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[jkwilborn (Jack Wilborn)]

More than likely it’s requiring a driver for the laser.

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Computer Cannot Find My Laser Engraver - Missing CH340 Driver

Lightburn was working perfectly with my Lenovo/Windows10 machine and my Atomstack A5 laser engraver. However. when I moved to an HP Zbook (also Windows10), I found that Lightburn was unable to find the engraver. The laser discovery window remained blank, and when I manually defined a device with the appropriate Grbl parameters and tried to print a pattern, I received a message saying that Lightburn could not find my laser device. Comparing the Lenovo and ZBook device listings, I found that on …

Linux doesn’t require them… usually built into the kernel.