¶ Spider X1C User Manual
¶ A Letter to Customers
¶ Guidelines for Safe Operation
¶ UNBOX AND CHECK
¶ Packing list
¶ More Accessories to Choose
¶ ASSEMBLE SPIDER X1C
¶ 2.1 X1C Installation
¶ 2.2 Install the screen kit (optional)
¶ 2.3 X1C Heightening mode
¶ HOW TO USE THE SPIDER X1C
¶ 3.1 To control by screen. (Optional）
¶ 3.2 To control by USB cable
1. Install the CH341 driver on the PC.The Machine's TF card contains the installation program for the CH341 driver. Follow the steps below:
Step 1: Connect the TF card to the computer via a card reader and copy the program named "CH341SER.EXE" to the computer.
Step 2: Power on Spider X1C and connect it to the computer using a USB cable. Double-click to open the "CH341SER.EXE" program.
Step 3: Click "Install" and wait for a moment until a pop-up appears, indicating " Driver installation successful."
2. Check whether the driver installation was successful:
Select "Device Manager", and "USB-SERIAL CH340" appears under the "Port" column, which means the installation is successful.
After connecting the Spider X1C to the computer with the USB cable, you can use the PC software “LightBurn” and “LaserGRBL” laser engraving software to operate.
3. After USB connection, operations on the device need to be performed in GRBL or Lightburn. Lightburn requires a purchase to use, while GRBL is free and open source software.
¶ 3.2.1 How to Connect with LightBurn
1. You can import the configurations of Spider X1C on Lightburn by click "Devices" on the right corner.
2. To connect PC with Spider X1C by USB cable, and the navigation will show "Ready" when you choose the right port.
¶ 3.2.2 How to Connect with LaserGRBL
1. To connect Spider X1C with PC by USB cable, please choose the right port and the choose "115200" on Baud.
2. Click the small lightning icon on the right, and the function bar changes from gray to color, indicating that the connection is successful.
¶ 3.3 To control by web wireless on PC
1. First let's connect the Spider X1C's WiFi.
2. Spider X1C without screen: to connect Spider X1C with PC by USB cable, please make sure the CH341/CH340 driver has been installed on PC successfully first. The driver can be downloaded on wiki.spiderlasers.com or spiderlasers.com. Then, please connect Spider X1C with PC by burnning software.
TIPS Note: For Spider X1C with screen, you can click "WiFi" and input the password to connect WiFi. The WiFi band should be 2.4GHz.
¶ 3.4 Steps to connect WiFi of Spider X1C on PC
1. F1.Please install the firmware burning program. You can download the burning
software from our website "Spiderlasers.com" under "Firmware Download".
2. After software installation, follow these steps to connect X1C via WiFi.
3. Open the software and select.
4. If A1 is connected With PC, the COM port will display the current port. Click "Connect."
5. Upon successful connection, "OK" will be displayed.
6. Enter the WiFi and WiFi password, then click "Connect WiFi."
7. Wait for a while; when "OK" is displayed, it indicates that the device is successfully connected to WiFi.
8. Click "Get IP" to obtain X1C's IP address (remember this address). Close the software, and from now on, X1C will automatically connect to WiFi on startup without manual intervention.
TIPS You can operate Spider X1C after you've input the IP address in your browser.
9. Please type in the IP address in your browser on PC like below and make sure Spider X1C is in the same WiFi network with PC. The WiFi band should be 2.4GHz.
10. Enter the operation page of Spider X1C web terminal. Make preparations before starting on the “Control” page, that is, move the position of laser head and set the origin.
After entering the operation page, adjust the moving distance in the "Distance" column recommended （10mm-20mm）.
Click the arrow keys to control the laser head and move it to the lower-left corner of the frame (as shown in Figure 2 below). The corresponding relationship be-tween the arrow keys and the machine's movement direction is illustrated in ''As shown below''.
Click "Position XY" to set the origin.
Set the working origin to the lower left corner in various design software to make it consistent with the setting of Spider X1C.
11. Click "SD File", select the working file and upload it to the web-side system.
12. Select the file, preview the working area and start working Start Preview after confirmation.
¶ 3.5 To connect WiFi with Screen
1. Turn on the Spider X1C, click "Setting".
2. Click "WiFi".
3. Choose the WiFi you want to connect with.
4. Input the password, click " ", then click "confirm".
5. After the WiFi has been connected successful, you can get the IP Address like below picture shown.
6. After obtaining the device IP address, ensure that the PC is on the same network as the device. Then,simply enter the corresponding IP address into the browser on the PC to access the device's web interface for operation.
¶ PARAMETERS
¶ WARRANTY
