Skycut C Series User manual

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Version：CUT_C V2.0

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Chapter One Safety Precaution
Chapter Two Standard Parts
Chapter Three Installation
3.1 Installation and Connection
3.1.1 Cutting Environment
3.1.2 Connect cutter to PC
3.1.3 USB Driver Installation
3.2 Cutting Media Installation
3.3 Tools Installation
Chapter Four WIFI Setting
Chapter Five Parts Name
Chapter Six General Setting
6.1 Main Menu
6.2 MotorSet
6.3 Camera interface
6.4 Sysset menu
Chapter Seven Function and operation
7.1 Power on
7.2 Power off
7.3 Pressure,speed setting
7.4 Original point setting
7.5 Test cut
7.6 Pause and cancel work.
7.7 Calibrate (one head)
7.8 Calibrate (two heads，D Serial machine)
7.9 Camera threshold value setting.
7.10 Auto contour cut feature.
7.11 Manually contour cut
7.12 X,Y cutting scale setting
7.13 U disk operation
7.14 Language setting

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7.15 Unit setting
7.16 Screen back ground setting
7.17 LED light setting
7.18 WIFI setting.
7.19 Quick return to main interface
7.20 Offset
Chapter Eight Specification operation
Chapter Nine Warranty
Chapter Ten Trouble shoot

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Chapter One Safety Precaution
The following icons are used in the manual; aims to make sure the user operate the
cutter properly to avoid damaged the cutter. Please comply with the explanation of
the icon.
1.1 Definition of Warning Symbols：
The symbol ” is prepared to arouse operator's highly
attention when in process.
The symbol “ ” specifies the activities to be forbidden.
The symbol is prepared to arouse operator's highly
attention. The symbols in triangles specify the cases to be
attentive. The symbol in the left warns you of electric shock.
The symbol specifies the activities to be forbidden. The
symbol in the circle specifies the acts to be forbidden. The
symbol in the left tells you no detachment.
1.2 Caution：
Do not leak any liquid or drop
metal into the machine, such
things may result in fire.
Do not touch the knife top
with your finger to prevent
injury or perspiration of knife
head.
Do not damage or random
replace the supplied power
cable. Do not excessively
bend, pull, bundle the power
cable or place weight on it,
otherwise the power source
may be damaged even fire or
electric shock is thus
incurred.

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1.3 Warning：
Do not use the power source not meeting rating voltage,
otherwise
fire or electric shock may be resulted in.
If the machine gives out smoke or unpleasing smell, or noise
sounds
please do not use it .in such cases, continuing using it may
result in
fire or electric shock.
Do not put out the plug when the power is on to avoid
damage to the
Machine.
Make sure the machine grounded otherwise electric shock
or mechanic default may be resulted in.
If you are not going to use the
machine for a long time,
please unplug the power
cable from the receptacle,
otherwise fire possibly
happens.
When operating the machine,
do not place either of your
hands on capstan to avoid
injury.
Place the machine on a stable
surface, otherwise the machine
may fall therefore get
damaged.
To unplug the power cable
from receptacle, please hold
the plug instead of the cable,
strongly pulling of the cable
possibly results in electric
shock or fire.
Any operation is forbidden in
case of storm or lighting to
prevent damaged of machine.

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Chapter Two Standard Parts
Number
Item
Qty
Icon
1
Power cable
1
2
DC24V3A Power supply
1
3
USB cable
1
4
Blade holder
1
5
blade
2
6
Pen holder
1
7
Lead
2
8
User's manual/Driver software/Video disk
1
9
Flexi software(option) disk
1

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Chapter Three Installation
3.1 Installation and Connection
3.1.1 Cutting Environment
Place the cutter in adequate space in case to replace.
The place for installing the cutter shown as below。
Don’t install your cutter in the following place
- The place where is direct sunlight
- The place where is vibration
- The place where is full dust
- The place where is drought
3.1.2 Connect cutter to PC
Use USB cable connect to PC;
To make the connection between cutter and computer,
you are offered two possibilities: USB interface and U disk
(WIFI is option). For USB connection, you need to install the
driver equipped with the cutter first. (Please refer to 3.1.3) ,WIFI
setting refer to Chapter Four WIFI setting.
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3.1.3 USB Driver Installation
When first time use cutter,need to install USB driver.
①Download USB driver from web,find out folder with file
(ftdi_ft232_drive),double click ftdi_ft232_drive.exe,computer will shows
following window
The window will be closed automatically after finish installation.
Notice: If no following information during install
Please wait about 3 mints,and then close it.
②Power on machine,use USB cable to connect machine and computer.
③When first time connect computer,it will take time to load USB driver.
④Check machine COM port.Right Click”This PC”,it will popup following
box,click”Manager”.

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Then,click “Device Manager”
“USB Serial Port(COM4)”, COM4 is the COM port the machine is using now.
3.2 Cutting Media Installation
Cautions of Media Preservation
- Keep the media away from direct sunlight and water when before and after unpacked.
You should keep the media in dry, shady and cool place after using it.
- Do not put the media in the vertical position, to avoid mess and damage the edge of
the media
- Do not print media in pile.
Cautions of Media Loading
- Avoid the temperature and humidity changes after unpack thebox.
- According to the media feature, when low temperature, media is easy to curl, when
high temperature, it is easy to crease.
- Do not use the media when it is crease, curl or dusty.
- Do not fall or moisturize the media, otherwise it may effects the cutting quality or
result in damaging the cutter.
- Before loading the media, you should roll the media. The cutter
is both suitable for single sheet
3.2.1 Press down the handle of paperweight wheel behind the machine to raise the
paperweight wheel.

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3.2.2 Insert the media into the space between paperweight wheel and
main shaft, and pull out the media to appropriate length from the front
of the host.
3.2.3 Move the paperweight wheel to the white identified area, then
adjust position of the media.
The cutter adopts high-precision transmission shaft, and pay
attention to the position of the paperweight wheel. The
paperweight wheel must be fixed above the white identified
area on the transmission shaft.
3.2.4 Raise handle of paperweight wheel, to make paperweight wheel
down to press paper.
3.3 Tools Installation
CAUTION
Do not touch the knife top with
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Compare with 45ºand 60ºblade of SKY
Degre
e
Using scope
Advantage
Disadvantage
30º
big word over
20mm
More attrite than 45
degree and Can cut
thick and hard
material
the quality of cutting small world
and high precision picture is not
better than 45 degree blade
45º
Small word below
20mm or high
precision picture
high precision picture is
better than60 degree
blade
sharply knife point, the attrition is
not better than 60 degree and have
large wasting when cutting thick
and hard material
3.3.1Input blade to bladeholder.As following
3.3.2Adjust the protruding length of the blade top according to specific
cutting material.

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3.3.3 (1) Loosen the screw of tool carrier.
(2)Assembly the tool with blade into tool carrier
(3)When the tool is in appropriate position screw it
and tight the screw.

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Chapter Four WIFI Setting
4.1 Power on cutter,go to【WIFI Setting】interface,press 【Default ALL】
more than 3seconds until the color change to red,it means default setting as
wifi connect now(it will start wifi,you will see on the top of the screen).Wait few
seconds,then,you can use AP connect mode to connect WIFI.
4.2 Connect computer and cutter by WIFI .Find out HI-LINK_XXXX,this is
default SSID number of WIFI.Click connect,default password is 12345678.

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After connect succeed,check IP address
192.168.16.254 is default IP address of WIFI.If computer shows this IP
address,means WIFI connect succeed.If can not show this IP,means WIFI
connect failed.Please wait about 30 seconds,if still can not connect,please
check if input password correct,it is 12345678.
Change WIFI default setting：
After connect succeed. Open IE,input 192.168.16.254,press Enter key,then,go
to WIFI setting interface.User name: admin,password:admin.

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Then，click “OK”.
Make sure change SERIAL XON/XOFF: to Enable(same as bellow).
Then,click Apply.
After that,we complete WIFI setting.Under this mode,the setting in flexi is
like below.

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4.3 WIFI connect to work or family local network.
Connect WIFI to family router.Like below pic,select WIFI(CLIENT)-SERIAL
mode.then,click Scan,find out the SSID of the router.
Input correct password.
Recommend set IP Type as STATIC mode.If so,once power on machine,we
will know machine IP address.And other setting will be set according to
router setting.
If router default gateway is 192.168.1.1. Then,we can set machine IP
address as 192.168.1.254. Then,click Apply.WIFI will restart auto,it will take
about 20S.
If need to reset WIFI setting,go to IE,input 192.168.1.254 to go to WIFI
setting interface.
If can login,means WIFI setting is correct.
If can not login,please wait about 20S,if still can not login,check if SSID
password,and router IP address are correct.
If WIFI setting can not connect to router.need to restore WIFI setting to
factory setting.See above step1.And then reset.
Notice:make sure change SERIAL XON/XOFF: to Enable.
Under this mode,flexi setting as below.

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4.4 Port Number setting Change port number,like below,you
can set default value 8080 to 9100.
4.5 Notice:
WIFI setting will be saved auto.No need to reset when power on machine next time.
No need to change serial port setting,especially Serial Configure.Please keep it as
default.

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Chapter Five Parts Name
Front View
1. Left cover
2. Top cover
3. Carriage cover
4. Right cover
5. Touch screen
6. Bottom base
7. Pinch wheels
8. Carriage
9. Steel axis
10. Jaw clamp
11. Power button

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Back View
1. Decorative part
2. Pinch wheel wrench
3. paper pinch wheel beam
4. Beam
5. Foot
6. USB driver interface
7. USB cable interface
8. power interface

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Chapter Six General Setting
6.1 Main Menu
Once power on,cutter will reset and set to main
menu.Here are 3 main functions on main menu
【MotorSet】，【Camera】，【SysSet】Press
each function key to enter corresponding function
interface.
6.2 MotorSet
Press 【MotorSet】in main menu to carriage movement setting.
6.2.1 Click 【X+】,the carriage will move left one step.Long press
【X+】to move carriage left to the place you want.(carriage will
stop moving once it touch left limit switch)
6.2.2 Click 【X-】,the carriage will move right one step.Long press
【X-】to move carriage right to the place you want.(carriage will
stop moving once it touch right limit switch)
6.2.3【Y+】paper move forward,Long press 【Y+】to move
carriage forward to the place you want(no limit)
6.2.4【Y-】material move backward,Long press 【Y-】to move
carriage backward to the place you want(no limit)
6.2.5【X=0】move carriage to the original point.
6.2.6 If double heads,click “o” to set left/right/double heads
6.2.7 Touch 【 】 back to main menu
6.2.8【Cut Test】cutter will cut a little 田to test pressure and blade