OpenBuilds CONTROL Software

Got it. Yeah, I'm trying out RPi install as I type.

 

Via USB works, i run my big Ox using that. Havent tried gpio yet, but i think you were planning to go USB already.

Ps i haven't updated that in a while the name change might affect the names under dist, headsup

 

Yep, over USB. I'm still in the process of upgrading the Pi. I'll let you know if I run into any issues with the Control install. Or maybe I wont since its not supported

 

Everything seems good. Havent run a job yet. If and when you get around to updating the wiki, perhaps mention that you need to enable the gl driver in order for the 3d viewer to work. Here's what I did:

1. Console: sudo raspi-config Under "7 Advanced Options" / "A7 GL Driver" pick "G2 GL (Fake KMS)"
   
   
2. Desktop: Preferences / Add Remove Software search for "Chrome" and pick "WebDriver driver for the Chromium Browser", click "OK"
   

 

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Sweeeet i couldnt get it to work. And that was kinda one of the reasons its 'unofficial'

 

Does that enable it inside our Electron instance's Chromium too? Or do you have to use Chromium itself

 

I havent run a job with it yet so I'll get back to you tomorrow on that. To be clear, when I launched the program for the first time, I received a "webgl" error stating that control wouldnt show the 3d viewer. I made the changes and rebooted. After second launch, no error and the 3d viewer was displayed. I didnt load any gcode, so can say if it actually works I need to run a surfacing job tomorrow. I'll let you know how it goes.

 

Hey Peter, I'm half way through a surfacing job and the 3d viewer seems to be working fine. For reference, I'm on the latest RPi firmware, latest control software running a RPi 3 Model B+

 

Thats a very brief writeup, not sure i get the gist of it. Step by step to reproduce? You mention Homing and Setzero in one breath so not sure what exactly you tried. You do know home and zero is on separate coordinate systems? would love to help but will need full sentences to understand

 

250k is big? I have some tested and working 21MB trochoidal path files you can test things on if you like

 

Go to Zero XYZ refers to "work" 0 (your stock or wherever you set xyz 0) not "machine" 0 (home / where your limit switches are). If your machine isnt doing that, Peter is asking for the steps you took so we can figure out what's wrong. Hope that helps.

 

Glad you're sorted = keep in mind that ZERO is in the WORK COORDINATES and HOME is in MACHINE COORDINATES, therefore it matters which one you want to go to, and therefore which one to click...

If you want to understand more, search online for "G53 vs G54-G59" or "CNC Coordinate Systems" and learn about the different coordinate systems and how you can use them to your advantage as you grow

G53 = Machine Coordinate System
G54 = default Grbl Work Coordinate System
G55-59.1 = Additional Coordinate systems you can use for offsets / batching / etc

 

Force quit hasnt been an issue since about v1.0.133 (1.0.145 is current, if you have issues remove the old version) - so can you please ensure you are running the latest (1.0.145 or newer):

1. Uninstall and cleanup to make sure you have no remnants of the old versions
2. Install a fresh new copy from software.openbuilds.com


Please read this post: OpenBuilds CONTROL Software and the ensuing conversation onward from that post, continuing onto the next page RE mac. (Refer to posts between me an Terpax) where we worked through those issues (the post you quote is from v1.0.104, about 41 version back from where we are today)

Also, try windows version, MacOS has several restrictions that gives us the inability to deliver the same experience, the post I linked above explains the logic behind it all.

 

The post processor has nothing to do with the control software.

Post processors are specific to their CAM software so doubt you can use the Fusion post for RhinoCAM. To install/use the Strooom Fusion Post, please refer to the Fusion 360 docs. Its pretty easy: How to add a Post Processor to your Personal Posts in Fusion 360 | Fusion 360 | Autodesk Knowledge Network

 

A bit OT, but I saw a few pages back that supporting tool changes may happen. I'm looking into modifying @David the swarfer fusion post to auto create separate nc files for each tool change. Is it worth effort or should I just wait for Control to support it?

 

Would be worth it for now, probably more like a couple weeks from happening (looking at my todo list hehe)

 

Cool. Take your time. Just curious. Thanks.

 

that will be a cool option! if you let me have your changes I will incorporate them and push to github

 

Will do. May take me a few days. I'll contact you offline about it.

 

Tool changes aren't supported. You need a separate gcode for every tool change.

 

Toolchanges are on the Todo, just give it a couple weeks: See Toolchanges · Issue #26 · OpenBuilds/SW-Machine-Drivers for the Issue Tracker (Will be updated there when its implemented)

 

Also already reported issue Z Probe: [PRB: responses should only be caught if send from our wizard, as users may want to probe in custom macros or from the console · Issue #54 · OpenBuilds/SW-Machine-Drivers

Always check the issue list: OpenBuilds/SW-Machine-Drivers for known issues if you get stuck - all those need time to fix less time I spend here pointing people at the list, more time I have to actually fix them (;