Originally shared by John Lauer New macro widget available inside http://chilipeppr.com/tinyg that lets you

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Originally shared by John Lauer

New macro widget available inside http://chilipeppr.com/tinyg that lets you control your CNC machine from Javascript code. Writing macros for CNC has never been this easy.

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I would like to get a tutorial on macros, I think I need to get my concepts bit more clear, any help or hint???all the best for the CNC community

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Well, here’s one basic example.

// Loop the CNC machine
macro.sendSerial(“G90\n”); // abs mode
macro.sendSerial(“G0 X0 Y0\n”); // 0,0
var timeout = 1000;
var cmds = [];
var ctr = 0;
for(var x = 0; x < 10; x++) {
for(var y = 0; y < 10; y++) {
cmds.push(“G1 X” + x + " Y" + y + " F100\n");
setTimeout(function() {
var cmd = cmds[ctr];
macro.sendSerial(cmd);
macro.status("Sent " + cmd);
ctr++;
}, timeout);
timeout = timeout + 1000;
}
}

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It uses classic C syntax?

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Thanks a lot, any other resources?

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That’s Javascript. Inside the macro widget there is sample code for a lot of different stuff so that’s probably the best resource. Also, you can look at the pubsub for each widget to see how to interact with that widget from a macro. So,for example, if you wanted to sync a spindle sensor with your CNC controller, perhaps do something like this in a macro:

chilipeppr.subscribe("/com-chilipeppr-widget-serialport/ws/recv", function(data) {
if (data.P == “COM4”) {
// this is data from my Arduino sensor
if (data.D.match(/1000/)) {
// I’m at 1000rpm, now move Z into aluminum
chilipeppr.publish("/com-chilipeppr-widget-serialport/send", “G1 Z-2 F100\n”);
}
}
});

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Getting it, I will bother you if I get stuck, is that ok??

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For sure. Curious what you come up with.