Does anyone have an idea why I’m unable to use the autofocus for the 20W laser on the Falcon A1 Pro?
What happens: I use the autofocus calibrate option on the engraver’s panel, and it resets the laser to the top left of the working area. I then open up the example file on the panel, and use the autofocus option. It places the laser near the red dot, then raises the laser head to roughly 3cm above the material.
When I attempt to engrave the sample file, it is very blurred and lacks definition.
If I use the focus block and manually set the laser height then it engraves the sample file correctly with clear definition.
I have performed a ramp test to verify the best distance, and the focus block is pretty accurate, so for now I can manually focus and it’s all okay.
If I insert the honeycomb tray and try to use the autofocus, it shows an error on the control panel.
The firmware was originally .29 and exhibited this behaviour. A new firmware (.38) was applied yesterday, but the autofocus still insists on placing the laser head 3cm away from the material.
I’ve had a lot of fun trying things out on vegetable tan leather (took a while to figure good settings in Falcon Design Space!). Once the 2W laser head arrives I’ll eagerly try out some metal etching and give the rotary kit a whirl (no pun intended… maybe!), but for now I eagerly await any advice to get this autofocus working properly - thank you
Great. Early adopters=beta testers. I got mine yesterday and have the same issue. Also, I can’t get camera calibration to work right; the scores are all over the place. At least it’s still accurate. Even the Falcon Design Space app is still in beta! Come on, Creality! This is a good machine but it’s stuck with undercooked firmware.
Did you figure yours out? I did some measuring and the x axis gantry on mine is 1mm higher on the right than the left. I’m waiting to hear back from Creality on what they are going to do.
Nothing to help from my side yet. I noticed they added a direct link to the manual focus tutorial video on the A1 Pro’s wiki page, so I’m guessing more people have been reporting the problem. If I figure anything out I’ll share it here for sure.
I’ll measure the gantry heights later and let you know if there’s anything off with my unit.
One thing I’m aware of, the autofocus is supposedly driven by ‘AI’ via the camera though there is little info about this aside from a brief mention of it with the material cards and their QR codes in the documentation. None of the official Creality material packs I’ve received contained these material cards. I’ve tried camera calibration using the firmware values, and have tried with manual calibration but to no benefit for the autofocus.
The camera calibration is broken, too. I can’t get consistent results no matter what I do. It should not be so difficult to do basic setup. Something tells me they pulled these out of the oven before they were done baking.
