Another Friday, another new release! Weâve got a host of fixes and some re-designed features for you this build! Letâs take a look:
Re-designed surfacing tool with new options including zig-zag cutting
Numerous fixes for homing, quick-travel, and soft limits
Ability to pause and resume in macros using M0/M1 commands
Sticky WCS that more accurately reflect which workspace youâre working in
Improvements to firmware flashing
Graphical fixes and styling changes
What are you having issues with? What would you like to see?
As always, thanks to everyone participating in feedback and bug reporting - itâs helping us make a fantastic product that we are proud of and hope everyone enjoys using. If youâve given us feedback before and you feel we havenât yet addressed it, then post it again (maybe we misplaced your comment). We want to get to the point that everyone using it is happy with what it offers to them
Problem ONE) When I click on GoTo Zero Y, it goes there, but also to Z-5. I see the following in the console:
feeder G91
feeder G0 Z5
feeder G90
feeder G0 Y0
feeder G0 Z-5
Problem Two) I have jobs that require a tool change with a line like:
M0 ;T202
gSender stops as desired, but since I am doing a tool change, I need to Probe Z again, but it is disabled. As a result I have to split the file into separate jobs.
Carbide Create?
Use a different (Shapeoko) post processor.
Oops. Iâd rarely use buttons, but I donât like the idea of moving an axis I didnât tell it to move. What if my homing pulloff is set to 1mm or 3mm or what if I am in G20 (not sure if there was anything before that log in the console)?
EDIT: I donât see this behavior in gSender (0.7.5). @saskia I just see the G90 followed by the G0 Y0
gSender 0.75:
ONE) GoToY0 destroyed a number of my tiny drills by plunging them down into the touch plate which now has little craters at the impact points. Its just a useful shortcut for using the console, which does work correctly.
TWO) The problem is that I cannot Re-zero Z for a new tool I insert during a stop in a job, unless I split the gCode into separate files; a minor annoyance. I donât think the post-processor has much to do with this functionality.
THREE) MacOS complains that gSender is not from an identified developer so I have to do a security override
I edited a small Gcode file to try out M6 and M06, and neither give me the dialog about tool change that you show. Just a complaint about it not being supported. Can you post a wee bit of your code that I could try? Is this a firmware issue for the LongMill?
That fixed it, settings got unexpectedly reverted to default while trying other stuff. THANKS! I made a bash script to process the Carbide Create files to create a list of tools and to substitute M6 for M0 if there is a T command on the same line as M0.
A better error message could be helpful, saying ignored or whatever instead of ânot supportedâ. Another helpful detail might be if the dialog could include any T command text on the same line as M6 to indicate which tool is expected after the change.
Nice. I see LongMill machine zero is defined at the position at power-up which is ok for tool change:
(Move to safe Z to avoid workholding)
G53G0Z-5.000
BTW - A little script translates from Excellon 2 drill format to Gcode for PCB drilling for me. I will make more for special purposes. Gcode is easy to deal with in bash.
Quick movement buttons donât go all the way to the edge - itâs designed to get âmost of the way thereâ as a convenience movement, but not all the way to avoid running into the machine edge.
It should be travelling 90% of the dimensions configured in preferences for your selected machine profile.
