I have changed from a Diode laser to a CO2 laser and now need to Install FTDI driver fo Lightburn

[NeilWood]

I have used Lightburn with my diode laser for the last year. During the initial setup I only loaded the GRBL settings. Now I have upgraded to a CO2 laser and need to Install the FTDI driver. How do I do this?

[berainlb (PY)]

This came up yesterday:

Lightburn instaler to see if FTDI driver is installed

On Windows systems LightBurn offers an option of installing the FTDI driver at the end of the installation process. Select that option when installing to get the driver. If you’re on Mac Apples ships a driver but it may not work and may also interfere with a separately installed FTDI driver. More information here: https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/the-laser-does-not-appear-to-be-considered-connected/39806/2?u=berainlb You may want to consider using Ethernet for your connection instead of …

[NeilWood]

Do I have to uninstall then reinstall to get the FTID option? will that affect my Licence key?

[berainlb (PY)]

@NeilWood

Do I have to uninstall then reinstall to get the FTID option?

You can simply install on top.

@NeilWood

will that affect my Licence key?

No. License information is retained.

[NeilWood]

Thank you, I will give it a go and let you know.