The final step is to tell LightBurn where your origin is, and if you want it to home on startup.Īnd now you are ready to start using Lightburn!ĭUE TO THE STEADY ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF LIGHTBURN THIS INFORMATION MAY BE OUTDATED. Then you decide what to call that machine, the size of the work area. Once you have chosen the correct machine type, you will need to choose how to connect to your machine, which as of right now, the only choice is USB If you are not sure, reach out on the Facebook LightBurn Support page, and someone will help you pick the right one. You need to choose the one that is correct for your machine. This can be very intimidating to a first time user. There are quite a few choices to choose from when you are setting up your device on LightBurn. IMPORTANT! Log out and log back in (this refreshes the permissions we just added)Įxtract the folder wherever you want Lightburn to existĭouble click AppRun inside your Lightburn folder

Open a terminal and run the following command: sudoĪdduser $USER dialout & sudo adduser $USER tty

You can now eject the DMG file (drag it to the trash bin) Launch LightBurn from the launcher as normal zip file to extract the DMG (disk-image) fileĭouble-click the LightBurn.dmg file to mount itĭrag the LightBurn application into your applications folder That’s it! Locate the LightBurn icon to launch the programĭouble-click the.

Select if you would like to create a desktop icon Windows may ask if you trust the software, as LightBurn is not currently digitally signed All Mac computers use the Mac OSX version and Linux is only available in a 64bit version. If you get an error on trying to install it, then download the 32bit version. Most modern windows computers are 64bit, so start with that one. The first thing you need to do is download a copy of the version that is appropriate for your computer. So you have decided to give LightBurn a try. You can get help on the official support forum: LightBurn Lesson #1 – Installation for Gcode machinesĭUE TO THE STEADY ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF LIGHTBURN THIS INFORMATION MAY BE OUTDATED.

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