Important note: the displayed position information is in millimiters.
When “Resume” is clicked (button 10), the machine will safely move back to the stored position and resume the job. The “Pause” button (button 10 of the joypad) stores the current position and temporarily enters the jog mode the user can then move the machine position. In case of stop, the position reference is lost and the machine is reset. Button 9 of the joypad will also quickly stop the job. The estimated time is replaced by a progress bar, and a stop button appears for emergency stop. Once the proper origin for the part is selected, pressing “Run” or button 9 will run the job, and the program will enter the following “Run” mode: An estimation of the printing time is given. The file is loaded asynchronously and analyzed the bounding box of the part is displayed in order to have an idea of the dimensions and check that it will fit in the available stock. The program will return to the jog screen. Once the desired file is selected, press “OK” or button 9 of the joypad to load it. Button 1 of the joypad selects a file or navigates the directory structure (clicking on a directory will open it). A file can be selected via mouse/touchscreen, or using the hat buttons of the joypad. In this mode, the mounted partitions (drives) are shown on the left pane, and the current directory is shown in the right pane. The position is controlled by the joypad, with the following button mapping:Ĭlicking on “Load” or pressing button 10 on the joypad, opens the file selection: Once both are found, the program will enter “jog mode”, showing the following screen:įrom this screen, the machine position can be controlled and the origin set. When first started, the program will look for a serial connection to a CNC machine. d or -dummy: use a dummy Grbl sender (echo to stdout) instead of serial communication f or -fullscreen: start the program fullscreen
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