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Remote GUI via socket connection

For printer programs like repsnapper and pronterface, that expect a serial-like device for communication, use 'socat' to generate a virtual serial port and connect to the application on the BeagleBone:

• Make sure the directory $HOME/dev exists and is accessible
• The target here is named 'beaglebone', replace it with the proper name or IP address.

socat -d -t5 -T20 PTY,link=$HOME/dev/tty3D,wait-slave EXEC:'"ssh -l root beaglebone ./mendel.elf"'

Now you can connect to the printer by opening the device '$HOME/dev/tty3D' (or whatever you named it) in your printing application.

Local, interactive

In a shell on the beaglebone, just start the application:

./mendel.elf

and type commands. Exit with control-C.

Local, from file

In a shell on the beaglebone, run all the commands from a file by starting the application with input redirection:

./mendel.elf < gcode_file

or via a pipe:

cat gcode_file | ./mendel.elf.

Other ways

Of course, since this is unix, there are various other ways to issue commands:

echo "g1 x100 y100 z100 e100 f600" | ssh -l root beaglebone ./mendel.elf

or all lines that start with a G1 command from a local file:

cat gcode_file | grep -i "^g1[^0-9]" | ssh -l root beaglebone ./mendel.elf

Use your imagination!