I am very happy to see Lightburn software, it is very comfortable to use, and I would like to cooperate with you. The device I am using now is developed based on ARM board, and the communication between the device and PC can be through USB, serial port and network port. Now I want to use this device to adapt Lightburn, and I want to let Lightburn communicate with the device through a software middleware. Is this way feasible? If possible, we need to implement this middleware, which requires knowing the communication protocol between Lightburn and the device, can you share this protocol with us? If not, which way do you suggest we use? Could you please email me the way of cooperation? Looking forward to your reply, thank you very much!
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Which equipment do you intend to control?
We offer a similar device called the LightBurn Bridge. It runs on a Raspberry Pi and the software is complementary. Our customers are welcome to purchase the bundle from us or buy the Raspberry Pi from their vendor of choice and load the complementary software themselves.
LightBurn will communicate directly with hardware. We don’t have any plans to work with or offer our software to middleware at this time.
LightBurn is happy to work with manufacturers. Occasionally LightBurn reverse-engineers communication protocols. These efforts require a great deal of time, effort and skill. Manufacturers of devices do not need us to share our information with them but we often welcome them to share information with us.
This depends on the speed of the processor in the controller.
Lower speed systems can use USB serial like the GRBL Project.
Ruida, Trocen and others make higher-speed UDP/Ethernet controllers.
This is a public support forum that we offer as a service to our community. All are welcome to share information here until problems arise.
Again, to discuss collaboration, please email Support@lightburnsoftware.com
Please also be ready to answer questions about hardware and communication protocols.
His profile claims it’s a fiber with an arm controller … Can’t think of ever seeing this before…
Did I misunderstand the crux of this?
I can’t speak to speculation, but I have heard of a company working toward ‘alternate hardware’ to replace existing fiber laser controllers with the goal of increased reliability and increased market access ( Hi Jack! 
). I’m inclined to believe that ARM architecture would have an advantage over something like an FPGA (Cyclone) chip.
Don’t say that around the airport 
I did once when a coworker and I crossed paths, in O’Hare many years ago, and it got us both in trouble.
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I am very happy to receive the reply from the LightBurn team and thank you for your detailed answers! I have sent an email to Support@LightBurnsoftware.com, looking forward to our cooperation!