G-code output to memory card - XTool D1 won't read. File type?

LightBurn Software Questions
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Hello all, new user with an Xtool D1 laser using Lightburn software. I’m able to run the laser just fine while tethered to my laptop, however I am having no luck running the laser while disconnected from the laptop using g-code generated by Lightburn saved to the provided transflash card.
What is the required file type for the D1 laser to read? I can’t seem to find this answer anywhere.
The laser is only about 2 months old, the firmware is up to date.
I am using the trial version of Lightburn so far, I wouldn’t think that would matter as the software is saving out a file to the memory card.
Anyone out there getting this to work? Thanks in advance!

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i don’t know your laser machine, but LB generate a gcode with .nc as extention, try to change .nc in .gcode

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Thanks for the reply, but still no luck.

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I don’t know your machine, but these devices usually will not read anything that is not formatted in FAT32, nor SD cards bigger than 32Gb. I would ty with a small SD formatted in FAT32…

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Thanks Pablo. The memory card id FAT32 formatted and has 3.7 GB of space.

This is the laser I’m using:
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Can you confirm that this use case is even a supported use case? I got the impression that the TF card was meant to be used more as a buffer than as a means of running independent jobs.

There’s no display for this laser, correct? Of so, is the idea that it should just automatically start burning after being turned on?

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Here’s what it says on their website:

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yup… but me neither was able to find infos on what kind of file type is read by xtool

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Weird. Xtool support has yet to reply either, I contacted them directly.

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that’s exactly what i will suggets you, contact their support :wink:

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Try this. Run a normal job. Then examine the contents of the card. I assume there will be a temporary file stored there. Rename a custom g-code file to the temporary name.

It’s not clear how the job would be run, however. I suspect some sort of sequence with the power button or something similar.

Odd how this capability seems to be completely undocumented.

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