LIGHTBURN 1.5 Release

[Steve765 (Steve Jones)]

Yes I agree that these issues are probably idiosyncrasies with the machine per se but it still needs looking at and a possible workaround.

[misken (Melvin)]

I think most of the issues you describe arise from xTool changing their firmware and moving away from the original grbl “protocol” / set of commands. Of course, new machines have new functions and the firmware needs to be enhanced sometimes. But if you leave the standard, you can’t expect that other tools just work. In this case, I don’t think xTool really cares about this, because they have their own software and will tell you to use it. LightBurn won’t be able to include every grbl dialect of every manufacturer. They would have to maintain a huge list of code generators and users would constantly complain about issues (because they simply selected the wrong grbl dialect).

I don’t think there is much LB can do here, there should be a movement like “grbl 2.0” which then needs to be supported by all manufacturers. If there is ONE new standard, it would be possible in LightBurn to support it.

[Colin (Colin Worobetz)]

@misken

If there is ONE new standard,

As usual, there’s a relevant XKCD