LightBurn Bridge Setup: MIRA

Applies to: MIRA 5, MIRA 7 and MIRA 9

How to set up a LightBurn Bridge with your MIRA, so LightBurn can reach the laser over your Wi-Fi network.

What you need

• LightBurn Bridge
• Micro SD card
• Power plug
• Ethernet cable
• Computer
• Internet connection
• USB thumb drive

Connect the bridge to the laser

1. Plug in the laser and turn it on.

2. Insert the micro SD card into the bridge, the right way round.

   

3. Plug the power plug into the bridge, and the other end into a power source.

4. Plug one end of the Ethernet cable into the bridge, and the other end into the LAN INTERFACE port at the back of the laser.

   

5. On the keypad, press the Z/U button. Use the UP arrow to highlight IP CONFIG+, and press ENTER.

   

6. Using the arrow buttons, change the IP address to 10.0.3.3. Press Z/U after you enter each number, then press ENTER.

   

7. Use the UP and DOWN arrows to highlight Z Move, and press ENTER. Press the LEFT arrow to raise the table, taking care that the laser head does not hit anything.

   

8. Open the lid and the front access door.

   

9. Find the blue and black cables on the floor at the front of the machine. Disconnect the blue cable from the left side of the Ethernet hub, and lay the wires on the floor.

Join the bridge to your Wi-Fi network

1. On your computer, click the Wi-Fi icon in your taskbar and choose LightBurn Bridge.

   

   

2. The Join LightBurn Bridge window opens. Select your network from the SSID dropdown, enter your password and click Connect.

   

3. Click the Wi-Fi icon again and select your own Wi-Fi network.

   

   

Add the bridge in LightBurn

1. Open LightBurn.

   

2. In the Laser window, click the Devices button.

   

3. In the Devices window, click the LightBurn Bridge button.

   

4. Click Next in the Bridge Discovery Wizard.

   

5. Click Next again to scan your network for the LightBurn Bridge.

   

6. Click Add Device.

   

7. Enter a name for your LightBurn Bridge and the dimensions of the work area of your machine, then click Next.

   Machine	X axis	Y axis
   MIRA 5	19.69” / 500 mm	11.81” / 300 mm
   MIRA 7	27.56” / 700 mm	17.72” / 450 mm
   MIRA 9	35.43” / 900 mm	23.62” / 600 mm

   

8. Set the origin to Rear Right, then click Finish to add the new device.

   

   

9. In the Laser window, select LightBurn Bridge from the Devices dropdown. It is connected when the Laser window says Ready.

   

   

Import the scanning offsets

1. Click Device Settings in the toolbar, then click the Import button.

   

   

2. Plug the USB thumb drive that came with your laser into an open USB port on your computer.

   

3. Open the Settings folder on the USB thumb drive.

   

4. Click Scanning Offsets.lbso.

   

5. Click OK.