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reflash blackbox x4

Discussion in 'Controller Boards' started by S3ND1T, Oct 28, 2024.

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    Hi Everyone,
    I've recently acquired a custom CNC rig made with all openbuilds components. It uses the Blackbox X4 controller. the previous owner used ESTLCam on the PC that he sold it to me with. I use macs primarily and ESTLCam doesn't run on mac. I've been told by openbuilds support that i'll need to re-flash the controller with grbl. The mac app to do that is no longer being developed and doesn't work. So that leaves me to re-compile and upload via Arduino IDE. My question is what model arduino board does the X4 use? uno, nano, mega? thanks in advance.
     
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    Through the process of lucky educated guessing i've successfully compiled grbl and uploaded it to the X4 via Arduino IDE. I selected device type as Arduino Uno. I'm now able to control the CNC via openbuilds app.
     
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    the X4 is a standard Arduino Uno (Atmel 328p) with standard GRBL 1.1 pinout.
     

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