Hello Alex
thanks for the compiling report
of course professional CNC software is the best to
complete testing but for a quick low level check this GUI terminal
will auto detect the serial device and give you some low level feedback
and you can send gcode manually without installing the large CNC software
brief docs if you want to verify with Grbl
after setting your device and port
click the connect icon
if Grbl is detected
you can clear the screen
and type
$$then press enter or the triangle icon Send
should show many empty values
clear the screen
and now lets see if Grbl is saving your settings
and set up some values we check if the communication
to the Grbl driver allows us read write access
copy and paste
$0=10
$1=25
$2=0
$3=0
$4=0
$5=0
$6=0
$10=1
$11=0.010
$12=0.002
$13=0
$20=0
$21=0
$22=1
$23=0
$24=25.000
$25=500.000
$26=250
$27=1.000
$30=1000
$31=0
$32=0
$100=250.000
$101=250.000
$102=250.000
$110=500.000
$111=500.000
$112=500.000
$120=5.000
$121=10.000
$122=10.000
$130=200.000
$131=200.000
$132=200.000
press the Send icon or Enter key
now when you check the values again
$$they will be the values you set
if all went well!
we can talk to and listen to the serial device
note
any serial device not just this special use grbl!
pic
there are many different ways to test with serial ports
but having a baconized GUI gives us the flexibility
to modify it to any preference needed
Joe
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here is a "
readable" reference of the above cryptic code
and the values they set just for testing
(more values need to be set)
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$0 10 Step pulse time
$1 25 Step idle delay
$2 0 Step pulse invert
$3 0 Step direction invert
$4 0 Invert step enable pin
$5 0 Invert limit pins
$6 0 Invert probe pin
$10 1 Status report options
$11 0.010 Junction deviation
$12 0.002 Arc tolerance
$13 0 Report in inches
$20 0 Soft limits enable
$21 0 Hard limits enable
$22 1 Homing cycle enable
$23 0 Homing direction invert
$24 25.000 Homing locate feed rate
$25 500.000 Homing search seek rate
$26 250 Homing switch debounce delay
$27 1.000 Homing switch pull-off distance
$30 1000 Maximum spindle speed
$31 0 Minimum spindle speed
$32 0 Laser-mode enable
$100 250.000 X-axis travel resolution
$101 250.000 Y-axis travel resolution
$102 250.000 Z-axis travel resolution
$110 500.000 X-axis maximum rate
$111 500.000 Y-axis maximum rate
$112 500.000 Z-axis maximum rate
$120 5.000 X-axis acceleration
$121 10.000 Y-axis acceleration
$122 10.000 Z-axis acceleration
$130 200.000 X-axis maximum travel
$131 200.000 Y-axis maximum travel
$132 200.000 Z-axis maximum travel
