First-run setup

The first time you launch FocuZ, the Device Setup window opens automatically. It also re-opens if you try to Run or Trace before the device is configured. You can revisit it any time from Device ▸ Device Setup.

Marking is blocked until the device is configured

FocuZ won't let you Run or Trace until you've imported a markcfg7. This prevents marking with an unconfigured axis mapping.

The window has two sections: Device Setup on top and Lens Setup below it.

Device Setup

Import your markcfg7 (in the EZCad2 ▸ plug folder) to configure the device.

1. Click Import markcfg7 and select your machine's markcfg7 file — the same file EZCad2 uses. It lives in EZCad2's plug folder.
2. The status line confirms "Device configured (markcfg7 imported)." and Run and Trace unlock.

One import sets up everything device-wide: the laser settings (galvo axis mapping, speed and timing defaults), the rotary motor settings, the red light, the power map and the I/O port assignments. If you only want to re-import one of those later, each has its own Import markcfg7 button on its own panel in the Device menu.

FocuZ supports fiber lasers. The laser type is read from the file: a markcfg7 for another laser type still imports, but FocuZ tells you so and keeps marking and tracing disabled.

Rotary settings come in with the import

If your machine has a rotary, its motor settings — steps per rotation, gear ratio, direction and speeds — are applied to all three fixture profiles (Chuck, Roller and Turntable). Check and fine-tune each one later under Device ▸ Rotary Setup: that's where each fixture's own settings live, along with the default part diameter and split values for new rotary actions. See Rotary Marking.

Lens Setup

Configure the lens(es) you'll mark with — pick each lens, name it, and set its correction (a .cor file or manual values).

1. Pick the Lens you're using (L1–L8). FocuZ keeps settings per lens, so each lens has its own field size, scale and angle, and correction. Give it a short Label (for example "110" or "174") — the label follows the lens everywhere it's shown, including the lens dropdown.
2. Click Corrections… to open the correction dialog and either:
   • load a .cor file (recommended — the same lens file EZCad2 and LightBurn use), or
   • enter manual correction values — typed in directly, imported with From device markcfg7 (reuses the file you imported above), or imported from any file with Choose markcfg7….
3. (Later) set the lens's focal Z height from the Lens menu — see Lenses, Corrections & Calibration.

You can configure more than one lens here — pick a lens, set it up, then switch to another and come back; each keeps its own settings. You can fine-tune any lens later from Device ▸ Lens Corrections.

See Lenses, Corrections & Calibration for what each correction setting does.

Finish

Click Apply All to keep your setup, or Cancel to discard every change made in this window and return to how it was before.

Next: Your first mark.