So I don’t know of anything that I could recommend. The only laser units that we really have any experience with are Synrad and Coherent lasers both of which come with a proprietary stand-alone controller. The only solution that I could think of for that issue would be to get some sort of stand-alone laser controller that we could use to replace the one that is built into the “mainboard”. In this case we would have to replace the existing “mainboard” to get WinCNC setup to control the motors and move the machine, but in doing so we would be eliminating the laser controller as well. Generally that will require a laser controller that generates a “tickle” pulse and does a digital to analog conversion of the gate signal. WinCNC uses a one wire gate signal with PWM for laser firing and power control. It looks like that has a built in laser controller, which would be an issue with retrofitting to WinCNC. And I was able to track down a manual for the “mainboard” online.
Here is part of the conversation I had with the sales rep at wincnc. Wincnc is generally used with synrad and coherent lasers. The problem is that it will not work without a separate laser control, the Ruida controllers are an integrated laser + motion controller. I don't need a computer and all the hardware can be bought online for about $400 less than the quote. Laser Raster/Vector Feature Activation - $300.00ĬN2IO Board and 10ft DB37 M/F Cable - $300.00ĭB37 Ribbon Cable extension (inside cabinet) - $25.00 WinCNC Software - $850.00 (includes 30 days support to determine proper wiring and online software configuration)
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