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I hate to say I ran into this same problem a few months ago but didn't bother to address it. I simply manually touched the touch plate to the z-probe...

Here is a video of g2core running on my CNC with a new 5.5 watt laser I just added. I've modified the code so that tool 32 selects laser mode...

Not sure if I used the correct process for getting the changes up, please suggest best practices. Changes are in https://github.com/synthetos/g2/pull/431

I don't have a PR ready yet but I have proof-of-concept code which uses the 'W' axis to control laser power. Values between 0 and 1.000 mm translate to 0...

This is just a PoC and so I wanted to test the ability of using a "laser motor" while minimizing code change. I see a couple of options, one is...

@MitchBradley - These are interesting ideas. I hadn't thought of an incremental mode via other M or G codes but this is basically where I was going. I completely understand...

@giseburt Sounds like some very useful and substantial changes are on the way. I would be happy to help test or whatever else is needed. Coordinating like the W moves...

@jpbarad7 If you are trying to modify an OEM laser then you are getting into more than I feel comfortable giving advice for. There are a lot of variables in...