The driver type is correct… having said that, you technically shouldn’t need to install a driver for MacOS 10.4 or higher as one should be included with the OS. However, people have had varying luck with this. I can’t seem to connect right now but you’re best off getting the driver directly from the manufacturer (CH341SER_MAC.ZIP - NanjingQinhengMicroelectronics (wch-ic.com)). I don’t believe they have an ARM driver currently.
There’s no real difference in the final outcome if the laser was detected with “Find my laser” or if configured manually. The one difference is that Find my laser will attempt to query some values from the controller but that can be easily done manually.
The primary values that you will need to get are $30 for “S Value Max” and $130, $131 for X and Y max travel respectively.
Just make sure this is how you’ve configured it:
- GRBL
- Origin at bottom-left (front-left)
- 410 x 400 mm for width and height
- disable auto-home
You can check for these in Edit->Device Settings. While there, make sure thst “S Value Max” is set for 1000. Baud rate should be 115200.
Bridge only works with Ruida controllers. It does not work on g-code based controllers (or any other for that matter).