Hi, I received my Falcon 2 22W machine this week and have only had time to test it on 2 cuts on various thickness of paper in lightburn, all was good.
Now, upon starting the machine it goes through its sequence of flashing green lights, beeps and running air. Once done, the air light flashes amber once and continues to flash red, both others remain green.
There is good airflow through the tube and laser module.
Now it will not connect to my computer anymore.
It does not show up in the USB list of connected devices on a MacBook.
Macbook no longer asks me to allow the connection from the device.
I am not troubleshooting the Mac side as I imagine the flashing red Air light is the culprit.
So since no-one has chimed in on this I’ll post my finding that I was wrong about the flashing red light as it’s in its normal state when the air has stopped ( even in standby without a program running )
I resolved my issue only after re-flashing the firmware on the unit twice and the laser unit once.
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I’m glad you found what was going on with your Falcon 2 22W and also Thank you for sharing that as someone else will most likely have the same questions…!!
I ended up with the 22W and the 12W (ordered the same week when the former ended up on sale at the same price as the latter, but I’d planned to return the 12W once received). The 22W turned out to be refurbished but nowhere did it state that this would be a refurbished unit. You can just see the muck in the the air filter, the scratches from wear and tear, etc. It’s highly disappointing. The 12W, while is brand new (or so it seems) is giving me the same error as the 22W which is the same error you’re getting. I’ve tried reflashing the firmware; I even changed SD cards just to see if that was the problem. Both the 12W and the 22W are doing it. Different machines, different frames, different modules, different air pumps, same problem. I have walked through this process over and over and over and over. Video after video, manual after manual, message board after message board. I can’t find the root cause! Please help. How did you get the machine to reflash the firmware and keep it??
Me too running into the same problem without having activated the laser beam at all!
Built the housing, ready with the hardware I just was testing the noise of the instrument for some minutes, testing the switch for the vent (not the air flow pump speed wheel) on the left side. While testing the 3 security switches agin and again and rebooting the machine for some minutes, suddenly the red “air” diode became flashing on the laser and after a few seconds everything went off automatically. After restarting again, the air LED keeps blinking. Until now I did not test if the laser is working, the other hardware incl. homing seems to work.
Why are there no answers from Creality on this problem? Did anyone figure it out? I am now having this exact problem and I have already sent a machine back for this so clearly it is pretty common. I can find the answer anywhere. I am so upset with myself for wasting all this money on a machine that won’t work.
Problem is still occurring and I still can’t find an answer anywhere. This is on a Falcon2 Pro 60W. Machine starts up, air compressor is running fine, air is passing through the line, no kinks, verified going to the laser module, checked to be sure the laser nozzle wasn’t obstructed. No matter what I do, after sequences passes the 30 second mark, the air pump drops off as it is supposed to leaving the laser module air LED flashing red and the front panel light flashing green. At that point, my computer cannot move or operate the laser.
I’ve read that someone flashed the firmware and the problem was resolved, but then some others said they did the same thing and had no change.
The best question that also hasn’t received a reply is from another user asking, “Why hasn’t Creality responded with a fix?” Good question. And a timely one I might add. I’m about to drop an awful lot of money on a machine Creality makes. I think I better find a different vendor. One with support. I’ll wait a few days. I have an email sent to creality.com. Hopefully they’ll answer it soon.
