I support Rod on this one. Brad had an online demonstration to our
SA-CNC club, and we all agreed that this is a very good step forward for
LinuxCnc to becoming an even stronger contender to be used in
professional machine shops and production shops. He has done very
impressive work on this.
On 02/08/2026 11:37, rodw wrote:
Hi guys,
It would be appreciated if you could review this PR and add your thoughts.
https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/pull/4318
This PR has been prepared by Brad Collette, a Freecad Developer many of you will know.
Brad and I ran a live stream podcast on MTconnect recently which outlines in
more detail what MTconnect is, and Brad demonstrated a working system with
LinuxCNC.
https://youtube.com/live/b_S-p2nylr8
The video description includes a table of contents so you can jump to the demo if you are short on time.
It would be great if you could review this PR and provide some feedback about this feature. I believe the time has come for LinuxCNC to connect to the outside world and this is a safe read only industry standard used by most machine manufacturers. There is not really any valid reason not to include this in my vew after testing it myself.
Brad wanted to email here before submitting this PR but when I asked around it was suggested it be submitted to kickoff the discussion so here we are.
Regards
Rod Webster
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