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I would like to write a stack that can send gcode to a device be it 3d printer cnc machine or laser cutter. In livecode is therw a way to send a gcode file to a usb port. I've only just started researching this but was hoping there was a wizard out there that just knows exactly how to do this.

I have a tinyg controller in mind from syntetos that can iinterpret the gcode sent to it to run the machine. On their wiki they describe doing this with a terminal program so it can't be that difficult.

Thanks in advance

Michael

Hi.

Posting here because I see nobody has replied. I have used an external device called a "Service USB Plus" by Bonig und Kallenbach that takes a USB output and translates these into real-world control circuits, such as PWM, A/D conversion and a bank of I/O channels via SSR's and buffered inputs,

But this is not pertinent. The gadget uses a PIC to do the processing. I think you would need a PIC as well, running behind some sort of USB converter. Do some of the hobby robotic companies, like FisherTechnik, make anything like this?

Craig Newman