# Anyone know how to get Lightburn to use "work origin" the way Luban does? **URL:** \ **Category:** Snapmaker 2.0 (3-in-1)\ **Created:** [May 23, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-get-lightburn-to-use-work-origin-the-way-luban-does/18868 "2021-05-23T17:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![xchrisd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.snapmaker.com/xchrisd/32/1503_2.png) [@xchrisd](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/xchrisd)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-get-lightburn-to-use-work-origin-the-way-luban-does/18868/2 "2021-05-23T18:09:51Z")
I am not familiar with lightburn but if you use the search “lightburn” brings you in. Here is a guide from @jepho : > [@SM1 Laser (1600 mW) and working with Lightburn](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/sm1-laser-1600-mw-and-working-with-lightburn/9164): > > Hello all; please excuse what will be a lengthy post so it will appear in stages. I finally found enough time to spend some of it with the application (Lightburn) that was written exclusively for laser users. My first issue was getting it to talk to SM1 but I suspect that the difficulty connecting was mine on two fronts. I could not get Lightburn to accept or pass on any commands to SM1 via my Macbook Pro. It needed the USB/Serial port connected before opening the application. There may be a wa… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-get-lightburn-to-use-work-origin-the-way-luban-does/18868)._