Hey there. I recently built a new plotter with a FYSETC controller that currently runs ESP3D for Marlin. The board has fixed IP on my home wifi and I have successfully connected to the web interface (over wifi) and fired commands/uploaded GCode manually.
I’d like to send GCode directly from Lightburn to the controller but I’m having connection issues with the IP that works for the web client. Can I still do this with the web UI in place? - I’d like to keep it for debug etc. if possible. If not, what config changes do i need to make?
Thanks!
The Marlin device profile is not configured to work with anything but USB. Additionally, the only WiFi connections supported for g-code devices is serial over telnet. Does your machine support this?
If not, then a direct connection for LightBurn is not going to work even if the Marlin profile supported IP connections.
Thanks for the reply - I’ve since switched to FluidNC which seems to work well - however I concluded that wifi is still out of each since I’m on a Mac and cannot setup a virtual com port to act as a serial connection for Lightburn - which is kind of what I was trying to express previously (unsuccessfully). I’ll make do with manually dropping the gcode over the web UI.
I haven’t tried it but it appears FluidNC supports Telnet connections. You may be able to connect directly from LightBurn in that case.
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FluidNC works well over wifi using the standard GRBL device type and Ethernet/TCP as the connection. Just enter in the IP of your FluidNC device and it should connect up ok.
You may need to change the “transfer mode” in device settings. I think buffered is what I used that worked the best. It has been about a year since I tried it out.
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