Use LightBurn on Pi with a small touchscreen

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@berainlb

That’s not the case. It will run whatever gcode file that you load. It’s not related to the existing project. And again, it runs it immediately. There’s no opportunity to “review” the gcode or otherwise visualize it.

But how do I load a GCode file? I’ve tried “Import” and the GCode files in the folder are greyed out.

@berainlb

There are other miniature x86 architecture boards that you could potentially use for this. Or else using some other gcode sender from the Pi would also work.

I’m also looking at ways to do some of the things I’d like to easily without having to change the hardware I have.

(I’m also looking into USB over IP. There are commercial apps for this. The problem is they take over the USB port completely, so I couldn’t have that working on the Pi, but still use that port locally for UGS or Carbide Motion. I’m trying to find out if I could start and stop USB/IP as needed.)

This morning I sat down and looked over things and thought, “What can I do, that I need to do, with LightBurn directly connected to my CNC that I can’t do otherwise?” After looking everything over, I think the answer is the one function I asked about last night (in the link above), and that’s being able to outline the image so I can use that for placement of the work materials. Otherwise, I can use UGS to run GCode, just like LightBurn, to turn the laser on low and off (with a macro), and to do what I need to do for doing this kind of work.

So, for now, I’m thinking if I can just get that problem solved (drawing the outline), then I can do what I need to do with things as they are.