Newly Installed LightBurn to Replace N-Lase for a Needham Desktop Pro, Unsure How to Setup

I have taken a trail of LightBurn to use with a Needham Desktop Pro Laser. As I understand this laser will likely use a Galvo Driver. When installing LightBurn I selected the Galvo drivers. I am not in the new device setup wizard and it is asking me to navigate to EZCad Application directory!?

I am an OSX user. But this laser is tied to a PC with N-Lase installed currently. Can anyone point me in the right direction of how to navigate to an application directory and setup this laser with LightBurn.

Just spotted it is a fiber laser. Does LightBurn work with fiber lasers?

Yes, Lightburn does work with fiber lasers, but as stated on their website:-

LightBurn currently supports EZCad2 and EZCad2-lite based Galvo lasers (fiber, CO2, or UV) connected with a USB cable. The software works on Windows and MacOS.

I cannot find if your laser is compatible from the Needham site.

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I have reached out to Needham, requesting more about the motion control system used with these devices to check compatibility. I did not find much reviewing their site for these details. Will update here once I hear back. :slight_smile:

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Thank you @Mooseuk & @Rick!
This morning when I have come to start the laser and use N-Lase which the laser was setup with and using prior to me installing LightBurn, it no longer connects with the laser. N-Lase is saying no device connected!!

I did not setup this system and I have no idea now how to reconnect the laser. No devices have been physically removed and disconnected at any point, so it must be a plugin issue. Does anyone have any guidance on how I might get the N-Lase software to reconnect to the laser asap - the laser is used in our business daily.

Thank you in advance.

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I have spoken to Needham customer support on the phone this morning. They have re-established the drivers and N-Lase is back online. LightBurn is not setup and they recommended to use N-Lase with the Desktop Pro. However, they did manage to open the png files in LightBurn that would not open N-Lase with all visual data in tact and then export from LightBurn into N-Lase, so I don’t have a perfect solution. Support is ongoing.

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