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1. LUMA TWAIN DS Cancel 4 1 10 TWAIN Acquire Use this function to setup image size resolution and etc as below 44 MarkingMate z UMAX TWAIN DS x Settings Image Info Help DAAA el gy p eee E True Color RGB w mm Reflective Ww 200 3000 del 10 vw Mi mana un I ao 5 a DAN o e Dad e Hit Ele o le lel e o Image Size 1436 KBs Avail Memory 4000 MBs Preview Scan Exit 4 1 11 Import Configuration Use this function to read an existed MM ini or config ini file as below CI Look in E Markingh ate e 0 e Ed Drivers lang_gb ini __ Fonts lang_tws ini C HelpMM 5 ObjDefalut alue ini __ 5P ICE E config ini 5 lang ini File name Files of type Configuration files ini Cancel ZA Method select File from Menu Bar and click Import Configuration Look in Select the directory you want File Name Key in or select the file name Files of type Configuration files ini 45 MarkingMate 4 1 12 Export Configuration Use this function to save the current Config ini as another file name Key in the file name you want 4 1 13 Print Print the current document This function will allow you to Printer Name HP LaserJet BL PCL Content Statys Default printer Ready Type HP Lasernlet EL PEL Location SSGAACESHPLaserd Comment Rage Bam fi To Selection P Auto
2. Preview oystem setting Delay 0 FEC Fie Bese 24 MarkingMate 3 5 Operation Examples 3 5 1 Import DXF File Step 1 Click File Import or click the button from the Standard Bar will enter the dialogue box as below Import bi x ok in E My Documents E EA ce Ea Markingh atel ezm Ea Marking ates ezm E 8 E TN E bl Pi gt qm Files of type AI Available File a Cancel Step 2 Select the DXF file you want and then click the Open button Step 3 The selected DXF file will appear in the left down corner of the working area Step 4 If itis a graphic object click Edit Break to break it into several objects 25 MarkingMate Step 5 Edit the object s properties from the Property Table Frame Fill Adjust the color of the border and interior shading of the selected object Property Table i x Delay dray Copy Moton 6560 55 5045 4035 30 25201510 5 0 Curve Mark Parameter Frame Fill Frame Color Fall Color o Fill Parana Border 0 000 ety le 4 Pitch 3 000 Times E El Loops jo Angle Start 0 000 Angle step 45 000 met Default 3930252015105 0 5 101520253035 4045505560 65 Click the button on the Property Bar to move the object to the center of working area Next click the G button to set the rotate angle to 60 degree and the relative position to the top right 3 Hit the Apply to Clone
3. button as the following 26 MarkingMate 45 40 3530 25201510 5 0 E a mm A Delay Array Copy Motion Cure Mark Parameter FrameFill Frame Color Fill Color sa Fill Param Angle 0 000 deg Center Hor 0 000 mma Border 10 000 Style Pitch 13 000 Times 3 El Loops 0 Angle Start 10 000 Angle Step 45 000 Vert 0 000 mm Relative center ae p e TJ Y Apply to Clone Apply 2015105 0 5 101520 25 3035 40 455055 60 set Default mm 4 Marking Parameters Settings Set the mark cycle to 3 Passes and each pass reload different values from Object Parameter Table Property Table Frame Fill Delay Array Copy Motion Rectangle Mark Parameter 3 Passes Pass 1 i Frame Fill Times epeed SOU0 raumtee laa Power 20 0 x spot Delay Freq 20 00 EH 0 100 me Load met Default Apply Apply 41 27 MarkingMate Mark Param List Root Puls Delay Delay Delay Times Spot Jump New Dir Delete Dir Load Dir Save Dir New Item Delete Item Save Default Close 5 Cancel the selection go to the Global page of the Property Table and set the Marking Maximum to 10 6 Click Execute Mark will display the dialogue box and then click Exec button in the box the system will display its current marking status Marking Mode C Al C Selected 3 5 2 Auto Tex
4. 5 Z oJ D lt O D O A Q BEIF D gt O oolbar m 154 Make FNT 2 How to use Make FNT To create fonts in Make _FNT users have to prepare some DMF files first You can use AutoCAD or CorelDRAW to create a DXF file import the DXF file into Make_FNT program adjust its size spacing or other changes you need and then save it as a FNT font file The flow chart of executing the program is as below Modify Size Start Load Graphic Adjustment gt Create FNT Font L Copy FNT Font file todirectory MarkingMate Font Modify FNT Font o 2 1 Start the program You can start the program by clicking Start Program and select the Make_FNT program as below Programs M arkingM ate Ss te Mm Favorites Documents Settings Find Help Bun Log Uff Lola indows9S 2 fo El Y 41 L El Shut Down 2 2 Load Graphic Use AutoCAD or CorelDRAW to create some DXF files you need Click Load Graphic from the Menu Bar or click the Bl button from the 155 Make FNT toolbox a dialogue box will be displayed a Al 0 E El Look ir My Music May Pictures File name ooog Files of type DXF files dF a Lancel Select the DXF file you want and then click the Open button The selected picture will be displayed in the Work Area 2 EE Untitled AAA Al ES Load Graphic Create FAT font Modify Size Load FAT fi
5. 9 667 mm Y mm Iw Samne as X tart Dot H mm ie mn Start Angle 350 341 deg End Dot x 75 om Y 14 mm End Angle 170 341 des Apply 411 6 3 3 Circle Adjust the Circle s center iia position and radius Delay Array Copy Motion Circle Mark Parameter Frame Fill Center X 15 7780 mm Y 18 333 mm Radius H 9667H mm Y 3 444 mm same as X 130 MarkingMate 6 3 4 Rectangle Adjust the round radius of E the rectangle from 0 to FrameFill Delay ArsyCopy Motion 100 Rectangle Mark Parameter Comer Radius 10 000 de met s Default eats 6 3 5 1D Barcode Allow you to edit the properties of an existing 1D barcode Code Type Code 39 Code 128 Code 93 Code Bar ITF MSI Code Us PosNet UPC A UPC E EAN 8 EAN 13 UCC 128 EAN 128 FIM Code Data Input the code data here Show Text Checked the box the text content will be displayed under barcode Invert When the background is black you need to use this function EX The barcode reader is not easy to read the barcode marked on black work piece use invert function will make it more readable Auto Text The barcode data will be changed as an auto text Check Digit A check digit is calculated automatically and added A The distance between laser spot center and the edge of barcode B The space between the next two laser spots 131 MarkingMate Property Table wm coperty Table i
6. Rotate Angle 180 00 Center 0 000 Center r 0 000 Delete Save To File Reverse TY Reverse 8Y Exchange Correction T ka 2 0000 a 0 0000 ka 0 0000 Load Form File Y Ja o000 n ja 0000 Y Ja o000 FORE EL save To File Allow users to save the lens parameters as a file named of len 114 MarkingMate 6 1 2 Driver Driver Property Table x Here is the information of Power Test DeyRun Motor Setup Graph Setup driver name and version System Lens Driver Global Driver Maximum Speed This editing function is used to adjust the maximum speed of the GALVO The default maximum speed is 3000 Maximum Speed 3000 000 mmisee mm sec Wier Press the button of I O Test a dialogue box as below will MEN be displayed to monitor the MA input and output status Name MC 1 COZ standard _coZ Version 138 1 OffLime Input Monitor Y 01 0 wo Y Og 10 Output Monitor v a 01 U2 gt Og 10 Descrpt 09 115 MarkingMate 6 1 3 Global Marking Maximum Setup S22 x desired total working times Power Test Dry Run MotorSetup Graph Setup This function will allow you to tem Lens Driver Global avoid the unwilling excess Marking Max come working pieces po M 4 0 Marking Amount It enables A aul you to take down how many Trigger Max work pieces you have Show MEG already done Meda E Piby Trigger Max
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8. pi Geshe Exchange If the rotary is not in the expected direction p Method of Mark End and unable to change by Reverse Direction hardware then you can ES check this checkbox C Reset As Origin Method of Mark End Reverse Direction Back to the origin in reverse direction Reset As Origin The end point being reset as origin 119 MarkingMate 6 1 8 System If no object being selected will display the system page oyster Lens Fower Test Dry Eun Motor Setup Graph Setup Driver Global Total Objects of Curent Layer DO 120 MarkingMate 6 2 Mark Parameter When an object in the Work Area being selected the property table of this object will be displayed Users can set up some marking related parameters over the dialogue box mainly include the object s frame fill mark parameter delay array copy and motion setup 121 MarkingMate 6 2 1 Mark Parameter This menu in the Property S2 SaEtE Table will allow you to edit FramelFill Delay ArayCopy Motion the assigned speed power Rectangle Mark Parameter and frequency output of the 4 passes a PE laser machine The slower the speed and more Frame Fil Times prominent the marking will coo IAN ES be Different speed power frequencies and Power 20 0 Spot Delay materials will produce A CTT 1 100 different results Different objects in the Work Area Pulse Width VAG 50 ys may be assigned with e Wo
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11. FON fon format file directors E Poca Filesi Set the file directory you need Add El Add the font files for convert Remove lm Remove the files in the convert list Convert OE The convert result is displayed here 160
12. It enables you 9 M me4m t p to take down how many work Co o D pieces you have already done M Show MEG Trigger Max Specify the counts of p Mark On Fly marking for trigger Show the X Axi E Y Axis message for trigger Show MSG If checked the ooo system will show message while the marking amount reaching the Trigger Max value Comment Input a summary of the SDeteut file Mark On Fly It enables you to METE mark while the working pieces are moving You can choose to use this function on X or Y Axis X Y Encoder not checked X Y Encoder checked Speed the speed of conveyer Factor the value of conveyer Delay delay a giving count pulse moving per encoder count then start marking Delay delay a giving count pulse then start marking 21 MarkingMate The Property Table with some objects being selected Mark Parameter This menu allows you to edit the assigned speed power and frequency output of the laser machine Each pass can be assigned with different speed power and frequency settings In addition you can also load the value from the Object Parameter Table Pass Mode Select from the list from 1 Pass to 5 Passes Speed Power Frequency Input the related values Times If set the value to be 5 the mark time will be 5 times Property Table Delay Array Copy Motion Text Mark Parameter Freme Fill 3 Passes Pas 2 W Frame Fill Times Sn
13. Mark Parameter Delay AreyCopy Motion Mark Parameter Delay Aray Copy Motion 1D Barcode 1D Marking ee iD Marking Code Type iit a ee Code Data 1123 Width Ratio 12 20 A A Code Rule Code data must less than 30 words Show Text Check Digit 4 ME mm Invern E J l mm Auto Text Ne lived Horizontal mark eet Default Set As Default Apply 6 3 6 2D Barcode Allow you to edit the properties of an existing 2D barcode on the Work Area 2D Barcode Type ECC 000 140 ECC 200 PDF417 QR Code and Maxi Code Style The barcode is divided into many cells each cell has three style options as below Overlapped Spot Non overlapped Rectangle The spot can be Spot From inside to overlapped The spot can notbe outside marked as overlapped rectangles Spot Delay The longer the spot delay the mark effect will be stronger 132 MarkingMate Property Table A roperty Table Mark Parameter Delay dray Copy Motion Mark Farameter Delay dray Copy Motion 2D Barcode 2D Marking 2D Barcode 2D Marking LodeData in tyle ls Overlapped spot aD Barcode Type C Non overlapped Spot f Data Matix EOC 000 140 1 C Rec Data Matix ECC 200 ae C PDF417 f OR Code C Maxi Code apot size 0 1 mn Invert Soot Delay 11 ms Auto Text Set As Default set Default 6 3 7 Image Image properties setting Resolution The resolution of the image Style Pixel
14. Mark as pixels Line Mark as lines Property Table Property Table Mark Parameter Delay Array Copy Motion Mark Parameter Delay Array Copy Motion mage Image Mark Image Image Mark DIZE 0089 pixel Resolution 72x72 DPI Resolution 250 DEI Color Mode 24 bit color mode Contrast 0 000 Brightness 0 000 ___ Mark Inversely Mark Vertically Mark Style e Pixel C Line C Grayscale Auto Image 133 MarkingMate 6 3 8 Text Adjust the font style font x size and the oblique of the Delay AmayCopy Moton text Text Mark Parameter Frame Fill Click on the Advanced Font amp Style button can do more settings PT Arial si like text pitch line pitch arrange type alignment as mE AE bh EA below Size 3 000 mm Oblique 0 000 des Auto Text set As Default Advanced Text Advanced Font 4 style M Bold M ti AQBbYy221F Font Size 3 000 H 123 Oblique 0 000 des Text pitch 15 000 Line pitch 10 000 g Arange Algement f Horizontal e None C Center C Vertical t Left Right gt Te Wein co Click on Auto String and then the Manager button will active the Auto Text Manager The Auto Text Manager can insert Serial numbers File Keyboard and Date entries as below 134 MarkingMate Serial No Auto Text Manager This function will engrave fixed and increasing numbers onto the marked object Auto Text item PENETRA Numbers
15. NOT expect on software correction before hardware adjustment because software correction is based on hardware is correct l hardware is not property settled even software can control well the performance will not be good anyway Barrel Correction A normal f Theta Lens system will result in barrel distortion because its naturals The system initial value here is 0 000 if the figure become protuberant in X axis the X value will need to be increased like 0 002 while if now it become indentation the X value will have to be reduced to as 0 0014 Keep adjusting the value until it is acceptable Input a square the output become as below Lens Name The name of the lens parameters If you want to add other lens parameters just press the Manager button the Lens Setup page will be displayed as below Select the Lens Name Type the new Lens Name Add to edit the lens parameters Lens Name 555 Modify to edit the lens parameters Working rea 100 000 min Offset scale ee 6 000 mum H 100 000 E W 0 000 mm ee 100 000 de Rotate Angle J0 000 Center X 0 000 Center Y 0 000 E reverse F Y reverse EY exchange it HE EA ES Y 0 0000 T 0 0000 Y Poo 20 MarkingMate Global Marking Maximum Set up the desired total working times Power Test DENA Motor Setup Graph Setup This function allows you to avoid System Lens Driver Global excess working Marking Max o a Comment Marking Amount
16. Select an object then go to the Mark Parameter of the Property Table and then click Load Parameter button will enter the object parameter page Select the mark parameter you need and click Apply button the object will be marked as the mark parameter setting 4 6 6 Rotary Marking The system provides three common used rotary marking functions as below Users can refer to the user manual of Rotary Axis of MarkingMate to see the detail descriptions Calibration Marking Ring Text Marking Cylinder Marking Motor Setting 94 MarkingMate 95 MarkingMate 4 7 View Menu View menu offers the following function Standard Bar Enable disable Standard Bar Zoom Bar Enable disable Zoom Bar Draw Bar Enable disable Draw Bar Layer Bar Enable disable Layer Bar Donne A Modify Bar Enable disable Modify Bar Show Order Show the mark order A aa E cei eter ooltips Se Zoomin mag a specific area Shrink a specific area Grid Parameter setting Zoom Previous a0 back to the previous view ome OW the whole Work Area Zoom Extend Show all graphics Show Hatch Line Show the hatch line MarkingMate 4 7 1 Tool Bar The toolbar allow users to use a lot of common use tools more conveniently You can move the toolbar to any places you like by clicking and moving it Click View from Menu Bar will see a list of toolbars the toolbar with a v mark means opened Following is the introd
17. Settings a e Find Q is 00 oH Bun W E Log Off Lola a Shut Down Drv Manager File Language Driver Name PCNCIO Coe PONCIO Con XYTABLE PONCIO YAG PCNCIO YaAG XYTABLE RTC3 maton PCNCIO Coe aF ICE 152 Make_FNT Appendix B Make_FNT Make_FNT is a subsidiary program or MarkingMate After finishing MarkingMateinstallation the Make_FNT program is available to use Make_FNT is a program allowing users to create fonts for MarkingMate Users can copy the fonts created in Make_FNT to the directory of MarkingMate fonts and the fonts are ready for MarkingMate 1 User Interface Untitled Make FNT Menu Load Geachic Create FNT font Mody Size Load FNT e Tool Bar O H oe Work Area ie 051 159 NUM sratus Bar 153 Make_FNT Introduction of Make_FNT interface Load a DXF file for editing Create FNT font Create new FNT font files on Modify the position and size of the font file you loaded Load FNT file Load a FNT file for editing Load Graphic Load a DXF file for editing Create FNT font Create new FNT font files Modify the position and size of the font Modify Size O e file you loaded nd Line The end position of the character Zoom All See all of the Work Area Zoom Extend See all of the objects Work Area The area for editing The command notes and mouse position will be displayed in the Status Bar Status Bar D
18. Specify the E Axis Axis counts of marking for trigger Show message for trigger Show MSG If checked the system will show message while the marking amount reaching Trigger Max value Comment Input a summary Set Default of the file Mark On Fly It enables you to mark while the working NS pieces are moving You can choose to use this X Y Encoder checked function on X or Y Axis X Y Encoder no checked Speed speed of conveyer Delay delay a giving count pulse then start marking Factor the value of conveyer moving per encoder count Delay delay a giving count pulse then start marking 116 MarkingMate 6 1 4 Power Test This function will enable you SORANI to conduct a laser test You System Lens Driver Global can adjust the power Power Test Dry Run MotorSetp Graph Setup duration and frequency of the laser pulse Laser tests are Power Po useful to identify which settings are best for different materials Lunario a NOTE Applying too much power may engrave or cut the materials too deeply or cause unwanted burning ero Certain plastics can easily be marked using a low power setting 117 MarkingMate 6 1 5 Dry Run This function is useful to reposition the designated center of the marked object When you push Run button a red light instead of laser shooting can help you find if it Power Test is reposition well
19. a closed path Transfer the object to curve before using this Property Table bool META 4 3 3 Arc Create arcs circles and spirals Click on the arc tool and select a starting point on the Work Area Click on a second point By moving the mouse you 58 MarkingMate still see all the possible arcs that can pass through your two designated points Press the right mouse button to stop drawing Users can press C key to make the continuous arcs become a closed loop and end this function Method Click Draw from Menu Bar and select Arc function Click the button from the Toolbar Property Table Property Table x Delay Array Copy Motion Arc Mark Parameter Frame Fil Center X 4 999 4 mm Y 0 556 nn Radius H 0 667 Tuy Y mm ll ame as X Property Table Arc 214 Dot Adjust the center of X and Y axis X G mm Din mm radius and position of start dot eee l ngle 359 341 des and end dot i End Dot X 7 ma Y 1153 mm End Angle 170 341 des Apply 4 3 4 Circle Create circles and ovals Click on the circle tool and select a starting point on the Work Area Press the left mouse button and moving the mouse to the other point a circle is finished Press the right mouse button to stop this function Tips Use CTRL key on drawing a circle the circle will become an equilateral circle as figure 1 below I I a hhh J Figure 1 Use CTRL key on drawing a circ
20. all property pages being finished to make sure every change are effective Below will see the more detail description of the four portions of the Property Table Settings for all parameters needed for the system Settings for all parameters needed for a specific object General Property Settings for all general properties of the objects Layer Settings for the layer related parameters 111 MarkingMate 6 1 Marking System When there is no object in the Work Area being selected it means the system object be selected in concept Therefore the system property page will appear at this time You are able to set the characteristics of laser machine such as lens dimension curve correction and testing 6 1 1 Lens Lens means f theta lens lens eri f dimension will effect the work oe H area If it is not properly adjusted Working das TODO mm will cause center drifting and Offset Scale distortion To mark an object as fi mm fa e perfect as your design in Y 0007 mm i000 g computer you have to adjust the pott parameters carefully Ange D000 Cz poo cy 0 000 a E E Working Area The software Correction system uses voltage signals to lt control GALVO motor itis unable x 00000 x 0000 to know how big the working area v pmm v poo fan is unless user input the correct value If the work area is Default El 100mm user should enter 100mm over here Ifitis mistak
21. and the type of palette used on the image If 1 bit per pixel is chosen you will need to select a type of dithering method The original image Color Resolution Bits Per Pixel 32bit Ara Color Order Blue Gien Red BGR Pixel is set to 32 bit Color Order reel and the Color Order is Blue Green Red BGR En Color Resolution When the Bits Per Sc Pixel is set to 8 bit Dither Method and the Dither Palette Fixed Palette gt Method is Ordered and the Palette is Fixed Palette Cancel 4 5 3 Brightness Click Color Brightness Increase the brightness from 100 bright white to 100 pitch black The original image 81 MarkingMate Change Brightness Percentage Em When the Brightness percentage is 36 Change Biiehiness Percentage m When the Brightness percentage is 0 E hange Briehiness ZE When the Brightness percentage is 24 4 5 4 Contrast Click Color Contrast Adjust the contrast levels from 100 bright to 100 dark The original image 82 MarkingMate Change Contrast Percentage a a gt When Contrast Percentage is 48 R Change Contrast E ES j x Percentage When Contrast Percentage is 0 Cancel Change Contrast Percentage pr fal Eo i When Contrast Percentage is 30 4 5 5 Hue Click Color Hue Change the hue of the image to equal 360 of the col or spectrum The original
22. appear When press the Scroll Lock key the SCRL will appear 102 MarkingMate 4 7 3 Welcome Enable or disable the Welcome screen Open Last Edit New File File fw Whether this window will show next time 4 7 4 Ruler Enable or disable the Ruler 50 aji TL 4 7 5 Grid Enable or disable the Grid EX 4 7 6 Grid Lock Enable or disable Grid Lock 4 7 7 Zoom In Enlarge a specific area e Tool Box 4 7 8 Zoom Out Shrink a specific area a Tool Box 4 7 9 Zoom Previous Go back to the previous view a Tool Box 103 MarkingMate 4 7 10 Zoom All Show the whole Work Area Tool Box 4 4 7 11 Zoom Extend Show all graphics in the Work Area Tool Box 104 MarkingMate 4 8 Window Menu Window menu offers the following functions Allow all open windows overlapping Show all open windows without overlapping Rearrange the windows Close All Close all windows New Create new window Use this function to create a new window the content of the new window will be the same with the one you was using You can create multiple windows to view the different parts of your content The modifications in any one of the window will also be displayed in the other windows Cascade Allow all open windows overlapping as below HM arkingH atel f H arkingM ate ah l vine i l ile l Ji l ai l 113 1 i l al a l ils l l H mm jal 10 20 303540 50 a ri i W
23. based on an arc in the Work Area Enter the text you want then click OK Click on twp selected point in the Work Area to insert the text After the text is inserted you can edit the arc text properties using the editing functions of the Property Table Method 63 MarkingMate Click Draw from Menu Bar and select Arc Text function Click the pie button from the Toolbar Property Table Property Table x Frame Fil Delay Array Copy Motion Property Table Arc Text Text Are Text Mark Parameter Center set center position Center X 170254 ma Y 31 250 mn Radius set radius scale Radius Show Arc show the path of arc text ma ele on Same as X Radius make itas a i i circi Show Arc W hame as H equilateral circle Text Position text position on the Hess Salah abe path Horz Offset 0 000 mm Horz Offset offset value of text Baseline Offset 00H mm Baseline Offset spacing between A PRM E text and baseline Close to Baseline text facing baseline Set Default Reverse reverse text Apply All 4 3 10 1D Barcode select the 1D Barcode Tool from Tool Box or the Draw Menu A dialog box will open for user to enter the data When all of the barcode information is entered select OK Click onan insertion point to place the barcode in the Work Area All barcode properties can be edited later using the Property Table Method Click Draw from Menu Bar and selec
24. beginning select Cusp function on the popup menu the two sides of control points become independent as below 7 2 7 Smooth The control points of the curve were cusp at the beginning select Smooth function on the popup menu the two sides of control points become smooth and dependent on each other as below 7 2 8 Symmetrical The control point was smooth but not symmetrical select Symmetrical function on the popup menu and move one of the control point the other side of control point will move symmetrically as below 7 3 Show Mark Order of a General Object lf the Show Order function in View Menu is activated select a general object and click the right button of the mouse you will see as below 148 MarkingMate Paste tre Reverse shortest Horizontal shortest Vertical shortest Distance Property Table Dimension Bar t Object Browser Fo 7 4 Show Mark Order of a Curve lf the Show Order function in View Menu is activated select a curve you drew or the curve transferred from objects and you will see the below popup menu as you click the right button of the mouse Cut Chrl k Copy Colt Paste Colt Delete De Top Dridermozst Upper Lower In Front Of In Back Of Reverse shortest Horizontal shortest Vertical shortest Distance Add Vertes Curve To Line noo th Sammie trical Array Cope Property Table Dimension Bar w Obj
25. change file name or directory use Save As function instead Method Click File from Menu Bar and select Save function Click the ll button from the Toolbar Press the CTRL S key from keyboard 4 1 5 Save As Save the current document using a new assigned file name If you want to save in its existing file name use Save As function instead Save As Ei X Save in E May Documents ES EA ce Save as type MRK file e2r a Cancel The dialogue box of Save As allows you to assign the below items Save in Select the directory you want to save File name Type or select file name Save as type The default file type is EZM 40 MarkingMate 4 1 6 Option The menu will allow you to edit the default work area ruler grid and other settings p i phone 4 1 6 1 System tar EMI Enable the welcome dialog 4 1 6 2 Welcome Enable disable the welcome dialogue box Enable the welcome dialog box Enable disable the welcome dialog box 4 1 6 3 Document Set the status of the current document Check the status of the following items The setting will be the default setting for next open document AT 4 MarkingMate 4 1 6 4 Ruler Enable disable the ruler appears on the work area Enable the ruler Enable disable the ruler Ruler Unit mm or inch oe Horz Horizontal unit i Vert Vertical unit M Enable to use the same unit Enable to
26. delay time is proper the beginning of the line segment will be smooth going 124 MarkingMate 2 End Point Delay The time value may effects the accuracy on the ending of the line segments Figure 1 When the delay ending time is too short the ending of line segments will be unmarked Figure 2 When the delay ending time is too long the ending of line segments will be over marked Figure 3 When the delay ending time is proper the ending of line segment is smooth going 125 MarkingMate 3 Mid Point Delay The time value may effects the marking quality of the corner or the cross of two line segments Figure 1 When the suspending time is too short the corner will become an arc Figure 2 When the suspending time is too long the corner may be over marked Figure 3 When the suspending time is proper the corner is smooth going 126 MarkingMate 6 2 4 Array Copy Array Copy Mode By Froperty Table Matrix Rectangle Mark Parameter This function will allow you FramefFill Delay AmayCopy Motion to copy an individual object Array Copy Mode By Matis E into an ordered series Begin with a selected object Row Row Gap in the lower left corner of the E 0 000 mn Work Area Click on By Col Col Gap Matrix and select the 11 o 000 mm number of repeated objects you wish to include in a select amount of rows and columns You also must Cop Orde 8 cm adju
27. distance between hatch line and the frame Pitch the spacing between each hatch line Times process frequency Angle Start the first hatch angle Angle Step each angle step for hatch 6 2 3 Delay Setting some parameters related to marking speed and quality The parameter will be saved in the file A dialogue frame as right hand will appear after executing this function 123 x Rectangle Mark Parameter FrameFill Delay Array Copy Motion Frame Color Fill Color Fill Param Border 0 000 ete 2 gt Pitch 0 080 Tames FS El Loops Oo Angle start 0 000 Angle step 0 000 net Default ETS If choose mode then you can only set up pitch for the fill parameter Property Table x Rectangle Mark Parameter Frame Fill Delay Array Copy Moton Delay Param tart Point Dela 0 000 m Mid pomt Delay 0 100 m End Point Delay 0 300 m Jump Param Speed 3000 0 MTEC Delay 0 200 m set Default MarkingMate 1 Start Point Delay The time difference between start laser order and laser hit time Generally the default value is 0 however some other laser marking machines may take some time so this value is adjustable to get the highest marking quality Figure 1 The delay time is too short that caused some line segments being unmarked Figure 2 The delay time is too long that caused some line segments being over marked Figure 3 When the
28. image E hange Hue Angle degrees Paa When the Hue Angle is 139 83 MarkingMate Change Hue a E When the Hue Angle is 0 Change Hue Angle degrees frst 4 iil When the Hue Angle is 133 4 5 6 Saturation Click Color Saturation Add or remove color The original image Change Saturation Fercentage Feo A gt When the Saturation Percentage is 80 Cancel Change Saturation When the Saturation Percentage is 0 84 MarkingMate Change satiation Percentage Bra When the Saturation Percentage is 61 4 5 7 Gamma Correct Click Color Gamma Correct Correction for image management Adjust the levels of bright and dark inside the image The original image va ee ll a m E oe amma lloret When the Gamma Correct Value is 0 43 When the Gamma Correct Value is 1 G armia Correct Value TE e When the Gamma Correct Value is 1 79 4 5 8 Intensity Click Color Intensity 85 MarkingMate Detect This function is used to detect the image intensity Spread This function is used to change the image intensity according to the previous settings 4 5 9 Histogram Click Color Histogram Equalize Use this function to equalize the image The original image After use this function HistoContrast Use this function to the the HistoContrast of the image The original image Change Histo
29. path When you finished the editing you have to press the Apply button Baseline type closed For example Rectangle Baseline type open For example Curve Froperty Table Frame Fill Delay Text Baseline Array Copy Tatar Mark Parameter BEaseline type closed Position abe Horz Offset 00H mm Baseline Off t 0 000 mm lose to Baseline ich gt Reverse met As Default x Array Copy Moton Mark Parameter Froperty Table FrameFil Dely Text Baseline Ba line type open Position ah Hore Offset 0 000 mm Baseline Offet 0 000 mm Close to Baseline jo Reverse met Ae Default 140 MarkingMate 6 4 Layer When a layer object in the Object View being selected the property table of this layer object will be displayed Users can set up some output related parameters in the dialogue box mainly include the I O signal and etc 6 4 1 Layer This function allows you to set EME up the parameters of the layer Laver Input Output YTable Rotary include its name color view enable edit enable and output enable Name Color View Edit Output rr 141 MarkingMate 6 4 2 Input This function allows you to set ERME Up the input status of the layer Layer Input Output Table Rotary The system will first check the Input settings and then the Graph Setup Input Status High or low voltag
30. position of the rotary axis Set Default Apply When a text object being selected the Motion page of Property Table allows Eset cia deck rebel settings te ex Separate To Character oo m Separate the selected text to characters ee Pitch if Separate To Character The distance between characters oe 0 000 ee Center based on the center of the z aa character B 0 000 mm Edge based on the edge of the character Diameter the diameter of the rotary axis Set Default Apply 411 128 MarkingMate 6 3 Property Table of Objects When an object in Work Area being selected the Property Table of this object will be displayed Users are allowed to edit the parameters of this object over these pages such as Curve arc circle rectangle 1D barcode 2D barcode image text arc text and baseline 6 3 1 Curve This function applies to curves or other linear objects Click on Closed Path to join the nearest ends of the curve or line For example if you create only 320 of a circle the Closed Path function would automatically fill in the remaining 40 Froperty Table x ET Delay Motion Lave Mark Parameter Frame Fill Closed Path 129 MarkingMate 6 3 2 Arc Adjust the center position 0 radius start dot and end EE AmayCopy Motion dot position of the Arc Mark Parameter Frame Fil Center H 4 589 H mmo Y 0 556 nun Radius X
31. source Direction Select horizontal or vertical print Content Detail printer setting Shatus Default printer Ready Type HP Lasenet 6L PCL Where SSGRACESHPLaser Comment Orientation i Portrait Paper Size Letter 212 11 In a C Landscape Source Upper Bin za 4 1 16 Exit Exit the MarkingMate system Method Click File from Menu Bar and select Exit function Click the top right button as below to close the system AEE l x Click the top left icon El as below to exit the system MarkingH ate H arkin estore Move Size Minimize O Maximize X Close 2 Alt Fa4 Mh Press the ALT F4 key from keyboard 47 MarkingMate 4 2 Edit Menu Edit menu offers the following functions Redo Replace a cancelled action Cancel an unwanted action ut Remove selected data and store it in the clipboard for future use Copy Duplicate selected data and store it in the clipboard for future use Attach data from the clipboard to the current document Delete Delete and remove the selected data Combine Combine two or more objects into one This function will allow several objects to share the same property settings Break Do the inversion of Combine function Combine two or more objects into one This function will allow several objects to move together while allowing their individual property settings to remain intact Do the inversion of Group func
32. time at this position As the dotted line between 0 0 and 100 0 it was because the laser output speed frequency is slower than the moving speed In the other word although the system has followed user s request the result was not as we expect The way to solve this problem is inside insertion It means that we cut the line between 0 0 and 100 0 into many small line segments for example 1000 line segments every 1 1000 second we increased voltage to 10 1000 V After one second the motor will move to 100 0 and the figure will be as below dae 0 0 160 0 Now the line has become better only some exceptions at the start and the ending parts This is because that no matter how fast the motor was it still a little behind the instruction And all motions start from static need an acceleration to reach the required speed and need deceleration to reach the stop position at the ending point It makes laser stay longer at the start point and stop slowly after laser off That explains why the laser leaves a heavy point at the beginning and become weak at the ending MarkingMate system will provide related parameters for users to avoid these problems and reach the excellent quality 2 1 3 Laser Source Control Laser Source Control contains indirect and direct control For indirect control the system do no input the signal to laser source in stead input a voltage to a 10 MarkingMate controller then this controller
33. will become half size x 00000 x a E tooo Offset Normally set X 0 and Y 0 will be fine However if system 5 Hi ll output OV to X Y GALVO motor Deft E and the laser did not shoot from the center of the f theta lens we strongly recommend user to regulate your hardware first only if you can not succeed from regulating hardware will you try to adjust offset from here If the mark position is right shift 5mm you can enter 5mm in the X column So are the others 19 MarkingMate Scale Even though every adjustment is correct still many reasons to cause abnormal scale of the marking goods Some special item needs to be marked under unfocused situation to create special effects will also result in scale enlarged or shrink If the scale is too small please enter a number bigger than 100 because unit is percentage on the contrary please enter a value smaller than 100 Rotate the mechanism problem will also cause rotate If so please fix it to avoid this problem If hardware is OK user can rotate an angle of the image to resolve the limitation problem of the Work Area X reverse Y reverse XY exchange It is possible that user has to adjust the coordinates of the Work Area for his local condition Our system provides X reverse Y reverse and XY exchange for users to choose or combine as their requirements Correction Except barrel distortion every distortion is result from hardware Therefore DO
34. 100 4 hd O 3 5 3 Combine Break Combine Step 1 Click File New from Menu Bar or click the L button from toolbar directly Step 2 Click Draw Circle from Menu Bar or click the 2 button from toolbar Draw any figure in the Work Area fill in all objects as Figure 1 below Now you can see all objects are circles in Object Browser as Figure 2 below Object Browser E 23 Marking ate EL 1 Layer ea d 1 Onele s Ly 2 Circlef4 LT 3 Circle 5 Step 3 Select the object you want to edit click Edit Combine from Menu Bar This will make the overlapping part become a hollow as Figure 3 below and then you can see the object in Object Browser has become a curve as Figure 4 below 31 MarkingMate Object Browser Eli MarkingM ate BO 1 Layer 1 a o 1 Curve 3 Break Step 1 If want to separate the combined objects you can use Break function Click Edit Break from Menu Bar All objects will go back to what they was original as Figure 5 below however they are remain curve as Figure 6 below Object Browser E Markingkate E 1 Laver 1 1 Curvel3 2 Curve 4 3 5 4 Group UnGroup Group Step 1 Click File New from Menu Bar or click the LI button from toolbar Step 2 Click Draw Circle from Menu Bar or click the 2 button from toolbar Draw some circles in Work Area and fill colors in all objects as Figure 1 b
35. 2 3 Draw Click File Open from Menu Bar a new Work Area will be displayed Besides you can click the LI button from the Standard Toolbar o nr reser Click Draw Rectangle or other draw tools from Menu Bar draw any figures in the Work Area as the right figure or click the buttons from Toolbar x A poo 8 After finishing drawing still can edit the figures For example select all objects click Edit 3 Combine from the Menu Bar x SSeS EEE 15 MarkingMate 3 3 Parameters Settings 3 3 1 Position Adjustments lf the object position scale and direction do not meet your requirements you can use the mouse or toolbar to do the adjustment Properties Bar or Dimension Bar The frequently use functions are as following Place center Click the Ea button on the Property Bar the picture will be put in the center of the work area Align Click Edit Align a dialogue box will be Align Fa displayed Users can push the le button on the Property Bar also In the align dialogue box users have three ways of align to Last Select Object Paper Edge and Paper Center and six directions Top Center Bottom and Left Middle Right to choose bi 3 Left Middle Right na l ge Tor Alien to le Last Select Object s Center C Paper Ed ge ou Bottom C Paper Center Examples Create several objects and select all objects as figure 1 bel
36. 2 5 Shift Difference Click Image Special Filters Shift Difference The original image 11 MarkingMate Horizontal Vertical When the Filter Value is Diagonal mht aw Difference Filter value Diagonal Vertical When the Filter Value is Horizontal mitt and Difference Filter talue Horizontal When the Filter iii Value is Vertical 4 4 2 6 Line Segment Click Image Special Filters Line Segment The original image a 7 rem gai y G Pa A 78 MarkingMate Line Sesonent Filter alue Peertical Leftto Fight When the Filter Value is Horizontal IS Filter value Horizontal a Mf erica Lett ta Fight When the Filter Value Is Vertical Line Segment Filter alue Horizontal my Wertical When the Filter Value is Left to Right Line Semet Filter Value When the Filter onic Bak z Value is Right to Left 79 MarkingMate 4 5 Color Menu Color menu offers the following functions Gray Scale Color Resolution Brightness Contrast Hue Saturation Gamma Correct Intensity Histogram Invert Solarize 80 MarkingMate 4 5 1 Gray Scale Click Color Gray Scale Automatically transforms a colored image into an 8 bit grayscale image The original image After use the function 4 5 2 Color Resolution Click Color Color Resolution Edit the bits per pixel ratio
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38. Default means the object without any modification met s Default syal 4 3 6 Curve Create a curve using three points of reference Click on the curve tool and select a starting point on the Work Area Click on a second point to designate the center point of the curve Click on a third point to complete the curve Each future click will continue the curve to a new point Press the right mouse button to stop drawing If users press C key the curve will become a closed path and stop the function Method Click Draw from Menu Bar and select Curve function Click the 4 button from the Toolbar Property Table Curve The continuous curve can be set to a closed path 61 MarkingMate 4 3 7 Curve Brush Create a curve by moving mouse Click on the curve brush tool and select a Start point on the Work Area Press the left mouse button moving the mouse until let go the mouse will stop the curve Press the right mouse button to end this function Method Click Draw from Menu Bar and select Curve Brush function Click the amp button from the Toolbar Property Table Curve Brush the continuous curve can be set to a closed path 4 3 8 Text Insert text in the Work Area Enter the text you want then click OK Click on a selected point in the Work Area to insert the text After the text is inserted you can edit the text properties using the editing functions of the Property Table Method C
39. If the material to be marked is fixed under the machine and the desired center point of the object is 3 mm below the actual center point then change the Unit value to 1 mm and click DOWN arrow button three times to move the center point down Speed speed of red light Unit the shifting unit Run Mode you can choose to run in bounding path or full path Run start executing this function 6 1 6 Motor Setup optional Modify Objects the real object data does not being modified until you push this button x System Lens Driver Global Dry Run Motor setup rraph Setup Speed speed 1000 000 Moser AA 3000 Position a al E Tnit 0 010 nun W 0 000 0 000 o Run Mode f Bounding Pan C Full Path Modify Objects syal This marking software can Seo x be set up to mark materials System Lens Driver Global that are rounded not flat Power Test DryRun Motor Setup Graph Setup For example if you want to Rann al NT Angle mark a serial number on a bowling ball you would need nz 0 100 sec to enable the Rotary HBB 20 000 dese Marking function and edit Axis Tutt 250 000 pulseideg the levels to accommodate Initial Speed 10 000 degsfsec the radius of the portion to M Revere 7 Home After Program Start be engraved and the angle of the round object For larger marking areas the round object would need to be marked turned slightly and then marked ag
40. LVO motor is controlled by voltage For instance some GALVO motor s 9 MarkingMate rotate angle is 20 degree its acceptable voltage arrange is 10V Ifthe input voltage is 10V motor degree is 20 degree when the input voltage turns to OV motor degree is 0 degree while input voltage is 10V motor degree become 20 degree Through the motor degree and focal length can determine the motion of the motor in one axis Therefore two motors are able to control the motion in X and Y axis The GALVO motor s reaction is fast The motor can shift to the right place around 3ms after adding a voltage according to different brands and different models Therefore suppose there is a line start at 0 0 and end at 100 0 the voltage at 0 0 is OV OV and the voltage at 100 0 is 10V OV if the system output OV OV voltage ate time 1 and output 10V OV ate time 2 we can image that the motor has been moved from 0 0 to 100 0 However that resulted in few questions First how long is the time difference between time 1 and time 2 Before answer this question you have to consider how fast you want form marking Time Distance Speed So we got time differences Assume that the time difference is 1 second we input OV OV at time 1 and after one second we input 10V OV the engraving result will be as below i 1 4 4 4 4 0 0 100 0 The reason why a black point occurred at 0 0 is that the system stay a long
41. Language Driver Name Mode Select Destination Directory HarkingM ate Installation Select Destination Directory Please select the director where the MarkingM ate files are to be installed C Program Files MarkinsMate Browse Cancel Installation Completed MarkingHate Installation Installation Completed The MarkingM ate has been successfully installed Press the Finish button to exit this installation entre MarkingMate 1 3 Hardware Protect Key Installation wW A i P The Hardware protect key provided together with User s manual and CD ROM is a small white box with male to female connector If the Hardware protect key does not connect to computer correctly the MarkingMate system will not be able to work normally How does the Hardware protect key work Please plug the Hardware protect key into the parallel port for printer on the PC It will work normally Except MarkingMate system the Hardware protect key will not effect any other software or peripheral equipment connected to the parallel port Notice Every package contains one hardware protect key only if it is lost or damaged users can only get another one by purchasing another MarkingMate system Therefore users should take good care of the key If your hardware protect key was unable to work normally please contact with the distributors to exchange a new one MarkingMate Chapter 2 Laser
42. Marking Function Introduction MarkingMate is a general laser marking system with capability of supporting various laser marking equipments includes CO2 and YAG laser As the compatible laser machines please inquire to the laser system vendors 2 1 System Diagram phate HERA ac HHH After the path settled the system will control the GALVO motor through the D A signals The system can control the strength of laser source by PWM signal or D A signal 2 1 1 Composition Function Users are able to import files to the system or using the convenient function this system provide to draw a basic figure Acceptable file formats include vector files as DXF and HPGL and image files as BMP TIFF JPG and etc You can draw lines arcs circles curves texts 1D barcode and 2D barcode in this system and base on these drawing to create any figures you want In addition you can import an image file or import the picture from scanner Moreover the system supports auto text include serial numbers text file keyboard key in and date time And the system also allows users to insert some wait or judge instructions to solve the problems may be occurred during production 2 1 2 Path Arrangement and Control After finishing the design job the work will be marking Following we will discuss the two parts of the work the motor control and the laser control separately First of all is regarding some basic questions on motor control GA
43. MarkingMate TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 SYSTEM INSTALLATION 60 a 5 SD AS AISA ON NOE ele 5 EZMARKINGMATE INSTALLATION zranione e E o co de 6 1 3 HARDWARE PROTECT KEY INSTALLATION ccccccccecceccecceceeseeseucesceusessesceseesesseseseeseeseesensenses 8 CHAPTER 2 LASER MARKING FUNCTION INTRODUCTION cccccccccccccccccccccccees 9 SS A M ar ma A OAS E Ne RT TS Mee ee eNO ME NOR te 9 2 151 GOMPOSIION FUNCION recia acti 9 2 1 2 Path Arrangement and CONTTOl ccccnnnooooncccccconoooonnnonocononannonononcconnnnnnnnnnnnccnnnnnno nono 9 2 Laser Gorce DONT rada did a a lb cd 10 22 NICE INTEREACE alii devise uate dees 12 CHAPTER 3 QUICK GUIDE TO NEWCOMERS cccccsssssssscsccccccssssssccccccceseccscsccscscesseeeccees 13 A oe A AEA EEATT 13 A EE EAE AT EAE EEA AAE 14 A A A E Ea 14 Pe NDO aeea e e EEE r E E E E E N coosenchads 14 SL SD Wena A 15 BS PARAMETERS SETTING Stevia dadilanni blica O E eE 16 A Ee E EE 16 AA Ee E a 19 DA EXECUTE MARK piei E e E e E E E E 24 3 0 OPERA TION EXAMPLE eiiaoe ie lla ld N E 25 301 IMport DAF FE sananne E E N 25 SoZ SP a a E T E 28 35 9 COMDINE BICAK erene e E 31 Saro UNGON sasen e R E E 32 o a a e a a a a a a e ate 34 3 5 6 Rotary Axis Marking Optional siarsio nan o aE E E EE EEA 35 CHAPTERA MENU BAR c cia 38 SS A a eaeseaons 38 Al NOW e e 39 A A A A E E A T ae 39 E E E E E E E AETA I ee 39 AAE NO E E E E E E E E AETA O 40 AAO AS ee E E E Ree 40 DAA nn o A A A
44. ONT ize 16 4052 Advanced Q el ea deg M Auto String AN vy y Set As Default Aon i ME a fais Mm E O Ready 62 965 55 814 NUM 2 5 Modify FNT Font If you want to modify the FNT font you have created click Load FNT font form the Menu Bar a dialogue box as below will be displayed Make FHT Select the FNT file for editing Select FHT file Enter the Char code for editing 158 Make_FNT Click the button of Select FNT file and select the file you want Enter the Char Code you want and press OK and then you are able to do the adjustments as the description on section 2 3 After finishing the adjustments repeat the action as section 2 4 to save the file 159 SHX to FON Appendix C SHX to FON SHX to FON is another subsidiary program of MarkingMate This program is able to convert the font format from SHX to FON Method Click Start Program and select SHX to FON to enter this program as below Set the file directory path of FON fonts Click the Add button to select the files for convert You can convert many files at the same time lf you want to remove some files from the convert list select the file first and then click the Remove button to delete it After all the SHX files for convert have been added in the list press the Convert button and the convert result will be displayed in the bottom of this dialogue box Wish to
45. Raama Printing ltem IY Images e Param I FileN ame e Lens W System I Obj Param Name Select the printer Region Select the region you want to print Whole Print all of the data in the work area Selection Print only the selected data Copy Select the number of copies you want to print Auto Paging Automatically adjust the document or selected data to fit the selected paper size Printing Item Select the items you want to print image parameter file name lens system or object parameter lf you need more detail printer setting please go to the printer setting in the file menu Method Click File from Menu Bar and select Print function Press the CTRL P key from keyboard 4 1 14 Preview Preview the current document before printing Print Zoom In Zoom Out Print Go directly to the Print menu and begin printing Zoom In Magnify the current image to get a close up view Next 4 Images Param Ww FileName W Lens e System WwW ObjParam Close 46 MarkingMate Zoom Out Get a border view of the current image Images Param File Name Lens System Obj Param When the check box is selected its setting page will be displayed while start printing Close Return to the edit menu 4 1 15 Printer setting select the printer and edit the default printer and paper parameters Printer Printer Select the ori nter ame P Laserlet BL PC She ee roperties Paper o AS E E Select the paper
46. ach data from the clipboard to the Refer to section 4 2 5 current document Delete Delete and remove the selected data Refer to section 4 2 6 ae rty Show the Property Table of the object MERE SERON D Dimension EnablsidisableDimensi nbsi Refer to section 4 7 1 7 Object Refer to section 4 7 1 5 Browser Enable disable Object Browser AA Array Copy Execute the array copy function Refer to section 6 2 4 109 MarkingMate 5 2 Create Objects Regarding how to create objects like a vertex line arc circle rectangle curve curve brush text arc text 1D barcode or 2D barcode please refer to section 4 3 2 to section 4 3 11 E to point to O Curve Creates a curve using three points of Refer to section 4 3 6 reference 110 MarkingMate Chapter 6 Property Table All objects created or imported on the Work Area have their own unique sets of properties These properties define how each specific object or groups of objects are displayed on the Work Area or how they being marked by MarkingMate To display the properties of an object or a group simply highlight it and the specific property details should reveal themselves on the Property Table Ifthe Property Table is not currently active press the right mouse button and click on Property Table s editing capabilities NOTE Any modifying of the property will be effective only if you press Apply button You can also click Apply All after
47. add multiple points at one time Insert Point the position starting array copy Count copy amount Pitch the interval between the two points Cancel 143 MarkingMate 6 4 5 Rotary optional Enable Property Table Enable the Rotary function Method Cylinder Option Diameter the diameter of the object Max Width the max acceptable width for rotary Disc Option Step Angle the rotary angle per step 144 MarkingMate Chapter 7 Popup Menu Click the right button of the mouse will display a quick view menu When show Order in View Menu is activated user can change the mark order And when the object has been transferred to curve in Edit Menu user is able to Add Vertex to the object The popup menu is different when you select different objects 7 1 General object Select a general object and click the right button of the mouse you will see the popup menu as below Cut Ctl Copy Ct Paste Ctd Delete Del Array Copy Property Table Dimension Bar Object Browser EZ r Cut Remove selected data and store it Refer to section 4 2 3 in the clipboard for future use Duplicate selected data and store Coy i in the clipboard for future use mele TO SOCHON TAN Attach data from the clipboard to Refer to section 4 2 5 the current document Delete Reiste and remove the selected potas to section 4 2 6 Array Copy Execute the array copy function Refer to section 6 2 4 Refe
48. ain The turning of the object can be done by hand or by an auxiliary machine Active High For In Position Signal Active High For Home Index Signal Active High For Limit signal Jump To 10 000 deg TO Home Apply 118 MarkingMate lf a machine is used to turn the object be sure to insert a Digital Out control object to active the machine Selection Rotary or X Axis or Y Axis or Z Axis Unit Length or Angle Acc Time the accelerate speed of the motor Speed the rotary speed of the rotary axis Axis Unit the rotate pulse for each rotating Initial Speed the initial velocity of motor Reverse The motor turns in the reverse direction Homing After Program Start when it is checked the program will start from Home Active High For In Position Signal if checked the In Position signal of motor is active high Active High For Home Index Signal if checked the Home Index signal of motor is active high Active High For Limit Signal if checked the Limit signal of motor is active high Jump to Move directly to the position you assigned Home execute Home action 6 1 7 Graph Setup optional Rotary Direction Property Table In the direction of X Axis System Lens Driver Giota The rotary is set in the Power Test Ury Run Motor Setup Graph setup direction of X Axis Rotary Direction In the direction of Y Axis In the direction of E Axis The rotary is set in the dit tess direction of Y Axis
49. al 10 based on hexadecimal 29 MarkingMate Step 5 Go to the Property Table of the object 1 Frame Fill Adjust the color of the border and interior shading of a selected object 2 Click En button on the Tool Bar to move the object to the center Click the right button of the mouse and click the Array Copy function a setting dialogue box will be displayed 3 Select Array Copy Mode By Circle set circle radius as 10mm object count 8 and check the checkbox of Auto Angle Rotate Obj CCW Copy and Serialized Auto Text and click OK button then the content will be changed as below Tal Delay Array Copy Moton Frame Fill Group Mark Parameter Croup Info Totally 8 Objects Object Info Order l lat 28 421 27632 NUM a 4 Marking Parameter Setting Set the mark cycle to 2 Passes 5 Click Execute Marking will appear the Execute dialogue box and then click Exec button the current status of each Auto Text will be displayed as below 30 MarkingMate Marking Comment Executing Amount gt Current 0 000 SEC Maximum 15 Total 0 000 sec Marking Mode C Al f Selected Preview oystem setting Delay 0 S20 Current 4 Testit Ensine Item 1 serial No O 100 O Tertit Ensine Item 1 serial No O 100 1 Tertit Ensine Item 1 serial Mo O 100 2 E Tertit Ensine Item 1 peral No O 100 3 Tertit Ensine Item 1 peral No O
50. ate angle and rotate center position Relative Position Fi Aslope fae Set the aslope angle er 7 rt y y ee Scale O Set the scale of the object Apply to Clone Apply 4 7 1 8 Object Property Bar Enable or disable the Object Property Bar When there is no object being selected the Object Property Bar will be as below Object Property Bar Page Ed E o a o A e a od i ty wa E 50 000 shel 20 100 000 d na 1000 2441 100 000 2d 41 4 Origin Y m re Y axis value of origin Page Width a Tre width of the page Page Height ne height of the page Unit rim X m Fa the X trimming base rim Y m Ft the Y trimming base Grid X m pl the X grid line Grid Y m Fa the Y grid line Change the me ml le unit can be changed to mm or inch 100 MarkingMate Open the Options Dialogue Show or Hide Click this button will show or hide the Property he Property Table able When there is an object being selected the Object Property Bar will be as below Click this button can open the Options dialogue Object Property Bar General Ed ajo a eddie ol ON Selection Transparent he selection of a group object Sr AN Combine two or more objects into one This combine fa unction will allow several objects to share he same property settings Break E Po the inversion of Combine function C ombine two or more objects into one This unction will allow several objects to move ogether while allowing t
51. bble different speed power and Thik 0 100 mm Freg 1 Hz frequency settings We offer multiple Mark Load Parameter from 1 Pass to Set Default Apply maximum 5 Passes Speed Marking speed This value can t be faster than the system s maximum speed Power current percentage in YAG or percentage of PWM high signal in CO2 Freq Laser trigger cycle this item is useless in some CO2 system that controlled by voltage Times When select Single Pass Times value is able to input how many times for marking repeat If Times is 0 means no marking Spot delay the mark time for each pixel of the image object If this value is 0 5ms that means the spot will mark for 0 5ms Pulse Width YAG Pulse width for YAG driver only Wobble Mark by spiral type as below this way can make the line segment sae Ad UA Thick The pepsi of the circle Freq When speed become quicker and the frequency higher the line segment will be thicker 122 MarkingMate 6 2 2 Frame Fill Adjust the color of the border and interior shading of a selected object To fill an enclosed area simply selects the object and select Fill and Apply Fill Param when the object is filled by Hatch mode the below parameters are able to be modified Style there are three modes for hatch can be selected 2 E Loops draw some circles inside the object first and then fill the object by the above selected hatch mode Border the
52. ble output layer 4 7 1 5 Object Browser Enable or disable the Object Browser Object Browser El 1 Markingh ate El a 1 cl 1 Circle 3 2 Circle 4 5 3 Circlel5 98 MarkingMate 4 7 1 6 Modify Bar Enable or disable the Modify Bar Modify Har Ed 4 23 407 whole 35337 eed Om 1000 de 1 33407 e m fy aae artas aad S 10049 4 aal 0 000 054 2 EE X of Center m jhe X axis value of the center of the object Y of Center m e Y axis value of the center of the object m e width of the selected object m e height of the selected object X of Scale m te scale of the width of the selected object Y of Scale m e scale of the height of the selected object Lock to Samef The width and height will be adjusted in the same Ratio ratio Mirror A oven an image on its horizontal axis Left will Horizontally become right and vice versa Mirror Invert an image on its vertical axis Up will become Vertically down and vice versa Angle of The rotate angle of the selected object Rotating X of Rotating The X axis value of rotating center Center Y of Rotating f The Y axis value of rotating center Center Move to the EF Move the position to the center Center 99 MarkingMate 4 7 1 7 Dimension Bar Enable or disable the Dimension Bar Dimension EA gt 4 amp fi Position Set the absolute or relative position Position How 334072 1 Rotate Vet 3153 mm Set the rot
53. e for trigger Show MSG If checked the system will show a warning message of Trigger count is over limit while the marking amount reaching the Trigger Max value Comment Input a summary of the file Mark on Fly lt enables you to mark while the working pieces are moving You can choose to use this function on X or Y Axis X Y Encoder checked Factor the value of conveyer moving per encoder count Delay delay a giving count pulse then start marking X Y Encoder not checked Speed the speed of conveyer Delay delay a giving count pulse then start marking 91 MarkingMate 4 6 2 Quick Mark Different from Marking Quick Mark can 1 Select to mark repeatedly and press ESC to stop 2 Choose all objects or the selected a E 7 objects DS feito 3 When use this function the system Repeatedly will neglect the setting of the drawing objects Press ESC for break repeatedly marking mode Amount O Cancel i 4 6 3 Align Test Speed Speed Represent the speed of the align light Modify it by key in the value or move the scrollbar directly X Click X button the align light will shift toward the X direction Y Click Y button the align light will shift toward the Y direction Stop Click Stop button the align light will stop Move X Displacement to X direction unit mm Y Displacement to Y direction unit mm Go Click Go button the align light will adjust
54. e Itera 1 Rename Engine Itera 1 DE Delete Item Create tem Auto Text Item setting Auto Text Mode Keyboard Keyboard Prefix Content Prompt I Close 137 MarkingMate Data In addition to prefix and postfix settings this will allow you to insert various date formats into the content of the Auto String number Auto Text Manager Auto Text Item Engine Item 1 Rename Engine Itera 1 DE Delete Item Create Iter Auto Text Item Sethe Auto Text Mode Date Date Form 34706 Fonnat Command dob aL aa Y Close 138 MarkingMate 6 3 9 Arc Text Set the properties of the Arc x Text Frame Fil Delay AmayCopy Motion Center center position Text Are Text Mark Parameter Radius radius Center Show Arc show the path E 12333mm Y 23 778 mm Same as X Radius the path Radine will become a circle d 1553 mm 11 13 mm Text Position arrange the text position Show Are MM Same as X Horz Offset offset on aer horizontal direction Laie eii abe if Baseline Offset offset of Hor Offset 0 000 mm the baseline Close to Baseline the text Peel tft 0 0007 mm position related to the Close to Baseline ajeg 3 baseline Reverse the text will be Reverse arranged in reverse order et As Defanlt iy 139 MarkingMate 6 3 10 Baseline There are two baseline types when the selected text is arranged along a designated
55. e of the input Input Status Wi Me M3 Ma Wwe Mr Me Fosa ih 11 12 Timeout him points Fi 4 15 16 Timeout Waiting time wait Input 1 means no limitation Wait Input C Match Input Wait until all input status exist otherwise wait for Timeout Match Input Set As Defaut lo Wait until all input status exist otherwise skip the layer lll 6 4 3 Output Use this function to setup SOSEnE the output status of the Layer Input Output xYTable Rotary layer Output Status The system will first handle Ai efi as ma the graph and then the output status v A Output Status F9 10 11 V 12 High or low voltage of the 713514515 F te output points Auto Clear Signal Auto clear signal after the voltage settings are done Auto Clear Signal 142 MarkingMate 6 4 4 XY Table optional Enable Property Table Enable the XY Table Laver Input Output TT able Rotary Y Disable Single axis marking M Enable F Y Disable XY Coordinates EAN OO j ane The coordinates value of XY ST Table position Add Edit Delete Delete Delete All Move Up Move Down Array Delete All Copy Allow users to edit the XY a coordinate value _Move Down Armay Copy Set As Default Apply Apply All Add Edit XY Table Position Add Edit YY Table Position Add or edit the XY table position which will be marked soe a Layer Array Copy This function allows users to
56. e size a a When the sample size is 7 Sample size mM When the sample size is 11 4 4 1 4 Median Click Image Effects Median Create a median effect in a 3x3 to 11x11 area Image becomes claylike The original image Sample size E a When the sample size iS 3 71 MarkingMate Sample size Ln 77 BR is 7 Sample size Im al When the sample size is 11 4 4 1 5 Sharpen Click Image Effects Sharpen Resolution increased contrast is emphasized Increase to 100 for maximum contrast or decrease to 100 for a blurring effect The original image harper Percentage da y F When sharpen percentage is 0 Sharpen prod al When sharpen percentage is 100 12 MarkingMate sharpen Percentage fio y When sharpen percentage is 100 4 4 1 6 Add Noise Click Image Effects Add Noise Add Red Green or Blue snow to the image The original image When 25 level noise is added When 50 level noise is added 4 4 1 7 Emboss Click Image Effects Emboss Create an exaggerated 3 D effect Choose from different directions to give character to the depth of the image The original image 73 MarkingMate When the emboss direction is North and the depth is 80 4 4 1 8 Edge Enhance Click Image Effects Edge Enhance Automatically creates an enhanced outline of the image The orig
57. ect Mirror Vertical function Click the button from the Toolbar Press the CTRL L key from keyboard 51 MarkingMate 4 2 14 Baseline Align selected text along a designated path First select the text then click Edit Baseline from Menu Bar the mouse pointer will become as RA and then select the path such as line arc curve or the others Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select Baseline function Press the CTRL E key from keyboard Example PEETRE ee ETET momomo oe e Eom Eeee O e e e ee E E e feo eee Mons ue abcdel 2345 RA Select the path Align to the path 4 2 15 Split Do the inversion of baseline function Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select Split function Press the CTRL D key from keyboard Example 32 MarkingMate 4 2 16 Trans Curve Transfer a curved line into a series of individual angled lines Allows these single lines to be manipulated individually x Only curve objects are able to use Add Vertex function m a x m E m Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select Trans curve function Click the button from the Toolbar Press the CTRL U key from keyboard 4 2 17 Welding Combine two objects so that the outline remains while eliminating the overlapping lines This function is only work for the none text and none image objects If you want to do this for texts you have to break the t
58. ect Browser Fo 149 MarkingMate Chapter 8 Hot Key Ele Menu 9121212 ma ra e trl Y Replace a cancelled action tri Z trl X tri C tri V EL trl K B M Grop S S tri Q UnGroup o tri H tri L trl E tri D tri U tri G cir W Right Key trl T Open the Property Table Open the Object Browser O Ctrl F4 Close the current file Ctrl F6 Switch to another opened file 1 Force the angle of a line segment to be 15 when d rawing a line Ctrl and force the width equal to the height when drawing an arc circle or rectangle 2 The XY axis of the object will be adjusted simultaneously The center of a circle or rectangle will be the center of the initial axis The XY axis of the object will be adjusted simultaneously 150 MarkingMate F1 Open HELP Tab Select object by marking order c When you are drawing lines arcs and curves press C key will make the continuous segments become a closed loop XY Set the start point or end point of the object 151 MarkingMate Appendix A Driver Manager Users are allowed to change drivers they need as their motion card changed Whenever driver being changed the system must be restart Click Start Program from the left bottom of the window and select Driver Manager from the MarkingMate System directory as below to change the driver you want Programs MarkingMate System j ES Favorites Documents ER
59. eed B000 muec 11 Power 20 0 x spot Delay Freq 20 00 Ene D100 ime Wobble Mark Param List Root Speed Power Freq Times Spot Pulse Delay Delay 1 500 10 10 1 0 1 10 0 01 0 01 0 01 0 5 Third A 500 10 10 1 01 10 001 5 05 New Dir Delete Dir Load Dir Save Dir New Item Delete Item Save Default 22 MarkingMate Delay x This function is used to overcome the Rectangle Mark Parameter problem of motor inertia Femei Delsy ArmyCopy Motion Start Point Delay Delay Param The time differences between system sirt Point Dely 000 ms start and laser start at the beginning Mitpoint Delay Ta ms Too much delay results in faded while too little delay results in hot spots End Point Delay 0300 ms Mid Point Delay The time needed when system makes Jump Param a turn Too much delay will creates Speed 3000 0 mmec excess marking while too little delay Dely 1200 ne will appears an arc in the corner End Point Delay The time differences between system stop and laser stop Too much delay will make hot spots in the end of line aa as while too little delay will result in incomplete lines 23 MarkingMate 3 4 Execute Mark Click Execute Mark from the Menu Bar or press the button from toolbar will see a dialogue box as below Click the Mark button in the dialogue box to execute marking Marking Mode C All Selected AutoMark
60. el distortion every distortion is result from hardware Therefore DO NOT expect on software correction before hardware adjustment because software correction is based on hardware is correct If hardware is not property settled even software can control well the performance will not be good anyway Barrel Correction A normal f Theta Lens system will result in barrel distortion because its naturals The system initial value here is 0 000 if the figure become protuberant in X axis the X value will need to be increased like 0 002 while if now it become indentation the X value will have to be reduced to as 0 0014 Keep adjusting the value until it is acceptable Input a square the output become as below X value is positive X value is negative Y value is positive Y value is negative Trapezoid Correction Input a square the output become as below X value is negative X value is positive Y value is negative Y value is positive 113 MarkingMate Parallelogram Correction Input a square the output become as below X value is negative X value is positive Y value is negative Y value is positive Lens Name The name of the lens parameters If you want to add other lens parameters just press the Manager button the Lens Setup page will be displayed as below Lens Setup Lens Name Add Working rea f 20 000 mm Modify Offset Scale a 0 000 men Pa 100 000 Z wi 0 000 mm Le i 00 000 ES
61. elow You can see that all objects belong to circle in Object Browser as Figure 2 below 32 MarkingMate Object Browser Marking atel 1 Layer Hc 1 Circle 2 7 gt e Circle 3 o 3 Circle 4 LD 4 Circle B Step 3 Select the objects you want to edit click Edit Group from Menu Bar or click the a button from toolbar The selected objects have become a group Use ctrl key and select the individual object still be able to edit objects by individual as Figure 3 below At this time you can see the object type in Object Browser has become a group object however each individual object is still visible in Object Browser as Figure 4 below Object Browser Markingkate EL 1 Laver 1 Se Ts 1 Groupe cot Circlef2 c Circles ot Circle 4 LD Circle B UnGroup Step 1 Use Ungroup function is able to break up a group object Click Edit UnGroup from Menu Bar or click the A button from toolbar all objects will go back to their original look as Figure 5 below and their object type as well as Figure 6 below 33 MarkingMate Object Browser Marking atel 1 Layer o 1 Circle 2 7 gt e Circle 3 o 3 Circle 4 LD 4 Circle B 3 5 5 Sort Step 1 Click File Import from Menu Bar or click the button from the toolbar Step 2 Select the file you want to import and then press the Oper button Step 3 The
62. en to be 50mm the finished goods will be doubly enlarged on the other hand if it is mistaken to be 200mm the finished goods will become half size Offset Normally set X 0 and Y 0 will be fine However if system output OV to X Y GALVO motor and the laser did not shoot from the center of the f theta lens we strongly recommend user to regulate your hardware first only if you can not succeed from regulating hardware will you try to adjust offset from here If the mark position is right shift 5mm you can enter 5mm in the X column So are the others Scale Even though every adjustment is correct still many reasons to cause abnormal scale of the marking goods Some special item needs to be marked under unfocused situation to create special effects will also result in scale enlarged or shrink If the scale is too small please enter a number bigger than 100 because unit is percentage on the contrary please enter a value smaller than 100 Rotate the mechanism problem will also cause rotate If so please fix it to avoid this problem If hardware is OK user can rotate an angle of the image to resolve the limitation problem of the Work Area ze 112 MarkingMate X Reverse Y Reverse XY Exchange lt is possible that user has to adjust the coordinates of the Work Area for his local condition Our system provides X reverse Y reverse and XY exchange for users to choose or combine as their requirements Correction Except barr
63. ext into several segments first Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select Welding function Click the H button from the Toolbar Press the CTRL G key from keyboard Example 53 MarkingMate After Welding the overlapping parts have been removed 4 2 18 Contour This function will create an outline a selected bitmap image Contour Filter You have to input the tolerance value maximum is 0 to get the correct figure After done this image has become a normal figure You will see a lot of segments instead of the original image and you have to use break function before contour Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select Contour function Press the CTRL W key from keyboard Example mage Contour 4 2 19 Transfer to Image Allow the resolution color quality and black and white effects to be adjusted And transfer the selected objects to be an image 54 MarkingMate Transfer to Image Transfer Setting Resolution 100 DPI Color Fonn 65535 Colors 16 Bits pihenes Mode No Dithernes The above dialogue box will allow you to set up resolution color and dithering mode Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select Trans to Image function Press the CTRL T key from keyboard 4 2 20 Align Use this function to align the selected objects to the last selected object paper edge or paper center p sal E sal Left a
64. f MarkingMate are listed as below Menu Bar Menu Bar contains main function of this program click each function will drop a list of related items Toolbar The most common use function will be listed in the toolbar Click and drag the toolbar can move it to any place you want If you click and drag the toolbar to Work Area it will become fluctuant and if move it to the Window frame it will become a part of the Window frame Property Table Display the properties and related settings of the selected Display all objects in the Work Area elp users to realize the dimension of the object tatus Bar isplay the function comment and coordinates of mouse Work Area The area allows users to draw and edit 12 MarkingMate Chapter 3 Quick Guide to Newcomers MarkingMate allows users to draw pictures and import the other format files such as PLT DXF and BMP files which are generally created from the common use software like AutoCAD CorelDRAW Photoshop and etc The import graphics will be maintained their shapes and scales so there is no need for any modifications that MarkingMate can use those graphics directly Its operation is as below a Computer Draw k 3 1 Start Program Machinery Repeat There are two ways to start the program Click Start Program from the left bottom of the window and select MarkingMate to start the program Programs LE Markingh ate System Favorites Documents Se
65. gnal of In Position as High 36 MarkingMate Home Index High Set the signal of Home Index as High Limit High Set the signal of Limit as High Jump to Move to the assigned position Home Do the Home action immediately Step 6 Marking Parameter Setting Set the mark cycle to Single Pass Step 7 Click Execute Mark will appear the Execute dialogue box and then click Exec button the current status of each Auto Text will be displayed 37 MarkingMate Chapter 4 Menu Bar 4 1 File Menu File Menu offers the below functions Create a new document New Open Open an existing mark ezm mrk mrs file Option Edit te default work ara ler gi and other setings C ExportDXF ExportDXF Export the file as dxf file for other applications the file as dxf file for other applications Select TWAIN Select the supported scanners TWAIN acquire TWAIN acquire Scan an image an Scan an image Import Configuration Export Configuration Save the configuration as a ini file Preview the current document before printing Printer setting sah br een and edit the default printer and paper Exit MarkingMate Import a configuration ini file 38 MarkingMate 4 1 1 New Create a new document in MarkingMate Method Click File from Menu Bar and select New function Click the button from the Toolbar Press the CTRL N key from keyboard 4 1 2 Open Open an existing mark fi
66. heir individual property settings to remain intact UnGroup Po the inversion of Group function Weldin E Combine two objects so that the outline remains hile eliminating the overlapping lines Use this function to align the selected objects to he last selected object paper edge or paper center pame oc between a series of objects is calculated Center Work Area a Transfer a curved line into a series of individual rans Curve langledlines Allows these single lines to be manipulated individually Show or Hide Click this button will show or hide the Property he Property ef Table able 101 MarkingMate 4 7 1 9 Control Object Enable or disable the Control Object Panel Control Object my Betting digital in signals ur petting digital out signals m peer a pause into the marking sequence Insert a delay into the marking sequence 4 7 1 10 Laser Mark Enable or disable the Laser Mark buttons e ES Allow users to reposition the object well y Execute the marking function 4 7 1 11 Laser Panel optional Enable or disable the Laser Panel Laser Panel A HE T p Control the shutter P Control the align light ule Control the lamp 4 7 2 Status Bar Enable or disable the Status Bar Ready 459 167 610 695 CAP NUM ECRL F Function description The X Y axis value of the mouse position When press the Caps Lock key the CAP will appear When press the Num Lock key the NUM will
67. hor point as top left and press Apply to Clone will see the result as below Horz 50 000 deg Vert 0 000 a deg W Use Anchor Point vo Ey eo HE AR Apple to Clone Apply Scale 50mm marked the Same Ratio checkbox set relative position as bottom left and press Apply for Clone button the result will be as below 18 MarkingMate HOLD Scale Width 50 000 a mm Height 33 706 mm Scalex 1 0004 Scaler 1 0004 W Same Ratio d d d Apple to Clone Apply 3 3 2 Marking Parameters We recommend users to do test marking first before setting marking parameters Test Marking Create a rectangle place the object in the center of the Work Area execute Mark function and then do the marking parameter setting The Property Table no object being selected Property Table Working Area The software Power Test Dry Run Motor Setup Graph Setup system uses voltage signals to EN Lens Driver Global control GALVO motor it is unable Working Ares 100 000 to know how big the working area iS otr Scale unless user input the correct value E mm x fio0 000 If the work area is 100mm user Y mi za should enter 100mm over here If Pott it is mistaken to be 50mm the Angle CX CY finished goods will be doubly enlarged on the other hana if it is ae mistaken to be 200mm the finished 1 fe goods
68. ick Edit from Menu Bar and select Distribute function Click the it button from the Toolbar 56 MarkingMate 4 3 Draw Menu Draw menu offers the following functions selects or deselects objects in the Work Area Vertex Creates vertexes Inserts straight lines from point to point to point Creates arcs circles and spirals Circle Creates circles and ovals Rectangle Creates squares and rectangles Arc Text Inserts text based on an arc Creates 1D barcode 51 MarkingMate 4 3 1 Selection selects or deselects objects in the Work Area Tool Box k 4 3 2 Line Insert straight lines from point to point to point Click on the line tool and click on a designated starting point in the Work Area click on a second point and straight line will appear between the points When you select three points two lines will appear Press the right mouse button to stop the line tool function If you press C key the continuous line segments will become a close path and stop the line tool function Tips Use CTRL key to insert straight lines the next line will move 15 to the previous line as figure 1 below Method Click Draw from Menu Bar and select Line function Click the button from the Toolbar Property Table Property Table x Delay Array Copy Motion Curve MarkParameter Fremefill Closed Path Property Table Curve The continuous line segments can be set to
69. imported file will be as Figure 1 below User is unable to fill color in this object because it is not a close loop object as Figure 2 Step 4 Click Edit Sort from Menu Bar or click the button from the toolbar the object path will be rearranged to be a close loop object as Figure 3 below Step 5 Select the object and go to the Fill page of the Property Table choose the color you want and press Apply button the object will be filled in the color you chose as Figure 4 below 34 MarkingMate i 3 5 6 Rotary Axis Marking optional Step 1 Click File Import will appear the Import dialogue box step 2 Select the file you want to import then click Open button Step 3 Edit the object properties in Property Table 1 Frame fill Adjust the color of the border and interior shading of a selected object 2 Click EE button on the Tool Bar to move the object to the center Step 4 Click the layer of the object in the Object Browser and go to the Rotary page of the Property Table for parameter settings 35 MarkingMate Enable Enable the rotary axis function Method the rotary axis mode Cylinder the cylinder mode Disc the disc mode Option parameter settings Diameter the double distance between the object to the axle center Max Width the suitable marking range the value should be changed depend on the diameter Property Table Layer Inp
70. inal image After use this function 4 4 1 9 Oilify Click Image Effects Oilify Transform the image into an oil painting Create an exaggerated blurred effect The original image Sample size E sl When the sample size IS 3 74 MarkingMate Sample size A When the sample size Is 7 Sample size ol i a When the sample size is 11 Cancel 4 4 2 Special Filters 4 4 2 1 Gradient Click Image Special Filters Gradient The original image Gradient Filter Filter Value When the Filter Value is North Gradient Filter f _ x Filter alue When the Filter Value is North East 75 MarkingMate 4 4 2 2 Laplacian Click Image Special Filters Laplacian The original image y gai y Pa When the Filter Value is Filter 1 Laplacian Filter E xj Filter alue Filter 1 Filter 2 When the Filter Value is Filter 2 4 4 2 3 Sobel Click Image Special Filters Sobel The original image y di y Pa i When the Filter Value is Horizontal 76 MarkingMate obel Filter Filter alu Horizontal When the Filter Value is Vertical 4 4 2 4 Prewitt Click Image Special Filters Prewitt The original image y zai y Pa i When the Filter Value is Horizontal Prewitt Filter Filter value Horizontal When the Filter Value Is Vertical 4 4
71. indows 98 system x Before installation remember to remove the old version of MarkingMate first if you have Please follow the below steps to keep the correct settings Under the directory of C WINDOWS there is a file named MM ini backup this file first then remove the old version When the installation of new version software finished copy the backup file MM ini to the directory of C WINDOWS Start the MarkingMate program the old settings can be used already Supporting List Name bus Supports Windows PCNCIO ISA PCNCIO V o MarkingMate 1 2 MarkingMate Installation MarkingMate offers a very user friendly installation interface It will copy all system related files to the directory you assigned to and prompt you with the necessary information step by step How to enter the MarkingMate installation Click Start Programs Accessaries File Management to execute the Setup exe program in CD ROM Windows Update We 3 Accessornez En e MS nap Favorites Online Services Documents j alla j E Internet Explorer Settings MS DOS Prompt a Outlook Express Line E Windows Explorer A WinRAR Help fa MarkingMate System F Aun Log Off Lola Shut Down Favorites Documents Settings Find Help MarkingMate When you get into the MarkingMate installation the following frame appears Select Laser Driver Drv Manager File
72. inserted as prefixes Pas Engine Hem 1 Hem and postfixes will represent the constant numbers Delete Item Create Item engraved at the beginning and end of the serial number p ute Text Item Setting The content numbers will Auto Text Mode Sera No begin at the starting number you specify and end at the N ending number Step will Prefix adjust the increment level of the increasing numbers rane Digit stands for the total Start 0 Digit number of fixed number to be Step i Lead applied to the content portion End i00 M Auto reyeled For example if 4 digits were a a selected then 1 would be represented by 0001 Base Decimal Auto recycled will repeat make the serial numbers Postfix p oo return to the starting number once the end number has been completed Clos 135 MarkingMate File l Auto Text Manager Using File as a function of Auto String you can build up a text format file in advance Youcan Aut Textltem Engine Itm1 insert a name list or address list Rename Engineleml etc Choose Select File to designate the source of your Delete Item Create Item information Auto Text Item setting Auto Text Mode Fie File Prefix Content Start E Select File Auto recyele Postfix Close 136 MarkingMate Keyboard Directly type in the text you want by the keyboard Auto Text Manager Auto Text Item Engin
73. le DJ 3 1 1 ojal Me 10 051 1 594 NUM y 156 Make_FNT 2 3 Adjustments Click Modify Size from the Menu Bar or click E button from the Toolbar to adjust the position and scale of the font And then click the 1 button from the Toolbar to adjust the end line of the character Set Size and Origin Dot Size 1 000 End Line 1 000 Lancel Origin dot Set the position of the origin dot Size Set the object size End Line Set the end line of the object 2 4 Create FNT Font After finishing the adjustment click Create FNT Font from the Menu Bar or click the S button from the Toolbar a dialogue box will be displayed as below Load FNT file Select or type the FNT font name Select FNT file SSS ee AA al Enter the Char Code here for example Q 157 Make_FNT Click the Select FNT Font button select or enter the file name you want Enter the character code you want in the box of Char Code and then press OK Move or copy the new FNT font file to the directory of MarkingMate Font and then this new font is available for MarkingMate program Dae es El tee RAR QO Awa Lt S e k xinNcooOs amp A Mem R O Tort Ag CE 34659A DX 20 5732 Ange 0000H EX 1 000l 7 CY 0221H DY 94327 oe 1000431 as ied roper x FO PR 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 0 30 40 50 Frame Fill Text Mark Parameter Delay Fonts le EEES ENT F
74. le the circle become an equilateral circle 59 MarkingMate Method Click Draw from Menu Bar and select Circle function Click the button from the Toolbar Marking Way Marking starting from O degree in Marking starting from left to right counterclockwise direction and then the external frame Property Table x Delay Array Copy Motion Circle Mark Parameter Frame Fill Center H 15 778 mm Y 185 333 mm Radius Property Table Circle i 1 607 mm Y 3 444 nm Adjust the center and radius of the M Same as X circle Mark on Same as X Radius the circle will become a equilateral circle METE 4 3 5 Rectangle Create squares and rectangles Click on the circle tool and select a starting point on the Work Area Press the left mouse button and moving the mouse to the other point a rectangle is finished Press the right mouse button to stop this function Method Click Draw from Menu Bar and select Rectangle function 60 MarkingMate Click the H button from the Toolbar Marking Way Marking starting from the upper Marking starting from left to right left corner and then the external frame Property Table x Frame Fil Delay Array Copy Moton Rectangle Mark Parameter Comer Radius 10 000 E Property Table Rectangle Adjust the radius of the rectangle The shape may be different depend on the default value
75. le The file name can be set in the dialogue box You can open several files and switch to different document by using window menu If you want to create a new document please use New function instead Method Click File from Menu Bar and select Open function Click the amp button from the Toolbar Press the CTRL O key from keyboard The default document of MarkingMate will be saved as ezm file format as the below dialogue box Look in E My Documents EA ce Files of type MarkinaMate Files ezm a Cancel 2 4 1 3 Close Close the windows in using MarkingMate suggests you to save the modified file before closing if you do not save before closing it you will lose all the modification after last saving If close an unnamed file MarkingMate will open a Save As dialogue box for you to named the file Method Click File from the Menu Bar and select Close function Click the top right button as below to close the file 39 MarkingMate Click the top left icon MM as below to close the file MarkingM ate Marking File Edt Draw mage she estore Mowe Slee Minimize ai X Close Ctrl F 4 Ctri Fb rm Nest tt 1 T Press the CTRL F4 key from keyboard 4 1 4 Save Save the current document using the existing file name If there is no file name yet MarkingMate will open a dialog box of Save for you to assign If you want to
76. lick Draw from Menu Bar and select Text function Click the button from the Toolbar Property Table Property Table x Delay Array Copy Motion Text Mark Parameter Frame Fill Font de Style T Arial Property Table Text Bold Italic AaBbYyZz1H Select font and style a ME mm Set font size and oblique angle Mark on Auto String the text will transfer to auto text mode Please refer to Auto Text Press Advanced button to do more detail setting as below Oblique 0 000 dez Avt String pet s Default Advanced 62 MarkingMate Text Advanced setting Text pitch Spacing between T T Bolt T tlic AABDYYyZ2 1 characters Line pitch Spacing between lines cre 0 0007 deg Arrange Text pitch 15 000 Horizontal or Vertical Alignment reel 10 000 Alignment direction Arrange Aligement Text Welding Add Welding Horizontal None Center function to the overlapping part of Vertical C Left Right the text Text Content Add the text TF tx weine Cancel content on the blank area Enable or disable the Text Bar Text Bar fram aif oa 7 BU 33 rom sai taie Z Adusttotinaale Zoa m LI Add underline to text underline Add underline to text text TLD ES 2 gt Vertical y 23 Al O Text v eda None alignment alignment g Left epee Center alignment alignment g Right 4 3 9 Arc Text Insert text
77. lign to the left Middle align to the middle Right align to the right Top align to the top Center align to the center Bottom align to the bottom Do JA ie Last Select Object Center Es Paper Edge al Bottom Paper Center Align to Last Select Object align to the last selected object Paper Edge align to the paper edge Paper Center align to the paper center Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select Align function Click the lee button from the Toolbar 4 2 21 Distribute This will adjust how the distance between a series of objects is calculated 55 MarkingMate Left adjust the distance between the left edge of each object Middle adjust the distance between the middle of each object Distance adjust the distance between the space of each object Right adjust the distance between the right edge of each object m Left Middle Distance Right Select Area a i Paper Area i Centr C Border Area Leti p ma T Distance Top Pass Right f man oa Bottom Botto f mm Top adjust the distance between the top of each object Center adjust the distance between the center of each object Distance adjust the distance between the space of each object Bottom adjust the distance between the bottom of each object Total Area The distribute area is according to a selected area paper area or an adjustable border area Method Cl
78. lontrast Percentage When the EHI H HistoContrast Percentage is 83 Cancel Change HistoContrast Pe rcentage When the ja ha HistoContrast _ Percentage is 0 Cancel 86 MarkingMate Change HistoContract Pe centage E 4 When the A HistoContrast Percentage is 79 4 5 10 Invert Click Color Invert Invert the Colors of the image Black will become white white will become black etc The original image After use this function 4 5 11 Solarize Click Color Solarize Create a midnight effect Change the level of shadows that are cast on the image The original image Threshold H ia ot When the Solarize Threshold is 17 87 MarkingMate re ht When the Solarize Threshold is 61 7 Thr eshold When the Solarize Threshold is 120 88 MarkingMate 4 6 Execute Menu Execute menu offers the following function Marking Set the object parameters and execute the marking sequence ules Mere Exeouts Execute marking a besan Test e users to examine the mark position is correct or not User Level User Level can be divided into Operator Programmer and Administrator to separate user s authorities Allow users to name file and reuse the marking parameters Rotary Provide three common used rotary marking functions Marking 89 MarkingMate 4 6 1 Marking Mark the objects and adjust the related settings 1 2 Executi
79. ne object you can use UnGroup or Break function to break the object into several individual objects The dialogue box of import is as below Import lx Look in My Documents EA ex ie 2 EN MarkingMatel ezm F Ea Marking ates ezm JE Files of type AI Available File a Cancel Method Click File from Menu Bar and select Import function Click the button from the Toolbar Press the CTRL l key from keyboard Select the following items Look in Select the directory you want to import from File name type or select the file name to import Files of type MarkingMateallows you to import various file types such as EZM BMP EMF PNG PCX DXF CMP FPX PLT CAL ICO JP G PS EPS CLP WMF TIF CUR PSD TGA 43 MarkingMate 4 1 8 Export DXF This allows you to transfer the current document into dxf file format for AutoCAD or similar applications Click File from Menu Bar and select Export DXF function a dialogue box as below appeared Save As Ei ES Save ir E My Documents E Ea ex 7 laa 1 duf T Output Selected Objects Only This dialogue box allows you to input File Name Input file name or select from the list Save as type DXF File dxf Output Selected Objects only You can choose to output the selected object only or not 4 1 9 Select TWAIN Device Select a supported scanner as below Select Source x S Une
80. ng Amount Maximum Marking Mode C An Selected AntoMark Preview oystem Setting Delay 0 ZEC Comment Write down some notes about this file s functions and points for attention over here To modify the comments just push the button of System Setting a dialogue box of Global Parameters will be displayed as below Executing Amount Display the current mark times Maximum Display the total mark times you have done Current The current time of marking Total The total time of marking Exec Start executing marking Exit Exit the executing dialogue box and stop marking Log file If the object contains auto text check the log file checkbox will be able to export the object with auto text contents into a file Footnote If the object contains auto text the auto text related setting will be displayed over here 90 MarkingMate Global Parameters Comment Marking Max 0 Markine Amount jo Trieger Max jo Show MEG Mark Un Fly Y Axis E Encoder e Encoder Parton jo PUP TUES FAI Parton fo mimert Welas E pulse Welas pulse Set As Default Marking Maximum The desired total working times This function will allow you to avoid the unwilling excess working pieces Marking Amount It enables you to take down how many work pieces you have already done Trigger Max Specify the counts of marking for trigger Show the messag
81. ntrol from the Draw Menu can insert a control object into the output sequence Control objects include delays and pauses and digital input digital output signals to auxiliary equipment Digital Out amp Digital_In Digital Out tells your computer to wait for a signal response To adjust the information contained in each incoming and outgoing pulse selects Digital Out or Digital In in the Object Browser Using the right mouse button click on Property Table The Property Table should reveal the eight input output positions that can be modified Select SET to input a value of one or CLEAR to input a value of zero To send or receive a pulse that has a signature code of 10101100 you should input SET CLEAR SET CLEAR SET SET CLEAR CLEAR Do Pause amp Delay_Time Do_Pause is to insert a pause into the marking sequence When the marking sequence reaches this step the system will stop and wait for next marking progress Delay_ Time allows you to insert a delay into the marking sequence You can adjust the duration of the delay by using the right mouse button to click on Delay Time in the Object Browser Use this to display the Property Table The Property Table will allow you to increase the delay time 66 MarkingMate Insert Control Object DU Digital Cut SET y CLEAR y 67 MarkingMate 4 4 Image Menu Image menu offers the following functions Effects Spatial Filters Modify the image effects P
82. osterize Mosaic Average Median Sharpen Add Noise Emboss Edge Enhance Oilify Use different filters Shift amp Difference Line Segment 68 MarkingMate 4 4 1 Effects 4 4 1 1 Posterize Click Image Effects Posterize This effect will expand or limit the amount of colors on the spectrum that is made available to the selected image If you choose 2 levels per color plane there will be two shades of red available to the image If you choose 64 levels per color plane then the image will have more detailed color The original image Levels per color plane a When choose 2 levels per color plane Levels per color plane When choose 20 ed Pu levels per color plane Levels per color plane When choose 64 eq levels per color plane 4 4 1 2 Mosaic Click Image Effects Mosaic This effect will increase the size of the pixels in the graphic image The tile size of 4 will magnify each pixel by four creating a blurred effect The original image 69 MarkingMate When the tile size is 2 Tile size ag B gt When the tile size is 20 Cancel Tile size ET When the tile size is 64 4 4 1 3 Average Click Image Effects Average Each pixel is affected by the average property within a 3x3 to 11x11 area Create a blurred effect The original image 70 MarkingMate Sample size E When the sample size is 3 Sampl
83. ow Click Edit cael Align from Menu Bar press Left as button and Top chp button will see that all objects were aligned to the last object as figure 2 below 16 MarkingMate Figure 1 Figure 2 Dimensional Bar Dimensional Bar contains four main functions Position ii Rotate afe Aslope and Scale 02 Position Click the Pp button on the Dimensional Bar and then input the values of horizon and vertical position directly Examples Select an object click the Pp button set relative position to right and press Apply for Clone button will see the result as below Position Harz 26 786 mm Wer 0 000 mm W Relative Position 5 a it Apply to Clone Apply Rotate Click the ss button on the Dimensional Bar and then input the rotate angles and rotate center position Examples Select an object click the G button set Angle to 45 degree center position as top left and press Apply for Clone button will see the result as below 17 MarkingMate Rotate Angle 45 000 a deg Center Horz 1131327 mm Vert 111132 mm W Relative center B m Ey 180 i 0 Lt Apple to Clone Apply Aslope Click the button on the Dimensional Bar and then input the aslope angle you want Examples Select an object click the al button set aslope angle to 45 degree set anc
84. p menu select the Curve object The property table of the Curve object will be displayed as the left side of the picture below Click the mouse right button will see the popup menu include the Add Vertex function 5 1 Common Settings This section will discuss the common setting page of the Property Table that includes Frame Fill Output Parameter CAM Parameter and the Popup Menu 5 1 1 Property Table When an object in the Work Area being selected the property table of this object will be displayed Users can set up some marking related parameters over the dialogue box mainly include the object s frame fill marking parameter and delay Frame Fill Adjust the color of the border and interior shading of a selected object Mark This menu in the Property Table will allow you to edit the assigned Parameter speed power and frequency output of the laser machine Delay Setting some parameters about marking speed and quality Please refer to section 6 2 Mark Parameter 108 MarkingMate 5 1 2 Popup Menu select a general object and click the right button of the mouse you will see a popup menu as below Cut tlt Copy Coho Paste Ctd Delete Del Array Copy Property Table Dimension Bar Object Browser EZ Remove selected data and store itin Refer to section 4 2 3 Cut the clipboard for future use Duplicate selected data and store it in Refer to section 4 2 4 the clipboard for future use Att
85. r Save directory Item Name the name of this item Pass cycle maximum 5 if the number is larger than 1 the times below can only set to be 1 Speed mark speed Power mark power maximum 100 Freq mark frequency Times mark times Spot delay spot marking delay time 93 MarkingMate Pulse width the width of pulse only for YAG Delay Start The time difference between start laser order and laser hit time This value is adjustable to get better marking quality Delay Middle This value will affect the quality of joins Delay End This value will affect the quality of end points Jump Speed laser jump speed Jump Delay When laser reached the assigned position it will shoot after this delay time Newltem Create a new item Delete the selected item Save the setting of the selected item as default value Apply the setting to the selected item Close this window Example Create a new directory and new item Click Execute Marking Param List in the menu when the dialogue box appeared click the New Dir button and a new directory will appear in the left column Move the mouse to the new directory and hit it to enter the name you want for the directory Click New Item button and start entering the parameters of the new item The default item name is NONE click itis able to change name So are the others Using the mark parameters you created
86. r to section 6 2 Enable disable Dimension bar Refer to section 4 7 7 ObjView Bar Enable disable Object Browser Refer to section 4 7 4 145 MarkingMate 7 2 Curve Select a curve you drew or the curve transferred from objects and click the right button of the mouse you will see the popup menu as below Cut Ctl Copy Ctrl Paste Ctd Delete Del Add Vertex Curve To Line Array Copy Propertr Table Dimension Bar v Object Browser Fo 7 2 1 Add Vertex This function allows you to modify a curve object more vertexes will be more convenient to change the shape of the curve 7 2 2 Delete Vertex Using Delete Vertex function will decrease the control points as below 146 MarkingMate 7 2 3 Curve to Line Select Curve to Line function the curve has been transferred to a line segment and lost its control points as below 7 2 4 Line to Curve Select Line to Curve function the line segment has been transferred to a curve and its control points appeared as below Transfer line to curve the control point appeared 7 2 5 Arc to Curve To use this function you must first create an object and transfer the object to curve and then click right button of the mouse to select the Arc to Curve function This function allows you to add more vertexes to the curve as below Arc Trans Curve Arc to Curve 147 MarkingMate 7 2 6 Cusp The control points of the curve were smooth at the
87. rea All barcode properties can be edited later using the Property Table Method Click Draw from Menu Bar and select 2D Barcode function Click the 45 button from the Toolbar Property Table 2D Barcode Type ECC 000 140 ECC 200 PDF417 QR Code and Maxi Code Style The barcode is divided into many cells each cell has three style options as below Overlapped Spot Non overlapped Spot Rectangle The spot can be The spot can not be From outside to inside overlapped overlapped marked as rectangles A y e d ES Spot Size Size of laser spot Spot Delay The longer the spot delay the mark effect will be stronger 65 MarkingMate Property Table Mark Parameter Delaw Array Copy Motion Mark Parameter Delay raw Copy Moton l 2D Barcode 2D Marking 2D Barcode 2D Marking Codellata 123 tyle le Overlapped spot D Barcode Type C Non overlapped Spot le Data Mat f ECC 000 140 o Rectangle Data Matrix ECC 200 5 t PDF417 C OR Code C Maxi Code pot ize 0 mm Invert apot Delay 1 ms Auto Text set Default set Default 4 3 12 Control Select the Objview bar from the View Menu will activate the Object Browser It will appear on the left side of the screen The object order is shown in the Object Browser will also be the output sequence during marking The numbers in parentheses indicates the order in which the different objects were created Select Co
88. s of objects overlapping 4 2 8 Break Do the inversion of Combine function Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select Break function Press the CTRL B key from keyboard 4 2 9 Group Combine two or more objects into one This function will allow several objects to move together while allowing their individual property settings to remain intact This is different with Combine function Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select Group function Click the T button from the Toolbar Press the CTRL M key from keyboard 4 2 10 UnGroup Do the inversion of Group function Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select UnGroup function Click the pak button from the Toolbar Press the CTRL Q key from keyboard 4 2 11 Sort Sort the connected parts of the selected object The confuse segments as figure 1 can be sort to be as figure 2 50 MarkingMate Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select Sort function Press the F5 key from keyboard 4 2 12 Mirror Horizontal Invert an image on its horizontal axis Left will become right and vice versa Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select Mirror Horizontal function Click the Al button from the Toolbar Press the CTRL H key from keyboard Example 4 2 13 Mirror Vertical Invert an image on its vertical axis Up will become down and vice versa Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and sel
89. st the vertical and horizontal gap between the objects if the gap is not wide enough the objects set Default Apply will overlap Array Copy Mode By Property Table Circle Rectangle Mark Parameter l This variation of the Circle FrsmelFill Dely Amy Copy Motion Copy allows you to arrange Array Copy Mode Bye 4d a series of copied objects in acircle This function allows you to adjust the Circle Radius ORGY mn ws you u following Obj Counts i Circle Radius edit the Obj Start Angle 0 000 size of the circle Obj Angle Pitch 0 000 Object Counts edit the dat Angle number of copied objects eae Object Start Angle AE adjust the starting point of the circle from 0 360 degrees Object Angle Pitch Set Default Apply adjust the spacing between the copied objects Auto Angle automatically space the objects to complete one whole circle Rotate Object select between objects that remain vertical or ones that follow the baseline of the circle CCW Copy select between clockwise or counter clockwise This will affect the directional order of the copied objects 127 MarkingMate 6 2 5 Motion optional When a non text object being selected Property Table i the Motion page of Property Table allows te ee e users to do the settings as below Enable _ Allow users to enable or disable the rotary axis function Start Position The start
90. t 1D Barcode function Click the 2 button from the Toolbar Property Table Code Type Code 39 Code 128 Code 93 Code Bar ITF MSI Code Us PosNet UPC A UPC E EAN 8 EAN 13 UCC 128 EAN 128 FIM gt Show Text Checked the box the text content will be displayed under barcode Invert When the background is black you need to use this function EX The barcode reader is not easy to read the barcode marked on black work piece use invert function will make it more readable Auto Text The barcode data will be changed as an auto text Check Digit A check digit is calculated automatically and added A The distance between laser spot center and the edge of barcode B The space between the next two laser spots 64 MarkingMate Property Table E IA Mark Parameter Delay Array Copy Motion Mark Fararneter Delay Array Copy Motion 1D Barcode 1D Marking DERE 1D Marking Code Type E A A Code Data 1123 Width Ratio 12 20 Code Eule Code data must less than 20 words Show Text Check Digit 4 MA win Invert B 01 mm Auto Text Ne Invert Horizontal mark met Default pet 4s Default Apply 4 3 11 2D Barcode Select the 2D Barcode Tool from the Tool Box or the Draw Menu A dialog box will appear for user to enter the data When all of the barcode information is entered select OK Click on an insertion point to place the barcode in the Work A
91. t Step 1 Click Draw Text from Menu Bar or click the button from toolbar Step 2 Move your mouse to the Work Area and click a text input box will be displayed typing the characters you want and then click the right button of the mouse to leave Step 3 Go to the Text page in Property Table as below check the box of Auto Text the Auto Text Manager will appear as below 28 MarkingMate Froperty Table ES l Anto Text Manager Delay Array Copy Motion Text Mark Parameter FimeFl Font amp Style Auto Text Item El T Aral si Rename Engine Ttem 1 Eod Ite AaBbYyzzi Delete Item Create Hem ine 3 000 Anto Text Item setting Auto Text Mode Serial No Oblique 0 000 deg serial No Prefix M Auto Text Content start E Digit Set As Default Advanced Step Lead End 100 iw Anto recycled Apply A Repeat T Base Decimal Postfix Step 4 Set the Auto Text Mode as Serial No content start from 0 step 1 and end at 100 users can define by themselves Click Close and Apply buttons the text will be changed as setting as figure below the value has become the initial value of the Auto Text see the right figure below If you follow the above setting to create another Auto Text the value will be next by order i N After applying Auto Text Serial x O E IA 10 based on decim
92. t be able to modulate to Duty Cycle to get a suitable control CO2 Laser Control The CO2 laser control is easier lts trigger and shooting are controlled by a single PWM signal In general the PWN frequency is between 5K and 15K And the laser power is determined by the percentage of high voltage of PWM When the percentage reaches 100 the laser power is the biggest while 0 is the smallest Even the laser is not under shooting the PWM frequency has to remain on 5K and the high voltage time needs to be about ius The principal part of MarkingMate is its drawing editing function There are many tools include toolbox ruler grid Zoom in and MarkingMate is a platform that can be upgraded to be a professional CAM Control system by adding related modules for example the CAM module Following is a brief introduction 11 MarkingMate 2 2 User Interface MarkingMate MarkingMatel of x ES File Edit Draw mace Color Execute View Window Help la x osa s eaB r xNcooy ga e um g Meco o omoa A o ero P S e a i QQlQQl ee 00 10 20 30 40 mima AER i o able 6p i 50 40 3 Global Power Test Dry Run a System Lens Galvo Total Objects of Current Layer 0 50 60 70 80 Property Table 5 o XK 3 MarkingMate1 1 Layerft Object Browser E Ready i 58 719 17 936 NUM Ui Status bar Ruler VVork Area The user interface o
93. ta or object being selected this function is disabled Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select Cut function Click the button from the Toolbar Press the CTRL X key from keyboard 4 2 4 Copy Duplicate selected data and store it in the clipboard for future use If no data or object being selected this function is disabled Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select Copy function Click the button from the Toolbar Press the CTRL C key from keyboard 4 2 5 Paste Attach data from the clipboard to the current document If nothing stored in clipboard this function is disabled Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select Paste function Click the amp button from the Toolbar Press the CTRL V key from keyboard 4 2 6 Delete Delete and remove the selected data and the data will not be stored in the clipboard Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select Delete function Press the Del key from keyboard 4 2 7 Combine Combine two or more objects into one This function will allow several objects to share the same property settings lf fill in a combined object the overlapping of odd numbers of objects will be filled in color while the even 49 MarkingMate numbers parts will not Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select Combine function Press the CTRL K key from keyboard Example Even numbers of objects overlapping Odd number
94. the X Y position according to the X Y displacement Alion light Test Speed Speed 2188 000 Peretti rrr rrr rrr A l 4 6 4 User Level Users are allowed to execute different functions according to their authorities Operator Operator level users can only read files and output files and use limited functions Programmer Programmer level users are allowed to draw and edit objects and 92 MarkingMate can only use limited functions which is not include system parameter settings Administrator Administrator level users are able to draw and edit the setting of objects and use all the functions Administrators can modify their passwords Modify Pass Word Programmer Level Pass Word marking Administator Level Pass Word ne ReType a User Level Level Operator Level Programmer Level i Administator Level 4 6 5 Mark Parameter List This list is shown all the marking parameters for your purpose You can name sort and store these marking parameters for future use Mark Param List Root Speed Pulse Power Freq Delay Delay New Dir Delete Dir Load Dir save Dir New Item Delete Item Set Default Left column The directory of parameter list Move the mouse to the directory and click the left button of mouse can rename the directory New Dir Create a new directory Delete Dir Delete the selected directory Load Dir Load directory Save Di
95. tion Sort the connected parts of the selected object Invert an image on its horizontal axis Left will become right and vice versa Mirror Vert Invert an image on its vertical axis Up will become down and vice versa Baseline Align selected text along a designated path Do the inversion of baseline function Trans Curve Transfer a curved line into a series of individual angled lines Allows these single lines to be manipulated individually when the direction keys are pressed eliminating the overlapping lines Contour This function will create an outline a selected bitmap image Transfer to Allows the resolution color quality and black and white Image effects to be adjusted And transfer the selected objects to be an image selected object paper edge or paper center This function will adjust how the distance between a series of objects is calculated O 48 MarkingMate 4 2 1 Redo Replace a cancelled action If this function was grayed means disable x The maximum times of Redo is 20 Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select Redo function Press the CTRL Y key from keyboard 4 2 2 Undo Cancel an unwanted action If this function was grayed means disable x The maximum times of Undo is 20 Method Click Edit from Menu Bar and select Undo function Press the CTRL Z key from keyboard 4 2 3 Cut Remove selected data and store it in the clipboard for future use If no da
96. ttings Find Help Run Te ve LY EL Log Off Lola indows9S5 Shut Down A shortcut icon of MarkingMate will be added in the desktop after installing the program click this shortcut will be able to start the program 13 MarkingMate 3 2 Read Files In MarkingMate program you must create a file before marking There are three ways of creating files open import and draw 3 2 1 Open Click File Open from Menu Bar or click the button from the Standard Toolbar a dialogue box will appear select the file you want from the directory and click Open button Look in E My Documents ad Files of type MarkinaMate Files ezm a Cancel 2 Edit the file to meet your needs 3 2 2 Import Click File Import from Menu Bar a dialogue box will appear Select the file you want to import from its directory and click Import button You can also click the button from the Standard Toolbar Import ki Ed Look in E My Documents EA ex E Marking atel ezm E Marking ates ezm DI ni NN mM E Files of type AI Available File a Cancel Select the file you want to import and then click the Open button 14 MarkingMate The selected picture will be displayed on the left down corner of the work area When import a graphic object like a DXF file users can use Edit Break function to break the selected object into several objects 3
97. uction to the toolbar 4 7 1 1 Standard Bar Enable or disable the Standard Bar New Open a Repeat a cancelled action Import a graphics files and convert it into the mark format H Replace the selected object by a new object Cut Y Remove selected data and store it in the clipboard for future use Copy Duplicate selected data and store it in the clipboard for future use Paste Attach data from the clipboard to the current document 4 7 1 2 Zoom Bar Enable or disable the Zoom Bar Zoom Bar RQA QQ Zoomin Enlarge a specific area Zoomout Shrink a specific area Zoom previous amp Go back to the previous view Show all graphics in the Work Area 4 7 1 3 Draw Bar Enable or disable the Draw Bar R IXANCODS g Am N B 97 MarkingMate point to point to point Circle Creates circles and ovals Rectangle Creates squares and rectangles Creates a curve using three points of Curve reference 1D Barcode Ml Creates 1D barcode 4 7 1 4 Layer Bar Enable or disable the Layer Bar Layer Taver FPL al EEES The layer page of Property Layer Manager u Table will show up for editing Create a new layer a new Create a new layer Delete the Active Layer The active layer will be deleted Current Layer Select the current layer Layer Color Layer color settings Enable or disable view layer Edit Layer Enable or disable edit layer Output Layer ee Enable or disa
98. use the same unit Enable disable the Sere horizontal Cand vertical ruler to use the l ee same unit 4 1 6 5 Grid Insert a grid over the work area Grid Ro A Enable the grid o ToolTips Hor 100 000 mm Enable disable the grid eae Yet foom sum Grid size A Horz Horizontal width de Vert Vertical width Enable the grid locking Enable disable the grid le Setas default locking Cancel Hep 4 1 6 6 Trim Enable disable the trim function and adjust the standard unit of trimming Options Document Euler Enable the trimming T Trim Measure Trim Horz 01003 nun Enable the trimming Enable disable the trimming Trim measure Adjust the trim measure Vert 0 100 mn W Setas default Comel He 4 1 6 7 ToolTips ToolTips is a tool which shows the info of the selected objects 42 MarkingMate Enable the ToolTips on the cursor pointed object Iv Enable the clips on the cursor pointed object Enable disable the ToolTips Tooltips Setting ToolTips setting SE Start span Span for starting Oe Span 5000 4 mis Show span Span for showing Background background color Enable the 3D shade 7 sta Enable disable the 3D shade Coral Hel Background e Enable the 3D shade 4 1 7 Import This allows you to import a file that was not originally created by MarkingMate It will automatically convert the file into a mark format If the import object is a group or combi
99. ut Output Table Rotan lv Enable Method Cylinder C Dise Option Diameter 200 mm Wlas Width fro mm Set s Default Apply All Step 5 Cancel the object selection and go to the motor setting page of the Property Table to do the Motor Setup 1 Select the axis you want Rotary or X Axis or Y Axis or Z Axis Unit angle or length Acc Time the time for Rotary Axis to reach the speed you want If the value is 5 sec and the speed is 10 degree sec that means the rotary axis will reach 10 degree sec in 5 seconds Speed the speed of Rotary Axis If the value is 10 degree sec that means the Rotary Axis turns 10 degree per second Axis Unit the pulse amount needed for one circle rotating Property Table x Lens System Driver Global Fower Test Dry Roun Motor setup Graph Setup Eotary Unit Angele Ace time 0 100 sec Speed 20 000 degit Axis Unit 250 000 pulseideg Initial Speed 10 000 deg sec Reverse Home After Program start Active High For In Position Signal Active High For Home Index signal Active High For Lint signal Jump To 0 000 deg FO yo aa lf the spec of the motor is 20000 pulses the value should be set as 20000 pulses REV Start Speed Start speed of the motor Reverse The motor turns in the reverse direction Homing After Program Start Automatically go home after program start In Position High Set the si
100. w or Cua ca i a co cH oF co io a Ww a ua on o_ En 1 30 23 40 1 10 I 105 MarkingMate Tile Show all open windows without overlapping as below i arkingh ate y Arrange Rearrange the windows The shrink window will be list in the bottom as below Close All Close all opened windows Minimize O Maximize x Close Minimize O Maximize x Close Alt F 4 106 MarkingMate 4 9 Help Menu Help menu will assist you to use this software Help Topic The related information of the software About MarkingMate The version information of the software Help Topic Click the Help Topic to search all information you need about this software About MarkingMate About MarkingMate METAS Ione Version 2 2 7 http tivww easterlo gic com tw 107 MarkingMate Chapter 5 Objects The function for users to draw graphics texts and barcodes are so called Object Function These functions include dot line arc circle rectangle curve curve brash text arc text 1D barcode and 2D barcode Whatever an object being selected its related property table will be displayed for setting Besides click the right button of mouse after selecting an object will display a popup menu providing the normal use functions and additional functions For example select a curve click right mouse button a function of edit vertex will be added in the popu
101. will output a related signal to laser source according to the requirements For YAG laser it can control current and frequency There will be two D A outputs to do the control in the indirect control situation As the CO2 laser the only parameter we can control is power Under the indirect control all we need is output a DA signal However the hardware maybe can adjust the output frequency which is not possible for software to do Following we will discuss more deeply to the YAG and CO2 laser control YAG Laser Control YAG can shoot the laser right away when receiving a trigger current Ifthe trigger current higher the laser will be heavier Besides there are two methods for shooting laser one is continuous wave CW the other one is Q Switch intermittence shooting Two methods result in different effects Users have to choose by themselves Normally it needs an I O point CW SELECT to tell the laser controller to enter CW mode or Q Switch mode In CW mode the laser will continuously shooting when the gate is open and receiving a trigger current while in Q Switch mode even the gate is open laser is not shooting until the Q Switch receive a signal Maybe open the Q Switch gate in the edge of rising pulse and close the gate in the edge of dropping pulse Therefore the laser controller still needs a square pulse In Q Switch mode the engraving quality depends on pulse frequency and the time Q Switch opened So the square pulse mus

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