Titan: External Device Control - Air Pump, Exhaust and vacuum table

Preface: The Titan series supports the function of setting the start delay and end delay of the built in exhaust fan and air pump. It optimizes the engraving effect and ensures operational safety through airflow timing control. These values are in addition to any values you set in the control software.

Quickstart Video

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Complete Guide:

The Titan has the ability to control machine peripherals from the touchscreen with the ability to turn them on manually as well as set the start and stop delays.  The general functions are as follows:      

Start delay function: The air pump and exhaust fan can be set to start before the laser begins to process the job, allowing the exhaust fan to reach max speed if needed, ensuring that a stable auxiliary airflow and smoke extraction is formed when the laser starts to cut or engrave.

End delay function: The air pump and exhaust fan can be preset to shut down delay after the engraving is completed.

Enable Vacuum Table - Open or close the exhaust valve to pull air through the honeycomb bed to hold thin/flexible material to the bed

How to access the External Device Menu

      To access the External Device menu, go to your machine screen and press the Menu button in the top row of blue buttons and then look for the External Device icon in the lower left of the screen, press the icon for External Device.

External Device Screen Layout

      There are two modes under this function option:  Standard mode and Intelligent mode. Standard mode will turn the Exhaust and Air pump on all the time while the machine is powered up (not faulted etc). Intelligent mode will allow for peripheral control to turn peripherals on/off with timers.

Standard mode -Manual Enable On All The Time

Click the switch button to switch to Standard Mode, after which the exhaust fan and air pump will start and keep running at full speed, and the cooling fans of the machine casing and laser will start running at full speed.  This mode is usually used when the machine and laser generate excessive heat due to long-term continuous operation and require emergency cooling.

The machine will automatically switch back to Intelligent mode after being power cycled.

Intelligent mode - Automatic and Adjustable

      After turning on the machine, the Intelligent mode is enabled by default.

Click the position indicated by the red box in the illustration to open the modification field, where you may manually adjust the corresponding value.

Peripheral Timer Selection	Time Entry Prompt (Value is in Seconds)

Description of each function:

Function	Description
Air Pump and Exhaust Fan Start Delay	After pressing the Start button, the Air pump and Exhaust fan will start running first, and the laser will begin working after the preset delay time elapses. The default factory setting for this value is 1 second.
Air Pump End Delay	After the machine finishes the laser job, the air pump will turn off after the preset time delay elapses. The default factory setting is 20 seconds.
Exhaust End Delay	After the machine finishes the laser job, the exhaust fan will stop working only after the preset delay time elapses. The default factory setting for this value is 30 seconds.
Start Adsorption Platform	Turns on the function to use the exhaust fan to hold flexible/thin material. Open is On/Enabled. Closed is Off/Disabled.  (Note: that the Vacuum table is optional)

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