Thunder Laser Dual-Stage Air Assist Sequencing Issues
How to fix dual-stage air assist sequencing issues on Thunder Laser machines, most commonly caused by USB connections, with three supported workarounds.
Thunder Lasers with dual-stage air assist systems sometimes experience sequencing issues. This anomaly is predominately occurring when the laser is connected to the computer via USB (or thunderbolt/USB-C adapters).
If you toggle air assist ON in LightBurn the high volume stage should activate. If you toggle air assist OFF then that should be the low volume stage. Sometimes this can get out of sequence and work backwards.
Here are the supported workarounds for this issue (#3 is the best solution):
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