@Zax fair enough, thank you for your help getting my unit working again. I looked up T2 and learned more about it. Might get a lic down the road. I will play around with what I have more at this stage. Thx!

@Zax Hi Zax, the new board arrived quickly. I installed it today and worked like a charm. Thank you so much!

So I have been test burning all day. A few newbie questions in EleksCam if you don't mind:

1. It takes WeakPower 20 to have the lowest power laser turns on but even at level 20, it slowly burn marks on wood/cardboard. Is this normal?
2. At "On/Off" Power level, I could hardly see a difference between 200-1000 (max), normal?
3. Besides power level, I also don't see much difference in speed settings. 100-500-1000-5000-10000, all feel the same. Am I crazy? lol
4. Some says I can pause the job and changed the power setting, continuous job but it doesn't seems to work. So I guess I must Stop the job and restart in order to use new power setting?
5. I load up a gray-scale image, selected Scan mode trying to create a burn that has "gradient" but as far as I can tell, the laser is shooting out constant power thru out. So I guess you cannot do gradient in EleksCam but to purchase T2?

Thank you again!

That sounds great. Just compared the two, you are right on extra features/expansion. Thx and yes Im in the US. Phoenix AZ. I will order tonight. Assume it shares the same installation process like the A3 Pro...

Oops sorry I misread. I will purchase the one you suggested. I mention the other one because it seems to be the same dimension with the original one that came with the set, so I can reuse the mounting plate. By the way, what be the advantage on the one you brought up? Just curious. Big thanks again!

I wouldnt know what to purchase as replacement. Purhaps really getting new board new laser... expect another $100

Thx for responding, Zax!

If that's the case, I prefer to get a replacement board. I'm burnt out troubleshooting. I was looking at this new board from banggood (also where the engraver was purchased). However I have doubt because my laser uses only 2-wire, this new board has GND. Unless if I purchase both new board and new laser

Banggood - Mana SE v3.1 Controller Board

Hi, I finally put together an old version of EleksLaser A3 that was given as gift a few years back. I still couldn't get it to work after hours of setup. It could be my mistake jumping to EleksCAM Software but benbox initially leading to breaking it? I will explain what happened here and hopefully some one can provide pointer.

1. Everything was put together fine but since I google the software leading me to EleksMaker website, I simple downloaded the EleksCAM and driver for EleksLaser A3 "Pro" (uses Mana SE). I recalled the original setup was via Benbox/firmware etc.

2. When I first connect the unit, red light on the controller board turned on, no laser, then I pressed the Weak laser, only the laser fan turned on. After many attempts, I noticed the Red wire was half way in the pin that connects to the board, after I have it secured, the laser finally turned on.

3. Problem tho, the laser remained at full power regardless of Weak button being on/off. On top of that, the laser won't turn off via EleksCAM so it just kept turning wood until I shut it down using the main power button. Notice the X/Y motors moves fine, load proj, preview, run and stop proj worked fine. The laser just won't shut off or pause during jobs. I tried turning the R4 Weak-on level dial (with Weak pressed down) but virtually didn't change the power of the beam.

4. I thought it has to do with EleksCAM being incompatible, so I went ahead and install Benbox v3.7.99 found out it behaves completely the same.

Now my questions:

• Did I break the board/laser (my Step2) when troubleshooting the losen red wire because I had Weak button pressed down for way more than 30 sec. Notice the laser was NOT on during that time but only the fan spinned when pressing down Weak.

• If I need a new board or laser, what would you suggest that will work with my remaining hardware? Also, how should I install it?... with EleksCam, Benbox or something else?

Thank you so much in advance!