Hi everyone!
Im pretty new to show lasers, and I am fortunate to find this awesome place of information!
I've had a Cameo Luke 700 for about a year now, running in auto-mode on my events. As I wanted to try to do some more programming, and wanted a brighter laser, I bought a Laserworld DS-3000RGB, which has integrated shownet, and a reasonable price for my humble needs.
I'm trying to do some comparision to see which one is "best". I understand Laserworld is not "state-of-the-art" but maybe its enough for me. I dont care much for animation, I like dreamy beams overhead... (The beams is more crisp on the Cameo, but the galvos actually shake the picture alittle more.)
Anyway, couple of questions arise, as I like to understand how things work. Sorry if somebody has already asked it before.
1) The DS-3000 comes with a set of ilda-files on a SD-card, which can be played automaticly. I notice that some of the animations/pictures has some "blanking errors". Like there is an extra 5cm line between two figures that is not supposed to be there. Now, if I reduce the default speed(20k) DMX-slider down to an area about 10k-15k it shows perfectly, but if I instead increase to 30kpps, the unwanted line gets even longer. Other (simpler or more complex) ilda files may or may not have this error.
So is a specific ilda file "ment" to be played at an exact/predetermined scan-rate to be showed correctly?
2) I also note that especially red color is alittle more prone to the error mentioned above, than the other colors. Maybe thats the tradeoff when not going high-end-lasers...?
3) I do see laserworld web-pages and manual are warning alot about not driving the galvos too fast at too large scan angles. The default on my scanner is 20k, and its rated for 40k. Hopefully I should be able to show most animations at full 50 degree angle without being afraid of killing my poor galvos? And intermittingly increase to 30k when needed.
Thanks!