jRstepGUI Win Xp problem.

Zap

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May 5, 2011, 8:53:10 PM5/5/11

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I have built an Rstep and configured and tested it with 'Realterm' and
the arduino serial monitor. I can configure and save to NV and also do
manual move commands so that is all working.
What I can't get to work is jRstepGUI under winXP. I have installed
RXTX .
When starting Rstep it asks for the com port connection and dosn't
complain about anything else, but just sits there "waiting for
rstep" . I've tried two different XP machines but still the same
probelm.
I'm also useing a hardware rs232 connection ( no USB or FTDI)
What could be wrong?

Also is there any other 'G-code" players that are suitable for driving
Rstep?

Thanks Zap.

Alex Harvey

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May 5, 2011, 8:54:40 PM5/5/11

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There is this one

https://github.com/OttoHermansson/GcodeSender

Alex

Zap

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May 5, 2011, 9:02:18 PM5/5/11

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Thanks , that looks like a source. Is there a complied program
somewhere? I know nothing about doing that.

Thanks Zap.

On May 6, 10:54 am, Alex Harvey <a...@pixelfactor.ca> wrote:
> There is this one
>
> https://github.com/OttoHermansson/GcodeSender
>
> Alex
>

Alex Harvey

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May 5, 2011, 9:04:52 PM5/5/11

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Click download on the middle right.

Alex

Zap

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May 5, 2011, 9:11:54 PM5/5/11

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Thanks, But the .exe file just crashes saying , the program failed to
initialize quoting some other rubish as well.

Zap.

Alex Harvey

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May 5, 2011, 9:14:21 PM5/5/11

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Hmm I compiled it myself and it ran fine, it will crash if you have no serial ports for it to list. I can throw a copy up on my fileserver later and send you a link.

Alex

Reza Naima

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May 5, 2011, 10:55:23 PM5/5/11

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I'm very happy that someone has spent the time developing a GUI frontend, but it seems to be the weakest link in the system - I've yet to be able to get it to run properly, and I can't get my head around eclipse. I've started looking at other options for languages to code a GUI against. There are some python gui libraries that look nice and use native tookits, but I'm not sure how portable (i.e. easy to install) they would be. Let me know if anyone has any thoughts?

Reza

Alex Harvey
Thursday, May 05, 2011 6:14 PM

Hmm I compiled it myself and it ran fine, it will crash if you have no serial ports for it to list. I can throw a copy up on my fileserver later and send you a link.

Alex

Zap
Thursday, May 05, 2011 6:11 PM

Thanks, But the .exe file just crashes saying , the program failed to
initialize quoting some other rubish as well.

Zap.

Alex Harvey
Thursday, May 05, 2011 6:04 PM

Click download on the middle right.

Alex

Zap
Thursday, May 05, 2011 6:02 PM

Thanks , that looks like a source. Is there a complied program
somewhere? I know nothing about doing that.

Thanks Zap.

Alex Harvey
Thursday, May 05, 2011 5:54 PM

Zap

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May 6, 2011, 2:00:23 AM5/6/11

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Hey Alex, I got GcodeSender to work , I had to upgrade .net from 3.1
to 3.5 and now it works fine.

Now for some hardware fine tuning.

Thanks again Zap.

On May 6, 12:55 pm, Reza Naima <r...@reza.net> wrote:
> I'm very happy that someone has spent the time developing a GUI
> frontend, but it seems to be the weakest link in the system - I've yet
> to be able to get it to run properly, and I can't get my head around
> eclipse. I've started looking at other options for languages to code a
> GUI against. There are some python gui libraries that look nice and use
> native tookits, but I'm not sure how portable (i.e. easy to install)
> they would be. Let me know if anyone has any thoughts?
>
> Reza
>

> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > Alex Harvey <mailto:a...@pixelfactor.ca>

> > Thursday, May 05, 2011 6:14 PM
>
> > Hmm I compiled it myself and it ran fine, it will crash if you have no
> > serial ports for it to list. I can throw a copy up on my fileserver
> > later and send you a link.
>
> > Alex
>

> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > Zap <mailto:hudsonr...@bigpond.com>

> > Thursday, May 05, 2011 6:11 PM
>
> > Thanks, But the .exe file just crashes saying , the program failed to
> > initialize quoting some other rubish as well.
>
> > Zap.
>

> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > Alex Harvey <mailto:a...@pixelfactor.ca>

> > Thursday, May 05, 2011 6:04 PM
>
> > Click download on the middle right.
>
> > Alex
>

> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > Zap <mailto:hudsonr...@bigpond.com>

> > Thursday, May 05, 2011 6:02 PM
>
> > Thanks , that looks like a source. Is there a complied program
> > somewhere? I know nothing about doing that.
>
> > Thanks Zap.
>

> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > Alex Harvey <mailto:a...@pixelfactor.ca>

Zap

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May 6, 2011, 2:02:19 AM5/6/11

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Hey Alex, I got GcodeSender to work , I had to upgrade .net from 3.1
to 3.5 and now it works fine.

Now for some hardware fine tuning.

Thanks again Zap.

On May 6, 12:55 pm, Reza Naima <r...@reza.net> wrote:

> I'm very happy that someone has spent the time developing a GUI
> frontend, but it seems to be the weakest link in the system - I've yet
> to be able to get it to run properly, and I can't get my head around
> eclipse. I've started looking at other options for languages to code a
> GUI against. There are some python gui libraries that look nice and use
> native tookits, but I'm not sure how portable (i.e. easy to install)
> they would be. Let me know if anyone has any thoughts?
>
> Reza
>