I have 3018PRO CNC that has MKS DLC32 V2 board. I used to be able to connect to easel software using USB to control the CNC. I wanted to add MKS TS24 display but found it didn’t work with my existing firmware so I upgraded it to V2.1.0_H24_20220511_01_N_CNC.bin from MKS-DLC32/MKS-DLC32-main at main · makerbase-mks/MKS-DLC32 · GitHub
Now the display works but easel cannot connect to the board. I can still connect to the board using ugsplatform64 and CNC kind of works but not reliably.
Can someone suggest the right firmware to use for this board so that I can use it as CNC and also use the display?
Another issue I am observing is that the stepper motors are moving 1/10th of the expected amount. I had to change the x/y/z axis travel resolution to 800 that got me some error and still it does not work correctly.
My search tells me that I should use fluidNC but it seems the display cannot be used with it. Is there any software that can use the display as well as allow control of CNC?
I generally start with the software, ie what firmware does Easel say it needs to work if that is the software you have to have.
Then I would look at the versions of that firmware, if it’s open source, and look for options for displays if you next have to have a local display.
Messing with firmware is not for the faint of heart and is not usually a follow some instruction steps and voila it works. That type of thing only happens if a device vendor provides a firmware build with all the capabilities and settings for the machine setup for you.
BTW, if FluidNC works with Easel, then can’t you open a browser to its web page and call that your display?
Thanks for the reply but you are missing the whole point of my post - I am mainly trying to find a version of software that will work with BOTH easel as well as the TS24 display. Having the display means I can move the spindle around even before the PC is ready and connected.
I have found a ver 2.3.0 of software at Two Trees site and it works with easel but still does not work with the display even though it is much newer than the software on MKS github site. Just sharing this in case anyone else is looking for the same info.
Now we know why you want the display, ie to move the endmill around without the computer.
As far as grabbing bin files and finding out they won’t work with various hardware that’s common when those posting the bin file don’t state what hardware they compiled the bin file for.
If you found out that firmware was already on your machine then have looked at that firmware’s docs and found it does support that display you bought( before checking) then you should be able to build the firmware for your machine with that display enabled.
There are hundreds to thousands of displays. The key is knowing what firmware you had working, find the latest version and see if it supports your preferred display then enable the configuration file(s) so that you can use Arduino or PlatformIO, etc to create your own bin file. Or ask the vendor of you machine if they have a bin file for that display.