While there are many settings that you can use the steps above are the minimum needed to get up and running.

Under the Basic settings tab select M8 for Air assist.

Along the top line find the Along the top line find the symbol and click on it.

Step 3 Device settings Basic settings tab

Under Unit / Grids select mm / min or Inches / min as required.

Along the top line find the symbol and click on it.

Turn off Auto 'home' your Laser, (switch will be brown when off), and click Next.

Enter the X & Y axis length for your machine and click Next.

select GRBL-M3 (1.1e or earlier) and click Next.

When you first open Lightburn it will Ask you to select your Device. It assumes that you are using a Diode Laser. This document does not seek to teach you how to use Lightburn but how to set it up to use with MASSO.

When you are happy that the software is what you want you will need to purchase a license for the GCode version of Lightburn software. It is a very powerful software that can be used with Windows, Mac OS and Linux.

With Lightburn you can design, edit and create the Gcode which you can send to your MASSO CNC controller. It has a free trial that allows you to test it with your machine before purchasing. Lightburn is a software package designed to be used with Lasers of all types and can be used with CNC machines.

Lightburn engraving