This is usually called "drip feed" in the cnc world. I don't know if linuxcnc has ever been forced into this mode, but it seems doable.
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Charles Steinkuehler <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have some folks from the 3D printer world asking me if LinuxCNC can > be used in a "gcode mode" similar to how the Arduino currently > operates these machines (a serial terminal that accepts gcode and > spits out the occasional status message). > > I figure there might be something like this functionality buried in > the ancient history of LinuxCNC/EMC, but I have no idea where to go > excavating for such a "feature" or if it even exists. > > So...is it remotely straight-forward or even possible to get a recent > LinuxCNC build into a mode where it listens on a serial port or > network socket for gcode commands, or is everyone expected to load > gcode from files these days? > > Or am I making this way to hard and I should just run linuxcncrsh for > the interface and do something like "open /dev/ttyS0"? > > - -- > Charles Steinkuehler > [email protected] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlHIXMMACgkQLywbqEHdNFzwYwCfb9d8EfO8Z3VL7etLFfzDLA5D > VZ4AoN/X3gJqVTTuxNGgi1X2gS6hio74 > =x1I1 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
