Cut 2D Laser/ Power settings

Jerry Maggi

I'm a bit puzzled by Cut 2D laser power settings, In our Emblaser manual it says the laser has 255 power levels but cut 2D limits it to only 100% I'm not quite understanding the whats going on...I have all this power but I'm limited. Can any one explain what I'm not quite understanding here.

JaredHooper

Apparently there are some jumpers you can change to increase the wattage but even if you change them and get more power going to the laser you can't make a setting in Cut2D more than 100%. The 255 number is not a percentage.

Lliam Anstey-Sprigg

Cut2D uses a percentage for driving the laser power, so 100% is equivalent to 255 and is the maximum power setting.
I believe some of the other software available uses a 0 to 255 range, and not a percentage.