Working with Interfaces - fablabnepal1/Desktop-Braille-Printing-Machine GitHub Wiki

Coolterm

a. Connect USB: b. Install FTDI Drivers, c. Set up Coolterm terminal emulator that provides command line access to TinyG and streams files to TinyG), d. Test connection Coolterm is a simple type interface to connect to the tinyG board. Given figures below represent the connection after the installation of coolterm is completed. Picture18

*Since the control and Gui preview to g code is not present in coolterm, a new interface

Chillipeppr

Chilipeppr is used for connecting the tinyG board. Following are the features of chilipeppr: ● 3D Viewer ● Gcode Sender ● TinyG internal stats viewer including planner buffer ● Flow control via planner buffer ● Serial port JSON server that runs on your Windows, Mac, Linux, or Raspberry PI

Before using chillipepper, the following tasks should be done:

  1. Download Jason port server
  2. Run an interface of the port connected to this web app.
  3. Familiarize with chillipepper tinyG interface

The parameters that are needed for motor setup in chillipeppr are :

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Also, axis parameters are needed :

Picture17

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