We followed the instructions online to set up our new Lightburn Bridge. When scanning for devices, it does find the Lightburn Bridge (with a different IP address than the 10.0.3.3 that is suggested). however, it continuously says “Your device does not appear to be connected to a laser”. We have another laser in the shop with integrated wifi that connects flawleslly every time and I set that one up. I’m just not sure what I am doing wrong:( Any help would be appreciated!
Note that this IP is not the IP of the Bridge but the IP that needs to be assigned to the controller. Can you confirm that you’ve setup this IP on the Ruida control panel?
Yes, we assigned the 10.0.3.3 to the Ruida Controller on our laser
And, it does not show up in the list of available networks to connect to
Can you confirm you’ve connected an ethernet cable from the Bridge to the Ruida? Do you see two LEDs firing on the Ruida connector?
If not, recheck the cable and make sure the ends are well seated. If that doesn’t work, try connecting the cable directly to the controller bypassing the extension lead.
Confirmed - ethernet cable is well seated and is connected from the bridge to the ruida. There is a green light and yellow light firing.
We just connected directly to the controller and it is now showing that the laser IS connected
It is not showing in our available networks
What is showing this?
To confirm, you’re saying you’re looking for the Bridge AP and it’s not showing up in your list of available networks on your computer?
If so, can you list out all the steps you’ve taken in setting up the Bridge? I want to make sure I understand the starting point for where you are.
steps we have completed:
changed the IP Address on the ruida controller to 10.0.3.3
Connected bridge to the laser
In LightBurn, in the Devices screen, clicked ‘LightBurn Bridge’ to set it up
we are hung up on this step:
On your computer or a mobile device, use the WiFi settings to find the LightBurn Bridge device, and connect to it
It is not displaying in our list of available networks
Okay, this is exciting…but weird
we are connected to the laser and able to send files
but the lightburn bridge never showed up as an available network
we are able to send files through our normal wifi connection point
we are also able to send files to our other laser through this point
will this cause any issues? everything seems to be working great, although, I don’t understand how it is working!
This is arp-scan, it will scan your network…
jack@Kilo:~/mnt/dev-test/cnc/laser$ sudo arp-scan 192.168.1.1/24
[sudo] password for jack:
Interface: enp2s0, type: EN10MB, MAC: 74:d4:35:1b:74:68, IPv4: 192.168.1.134
WARNING: host part of 192.168.1.1/24 is non-zero
Starting arp-scan 1.9.7 with 256 hosts (https://github.com/royhills/arp-scan)
192.168.1.1 c4:41:1e:ae:7a:e6 Belkin International Inc.
192.168.1.114 00:21:b7:8e:15:2b LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
192.168.1.105 04:c9:d9:39:40:73 Dish Technologies Corp
192.168.1.113 8c:49:62:61:1a:45 Roku, Inc
192.168.1.106 d8:31:34:f7:76:44 Roku, Inc
192.168.1.104 04:c9:d9:39:40:73 Dish Technologies Corp
192.168.1.116 0c:8b:7d:c6:d8:4d (Unknown)
192.168.1.115 e4:5f:01:97:20:8b (Unknown)
192.168.1.115 e4:5f:01:97:20:8b (Unknown) (DUP: 2)
192.168.1.121 04:c9:d9:39:40:73 Dish Technologies Corp
192.168.1.146 a4:38:cc:90:e1:ab Nintendo Co.,Ltd
192.168.1.149 88:66:5a:4a:cb:3a (Unknown)
192.168.1.110 00:9d:6b:f8:7d:e7 Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
13 packets received by filter, 0 packets dropped by kernel
Ending arp-scan 1.9.7: 256 hosts scanned in 1.956 seconds (130.88 hosts/sec). 13 responded
jack@Kilo:~/mnt/dev-test/cnc/laser$
The two 115 addresses are the Lightburn Bridge… I’m up and connected to to it.
I went to the router and, using the MAC address, bond them to the 115 address. After a reboot, it will always have a 115 address assigned to it.
It was one of the tools developed by ARP (Advanced Research Project) for the network.
Good luck
Nice!
Did you ever create a config.txt file and put on the SD card? If not, I’m also surprised that it’s working. Is this where we talk about gift horses and mouths?
How is your other laser connected to the network? Is that also on a Bridge? The only potential issue is an IP conflict.
Can you check your Wifi router to see if it sees the Bridge as having been assigned an IP?