Laser Marking Card and Laser Marking Software

 

Our marking software has been designed to meet the needs of all types of users of laser marking systems.  The software was developed to be a retrofit package for existing systems, or as original software on new systems. The package provides significant advancements over previous laser marking control systems, while remaining extremely user-friendly. It's an object oriented, graphically interactive, PC control system providing a user the ability define and execute laser marking jobs. Multiple hardware interfaces are supported giving the software the ability to control most Nd:YAG and CO2 laser marking systems. 
  
Unlike some marking software, the operator never has to remember what fonts and logo's need to be loaded for a particular job. The software automatically performs all required graphic loading. The software does not require users to learn any programming languages or special codes, and yet the software provides all of the flexible, graphic control users are accustomed to, including radial marking, aspect control, character spacing, angular rotations, and full justification. Text to be marked can be fixed or variable. Variable text can be retrieved at runtime from a variety of sources including, the keyboard, a bar code reader, and disk files.  Automatic date coding and alphanumeric serialization are included as variable text types. Fonts include laser engraving fonts and Window’s True Type fonts. True Type fonts can be vector filled using user specified density, angle and kerf. Graphics (sometimes called "logo's" on other systems) can be imported from a large variety of common vector formats.  All graphic features are either menu controlled or graphically controlled via the mouse and keyboard.
 
The software can create various objects such as barcode, DataMatrix, text, simple geometrical objects (such as line, rectangle, round-corner rectangle, polygon, circle, ellipse etc), complex graphic objects (such as PLT & BMP files), automatic date coding and alphanumeric serialization.      
 

There are three types of D/A cards (interface cards) and relevant software: LMS series, LMX series, LMM series and LMC series. The main menu of the software is shown as follows:

   
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1. LMS Series Cards and Software

  

There are following main functions of LMS cards: 

l      PCI slot card

l      DA output resolution: 16 BIT

l      D/A output: 2 channels (to control X galvo and Y galvo)

l      D/A output voltage: -5V to5V

l      Clock timing: 8MHz

l      Digital output: 8 channels, TTL/CMOS compatible

l      Digital input: 8 channels, TTL/CMOS compatible

l      External input: 4 channels (used for foot switch, detector, replay etc.)

l      PWM output: 1 channel (to control laser)

l      Relay output: 4 channels

 

A DB37 connector is used as I/O ports and they are defined as follows:

S/N

Name

Description

Remark

1

+12V

+12VDC of the computer

 

2

GND

Ground of the computer

 

3

COM1

commonly contact output of the 1st output relay

 

4

NC2

normally closed contact output of the 2nd output relay

 

5

NO2

normally opened contact output of the 2nd output relay

 

6

COM3

commonly contact output of the 3rd output relay

 

7

NC4

normally closed contact output of the 4th output relay

 

8

NO4

normally opened contact output of the 4th output relay

 

9

IN1+

positive pole of the 1stst optical input

 

10

IN2+

positive pole of the 2nd optical input

 

11

IN3+

positive pole of the 3rd optical input

 

12

1N4+

positive pole of the 4th optical input

 

13

OUT3

3rd additional output signal 3

 

14

OUT1

1st additional output signal 1

 

15

X-OUT

X galvo control output

analog

16

Y-OUT

Y galvo control output

analog

17

VCC

+5VDC of the computer

 

18

PWM

PWM output. To control pulse repetition rate of YAG laser or laser power and modulation frequency of CO2 laser

TTL

19

VCC

+5VDC of computer

 

20

empty

spare

 

21

NO1

normally opened contact output of the 1st output relay

 

22

NC1

normally closed contact output of the 1st output relay

 

23

COM2

commonly contact output of the 2nd output relay

 

24

NO3

normally opened contact output of the 3rd output relay

 

25

NC3

normally closed contact output of the 3rd output relay

 

26

COM4

commonly contact output of the 4th output relay

 

27

IN1-

negative pole of the 1st optical input

 

28

IN2-

negative pole of the 2nd optical input

 

29

IN3-

negative pole of the 3rd optical input

 

30

IN4-

negative pole of the 4th optical input

 

31

OUT4

4th additional output signal

 

32

OUT2

2nd  additional output signal

 

33

GND

COM of additional output signals

 

34

GND

COM of galvos

 

35

GND

COM of laser control signals

 

36

FPS

FPS signal

 

37

GATE

To control laser beam on/off in YAG lasers

TTL

 

There are following main functions of LMS marking software:

l         Operation under WINXP2000

l         Acceptable for PLT and BMP

l         Support drawing such as circle, rectangle, line etc.

l         Support  the edit of SHX and TTF fonts

l         Barcode, 2D DataMatrix

l         Support the layers up to 8

l         Save of  all system parameters

l         Support copy, delete, replace, move etc

l         Support mirror, hatch

l         Set pulse repetition rate, pulse duty factor

l         Control  ON/OFF, laser power of CO2 lasers from Synrad, Coherent, Universal Laser s etc

 

Model and description:

Model

Main function

LMS-1

2D marking to control X galvo and Y galvo

LMS-1A

D marking to control X galvo and Y galvo plus rotation table or another one motor

LMS-1AB

2D marking and 2D moving to control X galvo and Y galvo plus XY table (for large field marking using XY table and 2D marking head)

 

2. LMX Series Cards and Software

 

LMX Marking Control Card is especially developed for scan head and laser control in real time with a PCI bus interface. It is used with corresponding software to control laser marking.

      

       2 analog output ports ( for scan head );

       1 laser switch signal(TTL);

       1 PWM signal(TTL);

       9 digit input signals;

       4 output signals(relay output);

       2 differential mode axes control for step/servo motor;

       1 single ended mode axe control for stop/servo motor;

 

 

DB37: Pin Assignments

No.

Name

Description

Characteristics

1

CP1+

1st pulse+ signal

 

2

DIR1+

1st direction+ signal

 

3

AGND

Analog GND

Analog

4

X-OUT

Scanning mirror X output

Analog

5

CP2+

2nd pulse+ signal

 

6

CP2-

2nd pulse- signal

 

7

CP1-

1st pulse- signal

 

8

IN0

0 input signal

 

9

12V GND

Power 12V GND

 

10

5V GND

Power 5V GND

 

11

Input 5V

Input 5V

 

12

COM1

Relay1 COM

 

13

COM3

Relay3 COM

 

14

NO4

Relay4 normal open port

 

15

NO2

Relay 2 normal open port

 

16

IN2

2 input signal

 

17

IN6

6 input signal

 

18

IN3

3 input signal

 

19

IN4

4 input signal

 

20

CP3

3rd pulse signal

 

21

DIR3

3rd pulse signal

 

22

PWM

PWM signal

TTL

23

Y-OUT

Scanning mirror Y output

Analog

24

DIR2-

2nd direction- signal

 

25

DIR2+

2nd direction+ signal

 

26

DIR1-

1st direction- signal

 

27

GATE

Laser output signal in YAG laser

TTL

28

5V

Power 5V

 

29

12V

Power 12V

 

30

IN1

1 input signal

 

31

NO1

Relay1 normal open port

 

32

NO3

Relay3 normal open port

 

33

COM4

Relay4 COM

 

34

COM2

Relay2 COM

 

35

IN5

5 input signal

 

36

IN7

7 input signal

 

37

IN8

8 input signal

 

 

Model and description:

Model

Main function

LMX-1

2D marking to control X galvo and Y galvo

LMX-1A

2D marking to control X galvo and Y galvo plus rotation table

LMX-1AB

2D marking to control X galvo and Y galvo plus XY table

 

3. LMM Series Cards and Software

 

LMM Marking Control Card is especially developed for scan head and fiber laser control in real time with a PCI bus interface. It is used with corresponding software to control laser marking. The suitable fiber lasers are IPG, Manlight and SPI lasers via 8-bit laser power adjustment.

      

       2 analog output ports ( for scan head );

       11 digital output signals, TTL/CMOS compatible;

       7 digital input signals TTL/CMOS compatible;

       1 PWM signal output (TTL).

 

There are following main functions of LMM marking software:

l         Operation under WINXP2000

l         Acceptable for PLT and BMP

l         Support drawing such as circle, rectangle, line etc.

l         Support  the edit of SHX and TTF fonts

l         Barcode, 2D DataMatrix, series numbers, date, time

l         Support the layers up to 8

l         Save of  all system parameters

l         Support copy, delete, replace, move etc

l         Support mirror, hatch, group

l         Set pulse repetition rate, pulse duty factor

l         Control  ON/OFF, laser power of CO2 lasers from Synrad, Coherent, Universal Lasers, Manlight and IPG etc.

 

Model and description:

Model

Main function

LMM-1

2D marking to control X galvo and Y galvo

LMM-1A

2D marking to control X galvo and Y galvo plus rotation table

LMM-1AB

2D marking to control X galvo and Y galvo plus XY table

 

4. LMC Series Cards and Software

 

Our marking software has been designed to meet the needs of all types of users of laser marking systems.  The software was developed to be a retrofit package for existing systems, or as original software on new systems. The package provides significant advancements over previous laser marking control systems, while remaining extremely user-friendly. It's an object oriented, graphically interactive, PC control system providing a user the ability define and execute laser marking jobs. Multiple hardware interfaces are supported giving the software the ability to control most Nd:YAG and CO2 laser marking systems.

 

 

 

Unlike some marking software, the operator never has to remember what fonts and logo's need to be loaded for a particular job. The software automatically performs all required graphic loading. The software does not require users to learn any programming languages or special codes, and yet the software provides all of the flexible, graphic control users are accustomed to, including radial marking, aspect control, character spacing, angular rotations, and full justification. Text to be marked can be fixed or variable. Variable text can be retrieved at runtime from a variety of sources including, the keyboard, a bar code reader, and disk files.  Automatic date coding and alphanumeric serialization are included as variable text types. Fonts include laser engraving fonts and Window’s True Type fonts. True Type fonts can be vector filled using user specified density, angle and kerf. Graphics (sometimes called "logo's" on other systems) can be imported from a large variety of common vector formats.  All graphic features are either menu controlled or graphically controlled via the mouse and keyboard.

 

The software can create various objects such as barcode, DataMatrix, text, simple geometrical objects (such as line, rectangle, round-corner rectangle, polygon, circle, ellipse etc), complex graphic objects (such as PLT & BMP files), automatic date coding and alphanumeric serialization.

 

Model and description:

Model

Main function

LMC-5

2D marking to control X and Y analog galvos

LMS-5A

2D marking to control X and Y analog galvos plus rotation table

LMC-5F

2D marking to control X and Y analog galvos plus marking on the fly (fly-marking)

LMC-5AB

2D marking and 2D moving to control X and Y analog galvos plus 2 additional motors (for large field marking using XY table and 2D marking head)

LMC-USB-DIGIT

Digital card, to control X and Y digital galvos plus 2 additional motors.

LMC-USB-IPG

Fiber digital card, to IPG fiber lasers and to control X and Y digital galvos plus 1 additional motor.

LMC-USB-SPI

Fiber digital card, to SPI G3.0 fiber lasers and to control X and Y digital galvos plus 2 additional motors.

LMC-USB-D/A

D/A conversion card, to convert 2 input digital signals into 2 output analog signals , which are used to drive analog galvos.

LMC-USB-ANALOG

Anolog card, consisting of  USB-DIGIT and USB-D/A.

LMC-USB-IPG-ANALOG

Fiber analog card, consisting of USB-IPG and USB-D/A.

LMC-USB-SPI-ANALOG

Fiber analog card, consisting of USB-SPI and USB-D/A.

 

A DB37 connector is used in LMC card and their pins are defined as follows:

 

NO.

Name

Definition

Signal Ref.

Character

1

GND

Ground of computer power supply

 

 

2

ANAPORT2

Analog (Frequency) output  [0V-5V]

Ref to GND

Analog

3

FPK

FPK output

Ref to GND

TTL

4

LASER

Laser switch output

Ref to GND

TTL

5

XVOL+

Scanhead output X in-phase [±5V]

Ref to GND

Analog

6

GND

Ground of computer power

 

 

7

YVOL+

Scanhead output Y in-phase [±5V]

Ref to GND

Analog

8

VCC

+5V of computer power supply

Ref to GND

 

9

BPUL-

Extended axis B negative pulse signal

Ref to GND

TTL

10

BDIR-

Extended axis B negative direction signal

Ref to GND

TTL

11

APUL-

Extended axis A negative pulse signal

Ref to GND

TTL

12

ADIR-

Extended axis A negative direction signal

Ref to GND

TTL

13

OUT1

Output control signal No. 1

Ref to EXGND

TTL

14

EXGND

Ground of external 5V power supply

 

 

15

IN3

Input signal No. 3

 

 

16

IN2

Input signal No. 2

 

 

17

S01GND

Ground of IN0 and IN1

 

 

18

IN4

Input signal No. 4

 

 

19

START

External start mark signal

 

 

20

ANAPORT1

Analog (Power) output [0V-9.5V]

Ref to GND

Analog

21

GND

Ground of computer power

 

 

22

PWM

Laser PWM output control signal

Ref to GND

TTL

23

GND

Ground of computer power

 

 

24

XVOL-

Scanhead output X reverse phase [±5V]

Ref to GND

Analog

25

YVOL-

Scanhead output Y reverse phase [±5V]

Ref to GND

Analog

26

VCC

+5V of computer power supply

 

 

27

GND

Ground of computer power

 

 

28

BPUL+

Extended axis B positive pulse signal

Ref to GND

TTL

29

BDIR+

Extended axis B positive direction signal

Ref to GND

TTL

30

APUL+

Extended axis A positive pulse signal

Ref to GND

TTL

31

ADIR+

Extended axis A positive direction signal

Ref to GND

TTL

32

OUT0

Output control signal No. 0

Ref to EXGND

TTL

33

EX5V

External +5V power supply

 

 

34

S23GND

Ground of IN2 and IN3

 

 

35

IN1

Input signal No. 1

 

 

36

IN0

Input signal No. 0

 

 

37

SSGND

Ground of START and IN4

 

 

 

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