Pen Settings > Pen Advanced

The Power Map can be edited by clicking Advanced... on the mark property page and then clicking on Power Map. The power of the laser is controlled by 8 bit values coming out of the controller board. The behaviour is not always linear. The power map can be used to calibrate the laser, means to find out the 8 bit values for the exact power value. This map is helpful to transfer jobs between systems using laser sources with different power.

The dialog will look different based on the set Laser Mode:

•YAG

•CO2

For calibration the following procedure is suggested:

1.Measure the maximum power by putting out a 8-bit value of 255.

2.Type in this max value in the Max-Watts field and press RETURN.

3.Now the Watt values in the list are updated.

4.Find out the corresponding 8-bit value for each of the given Watt values.