#1 Preparations
1. Connect the conveyor to xTool F1 Ultra
Follow the instructions in the User Manual for xTool Conveyor to install and connect the conveyor.
2. Connect xTool F1 Ultra to XCS
(1) Use the USB cable to connect xTool F1 Ultra to your computer.
(2) Open XCS on your computer. On the top-right corner of XCS, click + New project.
(3) On the right side of the project editing page, click Connect device.
|
Connect device.
(4) On the pop-up window, click the name of your device to connect to it.
Process a large material
1. Select the processing mode and material name
(1) On the top of XCS, click the name of the current processing mode, and then select Use conveyor-large as the processing mode.
|
(2) In the top-right corner, click User-defined material, select the name of your material, and click Confirm.
|
2. Place the material and perform laser focusing
(1) Place the material on the right side of the conveyor, allowing the blue light spot to fall on the surface of the material.
(2) Hold down on the Up/Down button for laser module to lift or lower the laser module. When the red and blue light spots overlap to form a purple spot, the focus is successfully set.
If you need to process the whole material, you can move the material to the right of the middle line after you finish focusing.
3. Shoot background and design processing objects
(1) In the top-right corner of XCS, click the Refresh background icon
.
XCS takes a photo of xTool F1 Ultra’s processing area and inserts the photo as the canvas background. You can position processing objects based on the background.
(2) Use the tools to the left of the canvas to create objects on the canvas. You can import images, insert shapes, enter text, draw vector graphics, and so on.
|
(3) Select the objects to further edit them using the tools on the top of the canvas.
4. Set the processing parameters and processing path
(1) Select objects on the canvas. On the right side of XCS, set parameters for the selected objects.
|
- You need to set parameters for every object. A missed object may fail to be processed.
- The conveyor supports only laser engraving on the material.
(2) In the bottom-right corner of XCS, click the
icon to set the processing path.
|
Evade smoke: When this feature is enabled, the device follows a path less affected by the smoke to process the material.
5. Preview the processing area
You can preview the processing area on the material by framing. Framing means laser dots walk along the border of the processing objects on the material. Take the following steps to start framing:
(2) Click Framing in the software. The laser dots will move along the boundary of the processing objects on the material so that you can preview the processing area.
To stop framing, click the Stop Framing button at the bottom-right corner of XCS.
6. Start processing
(1) In the bottom-right corner of the software, click Process.
|
(2) Preview the processing pattern and path.
In the bottom-left corner, click the
button, and XCS will show you the processing path.
(3) Wear a pair of goggles that can shield laser beams of 455 nm and 1064 nm wavelengths.
When xTool F1 Ultra is used with a conveyor, its protective enclosure cannot be fully closed. For your safety, it is recommended that you wear goggles during processing.
Safety goggles are not included with xTool F1 Ultra or the conveyor. Please purchase them separately.
(4) In the upper right corner of the software, click Start. When the software shows “Ready”, press the XTOOL Start/Stop button on the touchscreen controller to start processing.
