Tech support for Javascript Macros in CONTROL

Hello,
Could you please help me with the JS code that opens a file and then runs it?

I have already this:

window.open("file:///C:\Users\laure\OneDrive\Bureaublad\gcode.gcode");

socket.off('prbResult'); // Disable old listeners

socket.emit("runJob", {
data: editor.getValue(),
isJob: false,
completedMsg: false
});

So it is a fixed path/file that I am overwriting all the time,
and I would like to automaticly open and run the last saved version of this file.

Thanks

 

Thank you!

 

With the onClick function, how do I get that to run a javascript macro I have under Macros? Is there a name I have to give in the macro function?

 

Code:

var sizebtn = `<button id="grblXYSizeMenu" class="ribbon-button" onclick="??????">
                 <span class="icon">
                   <span class="fa-layers fa-fw">
                     <i class="fas fa-tape fa-rotate-180 fg-blue"></i>
                   </span>
                 </span>
                 <span class="caption grblmode">XY Size</span>
               </button>`
$( "#grblXYSizeMenu" ).after( chkSize );

 

Does this code also need to go in a new macro along side the macro or does the code to add the button go in the same macro as the macro that shows me the size?

 

I have tried putting it all in one macro and defining a function to run the result. It however can not see the function when I click on the button.

Code:

function XYSizeCheck(){
if (typeof object !== 'undefined') {
   var string = ""
   if (object.userData.inch) {
       string += "<span style='font-size:42px;'>X:&nbsp" + Math.ceil(object.userData.bbbox2.max.x - object.userData.bbbox2.min.x) + "inch" + "<br>" + "Y:&nbsp;" + (object.userData.bbbox2.max.y - object.userData.bbbox2.min.y) + "inch</span>";
   } else {
       string += "<span style='font-size:42px;'>X:&nbsp" + Math.ceil(object.userData.bbbox2.max.x - object.userData.bbbox2.min.x) + "mm" + "<br>" + "Y:&nbsp;" + (object.userData.bbbox2.max.y - object.userData.bbbox2.min.y) + "mm</span>";
   }
   console.log(string)
   Metro.dialog.create({
       title: "Stock Size needed",
       clsDialog: "dark",
       content: `
          To run this job, you need a piece of stock:<hr>
          ` + string + `
      `,
       actions: [{
           caption: "Cancel",
           cls: "js-dialog-close alert",
       }]
   });
}
}

var sizerbtntpl = `<button id="grblSizerMenu" class="ribbon-button" onclick="XYSizeCheck();">
                 <span class="icon">
                   <span class="fa-layers fa-fw">
                     <i class="fas fa-tape fa-rotate-180 fg-red"></i>
                   </span>
                 </span>
                 <span class="caption grblmode">XY</span>
               </button>`
$( "#grblProbeMenu" ).after( sizerbtntpl );

 

Got it! Thank you!

 

Is it possible to send GCode via a macro? I am looking to make the Z go up to the homed top, then once it has safely done that - move the X and Y to the very back of my machine (say X3600 Y2000 based on the distance from homed zero not current zero set in UI) so that I can load up my next sheet of material. Thanks for any help.

I am keen to write a macro that homes then does a z probe in one operation. I am going to embed my touch plate into my wasteboard and touch off the Z each time the machine is homed.

 

I think something is broken. Ctrl + Shift + I doesn't look the same as on page one. I just get a console but not Devtools.

I tried just a GCode macro and used G53 X100 F5000 but the machine just moved the X positive until it hit the wall at the end.

In the code on the first page I can see:

<button class="button outline sawStopActionBtn warning" onclick="sendGcode('M8');">APPLY BRAKE</button>
<button class="button outline sawStopActionBtn primary" onclick="sendGcode('M9');">RELEASE BRAKE</button>
<hr>
<button class="button outline sawStopActionBtn secondary" onclick="sendGcode('$H');">HOME</button>
<button class="button outline sawStopActionBtn secondary" onclick="sendGcode('G10 P0 L20 X0');">SETZERO</button>

for the function of sendGcode. If I am writing this into a function should I use multiple sendGcode commands after each other or use a ; in the sendGcode("do first part; do second part;") sort of like a single line of multiple commands?

I am not sure how to trigger the Z probe but I will work on that later.

 

There is no devtools I attached the image to show. It isn't there.

I read through the FAQ you linked. I now know that all of the G53 commands should be negative, but is that from my max distance/length of the machine? It looks from there that to get to X500 using G53 coords I should be using G53 X-500, but I am wrong.

Doing a G53 X-500 goes to 500mm from the end of my machine. It's like the homing sequence completes and sets my machine zero to the other end of the X and Y. It looks to be getting that setting from my machine settings in Openbuilds Control. I thought the homing would set G53 to: 0,0 (which from the documentation you linked is what a lot of people assume wrong). Instead it appears to be setting it to: {negative value specified X length},{negative value specified Y length}.

So to move to the back of my machine, I can just use G53 X0 and that does the trick.

Attached my settings backup to show what I have set. Maybe I should have this in it's own thread to not muddy this one up as this is very specific to me and my lack of knowledge/understanding is the issue.

 

Or just use your perfect suggestion I do want to add a button to the interface like I did with getting the X and Y size (works perfectly now thanks for the help on that one). I am not sure if I can add a macro straight on there or just send the commands via a function. The commands are what I needed for the most part. I wish I could duplicate your brain and put it in a jar to ask questions of instead of your time educating me and others that might find this helpful one day

 

It’s not intuitive but if that was the standard at the start of it all it makes sense why they keep it that way. Thanks.