Using 1 laptop to operate 2 engravers

[Busyone (Keith LeBlanc)]

I am wondering if it is possible to connect 2 engravers to a single laptop, and by opening 2 LB sessions run both at once. Thanks

[berainlb (PY)]

I haven’t done this myself but this other post seems to imply that this is possible but with problems using multiple cameras.

One laptop, 3 instances of lightburn, 2 cameras - problem

Hey all - First - Love lightburn. So busy I don’t get to post here much, but I’ve a problem so… I have 3 lasers and one laptop. I can open and use 3 instances of lightburn - yeah! But I can’t get ‘instance 2’ to recognize a camera. It seems whichever laser (with lightburn camera) i connect to first is the only one that will get the camera. Any work arounds? FYI I’m on version 0.9.2 - no time to upgrade (unless that fixes the problem!) until next year. Thanks! John

@Bigjohn Are you able to provide any insight here?

[shughey (scott hughey)]

I do it all the time…run three. You have to open a separate instance of lb for each laser and then choose the usb connect port.

[Bigjohn (john stegenga)]

Yes, on windows with the DSP/USB drivers installed, you open one instance, connect to your laser 1 / port x, and so on. I do recommend a computer with at least 16gb of ram. I’m using an 8gb laptop and I have to reboot it every day. More memory on order!
But I can’t get 2 instances to deal with 2 different cameras… Hope developers can figure this one out…