Every thing is mirrored

[Drdavis (Don Davis)]

I am new to lightburn and have a red Chinese 80w laser with a rudia controller. From the very start every time I send a job to the laser it is flipped on the x axis so all text reads backwards.

I read the posts about origin and have tried every setting in lightburn to change it. I tried both device and different job settings in each corner. I tried to change the origin in my machine. My laser homes in the upper left and the origin is set for the lower left.

If you would like pictures or video please let me know.

I should also mention that I save the cut files to a usb stick and load them into memory because I cannot consistently connect to my machine via usb.

[LightBurn (Oz)]

Follow the directions in this post:

Image cutting upside

Moving the origin doesn’t change what’s sent to the laser, it flips things in the workspace. If you change the origin, you should see your shapes move around within the view, and flip. Select them and press H to flip horizontally, V to flip vertically. When the design you see matches the design on the laser, you’ve got it right. There’s an easier way - Click this button: [image] Then click the Red square in the corner of the page: [image] Whichever corner your laser moves to when you do t…

[Drdavis (Don Davis)]

Will this work even if I am not connected to the laser? I seem to be having real issues connecting via usb? Maybe there is a driver I am also missing?

[LightBurn (Oz)]

If you can’t connect, you could be missing a driver, yes. When you install LightBurn, there’s a check-box at the end to install an FTDI device. You can re-install the software and tick that box to get the Ruida driver.

And the jogging test does require that you’re connected.

[Drdavis (Don Davis)]

Thank you I am one step closer now, I can connect the computer to my laser now after installing the driver then rebooting. One item to note is that on a Mac if you delete Lightburn and reinstall it you will not get the same configuration screens even if you do a deep uninstall. I just went to the FTDI website and downloaded the Mac driver.

Oz, the mirroring problem still exists though. I thought I would give you pictures though.

The jog control works but when I click on the screen to go to the lower left it went to the upper left.

I next tried a test burn, see it is mirrored.

Here are my settings

Thank you for your help.

[Drdavis (Don Davis)]

Rereading your post I think I have it now. I will change my origin setting in lightburn to the upper left, that may fix it.

[Drdavis (Don Davis)]

I changed the origin in the machine settings in Lightburn and it looks like it is fixed. I still only can connect to the laser randomly even though I installed the FTDI driver. Do you know if I would have the same issues if I put the laser on my network? I have not looked for guidance on connecting these lasers to the network but if that is a better option for sending files I am all for it.

[LightBurn (Oz)]

You’re on a Mac - there are known conflicts between the built-in driver in MacOS and the FTDI driver that will cause ports to lock. That’s a fixable problem, but it requires editing some system level settings that not everyone is comfortable with. Using a network connection would not have that issue.

To fix the FTDI driver issue:

How to Fix FTDI Driver Issue on Mac and macOS - Alorium Technology

To connect the controller via Ethernet:

How do I connect a Ruida controller with Ethernet?

Setting up a Ruida controller to connect via Ethernet isn’t hard, but it’s not quite as simple as just plugging it in. Follow these steps: 1) Get the IP Address of your computer: For Windows: Open a command prompt (click the Start button, type CMD, and hit enter). Type IPCONFIG and press enter. You’ll see something like this: [image] The one labeled ‘IPv4 Address’ is the interesting part - this is the network address of your computer on your local network. The first 3 groups of numbers …