Quick guide to configuring an IP connection with LightBurn and the Ruida DSP

[@jccbsl1]

Many KZbin authors could take some lessons from your video: Short and to the point. No annoying background music, no chatter about what you had for dinner last night, just concise information with just enough of a topic overview to provide the information stated in the title. THANK YOU!

[@_desertwalker_]

Thank you very much for taking the time to explain this, it is much appreciated.

[@TylerHarney]

My router is up 3 flights of stairs while my laser is 5 feet from me. What is the correct cable to hook up straight to the ethernet of my laser? Link?

[@3dtoyshop]

Thankyou mate :) I didnt know to press the zu button to access the menu :)

[@createinvent]

Thanks! As it turns out, my patch cable near the router to the garage was unplugged, so I guess that's needed too :-)

[@julesmarcu5635]

I forgot to mention that I also have a Chinese laser with a Ruida controller

[@manuelvillalpando6665]

Thank you for the software configuration details. By any chance, do you have a video demonstrating the hardware setup, or how you took your Chinese laser hardware out and installed the Ruida? Thanks!

[@MilanKarakas]

Yes, I am happy to see your IP address of the laser cutter. I will now send my work to your laser, then please tell me when it is done. :D

[@bobbysparks2578]

Hahaha that's exactly what I thought when he showed his IP addresses :)

[@bt1080]

Those were local IP addresses. You would need the public IP address of his router, and he would have to configure his router to open the firewall and forward the correct port to the laser cutter to be able to access it without being connected to his router with an Ethernet cable or connected to his Wi-Fi.

[@joeep46]

Thank you for the video. But one question. The ip address for my laser Is in the Rueda controller under ip address. Then when I'm done the laser is hooked to the router. The computer can be away from the laser not hooked up? TIA

[@JustDecor]

i did it and its really working thanks

[@julesmarcu5635]

Hi Josh my name is Jules Marcu I’m interested in learning how to save my lightburn file to the U disk and operate the laser that way. Is that possible?

[@toddysneddon2835]

I do exactly as you say in the video with the ip being the same in the ruida and lightburn using a crossover cable directly from laptop to laser but lightburn still cant find the laser :(

[@DerivativeOfJohn]

Quick tip I did not see mentioned anywhere: LAN/ethernet will *not* establish a network link while a USB flash drive is plugged in!

[@grahamwhitehead5629]

thanks but you did not say how you chose that ip address for the laser

[@TheDesertraptor]

10. range. Gee how many do you plan on getting

[@dannycanon6908]

Can I connect 2 devices to one lightburn?

[@jand920]

This probably a dumb question for this forum but what is an easy way to find out what the ip address is of my laser? I look on my router and its shows all the devices connect but some don't have names and I can't tell which one is which.

[@bt1080]

You can try unplugging the Ethernet, then note all devices in router config, then plug it back in and see what is added.

[@lordfragers]

Hi. In HMI RUIDA 6442g is set to 10.10.210.60 in Light Burn, connect is set to 10.10.210.60 and the LAN adapter is set to 10.10.210.21. Subnet mask everywhere the same?

[@jackflash6377]

Yes, use the same subnet mask as the computer. In your instance I would suggest 255.255.255.0 Seems Ruida also needs the gateway. Typically that would be 10.10.210.1 or 10.10.210.254 however you can probably find that on the computer as well.

[@SamChaneyProductions]

Is it possible to set ruida laser devices to use DHCP? I'm guessing no. I have Google Fiber which does not allow for static IP addresses (unless you have a business account). Any way around this?

[@bt1080]

Static IP addresses with your ISP refer to your public IP address. It shouldn’t affect you local network. If you open your router configuration, you should be able to find the laser’s assigned IP address. Even with DHCP you should still be able to reserve that IP address for the laser so it doesn’t change on you.

[@billsbuilds5961]

Just so I got it straight... we should connect the laser directly to a router on our network?...

[@jasonbanman4489]

yes

[@donnythebull7396]

@@jasonbanman4489 I don't have a router near enough, what now?

[@SamChaneyProductions]

@@donnythebull7396 Get a longer ethernet cable

[@donnythebull7396]

@@SamChaneyProductions 😂👍... Nope, it's an Ethernet crossover cable that I need apparently

[@Tacotuesday09]

@@donnythebull7396 this is what I’m going to try. Our laser is out in a shop with currently no way to connect an Ethernet to our home network.

[@Deepakgupta-pc2pd]

Great it's working

[@timhi2558]

I dont understand this video. You say "USB cables only go a couple of feet" and made it sound like you can run laser over wifi. But you still need an Ethernet cable running to a device... And if your router is upstairs then this is useless

[@bt1080]

You can run an Ethernet cable about 300 feet max. That should be plenty of distance to get upstairs to your router. US B cars are generally only about 6 feet long. You can get longer ones and extensions, but they are still limited to about 20 feet max before data starts to get lost.