Posts made by fishgrog

@Generic-Default A very different machine than the SwissMak 210

@dc42 WRT alternative firmware comments, it would seem the maturity of mach3/mach4 would be a good base to run on the Duet3d hardware motion control as it has a mature library of gcode capabilities. I am an early owner of a multi axis CNC milling machine running RRF and it has been fraught with numerous issues. Real-time display in essential for CNC machining ideally combined with a display of line-by-line readout of active gcode, as the speed thing happen with CNC things can get wrecked quickly. "RRF 3.4.x support G60, did you mean G68: Coordinate rotation?

@dc42 said in Optional firmware other than RRF:

Separately we have plans to make it easier to customise DWC to provide additional or alternative UI features.

The ideal would be able to access the methods exposed by the REST api so that new pages can be custom developed (e.g. CSS, jscript, HTML).

@Sindarius Nice, that looks great for 3d printing additive any thought as to CNC. There is another NC viewer browser based that could be adapted. I have run some of my CAM gcode and it works well. https://ncviewer.com/
Worth a look at, I have not tried a 3d print as that isn't something I do.

@dc42 Has anyone approached you about an alternative firmware? There are many issues as the core RRF is so 3d printing oriented which is very suited for linear moves, no arc g2/g3 needed for extruding 3d prints. It would seem the core RRF is a liability for supporting CNC machines. With the CNC machine I am using without real-time axes updating or line-by-line gcode display basically machining is completely blind. Of course arcs is just one of many limitations in the core RRF for CNC machines.

I am wondering if there is another firmware other than RRF as it is so specific to 3d printers.

While it seems the Duet3D motion control is more than adequate for CNC multi axes the RRF is very limited.
Is it possible the a mach3/mach4 firmware solution is available or at least been attempted by anyone.

Specifically, I need real-time axes display, it exist in RRF under any version it isn't evident. Also, I am in need of more sophisticated web control for controlling a multi axes CNC machine for both conversational and CAM generated gcode.
It would seem that one should be able to develop their own web/control custom pages other the the duet3d web control. Ideally a scrolling gcode line-by-line window with a progress of 3d machined progress.