At this point in time you are being very much uncivilized. As I would like to try and have a respectable and considerate conversation, opposed to how you are acting now. I am not a hardware or software engineer but a basic level hobbyists who creates different things by hand for the sake of just doing it for the experience.
Again, you fail to understand the technology. Each chip has a different primary key. Replacing it isn’t going to do any good. Care to try again … at losing?
Seriously dude, all you are doing here tonight is proving to everyone your level of incompetence. Do yourself a favor and go do the research and learn about the technology before you attempt to have a conversation about it.
Feel free to stop reading anything I say. I’m not forcing you to follow along with my uncivilized comments. That’s a choice you are making.
No, but you are not being respectful or even considering the background as to where I come from. Instead your method of attacking my remarks you can better yet actually explain and teach others from the knowledge you have gained.
Care to explain what background that is that you’re coming from? All I’ve seen you do is telling others how they should do something. Making recommendations for things you have absolutely no idea how they work. Or telling me, tonight, ‘you can just do this, or that’ without ever bothering to even understand what it takes and how the technology works. You want to know what I call that background? Arrogance. And you have plenty of it.
Someone who wants to learn will ASK questions, they don’t tell others how to do something they don’t know nothing of.
More than once I told you tonight, go do the research so you would understand the technology. You are pretending to know about something you obviously know nothing of.
I’m done with your idiocy. As I said, you are under absolutely no obligation to read anything I say to you. That’s a personal choice you are making. Feel free to ignore me all you want.
I’m usually smart enough to stay out of these types of discussions but…
A usb hardware key or “hasp key” can be duplicated or cloned. It depends on the exact type, but most can be cloned. Simply do a search for usb dongle clone or copy and you’ll find lots of info. Like here: http://dongleduplicate.nsys.by/
I’m not saying these K40 dongles can be cloned, but considering the cost point etc, they most likely can be. Of course it may cost as much as a replacement unless you have the equipment and knowledge so the point may be moot anyway.
Hey guys, how about we get back to the purpose of this group which is to ask questions and spread information in the hopes of assisting fellow owners. Yes many questions could be prevented by reading past the first 3 posts but let’s keep it civilized…
@HalfNormal nice find, I will certainly add this to my research regarding the max limits of this machine.
Why do we think that the max speed is 600mm/s yet carving and cutting is only 7 and .5 respectively?
Is carving the same as engraving to them?
Here is what my K40 specs are from Amazon, interesting differences?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C9UZCOS/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Technical Parameters:
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Interface to Computer: USB Port
Tube Trigger Volt: 20KV;Tube Operating Volt: 15KV
Current:0~22mA
Engraving Area: 260x180mm
Maximum Item Size to Engrave: 10.25W x 8.75L x 2.85H in (260mm x 220mm x 70mm)
Laser Tube (life hours): 1000-1300 Hours
Laser Power: 40W
Engraving Speed: 0-13.8 in./s (0-350mm/s)
Cutting Speed: 0-1.38 in./s (0-35mm/s)
Minimum Shaping Character: 0.04 X0.04in (1mm X 1mm)
Resolution Ratio: 0.001 in (0.026mm) / (1000dpi)
Resetting Positioning: 0.0004 in (0.01mm)
Software Supported: MoshiDRAW software (both NewlyDraw and NewSeal function)
Power Consumption: 250W
Operating Temperature: 32-113F (0-45C)
Recommended Spare Parts/Consumables: Laser Tube, Focal lens, Reflection lens
Voltage: 110V~240V
Frequecy: 50Hz~60Hz
@Coherent My point exactly, as it can be done but it does not mean that someone could do it with the right tools as you have mentioned.
It’s pointless to clone a USB stick for those board, who want to use that software anyway.
The whole goal of Smoothie mod (when I started it) was to be able to choose freely your software. (visicut before LW1)
@StephaneBUISSON Proprietary software just to keep a user from using a competitors tools. Epilogue lasers being a good example but from their videos it does seem like a good system to work with.
NOt to be rude or anything but can i suggest a possible option? The chinese program Benbox as it provides a few design tools that would be nice to have in Laserweb. Or developing a application that can be used on mobile device as a way to repurpose it.
@donkjr it appears the specs for your machine is for the Moshi board and not the Nano.
@HalfNormal interesting since my machine had a M2Nano :).
@Jonathan_Davis_Leo_L you miss part of the point, it’s not only the proprietary software, but the hardware is close too.
As per Smoothie compatible softwareS, you could suggest new features to devs for all of them directly in their respective Github repo.
but please be extremely efficient in your request description (as Devs are all extremely busy)
@StephaneBUISSON yes that is an important point. For me it was the frustration of not knowing what the machine was being told to do when things did not work. With my K40-S I can see everything from the electronic circuits to the Gcode that is driving the gantry :).
@StephaneBUISSON Yeah and i did make a suggestion on the LAserweb community and Mr. Van Der Watt was quite rude in his responses towards my ideas.
@donkjr did you try Visicut ?
@StephaneBUISSON I downloaded the program myself but have not yet installed it.
@StephaneBUISSON no i did not try visicut. Do you mean with the Nano or smoothie??