Easel 3rd party machine

[OnefinityCNC (Onefinity Support)]

No, you will not ever directly connect a computer to the controller. The controller itself is a computer and you cannot directly connect a computer to a computer via usb. Easel is walking you through the steps to connect to an xcarve.
Just skip that step and export easel gcode to a usb stick.

Creating a file in Inventables Easel

It’s a bit confusing to Onefinity users that use Easel as the CAD program. Onefinity has a ‘smart’ controller. You will NEVER directly connect your computer to the Onefinity controller or need to download any ‘drivers’. Inventables has a ‘dumb’ controller that REQUIRES the computer/easel to be connected to their controller at all times. This requires ‘drivers’ to be downloaded for xcarve users. Onefinity users should NEVER download the drivers as you will not use them. It’s a bit confusing,…