CAD FLATBED Operating Instructions

CAD Flatbed
（HC-6090, HC-9012, HC-1215）

User’s Manual

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Chapter 1 Safety Guide

Please review the following guidance before using your plotter:

◇ Prevent pins and small bolts from dropping into the gap of the roller.
◇ Connect all equipments to a socket which has reliable ground conductor.
◇ Never use damaged power line.
◇ Never unplug the wire which connects with the computer when the power is on.
◇ When the plotter is power off, prevent the pressing wheel from pressing the roller.
◇ In case of the following circumstances, please shut down the power and contact our sales agent:
The switch could not function properly;
The plotter falls down or its cover has been damaged;
The plotter could not properly function or its performance has obviously changed.
◇ Never try to repair the plotter yourself.

When using the plotter:

◇ Never move the dolly with your hand.

◇ Never press the shield of the guide track with your hand or any heavy stuff.
◇ Always use the rocket switch to shut down the plotter.

When choosing the installation location of the plotter:

◇ Install the plotter to a plane which is stable and larger than the plotter; if the plotter is unstable,
the plotting performance would be influenced.
◇ Avoid vibration, strong electromagnetic interference, and place of heavy dust.
◇ Avoid places where could undergo dramatic moisture and temperature change.

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Chapter 2 Technical Parameters

Model
Name HC-6090 HC-9012 HC-1215

Cutting Area 600*900mm 900*1200mm 1200*1500mm

Maximum
0～1000mm/s
Cutting Speed
Accuracy ≤0.05mm
Cutting/Drawing Pen Drawing、 Half Blade、Full Blade
Model
Language Format HPGL、HPGL-2、DMPL Language
Resolution 0.0254mm/step

Resetting Accuracy ≤0.12mm

Cutting/Drawing Pressure Setting by Control Center Software

Computer Connection Connected with

Cutting Depth 0.5～2mm

Driving Model Stepper Micro-division

Power AC200V±10%、 50HZ

Pencore Normal sign pen, ball-point pen

Fuse 10A

Cutting Material Kraft Paper、White Board Paper、Plastic Paper, etc.

Origin Position Any position

1330*1060*1020mm 1630*1360*1020mm 1930*1660*1020mm

Machine Outlet Size

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Chapter 3 Packing List

No. Parts Name Quant.
1. M2.5 Allenwrench 1 pc
2 M3 Allenwrench 1 pc
3 M4 Allenwrench 1 pc
4 Straight screwdriver 1 set
5 Cross screwdriver 1 set
6 Universal Wheel 4 pcs
7 Fuse 10A 1 pc
8 Connection Cable 1 set
9 Control Center Software CD 1 set
10 Air Pump + Swith 1 pc
11 PVC Pipe and Fixing Lock 1 set
12 Power Cable 1 pc
13 Pencore 5 pcs
14 User’s Manuel 1 pc
15 Blade Holder 6 pcs
16 M8*55 Hexagonal screw 4 pcs
17 M5 Allenwrench 1pc
18 Open Spanner(10-12) 1 pc
19 Open Spanner(17-19) 1 pc
20 Cutting Blade 10pcs

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Chapter 4. Instruction of Control Center software

1、 Click this option: PlotLink.lnk ，the Control Center software opens, and you will see the
following image：

2. Power on the Flatbed cutting machine, then click the “Online” (right upper corner of the software
window), to make the machine connected with the computer, And then, there comes the Computer Control
window.
If the connection is failed, there shows a Warning “Ports Connection Failed”.
After the connection, there will be a window “the machine is not on original position, do you want to Reset
origin now ?” and you can choose “Yes” to reset the origin. Now you can go on to control the control panel
on the computer.

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3. After Connection, the machine will test firstly. If the result/setting is not correct, you can adjust the
settings in “Setup” option. The operating step is as following:
Setup >> Device Setup, Option, and Blade/Pen settings.
Device Setup >> the “Controller Settings” is mainly about the control of speed, it is fixed, just to change the
“ ” to adjust the size of the graphics/image.
Option >> this part is mainly for setting the working size of the cutting machine worktable
Blade/Pen Settings >> this part is mainly for the control of cutting/drawing depth, and there are two options
need to be adjusted: “ Compensation Settings ” and “ Overcut Compensation ”
See the following pictures:

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4. Open files:
Choose “open” from “file” option, and get/open the “.plt” format files.

5. If the file you choose is too big for the working area, you can edit and alter the file with the “edit”
option/function:
Right-click the mouse on the lines or designs, press “Delet” to remove the parts.
Choose all the file with right-click of the mouse over the whole file, and there will show an “X” in the centre
of the whole file, at this situation, you can move the whole file by press the right-click of the mouse.

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6. Choose to output part of the whole file:

Choose a part of the whole file with right-click of the mouse, then press the “Output” option, and the
computer will just output the part chosed.
If there is no choosing operation, the computer will output the whole file automatically.

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7. Close the Control Centre software, you need to close the “Online” first, and then close the Control
page/window.

Chapter 5. Others:

1. How to adjust a graph in actual operations:

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Design a .PLT file, and you need to put all the file into the white area, because the working
area is just over the white area, if the file is not inside the white area, then the machine will
not recognize and cut it.

“CTRL+A”, to choose all the graphics in the .PLT file, and then “F1” to turn the graphs from
0 to 360 degrees.
After turning the graphics, if there is still graphics outside of the white area, then you can
move the graphics outside of the white area by hand, “CTRL+A”, then move the mouse arrow
over the “X” at the centre of each graphics file, and the mouse arrow will become a cross,
NOW, you can move the graphics to a proper position while pressing the left-click of the

mouse, or you can move the graphics file by the four direction arrows side of the
control center software.

Move the cutting head to the proper position and press “Set Origin” .

NOTICE: the working graphics must be setted inside the white area, otherwise, the machine
will meet working erro or cutting head crashing on the side of the macine body.

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ALSO, as there are different programs to design the .PLT file, the .PLT file at the beginning
may not be a whole line, so first of all, we suggest press “F8” to combine and make a whole line,
then press “F6 cut outline”, the outline of the graphics will be in blue color.

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NOTICE: if the lines of files show black color that means, the pen is drawing and if the lines
show blue color that means the blade is cutting.
Also you can choose the lines of the graphics and set the working is by pen or blade.

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2. Things need pay attention to when Downloading,

During the Downloading, please do not touch the working machine by hand in order to avoid
any accidental damage to the machine, also you should not touch the two ends of the machine
in order to avoid any damage;
After Drawing the cutting machine will start cutting, During the cutting working, if the pen
goes down and start drawing again, that means the cutting blade is setted too deep or the
cutting pressure is setted to high. YOU need to Reset and then continue with the cutting
working. (If the cutting pressure is setted too high or too low, you can adjust the value during
the cutting working.)

3. Common Settings need to adjust before start working:

After the installation of the computer control center software, there need some adjustments of
values before you start to test and work with the cutting machine. The Common settings are
put in the last page of the User’s Manuel, you need to put into the values of the machine size,
our machine sizes: 1200*1500, 900*1200, 600*900

4. How to change pen or blade:

To change blade,
You need to uninstall the blade holder from the machine, remove the cover of the blade holder,
insert the blade and then fix the cover tight, then you need to unscrew the above cover half not
fully, then when the machine working, the blade will move with the holder moving.
In the computer Control Centre, there are “pen”, “blade”, and “half blade” at the “Rise up”

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option, that means when you press once “pen” or “blade”, the pen holder or blade holder will
goes down, and then you press “Rise up”, the pen holder or blade holder will rise up
accordinly. This function will be used just when you want to change the pen or blade, and it is
better to set the cutting pressure as 8, press “blade”, the blade holder will go down, put into
the blade holder, when the blade holder goes to the end, and press down the holder by hand, to
make sure the blade holder ending surface and the paper surface with some space, and then fix
the blade holder tight, then press the “Rise up”, the blade holder will rise up, and fix the screw
at the above of the blade holder tight, then the blade will not loose when cutting working.
To change pencore,
You can remove the pen holder from the machine and change a new pencore, when you
remove the pen holder, the operations are almost the same as the change of the blade holder.
After the change, test the pen and make sure the pen can draw clearly.

Chapter 6. Daily Maintenance

1. Please remenber DO NOT put any heavey things over the machine worktable in order to make sure the
cutter works with the best performance and keep the working accuracy.
2. Please remember to clean the worktable everyday to make sure the air flowing of the worktable works
with the best performance.
3. Please rememer to add some lubricating oil to the Y axis gear-box, because this part is with toothed
gearing. You need to have a check every two months to make sure the machine can work with the best
performance.
4. Please remember to keep the machine clean, and avoid dust or rag into the inside of the machine covers,
that will cause the working of the Y axis movement and also effect the cutting result.
5. Please remember to replace the double faed adhesive tape if the machine worktable is not with airproof
functions.
6. In order to make sure the normal working and also to avoid the static interference,
The electricity should be on Dreifachsteckdose with ground line.
7. When the power electricity is not stable,
Please do not work with the machine, and you would better prepare an alternating stabilized voltage supply.
8. Please DO NOT push the two horizontal guideway by hand, because that will influence the working
accuracy.

Chapter 7 FAQ

1. Connection cable not connecting well:

situations: During cutting, the power goes off suddenly from time to time
or the transformatting stops.
solutions: Re-connecting the power cable
and Re-connecting the connection cable

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2. No movement when Power on:

Situations: Power on the machine, the light for “Off/On” does not shine
and the machine will not move.
Solutions: (1.) have a check on the connection of the machine power cable,
(2.) have a check of the Fuse on the machine, have a try with a new fuse.
3. the cutter head can not stop moveing/running:
Situations: When power on, the cutting head keep moving and always in one direction.
Solutions: That should be the sensor of the cutting head is not working normally,
And you can open the cover of the cutter head to Re-set the sensor or Replace a new one.
4. During cutting working, the cutter change from blade to pencore automatically:
Situations: After Drawing, At the beginning or During the working of cutting, the cutting head stops
working suddenly.
Solutions: That maybe the cutting depth is too deep and cause the machine to reset automatically.
If you want to continue the working, press “CTRL” and left-click the mouse over the lines you
want to continue cutting, then press “output” and the machine can continue cutting the line
you have chosed.
5. the cutter worktable not flat:
Situations: after the cutting working, there are some parts of the material not cutting through.
Solutions: That maybe caused by the situation that the machine worktable is not flat.
The machine worktable is fixed with several screws:
The upper screws (M5 Hexagon head cap screws) is for jacking up the worktable.
The lower screws (with M5 nuts) is for pulling down the worktable.
You can adjust the tightness of the screws to make sure the machine worktable flat.

Chapter 8 Installation of the Control Centre

1. First of all, connecting the laser machine with the computer, power on the machine, then insert the
Software CD into the computer.

2. click this image: PlotLink_Setup.rar to start, it shows “Welcome” window, then click “next step”
there shows “choose install position” window, choose the position you want to install this software,
and then “next step” shows “choose program file”, the first option is chosed by computer automatically
just “next step” and there shows “prepare to copy files”, then “next step” and the software will install on
your computer automatically, click “Finish” and the installation is over.
3. Driver connection installation
Open the computer “Control Panel” and choose “Network Connections”, then “Local Area Connection”,
right click the mouse, choose “Properties”, then “General”, and get to “Internet Protocol(TCP/IP)”,
choose “Properties”, then get to “Use the following IP address”, in the IP address, type into this value:
192.168.0.123, then press “Tab”, “Subnet Mask(U): 255.255.255.0” then click “ok” and close the
“Properties” option.
4. choose “run” in computer “Start” and then type into: ping 192.168.0.100-t (“ping” should be in lower-case
letters, then “space” and 192.168.0.100-t), press “ok”, then the computer will check and finish

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automatically, and the installation is over.

Open the “Control Center” software, then press “Online” and the connection is over.

Chapter 9 Settings for Cutter

1. The value of the Controller:
the default values are X: 50, Y: 50, adjut the values and you can change the size of the working file,
for example, a file size 50*50, with X 50, Y 50, the working result is 49*49;
the same file, with X 49,Y49, the working result is 50*50

2. “Setup”>> “Options”:
1. Combination and Close gap omit : 1
2. Worktable size: setting as the machine size,
for example, 1200*1500 machine, the setting is width: 1200, and height: 1500
and for 900*1200 machine, it is width:900, and height:1200
and for 600*900 machine, it is width: 600, and height: 900
3. Processing Optimization should be setting based on the working files,
from the outer-side to the inner-side, NOT choose the “Automatically Optimization” in “Choice”.

3. “Setup” >> “Blade/Pen Settings”:

1. Handle speed: 1 Lifted Position: 3.8. (this position can be changed based on your working)
2. the minimum value for Pen is: 4.33, and the maximum value is: -1.17
The minimum value for the Blade is 4.34, and the maximum value is 7.269,
And the settings for half balde and full blade can be the same.
3. Compensation Settings Value: Blades Offset X: -20, Blade Offset Y: 0.2, Blade Radius: 0.5
4. Close Compensation: Pen 5, Blade 2, Half 2.

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