Cilipeppr sucks !!!
I have never had it work properly. EVER!!! POS.
False, haha
What is it doing, what are you using it to control and what system is it on
Cilipeppr works great for me but it can be tricky sometimes. So what exactly does not work? Maybe the community can help you out? See @Jeromy_Ainsworth Cheers
Chris, can you post a screen shot showing how it’s sucking for you?
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You think its false??? Send me a simple g code program that I can “drag and drop” into the and how to calibrate my machine through chilipeppr and I will stand up and apologize to all. Arduino with CNC shield. Nema 23 steppers, GT2 and Acme screw.
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What are you using to make your gcode. Is the gcode you are making showing up in the browser when you drop it in. I’ll make a simple gcode file tomorrow. Is it the loading into the browser part or the machine moving part where it’s going wrong
It might perhaps be a better start for you to articulate what setup you have (grbl version, browser, os, spjs version ), what problems have occurred (preferably with stills or video of your screen and with spjs and the grbl widget in verbose mode), what steps you have taken to overcome the issues yourself.
That might allow us to suggest solutions for you.
Alternatively perhaps you just wanted to vent. Which is fine but hardly constructive.
That’s a link to the cut out in my base board to mount my vice
Or try one of these :
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I have found CP to be one of the best gcode sends I have tried. I can assure you, you won’t receive a more helpful, knowledgeable and understanding group of moderators and administrators to assist with your problems. Other sites seem to quickly criticize and put down any posts or comments you make. That can be quite “off-putting” and intimidating to anyone just starting out. I haven’t found that in this forum, and I come back frequently for assistance and advice.
@Justin_Adie True and I was venting. Still having issues with cp. I needed it to stop and it did not respond to the command. It could have caused some serious damage had the equipment been expensive. I have only used the cp samples provided. I need to learn more and I will. I’m building my second machine from steel and heavier linear rail and t mounts attached to ensure a more accurate travel.
I learned that same lesson after my shapeoko started milling itself. I had to put a big emergency stopbetween the power supply and the 110v wall socket. And of course it hasn’t done it again since haha
@Chris_Haley1 great to hear we’ve not lost you. what controller were you using? both tinyg and grbl have hardware estops. and software. but if there is a problem with serial comms (known issues exist with some uart chips) then the estop signal is never received by the board- hence the general advice that a hardware button is a fine plan. likewise a good idea to use hardware limit switches (whatever the controller) as i found that continually crashing the gantry into the stops ended up moving my mill out of square. although to be fair i probably never trued it up properly in the first place…
I believe the Arduino shield has an E stop input. Safest way is to kill all the power.
Guess I could have a bunch of red mushroom buttons all over.
grbl does not map a true estop; and the gshield doesn’t either.
you can interrupt the power of course. but the risk of that is that you lose information for a restart and there is a risk that when the power comes on the serial port just starts sending data again.
ideally you want a solution that puts the machine into hold and stops the spindle. this is equivalent to an open safety gate and is allowed for in the grbl configuration. if that doesn’t work then a hardware power interrupt is good. So you’d have two mushrooms in that configuration.
But these don’t obviate the need for limit switches.
this is not a chilipeppr issue of course - the same limitations exist with mills whatever software you use.