Jim Brennan 3018 pro connection issues

[james.brennan]

Lightburn fails to connect to 3018 pro machine. I have other software that connect ok. I rebooted twice and loaded Lightburn but still will not connect to the 3018 pro. help. I have had this problem in the past and for some unknown reason it fixed itself. HELP

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

Have you had a chance to review this?

Configuring a 3018 CNC (or other CNC-based laser) for use with LightBurn

The summary: Turn on Laser Mode to get rid of the travel lines You’re trying to move too fast, which is why you don’t get enough power You need to zero the machine 3018’s are pre-configured for use as CNC machines, not lasers, so their settings and speeds will likely need to be changed to give you acceptable results with LightBurn. To see the existing settings, you can type $$ into the console in LightBurn and press enter, or go to Edit > Machine Settings. Both are showing the same values, b…

[LightBurn (Oz)]

Have you selected a COM port?
https://lightburnsoftware.github.io/NewDocs/ConnectingToTheLaser.html

[elvis (Elvis Pearson)]

Hi I hate to be a bother to people I’m just asking one thing hope it’s possible can someone do a video on the settings for the Homing, the travel speed , reduced travel lines ,work space on and the origin where ther work start for the 3018 pro I’m all over the internet look found a lot but thy jus not working for me I really really need some help a video would help so many people this have the most problems here help me out I’m really stressing

[LightBurn (Oz)]

We don’t have a video, but we do have a post - the one Rick linked above.