To make the connection of our CO2 cutting and engraving equipment that has a Ruida controller Board and a Mac computer with the Lightburn program, it is done through the Ethernet connection

First method:

POINT-TO-POINT CONNECTION THROUGH A NETWORK  PATCH CORD  WITH RJ45 CONNECTOR

To make the connection we must have an RJ45 port for Ethernet, otherwise it can be done with a USB type C network adapter and a patch cord.

STEP 1

Connect one end of the UTP cable to the Ruida controller board in the Ethernet connection and the other end to the Type-C network adapter or to the RJ45 port connected to the MAC computer.

  STEP  3

Enter the Mac computer, open the network settings to see if it detects the Ethernet network, it should change from red to green and it should be in status  “connected”

  STEP 4

If it detects that there is a network card and it detects the cable connected, the IPV4 configuration of “Using DHCP” must be changed to “Manually” and the following values must be placed

IP Address: 192.168.1.1

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Router: 192.168.1.100

And   end clic in “Apply”

   STEP  5

Once the Fixed IP address is configured, proceed to ping the machine's address to see if there is a response. To do this, open the Terminal console and type  ping 192.168.1.100 and press enter

 

 If we get a response, the following information is observed

     STEP  6

Open the Lightburn software and in the operation panel, click the "Devices" button and open the your devices  box

STEP 7

Clic  “Create Manually” 

  STEP  9

Select  Ethernet/UDP  and clic Next

  STEP  10

Put  IP  192.168.1.100 then clic Next

     STEP  11

Select  the origin of the machine  then clic Next

     STEP 12

Set the working area of ​​the machine and continue pressing the Next button

STEP 14

Once the configuration of the Ruida Board is finished, “ready” should appear and in Devices the name Ruida, and there is already a connection with the machine

      STEP 15

To confirm if there is communication with the machine, you can change the file listing menu and press the "Refresh" button. To look at the files in the machine's memory

Download the files to the machine with the "Send" button and confirm that it was copied to memory clic "Refresh" again.

Second method:

CONNECTION THROUGH A WIRELESS ROUTER

 In the case that you do not have a USB  type C network adapter, you can make the connection with a wireless router

For this connection, you need a wireless router that allows you to route the Mac computer and the Ethernet connection of the Ruida Main Board.

STEP 1

Connect the Mac computer to the router through the Wi-Fi connection by entering the router password and username

STEP 2

Connect one end of the Patch cord  network  to the Ethernet connection of the Ruida Board  and the other end to any LAN port of the router (not the internet input port) as shown in the following figure

STEP 3

 Repeat the steps for the point-to-point connection from step 2 but changing the connection through WIFI in the network settings in the Macbook