So I got laserweb4 installed on my pi3. I have a protoneer CNC hat(ie. An Arduino nano running grbl 1.1f through a serial port.) When I try connecting the machine through the comms settings in laserweb, I get disconnected with error saying no supported firmware found. I am accessing the correct port and buad and have laserweb4 set to generic grbl. Why will it not connect?
Laserweb4 comms settings.
Device is set properly and so is the baudrate. Notice the attempts to connect and failure to detect firmware.
try rebooting your computer, I had a similar issue that was resolved by a reboot.
Ok figured it out. Need to reset the board after I click connect.
It was in the install instructions for the raspberry pi. But it doesn’t clearly detail what to title the file with the RESET_ON_CONNECT=1.
It just says this "
Some boards need a reset command after connecting (or will disconnect after a few seconds). To do that, you have to create a file called “.env” in the installation folder with the following content: RESET_ON_CONNECT=1"
I tried that but it didn’t work. You can’t just give a blank name to the file. And where exactly should it be saved? I got it to work manually by me clicking the reset button on the Arduino Nano. But would sure like it if I didn’t have to do that. Anyone know exactly how to do this?
@Alex_Hayden Just make a new text file, enter the line “RESET_ON_CONNECT=1” and save it as env.txt in the folder, where the lw.comm-server files are (same as server.js).
Then rename the file with the command line “cp env.txt .env”. That should do the trick.
Hint: Files that start with . are usually hidden from the user.
Hello, did you figure that out ? I have the same error, then I found out that I was stupid…
The machine is supposed to connect to the server, not the laptop you are running Laserweb frontend software.