# Lightburn Won't go home **URL:** \ **Category:** LightBurn Software Questions\ **Tags:** ruida, omtech\ **Created:** [November 14, 2026, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/lightburn-wont-go-home/193930 "2026-11-14T02:33:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![ednisley](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/ednisley/32/40455_2.png) [@ednisley](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/ednisley)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/lightburn-wont-go-home/193930/3 "2026-11-14T12:59:20Z")
> [@1Vince](#): > > Would say there was a communication error As @bernd.dk suggests, switching to Ethernet will greatly improve your Quality of Life. Some background: > [@Random Letters Missing During Laser Cut – Only Works Fine One Letter at a Time](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/random-letters-missing-during-laser-cut-only-works-fine-one-letter-at-a-time/176022/): > > Hi everyone, I’m having a strange issue with my laser cutter and I’d love some help figuring it out. As you can see in the picture (from top to bottom, it shows my first to most recent attempts), some letters are randomly missing or partially cut when engraving text. I’m cutting at speed 50mm/s and power 35%. I’ve already tried applying an offset, and then used the Pathfinder tool (unite/merge) afterward — but there’s always a small issue somewhere. What’s odd is that if I cut each letter in… > [@Laser stops running after a few seconds](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/laser-stops-running-after-a-few-seconds/176474): > > Hello. I’m new to the forum but have been using my OMTech 70W Co2 laser for a couple years. I’m wondering if anyone else has had an issue with the laser stopping after a few seconds. I was running a batch of stuff and as soon as I changed files, Lightburn said it needed to be updated (to version 2.0.02). I did the update and that was it. Every time I try to engrave, it stops after a few seconds. Nothing else changed except for the update. I’ve reinstalled old versions, rebooted everything, and n… > [@Laser jumps and does not cut the image on the cut line](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/laser-jumps-and-does-not-cut-the-image-on-the-cut-line/175514): > > I am operating macOS Sequoia 15.5 on Apple M1 system. After installing v2.0.00 and trying to cut the laser will jump and cut a line that does not exist on the workspace? I tried multiple times to cut different images and the same occurs each time. I did the update and the same issue. I have reverted back to 1.7.08 and no issues. Any suggestions would be appreciated, > [@Has 2.1 Infected my Ruida C02 Laser? Inoperable now](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/has-2-1-infected-my-ruida-c02-laser-inoperable-now/190064/57): > > I managed to get the machine to talk to the network again by issuing a static IP to it from my firewall and matching that IP in the controller. Now that its communicating over ethernet, the overwrite error no longer occurs. So it seems that particular issue is usb related. Can you please mark this one as resolved. I guess the underlying cause of what happened was down to old firmware on the machine conflicting with something in LB2.1.01. Since updating to LB 2.1.02 and updating the firmware,… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/lightburn-wont-go-home/193930)._