If using the Makita router, you don’t need to change the settings in the controller after you setup your laser.
I use Lightburn so I cannot help with VCarve. Note that GRBL usually works well for the 1F.
I zero the laser by eye, mine is an Opt Lasers. Two options, depending on the situation:
- the air assist nozzle is good approximation of the laser position. You need to find a similar physical reference on your laser.
- I have written a small g-code (laser - minimum.nc - 210 Bytes) to fire the laser at minimum for 10s, it’s loaded on the controller and I never erase it from the menu such that it’s always available.
You may need to adjust line 7 and set a higher value to S (M3 S1).
I simply bring the laser to the bottom right of the panel. In the controller I click the position icon (not home) to set X, Y to zero.
Using the supplied height reference, I set the Z to zero as well. If Z is wrong, the laser will not be properly focused.
I have tried using the air nozzle with the probe, it works but is not worth the extra precision.
The bug that prevents firing the laser from MDI is not resolved yet 