There is genuinely no difference at all with files you create in LightBurn vs files you create outside of it. The software literally can’t tell the difference.
If you draw an single line in your art software, export that, import it to LightBurn, and send that to the machine, does that work?
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Yep, I created a single line in LB that will send to the HMI memory, I then exported as a dxf, reimport and it will upload to HMI memory, if i import any other dxf i have cut in the past it will fail , if i re import the dxf i just created it will work.
I would just check your network router and settings to make sure that nothing in your network config has changed, and your laser’s IP address isn’t being reserved for anything else on the network. I’ve seen this happen before if you don’t tell your router to reserve the IP address used by the laser, and you don’t have the laser IP address set far enough apart from the others on your network.
My best guess is that anything small enough to fit within a single packet of data (1000 bytes) is going to work, but anything larger fails, but I couldn’t tell you why.
You’ve said “Ethernet connection” - wired or wireless?
wired ethernet, nothings changed in a few years netowrk wise, but i will reboot all networking switched and routers, (there is a bunch) but the laser is on the main switch, as well I can read the settings from the laser, jog the laser, stream to the laser, delete files from the laser. just not send to the laser hmi but rdworks can.
you are on to something, that test file i imported, if i send one of the small circles it will send, if i try to send anythign more complex or larger it errors out
Go to Help > Enable Debug logging, then try sending something. If it errors, it’ll show there, but there may not be much info. Usually when I see this problem it’s just the network dropping a packet. Do you have more than one copy of LightBurn running, by chance?
By chance, did a recent Windows Update modify your NIC driver or settings? If you want to see what occured in recent Windows Update, you can open up PowerShell (as an Admin) and use the following command:
Get-WindowsUpdatelog
When you run this, you will see where the file can be found, opened, and read. You could search for key words maybe (like network, or your NIC name etc)…
So it is the NIC for some reason i cannot figure out yet, This mobo has dual NIC, I plugged the laser direct into the second nic changed IP accordingly 192.168.2.90 etc, and bingo i can now send, so as usaual LB is sound and windows is NUTS!!
That’s bizarre. Looking at the logs, the only clue is that the failed job is not getting a reply from the laser, but there isn’t anything else that’s much different. The first job sent 1100 bytes total, and the second sent 1472 and failed. Is it possible that something lowered your MTU?
I experienced similar after on of the recent upgrades. I found that Lightburn was sending, but was sending no content in the upload because my output selection was turned off. In the “Cuts / Layers” window pane on the right, the green or greyed out toggle was turned off on each layer. This “Output” column is to the right of “Speed / Power” and left of “Show” columns.
This could have been an operator error in a hurry and wild clicking or may have been a config change due to the upgrade. Anyway, I clicked to turn “Output” green and the send feature worked perfectly when it actually had something to send. Good luck.