Couple questions about Chilipeppr. 1. Is there any kind of web cam support. 2.

CAD & CAM Tool Chain ChiliPeppr
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Couple questions about Chilipeppr.

  1. Is there any kind of web cam support.
  2. Can you monitor remotely without interrupting the RUN in progress.
  3. Is there a way to restart where a RUN was interrupted.
  4. Is there any documentation for the UI?

Thanks in advance.

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  1. There is a webcam widget in the TinyG workspace written by @Frank_Herrmann
  2. Yes, you can. Just open a 2nd instance of ChiliPeppr on any other machine and connect and you can watch progress. To see the 3D viewer correctly though you’d have to load the Gcode to that browser as well.
  3. Yes, multiple ways. I’d watch my video on Youtube “How to fix messed up milling job in ChiliPeppr”
  4. Lots of videos on Youtube, especially in my channel on all sorts of topics. Other features, like Auto-Level, have the video directly in the widget for help.
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Thank you. I will subscribe to your channel and start getting up to speed.

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@jlauer I just watched the video about finding the code line a job was paused. Since I don’t run the 3D viewer that method does not work. How would I find the line the programmed was running when Pause/Stop was hit? From there I can read backwards to a plunge cut. Better yet would be some software that looks back for a plunge. The more I learn about CP the happier I am to be using it.

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That’s all the color coding on the checkbox in the Gcode widget. As your CNC reports back that a line is completed, the checkmark’s are updated with color coding.

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When I have had a crash and need to scroll back I get to a point that says truncated. Do I have a buffer set incorrectly?

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Sounds like you’re scrolling through the serial port console, rather than the Gcode widget.

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That is exactly the problem. I’ll look into it. I am stuck without a replacement bit in the middle of a job over a holiday weekend.