GUI for CNC

Controllers Smoothie
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Hi there,

I’m a bit confused which GUI is best for use in a Raspberry/CNC setup.
Haven’t found screenshots of the WebInterface.
bCNC looks promising, but has issues? (github: vlachoudis/bCNC/issues/143)

Are you successfully using bCNC? What are the downsides?
TIA, Bernd

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several users are using bcnc and are very happy with it ( just make sure you configure it correctly : http://smoothieware.org/bcnc )
you might also want to take a look at laserweb, which knows how to do cncs too.

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Thanks for the information Arthur - so I will walk the bCNC-route.

Any of you guys using bCNC have further recommendations?

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I’m the author of Universal Gcode Sender (you can google it, I can’t post a link), CNC software which has a Smoothie option - I’m told smoothie doesn’t have a command buffer so for now you also need to enable “Single step mode” in the UGS settings (due to a GRBL-ism).

If there is enough interest, and volunteers to test, smoothie could have first class support in my app with a relatively small amount of effort. The nightly build of UGS already has a smoothie option, but I don’t have the hardware (or time) to ensure full support alone. Feel free to create issues/questions on the UGS github or drop me an email (in my github profile).

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wwinder, are you still working on this? I’d love to use your platform with Smoothie. Right now I can’t get it to connect so I thought perhaps it is still be developed. I will gladly test for you. Thanks and good work!