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terjeio / ioSender

A GCode Sender for Grbl and grblHAL written in C# (Windows only).
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Connect parameters not seen in the GUI #85

Open calabr opened 3 years ago

calabr commented 3 years ago

Beta 8, Beta 8.8 After COM port and parameters selected at first run, it's no any wey to see the port used or change it from the GUI. UPD: on B 8.8 jog commands, commands from buttons in GUI shown in the terminal, Commands from the file and MDI - no.

terjeio commented 3 years ago

After COM port and parameters selected at first run, it's no any wey to see the port used or change it from the GUI.

Create a shortcut to the executable and add -selectport as the argument. E.g:

"D:\GCode Sender\GCode Sender.exe" -selectport

This will open the connect dialog on every startup. It wil allso show up if the previously used port is no longer available.

It is on my todo list to improve this dialog as it is currently not possible to specify a network connection. I may also add the connection string somewhere in the UI, possibly in the title bar. I may also make it available from the file menu but I have to sort out handling of a controller change as the current startup sequence does not allow that. E.g. the sender supports lathe mode, up to six axes, SD-card streaming etc. based on information available from the controller and sets up its UI accordingly. Resetting the UI on the fly for a controller change is thus not something that is high on my agenda.