CamFive Qustom Laser CFL-Q2012K User manual

CFL-Q2012K
INSTALLATION
MANUAL

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Safety Notice
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Installation Guide
The Control
Panel
Set the layer
parameters
Alignment
Standards
of Optical Path
Safety Materials for you and
your Laser Machine
Maintenance
Schedule
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Preface
Thank you for buying our product. Our CFL-Q2012K is a
professional and high-tech machine combined with op-
tical, mechanical and electrical sections. We specially ed-
ited this manual, in order for you to learn the operation
and maintenance of the machine.
We also took many real object photos in this manual
to show you the installation, adjustment and operation
process.
The user should read this manual in detail before us-
ing, because it will provide in detail, the setup, use and
maintenance of your brand new CFL-Q2012K.

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Safety Notice
•The users should read the operation manual carefully prior to operating the machine and must obey the
operating regulations strictly.
• The machine uses IV LASER (strong laser radiation)which type of laser radiation might make following
accidents:
1. Easy to burn combustible materials.
2. Dierent working materials might produce other radiations and toxic or harmful gases while laser en-
graving or cutting.
3. Laser radiation’s direct exposure will cause bodily harm.
•The location of the machine must be within view of fire extinguishing equipment to put out fires, which
are caused by cutting or engraving flammable materials. Do not leave the machine alone while cutting or
engraving, as it must be observed at all times while in operation. The operator should observe the machine
carefully while working and in case of emergency must cut o the power or press the emergency shut
o button.
•Ensure that processing material and emissions conform to local laws and regulations.
•The user should consider carefully whether the materials are suitable for laser cutting/ engraving for
safety.
•There are high voltage and other potential dangers in this machine. Please keep from those that who do
not operate or know of this machine.
• Keep the machine in a dry, non-pollution, non-concussing, non-electrically charged, non-strong mag-
netic field, etc. Environmental temperature should be 5-40℃, the environmental humidity should be from
5-95%(no condensed steam).
•Do not turn on the machine when the power supply voltage is unsteady or mismatched.
Please note, manufacturers won’t take any responsibility and liability because of improper use or disobe-
dience of all above regulations.

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Appearance of the Machine front:
Back View:

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Installation Guide
This Highly compact design laser machine is already integrated with a water cooling system as well as an
air assist system. The installation is quite easy. You no longer have to prepare a water bucket or install an
air pump anymore. There are mainly five steps to get started:
1. Open the water tank lid, you will find the water inlet, Pour water into the water tank, and fill the tank.
*We suggest using purified water or distilled water with temperatures under 35 degrees.
2. Install the Exhaust Pipe
Screw in the exhaust pipe fixture; fasten the rings after you put the pipe on the fixture. Then lead the other
end of the pipe outside your window or ventilation point.

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3. Connect the machine to the computer with data cable or Wi-Fi
This machine comes with a USB data cable, in which you are able to connect to a laptop. If a Wi-Fi connec-
tion is preferred, connect the machine into the Wi-Fi interface and connect the machine to the network.
4. Connect the power
Connect the power cable into the machine, and connect the cable into a 110V outlet.

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5. Turn On the machine.
Rotate the Control Switch clockwise and the button will bounce up and the machine will be powered on.
The laser head starts to move back to its origin point.
*For first time installation, when the machine turns on, please do not operate the machine immediately.
Wait a few minutes to let the water cooling system fill the laser tube with water fully. You could open the
back lid to check if the laser tube is full of water. Then you could start firing the laser.
Safety Materials for you
and your Laser Machine
The CFL-Q2012K uses high heat to cut or etch a given material. Some materials respond to this method
successfully, while others don’t. It is important to know the materials you are working with, since some, like
PVC are easy to cut, but give o a chlorine gas that’s not healthy for humans or the machine. Below is a list
to use as a guide. New materials come out daily, if you are not sure about its laser ability, contact us and
we’ll try and identify its properties and determine if it’s safe and possible to be processed by Laser machine.
Plastics:

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• ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene)
• Acrylic (also known as Plexiglas, Lucite, PMMA)
• Delrin (POM, acetyl)
• High density polyethylene (HDPE)-melts badly
• Kempton tape(Polyimide)
• Mylar (polyester)
• Nylon-melts badly
• PETG (polyethylene terephthalate glycol)
• Polyethylene (PE)-melts badly
• Polypropylene (PP)-melts somewhat
• Styrene
• Two-tone acrylic-top color dierent than core material, usually for custom instrumentation panels, signs
and plaques.
Foam:
• Deron foam-often used for RC planes
• EPM
• Gator foam- foam core gets burned and eaten away compared to the top and bottom hard shell
Other:
• Cloth (leather, suede, felt, hemp, cotton)
• Paper
• Rubber (only if they do not contain chlorine Teflon(PTFE, Polytetrafluoroethylene)
• Wood (MDF, balsa, birch, poplar, red oak, cherry, holly, etc)
Materials that can’t or should not be cut:
• Metals
• Polycarbonate (PC, Lexan)due to the fumes
• any materials containing chlorine
a. PVC (Cintra)-contains chlorine
b. Vinyl- contains chlorine
High pressure materials include all the above guidelines and as listed:
• Stainless steel up to 18 gauges
• Mild steel up to 18 gauges
• Thicker and denser woods

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The Control Panel
Introduction to the Keys
Reset: Resets the whole system;
Origin: Sets the relative origin point;
Pulse: Pulses the laser
Frame: To track by the current file’s frame;
File: The management of the memory and U disc files;
Speed: Sets the speed of the current running layer, or set the direction keys’ move speed;
Max. Power: Set the max laser power of the current running layer, or set the power of “Pulse” Key;
Min. Power: Set the min laser power of the current running layer
Start/Pause: To start or pause the work;
Left & Right Arrow: Moves the X axes or the left/right cursor;
Up & Down Arrow: Moves the Y axes or the up/down cursor;
Z/U Buttton: The Z/U key can be pressed when the system is idle or the work is finished. On pressing this
key, it will show some entries in the interface, each entry includes some functions, Z axes movement, U
axes movements, home axes, etc.;
Esc: To stop work, or to exit from menu;
Enter: Validate the change;

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Introduction to the Control Panel Display
When the system is powered on, the screen will show as illustrated above
Graph Display Area: Displays the whole file’s track, and display the running track.
Running parameters: Displays the running file’s file number, speed, max power etc.;
Coordinate: Displays the current coordinate of X,Y and Z axes
Graph layer parameters: Displays the layers’ information of the current file, such as max or min power,
speed etc.. When system is idle, double click the layer, then users can change the layer’s parameters and
the changing would be saved.
Working Number: To accumulate the work number of the current file.
File Dimension: Displays the dimension of the current file;
Net status: Displays the connecting status of the Ethernet.
Running Status: Displays the current status of the machine, such as Idle, Run, Pause, Finish, etc.;
Running Progress Bar: Displays the progress bar of the current running file;
When work is Idle or finished, all keys can be pushed, users can select a file to run, set some parameters,
preview to a select file etc. But, when work is running or paused, some keys don’t respond when they are
pushed.

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Speed key
Push the “Speed” key when the screen is on the main interface, as shown below:
Push the “X+/-“ Keys to move the cursor in the numeral area, and push the “Y +/-” keys to change the
value, then push the “Enter” key to save the change, push the “Esc” key to exit from the change.
Max/Min power keys
Push the “Max Power” or the “Min Power” keys when the screen is on the main screen, shown below:
A. B.
When “Z/U” key is pushed, the green block can move up and down to denote the changing item, then
“Y+/-” keys and “X+/-” keys can be used to change the value.

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Set the layer parameters
After selecting a file to preview on the main interface, the user can push the “Enter” key to let the cursor
move to the first layer, then the “Y+/-” keys can be pushed to select the intent layer, at that time, the user
can push “Enter” key to check the selected layer’s parameters, illustrated below:
User can push “Z/U” Keys to move the green block on the intended parameter, and then you could change
the parameter if needed. “OK” to validate the change, and “Esc” to invalidate the change.

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Z/U Key
The Z/U key can be pressed when the system is in idle or when the work is finished. On pressing this key,
it will show some entries in the following interface:
Push the “Y+/-” keys to move the green block to select an item, and then push the “Enter” key to display
the sub menu.
Z move: When it is highlighted on “Z Move” item, “X+/-” keys can be used to move the z axes.
U move: When the green block is on “U Move” item, “X+/-” keys can be used to move the u axes.
Axis reset+
When the green block is on this item, push the “Enter” key to show as below:
Push the “Y+/-“ Keys to move the cursor to one of the entry, then push “Enter” key to restart the selected
axis, the screen will show some information when resetting.

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Manual set+
When the green block is on this item, push the “Enter” key to show as below
Push the “Z/U” key to move the green block, and when the green block is on the “Mode” item, push the
“X+-“ keys to select the anticipant value, “Continue” or “Manual”. When “Continue” item is selected, then
the “Manual” item is not valid, on that time, push the direction keys to move the corresponding axes, and
when the pushed key is loosed, then the corresponding axes will finish moving. When the Mode item is
“manual”, then pushing the direction key one time, the corresponding axes will move a fixed length, unless
the scope is overstepped.
Laser set+
When the green block is on this item, push the “Enter” key to show as below:
Push “Z/U” key to move the green block, and when the green block is on the “Mode” item, push “X+-“ keys
to select the anticipant value, “Continue” or “Manual”. When “Continue” item is selected, then the “Laser
Set” item is not valid, on that time, push the Laser key to splash the enabled lasers, and when Laser key is
loosed, then the lasers will finish splashing. When the Mode item is “manual”, then pushing the Laser key
one time, the enabled lasers will splash a fixed time.

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Origin set+
When the green block is on this item, push the “Enter” key to show as below:
Push “Z/U” key to move the green block to the anticipant item, and when the green block is on “enable”
items, push “Enter” key to enable or disable the item, when enabled, the small diamonds is green, and
when disabled, the small diamonds is grey. When the green block is on the “Set origin” item or the “Next
origin” item, push the “X+-“keys to select the value.
Pay attention to if when the green block is on the “Set origin” item, push the “X +-“ keys to select a value,
then, “Enter” key must be pushed to valid the change, or, the change is invalid. Each item introduced as
below:
• Multiple Origins Enable: “Yes” or “No” can be selected. If you select “No”, the system will use the single-or-
igin logic. You can press the “Origin” key and set the origin, and only this origin can become valid. If you
select “Yes”, the system will use the multiple- origin logic and the “Origin” key on the
keyboard become invalid. In such a case, the parameter of each origin must be set in the menu as follows.
• Origin Enable 1/2/3/4: after the multiple-origin logic is enabled, the four origins can independently be
prohibited and enabled.
• Set Origin 1/2/3/4: after the multiple- origin logic is enabled, you can stop the cursor at “Set as Origin
1/2/3/4”. Press the “Enter” key on the keyboard and the system will take the coordinate figures of current
X/Y axles as the corresponding ones to the origin 1/2/3/4.
• Next Origin: there are such five digits as 0~4 for option, which are the origins to be used for the next
figure. Origin 0 means the origin set by the “Origin” key on the panel in the single- origin logic. 1~4 means
the serial number of the origins in the multiple- origin logic. Next origin can be modified to any one of origin
1~4, so as to control the start location of next work (the premise is that the origin is enabled), but it can’t
be modified to origin 0.

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Language
The “Language” item helps you to select an appropriate language which is displayed on the panel below:
IP Setup
When the green block is on this item, push the “Enter” key to show as below:
Push “Z/U” key to move the changing item, then push “X+/-” keys and “Y+/-” keys to change the value,
when all the IP value and the Gateway value are changed, push “Enter” key to validate the change, or “Esc”
key to invalidate the change.

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Diagnosis
If the “Diagnoses” item is pressed, the system will show as below:
This interface shows some system input information, such as limiter status, the status of water protection, the
status of the foot switch, etc. When the inputis validated, the color frame will be green, otherwise it’ll be gray.
Screen Origin
If the “Screen Origin” item is pressed, the system will show as below:
There are four entries to be selected: Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Left and Bottom Right. When one is se-
lected, the previewed graph on the screen would be opposite based on X or Y direction.
*Make sure the Origin location is set to TOP RIGHT

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File Key
Memory File
On the main interface, if “File” key is pressed, it will show as below:
Read mem file: read the memory file list;
Udisk: read the U disk file list;
Other: the other operation of the
memory files;
Run: To run the selected file;
Track: To track the selected file and the
track mode is optional;
Work time: To forecast the running
time of the selected file, and the time is
accurate to 1ms;
Clear count: To clear the running times of
the selected file;
Delete: To delete the selected file in the
memory;
Copy to Udisk: To copy the selected file to
Udisk;
When showing this menu, the system would read the memory file first, the file name and the work times
would be listed in the area, and the selected file is previewed in the bottom right area. “Y+/-” keys could be
used to move the cursor on the file name list. When the cursor is on a target file name, presses the “Enter”
key, the selected file will be previewed on the main interface, and then if “Esc” key is pushed, the preview
will disappear. “X+/-” keys could be used to move the cursor left and right.
If the “Other” entry is pressed, the system will show as below:

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Current work time: To forecast the
running time of the current file (the
current file No. is showed on the main
interface), and the time is accurate to
1ms.
Clear all count: To clear the running times
of every file in the memory
Delete all file: To delete all memory files
Format speedily: To format memory
speedily, and then all the files in memory
will be deleted.
Format drastically: To format memory
drastically, and then all the files in
memory will be deleted.
Total: The total running times of all the
files.
U Disk File
If the “Udisk” entry was pressed, the system will show as seen below, and the operation method is all the
same as above.
Read Udisk: Read the file list in the
Udisk;
Copy to memory: Copy the target
Udisk file to the memory;
Delete: Delete the selected Udisk
file;