Has anyone been able to get the jackpot to run over USB from lightburn? I have tried and tried and it wont find it. I know the USB has data in it. Ive used this same cord to program ESP8266/ESP/32s before. Any ideas???
I use LightBurn with a Jackpot board on my JL1 laser.
Mine happens to be the microUSB variant, but it worked fine for me.
I did have to install windows drivers for the ESP32’s chipset when I first set up my LightBurn windows laptop to talk to the Jackpot.
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Mine is also the microUSB. I’m pretty sure i installed the drivers correctly but I will double check that and try again.
Maybe make make sure you can connect with FluidTerm first
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What is and isn’t working, just the connection?
What baud rate, does the com port show up?
I did most of my initial testing in lightburn it works like a champ./
When i try to have lightburn find the laser it just retuns blank…
But I can see it in Device Manager
Good possibility I just don’t know what I’m doing in lightburn lol
Going to try FluidTerm now
If you click devices
Then can you click on create manually;
Then select GRBL, next, serial/USB, next.
Give it a name and bed dimensions
Select whether to auto home and where the origin is
Then Finish.
After that, you should be able to select your serial port from the drop down menu next to the Devices button in the GUI
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OK i did what you said and it auto picked com4 which is correct but it wont move it at all.
Can I still get to the webui over USB?
On my LightBurn/Jackpot, I had to turn on “Enable DTR Signal” also. I’m not sure if that was defaulted wrong or if I monkeyed it up on my own, but I had a bunch of problems until I set that setting as shown.
For me, those settings are under the edit menu, then device settings.
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I cant auto home on start up as there is no limit switch for the Z axis on the primo. I set the enable dtr but I still cant get it to respond to anything
If you disconnect lightburn / USB and connect over WiFI to the GUI on the jackpot, what does it tell you about the system?
I think you’re really close to being ready to run.
Disconnecting USB and hooking up WIFI I have control over the webui
I have been using it this way with lightburn as well. I’m wanting to be able to control it over usb. But i will have to be able to control it via the webui as well as this is where i set Z height
Not sure what else to have you try at the moment, except this:
Disconnect USB cable from computer.
Shut down LightBurn
Power off the jackpot, then power it back on.
Reconnect the USB cable to the computer
Start LightBurn back up.
Does Lightburn connect now?
Does LightBurn show the laser connected or disconnected
I’m not at my JL1 at the moment, so I’m disconnected- but when I connect it does properly reflect that status in LightBurn
I can take a closer look in the morning. Mine has always connected straight away. We must be missing something small.
How do you adjust your Z hooked up USB?
I’m at the inside computer for a few working on something else. Will try what @MakerJim suggested here in a few and report back. Too ADHD to stand in one place LOL
Mine shows Ready… But it works!!!
And I found where to adjust Z. Only part I don’t know is how to home x and y but I can figure that out tomorrow LOL
Thank you so much!!!
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Default grbl won’t jog until you home. There is a reset command in the web ui to skip it, IIRC. So you either need to disable the check, reset in the webui, or figure out homing.
The good news is, I don’t think it is a problem with lightburn.
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Thank you!
I was just getting to really learn all the gcode stuff for marlin and now I have to start all over and learn it for grbl LOL.
This is a huge help. thank you!
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