LightBurn Setup: After Your Machine Arrives (Mac)

Applies to: All CO2 machines, on a Mac

This guide shows how to install LightBurn with your license key once your machine has arrived, and how to connect to the machine by USB or Wi-Fi.

LightBurn is layout, editing and control software for your laser. It talks to the laser directly, with no other software needed. The device profiles created at the factory control how LightBurn connects to and communicates with the machine, along with other settings needed for proper operation.

What you need

• Mac with Wi-Fi
• Internet connection
• LightBurn license key
• USB thumb drive (attached to the ignition keys of the machine)
• USB cable

Install the software

1. Go to the LightBurn download page.

2. Download LightBurn to your computer. LightBurn runs on macOS 10.11 or later.

   

3. Double-click the LightBurn.dmg file to mount the disk image.

   

4. Drag the LightBurn application into your Applications folder, then double-click the LightBurn icon to begin.

   

5. Copy and paste your LightBurn license key, which is in your Getting Started email. Click the Activate License button, and click OK.

   

If LightBurn will not open because it cannot be verified

1. Click Cancel.

   

2. Click the Apple logo, then click System Preferences.

   

3. Click Security & Privacy.

   

4. Click Open Anyway.

   

5. Click Open.

   

Connect by USB

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

   

2. Power the machine on and let it reset fully.

3. If the Devices window does not appear, click Devices in the Laser window.

   

4. In the Devices window, click the Import button.

   

5. Go to the machine USB drive, named DISK_IMG.

   

6. Open the Settings folder.

   

7. Select the file ending in USB.lbdev, and click Open.

   

8. Select the new USB device in the Devices list and click OK.

   

9. In the Laser window, select the new USB device from the dropdown menu.

   

10. Plug one end of the USB cable that came with your laser directly into an open USB port on your computer.

    

11. Plug the other end into the bottom USB port on the right side of the machine.

    

12. In the Laser window, right-click the Devices button to reset the connection. It should now say Ready.

    

LightBurn is now connected to your laser by USB.

Connect by Wi-Fi

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

2. Power the machine on and let it reset fully.

3. If the Devices window does not appear, click Devices in the Laser window.

4. In the Devices window, click the Import button.

5. Go to the DISK_IMG drive on your computer and open the Settings folder. These first steps are the same as for USB, shown in the photos above.

6. Select the file ending in WiFi.lbdev, and click Open.

   

7. Select the WiFi device in the Devices list, and click OK.

   

8. In the Laser window, select the new WiFi device from the dropdown menu.

   

9. Click the Wi-Fi symbol in your menu bar, as if you were connecting to your home Wi-Fi network.

   

10. Select your laser from the list of available Wi-Fi connections, and click Connect.

    

11. In the Laser window, right-click the Devices button to reset the connection. It should now say Ready.

    

LightBurn is now connected to your laser by Wi-Fi.