I know its new, but I havent been able to find anything recent about wifi connection status for the Falcon a1 pro. I got this last summer, and it connects to their software with no problems, but its severly lacking compared to lightburn. I can get it working fine via usb, but my laser is 50’ away from my pc near the window andhaving a dedicated machine is a bit much.
How do you keep an eye on the laser while it is running?
Not really helping with my question, but the machine is in line of site by the window so I can vent it.
True, so let us work on that issue. Using WiFi is usually (strongly) not recommended. This does not apply to just the Falcon A1 machines. If you look at a WiFi signal with an analyzer app, you will see the signal strengths vary from maximum to all the way to zero. If Lightburn is streaming data to the laser, (1) that data is lost and (2) there is no means of error correction at the laser end on the data packets.
How are you going to feel if you have about $30 worth of the product in the laser and you get a “Lost Connection” in the Console display about 1/2 way thru the burn?
There are other methods that are much more reliable:
- Use a wired ethernet to the laser, if yours supports it.
- Use a powered (amplified) USB cable to the laser, to get around USB length limits.
- Create a GCode file on a xD card and take it to your laser if it will accept one.
I have a relevant question: If you do not have a PC at the laser, then how are you going to Jog the laser around when doing your setups? Or see if the Framing is where it is supposed to be?
A 50’ line of sight is a long distance in any building. How big would a fire have to be before you will see it? There is a recent posting by a person wanting info about a Sculpfun 33w upgrade that said thankfully the fire did not set their house on fire. Safety first, then production.
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Please keep responses focused on the original question about wifi connectivity for the A1 Pro and LightBurn.
This is a support forum, not a discussion or opinion thread. If you don’t have relevant experience or a direct answer to the question being asked, there’s no need to respond.
Side commentary, assumptions, or lectures don’t move the issue forward and just add noise. Helpful, on-topic answers only—thank you.
If you can’t use the help and suggestions of the users here in this forum, then use this address - support@lightburnsoftware.com
It may be called official “LB Support Forum”, but here it is normal users who spend their time helping others. And unfortunately it is sometimes misunderstood, especially by new users who think that the support forum has some responsibility for solving their problems. But it is absolutely not the main task of the forum to provide professional software/hardware support, but to exchange experiences and ideas and discuss possibilities for improving both hardware and software. If you can’t use it, then use the address from the beginning of my post or call your laser machine supplier.
There are 10 threads that pop up when I search for Falcon a1 pro and wifi…, I assume you have found it and could use some of it.
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“Anyone Connected to their machine via wifi with lightburn yet?”
Matt,
I can hardly add to what @bernd.dk posted. I will say this: When I post, it is with the assumption that many others will see your generic title and read the posting. For this reason, I respond so that they might also benefit from the information provided. You are not the only one having laser issues and the Forum is here to help everyone.
Gentlemen, I will point you to the forum guidelines. Specifically:
Keep It Tidy
Make the effort to put things in the right place, so that we can spend more time discussing and less cleaning up. So:
- Don’t start a topic in the wrong category.
- Don’t cross-post the same thing in multiple topics.
- Don’t post no-content replies.
- Don’t divert a topic by changing it midstream.
- Don’t sign your posts — every post has your profile information attached to it.
Rather than posting “+1” or “Agreed”, use the Like button. Rather than taking an existing topic in a radically different direction, use Reply as a Linked Topic.
@LightBurn could you have a mod delete all of these responses that are not related to the original question. I do not have any options/permission to moderate my own topic myself to ensure it stays on point, and there are no flag for review features showing up for the specific posts.(perhaps an account status permissions issue?)
I am simply trying to see if anyone had accomplished getting the wifi working on this specific piece of hardware prior to buying your software which is what your site suggests possible new customers do. My expectation is that this thread would stay empty till someone found a work around or official support had been added. If these 2 cannot follow the community guidelines can I at least block them from further responses hijacking the original question? I refuse to waste any further time time dealing with them.
Thanks for your help.