{"id":545,"date":"2021-01-31T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T16:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/?p=545"},"modified":"2021-05-23T14:34:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T19:34:07","slug":"ortur-laser-master-2-software-lasergrbl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lab.rapternet.us\/?p=545","title":{"rendered":"Ortur Laser Master 2 Software – LaserGRBL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One thing needed with every CNC driven machine is good software to control it and generate the gcode. There are two main options for the Ortur Laser Master 2. These are LaserGRBL <\/a>and LightBurn<\/a>. The Ortur uses LaserGRBL as the main control software out of the box while LightBurn is a commercial offering that costs $40. This article will be going through the LaserGRBL setup while I’ll be doing one in the future going through the LightBurn setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Install<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first step is to install the USB device driver. The choice here is based on your machine (though it is likely going to be the windows 10 x64 driver since 32bit systems are becoming uncommon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the Ortur download, pick the correct windows driver version for your system<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Choose all the default options when installing the driver. After installing the driver, plug in the USB cable to the laser and power it on. To make sure the driver is working, we can take a look at the windows Device Manager. The laser can be seen in the Device Manager -> Ports (COM & LPT) dropdown, look for STMicroelectronics Virtual COM Port. Note the COM port for later use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download and install LaserGRBL from their GitHub page <\/a>and use all the default settings on the installation. I suggest picking the latest release (not pre-release) available on GitHub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Ortur comes with custom buttons for LaserGRBL. They can be added by right clicking in the buttons toolbar at the bottom of LaserGRBL and selecting “Import custom buttons”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Import Custom Buttons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Navigate to the downloaded files from Ortur and locate the CustomButtons.gz file. This is in the “2.1-LaserGRBL Control Software” Folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ortur Custom Buttons for LaserGRBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You’ll see a large number of dialogs pop up, asking to import various buttons, click Yes through all of them. Below are a number of the dialogs (though not all of them).<\/p>\n\n\n\n