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Martin Berriman
Posts: 17
Joined: Thu Jan 21, 2021
Location: Derbyshire
Country: United Kingdom
Laser Machine Make or Type: 80W 7050 (Orange and white)
Laser Power: 80
Laser Bed Size: 700 x 500mm
Home Position: TR
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: v8.01.48
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: Linux Mint 20
Accessories: Ultimate air assist. Russ Saddler DoHICky

Philipp Pap wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 it was intended as a prototype but it worked so good that I just kept it. To be honest, it could look nicer :D
If it's not broken... ;)

I notice your camera is auto-focus, I deliberately searched for a manual focus one to match the ones lightburn sell, do you find auto-focus makes a difference? - I guess if you have not had a manual focus one, you might not know :geek:
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Doug Fisher
Posts: 206
Joined: Sat Aug 20, 2016
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Country: USA
Laser Machine Make or Type: Ke Hui KH-7050
Laser Power: 80W EFR F2
Laser Bed Size: 700x500
Home Position: TR
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: v8.01.18 & 8.01.33
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: 10
Accessories: Ruida RDC6442G EC controller, 2" lens, S&A CW5000 chiller, chuck type of rotary attachment, Russ' DoHickey (sp?), mA meter, a growing collection of tools and oddities to keep it running!

Focusing tip:
https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/s ... amera/1217

Discussion about releasing the glue on manual focus versions:
https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/c ... ser/1098/5
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Philipp Pap
Posts: 80
Joined: Wed Mar 15, 2017
Location: Innsbruck
Country: Austria
Laser Machine Make or Type: rdc6445
Laser Power: 55W
Laser Bed Size: 50x30cm
Home Position: TL
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: lightburn
Ruida Controller: RDC6445
Windows Version: 10

Well, autofocus does not help. I used a software on macOS that turned off autofocus and set a nice contrast but it doesn't work anymore after an os upgrade.
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Roy Dickens
Posts: 5
Joined: Sun Mar 17, 2019
Location: Consett
Country: England
Nickname: Roy
Laser Machine Make or Type: Chinese no name
Laser Power: 50w
Laser Bed Size: 500 x 300
Home Position: TL
RDWorks Version: 8.01.41
Windows Version: 10

I've got my laser connected via ethernet cable and I like the idea of a camera to help with positioning etc. My problem is I would like to use a ip camera to do this. I've got a bit of software on my pc that mounts a cameras ip as a physical port so it can show up in lightburn but I need to find a camera that will work. All the ones I have seen so far need an app on your phone to view the stream and won't be available to a native internet browser on a pc. I have tried to use a esp32-cam which works as a proof of concept but the resolution is so bad it makes it unusable.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Doug Fisher
Posts: 206
Joined: Sat Aug 20, 2016
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Country: USA
Laser Machine Make or Type: Ke Hui KH-7050
Laser Power: 80W EFR F2
Laser Bed Size: 700x500
Home Position: TR
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: v8.01.18 & 8.01.33
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: 10
Accessories: Ruida RDC6442G EC controller, 2" lens, S&A CW5000 chiller, chuck type of rotary attachment, Russ' DoHickey (sp?), mA meter, a growing collection of tools and oddities to keep it running!

Go to LightBurn's forum and do some searching of the archives for the camera section. You should find some ideas there.
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Lightburn Admin
Posts: 58
Joined: Wed May 31, 2017
Location: California
Country: United States
Nickname: LBAdmin
Laser Machine Make or Type: Kehui 700x500 (Ruida controller)
Laser Power: 100w
Laser Bed Size: 700 x 500mm
Home Position: TR
RDWorks Version: 8.0.18
Windows Version: 10
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Roy Dickens wrote: Fri Mar 05, 2021 I've got my laser connected via ethernet cable... Does anyone have any suggestions?
Get a USB over CAT6 adaptor, and run a *really* long cable from the laser to the PC. I picked up a pair (one goes on each end) from Amazon for ~$30, and it will allow you to connect the ends with a 50M (150') cat6 cable, and it works fine even with high-res cameras. Most IP cameras use high compression (like H264) and are video only, intended for streaming high frame rate, low-ish quality video, instead of low-rate, high quality images.
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