Having issues connecting Monport Mega to lightburn. I am not sure where to start to remedy this. Any ideas?
The Mega looks like it has customized Ruida firmware, so LightBurn support may be minimal, no matter what Monport claims.
Does it have an Ethernet port? If so, do this:
If you’re stuck with USB, then making sure of the basics may help:
If none of that helps, give us more details on what you’ve tried and what happened: help us see what you’re seeing.
Interesting “setting the IP address on the controller”. That maybe why the lightburn bridge cannot find. Looks like I will start at the 1st one. I will keep this forum updated. Thanks.
“On the Ruida controller, press the ‘Z/U’ button to enter the menus.” This is where I am now. Can you put me in the right direction to find this menu?
For an ordinary laser with a Ruida 6442 controller (for example), you’d poke the Z/U button on the machine’s control panel:
However, photos of the Mega show Monport’s custom firmware has done away with the panel in favor of their “intelligent” M-Design Hub program, so instructions for ordinary machines do you no good.
It is possible you can set the IP address through the Monport program, but the description says it supports only “WiFi / USB” connections, so a hardwired Ethernet connection likely isn’t possible. If you can find the WiFi address and set LightBurn to use it, that might work.
This seems like something you must figure out with Monport tech support, because the machine is definitely running customized firmware …