Hey, trying to connect an off-brand K40 for a friend. It’s GRBL. He’s using a Mac, I’m a Windows guy, so there might be something I’m missing there. It connected for me just fine on my computers using a pretty standard GRBL setup. But when I connect with his computer, the console just says ‘waiting for connection.’
What I’ve tried:
- Find My Laser (never works for me anyways)
- Connecting via Serial USB
- Different GRBL configs (M3, etc.)
- Custom Gcode setup with different baud rates
- Imported the GRBL code that was working for me into his Lightburn.
- There was only one COM channel available so I didn’t do anything there.
- Changed USB/printer cables.
- Restarting Lightburn multiple times
- Yes, the laser was turned on.
Questions:
- Is there a driver that I need to install on his computer? I don’t remember having to do that for me, but maybe I’m crazy.
- He downloaded the most recent version of Lightburn and I’m using a slightly older version. Would that matter somehow?
- He’s using Core instead of Pro Lightburn. From what I understand GRBL is fully supported on Core, right?
Let me know what I’m missing and other things I might be able to try, thanks!
