No connection between Sculpfun S9 and LightBurn

LightBurn Hardware Compatibility
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SOLVED see below.

Good afternoon,

I have recently bought the Sculpfun S9. I am setting it up now and using Lightburn. Unfortunately it doesn’t connect. In Console it says waiting for connection, eventhough it says Laser Ready.

I am using Windows 64 bits version on a Dell laptop with Windows 10.

Can you help me out?
What else do you need from me to give a proper advice, I am a newby so I am sorry if the information I gave so far is too limited.

I attached a picture.

Thank you very much.
Suzanne

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EDIT → SOLVED:
I send an email to the helpdesk. They suggested to check if there are more COM ports in the dropdown menu where it says COM7. And there where. COM9 gave a proper result in the console and the laser fired up and worked :smiley::smiley:

Love using it!

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Hi Suzanne,

Thanks for rolling this back. I feel that it will help others as well.
I’m grateful for your contribution to the community.

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Hi,
Press start menu on windows, search for device manager
Go to the Ports line and expand it to see all Ports
The laser connection should be “USB-SERIAL”
Check the COM port no and change it in Lightburn to the same one as in the device manager.

If you can’t see the USB-SERIAL in ports , then go to https://sparks.gogo.co.nz/ch340.html and download CH340 driver , Extract the Zipped file and install it, then repeat the steps.

Laser COM port should match
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Hopefully that help
Cheers :wink:

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Hi, could someone help me… If i’m engraving ( using Lightburn ) then half te time it stops halfway my project and it sais waiting for connection. Sometimes it doesnt stop… But checking bluetooth I can see it’s conneted. If i try restart from the point it has stopped, it just gos for a few seconds and sais done… anyone here knows what the problem could be? Allready tried connection with a usb cable but the same thing happens… I’m using my laptop and Sculpfun S30 Ultra 33w with lightburn.

Thanks,
Sonja

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Never use wireless connections, always use USB. If you still have problems, make sure you use a high-quality cable, remove all electrical disturbances and disable all energy saving functions of the host laptop. Check here for recommendations:
Guide to mechanical adjustments and maintenance and
Setting up the software - Diode Laser Wiki

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I’ve done so, but my laser doesn’t connect anyway.