Pangolin Beyond Info Thread

[gabrielefx]

the blank areas are caused by the different sync between laser and videocamera?

[masterpj]

yes, especially with raster this is.

[dstar]

100kpps scanner?
Those don't exist.

2008/09 i have see a bigger Lobo-System with GM120 and 100kpps for Rasterscans.
Beamshows@60° with 80kpps.
But the max Lifetime of the Galvos... hmm... no comment from Lobo.

[masterpj]

2008/09 i have see a bigger Lobo-System with GM120 and 100kpps for Rasterscans.
Beamshows@60° with 80kpps.
But the max Lifetime of the Galvos... hmm... no comment from Lobo.

I've seen them working.
I also got a folder here from lobo lasersystems and it lists all their galvo's and amps.

[hobbybob]

How did you make this ?

[gabrielefx]

Hi Masterpj!

I have read in another post that you are a Beyond beta tester.
You posted a question to Pangolin, how to draw a 3d scene with two or more lasers.
They told you that it is possible.
This is confirm that if I have a large and complex drawing Beyond can use two or more lasers and divide the job.
This is done dynamically?

Would be nice if Beyond used a multi-core (laser) configuration to draw a unique drawing.

[masterpj]

That topic is very old, I already do this and do it with multiple lasers yes.
It is not done dynamically and need to be done manually.

It can only be done with seperate objects.

[rMuD]

But they didn't do that. To keep to the analogy, they promised you the equivalent of free servicing and gave it for the life of your Fiesta.

They never promised you a new car!

Software is not a car. From LD32 -> LD2000 the software did not change. Pangolin stopped updating LD anything years ago... Showtime did get a few updates over the 10 years... but again.. they are promising "Forever" if you spend 1000's of dollars.

My favorite thing is hey, upgrade for 50% off.. we havn't decided what features you get to keep though.. but you can pay us $1000's of dollars more just be safe.

[White-Light]

Software is not a car. they are promising "Forever" if you spend 1000's of dollars.

Forever for that product yes. Beyond is not LD its an entirely new product.

[JohnYayas]

QuickShow was an entirely new product but FB3 users got it for free. Beyond and QuickShow appear to be basically sets of the same product. However, QM2000 users don't get Beyond for free. It seems as though I have heard many times from Pangolin, maybe even straight from Bill, that Pangolin is better because they give away the software with the hardware and upgrades are always free. The way it was worded didn't mean bug fixes and new features but whatever software they decided to develop for their hardware. I don't own any Pangolin gear so I don't really care, but am throwing the BS flag on this. Bean counting won out over customer relations on this one.