis, if the error still more than 0.5mm, please further to the solution 2. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 101 X Axis doesn’t change. After fix them then measure the distance again, ok, then fix the rest of the screws. It’s ok if the error within 0.5mm. finally, fasten the screws of the coupler. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 102 2. Unscrew and remove four screws from the blue base; 3. Unfix two screws on coupling After that, please remove this drive shaft, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 103 Tips: put four screws and the belt into the blue base firstly, like below. 1. Insert the shaft into coupling then fix the blue base with four screws; www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com...
  • Page 104 2. Slide the coupling to proper position as the right sides shown, then fix it. 3. fix the belt, like below. After that, check and adjust the tension of belt, just refer to the belt of right sides. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 105 ①Fix the belt ②Adjust the tension of belt Please note: please don’t forget to fix the nuts after adjusting belt. End. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 106 See below.  Connect the fan inlet and outlet in opposite directions  Exhaust channel are blocked www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 107 Note: If the Processing Mode is Cut, “If Blowing: Yes” must not be changed.  The air valve is close Make sure have the manual air valve opened(horizontal means open), like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 108 DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 109 Does alarm stop? If alarm stops, so maybe the water hose in the laser machine was blocked somewhere, please www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 110 Cut off the four wires, then connect red and red wire, connect black and yellow wire without water flow switch, then check if the alarm will stop after restart the chiller. If stop, the switch broke down. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 111 In RDworks, the setting of “Enable rotate engrave” need read and write button that can save the setting into U axis, like below. Read>>tick “Enable rotate engrave”>>set “Circle pulse” and “Diameter”>>Write www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 112 In RDworks, there must be no read and write button on the setting of “Enable rotate engrave”. Tick “Enable rotate engrave”>>set “Circle pulse” and “Diameter” www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 113 Go into the RDworks’s root directory>>open the text file of “soft”>>change the setting of “ShowRWRotate” >> save the text file, like below.  The value for Circle pulse or steps per rotation www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653...
  • Page 114  Wrong setting on Rotary attachment Please check Your Rotary attachment The setting for separated motor and driver, like below. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...
  • Page 115 The setting for Integrated motor, like below. End. www.thunderlaser.com DONGGUAN THUNDER LASER EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD Shatian Town, Shatian Dadao, Mintian tech@thunderlaser.com Tel : (86)769 826653 Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China...