Hi everyone, I am with a doubt, I am mounting a cnc laser, where I would like to use the laserweb program to execute the cuts, but I would like the machine to be compact so I would not use a notebook to run the laserweb program, I install the laserweb4 program on a raspberry (raspbian) and run the same on an LCD display thus avoiding the use of a notebook? My goal is to prevent the machine operator from having to access a notebook to run the machine. Just a note, the Gcodes will be created through Laserweb on a notebook, the raspberry would only be read to the file and run.
Yes you can. Try this instructions http://cncpro.co/index.php/23-documentation/installation/36-install-raspberry-pi
@Ariel_Yahni_UniKpty I tried to follow this procedure but I did not succeed, there is no way I can install Laserweb through an image file? How did I install it here on my notebook?
Maybe this. I haven’t tried it. http://cncpro.co/index.php/23-documentation/installation/34-install-linux-appimage-format
@Ariel_Yahni_UniKpty The AppImages only run with Linux on x86 CPUs.
Oh yes my bad there. @Felipe_Honorato where does the Pi procedure failing exactly? What Pi do you have?
Does this mean then that it will not work on the correct raspberry Pi3 (raspibian)? I do not know what to do, I can not install it as a tutorial, it always gives the same serialport error I’ve tried everything = (
I have made a slight change to the Raspi installation instructions that could solve a problem with installing node-serialport.
But: It is not recommended to use the LW4 frontend on a Raspberry Pi. The Raspi just is much too slooooow and has not enough memory to get the frontend website usable (even for only running jobs)! I tryed it with a RPi3.
Even if only to open a gcode and have the cut process run would be too slow? Would you point me to another software that I can use in raspberry so I only run gcode on raspberry without the need for the operator to have to fire through a computer?
Are old versions of Laserweb no longer lightweight? Laserweb2, will performance not be at least acceptable?
We are working on a lighter frontend for mobile or raspi usage, but will need some weeks still.
The Raspi is working fine as the USB gateway to the machine, but the frontend (website) should be run on a PC or Mac.
Great, nice to know that you guys are developing something for mobile and raspberry. I’ll wait, I’ll use for now my notebook to work with the laser. Tks!