Foolish question... setting for 2 laser tubes when only 1 is installed

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David Borneman
Posts: 27
Joined: Sat Jul 10, 2021
Location: Nongprue, Banglumung
Country: Thailand
Nickname: Frosty
Laser Machine Make or Type: Bogong 2500x1300 100W
Laser Power: 100W
Laser Bed Size: 2500x1300
Home Position: TL
Control Software: RDWORKS
RDWorks Version: 8.01.48
Ruida Controller: RDC6445
Windows Version: Various
Accessories: Compressor. Chiller... custom extraction system. Also I chose RDWorks (came with the laser), but I use lightburn a lot too.

First off, I am very new to laser cutters in general, so this may be a no brainer.

When our laser cutter arrived in January of this year, our designer (who had owned smaller lasers himself) made some changes to the user/machine settings and ended up bricking the machine lol... so the seller had their techs remote in and fix it. That is the last time we touched the user settings at all until my last post in this forum where I got some advice (and took it) to change a couple of the settings to try to fix another issue we were having.

Now the whole point to me telling you that ^ was to say that until that post a couple days ago, I never even looked at the user/machine settings. The machine was cutting... and still is (albeit with a few issues), and I am firmly in the camp of "if its not broke, don't fix it".

So... this may be perfectly fine, but according to my vendor settings my laser is a multitube laser... but its not. My unit contains a single laser tube only - and I have to assume that the seller set these settings up this way (screenshot attached)... now this has my brain leading to all sorts of things (like maybe this is the reason my 100W laser can sometimes barely cut 3mm plywood/acrylic without issues).... could it be that these settings are causing power issues in my laser? should I change that to "one tube" configuration? Is there any reason the seller's techs would set it this way on purpose?

any info appreciated!
Jeffrey Aley
Posts: 388
Joined: Fri Aug 11, 2017
Location: Folsom, California
Country: United States
Laser Machine Make or Type: Kehui
Laser Power: 50W
Laser Bed Size: 500mmx300mm
Home Position: TL
RDWorks Version: 8.01.24
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: Win10 Enterprise
Accessories: Spray bottle with water (for small fires)
Fire extinguisher (for big fires)

I didn't see the screen shot. :-(
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Gene Uselman
Posts: 2180
Joined: Thu Jul 07, 2016
Location: Suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Country: USA
Nickname: Gene
Laser Machine Make or Type: QC
Laser Power: 130W
Laser Bed Size: 900x1300
Home Position: TR
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: RDw .19 & Lightburn
LightBurn Version: Latest
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: Win 10 Pro
Accessories: I have a combining lenses, pin tables [homebuilt], honeycomb tables , wireless remote, Modifed Ultimate Air Assist, home built non-powered rotary device, PrusaMK4 and Mini Prusa printers.

Your can safely change that- I don't believe it will make any difference actually.
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David Borneman
Posts: 27
Joined: Sat Jul 10, 2021
Location: Nongprue, Banglumung
Country: Thailand
Nickname: Frosty
Laser Machine Make or Type: Bogong 2500x1300 100W
Laser Power: 100W
Laser Bed Size: 2500x1300
Home Position: TL
Control Software: RDWORKS
RDWorks Version: 8.01.48
Ruida Controller: RDC6445
Windows Version: Various
Accessories: Compressor. Chiller... custom extraction system. Also I chose RDWorks (came with the laser), but I use lightburn a lot too.

OOps, not sure why that did not attach. Or I forgot lol. :D
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