This may be a very stupid question!

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I am a fusion user, and getting into generating tool paths and sending them to my friends AVID machine in preparation for my Altmill 4x8. I was thinking I could install the gSender software on my mac and post up some g-code and get familiar with the interface. Given that it isnā€™t plugged into a machine didnā€™t know if it would show me anything and be a worth the time.

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@jBones It canā€™t hurt to go over all the options of the interface even if you donā€™t have a machine. That said, you can connect an Arduino to it to make it think thereā€™s a controller there. There is also a software emulator that you can use. Search for a post from @_Michael for details on that.

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@jBones @Chucky_ott I agree with Chucky. I use an arduino just plugged into my desktop computer. I loaded the firmware from Sienci so gSender thinks itā€™s running a cnc. Obviously there are processes (think probe) that you canā€™t test easily but overall it works pretty well. And itā€™s not a stupid question.

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Iā€™m guessing it is more real life ā€œrunningā€ than the simulation in Fusion. It is responding to inputs from gSender.

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Any advise on what product to get from them?

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Not sure. I have one of the original MK1 machines with itā€™s controller version. Since youā€™re getting an AltMill I donā€™t know if there are different versions of the firmware. Maybe someone else with more knowledge can jump in and advise.

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thats actually a good idea. Iā€™m about to order altmill myself

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Here is a link to my post about the grblHAL simulator in case anyone is interested.

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