Why This Fork?

This is a fork of CNCjs in order to be able to adjust the workspace settings. It was made especially for the CoMakingSpace. The changes compared to master are:

1. The implementation of pull request 380
2. Changes in src/web/store/defaultState.js in order to have modified default workspace settings. This is related to Issue 57 of the CoMakingSpace.

This fork will not be needed anymore once Issue 359 of CNCjs got implemented.

Installation

Ubuntu on WSL

I got it to build and run on Ubuntu using WSL with the following environment:

node -v && npm -v
v8.11.4
5.6.0

First, get the repository and navigate into it:

git clone https://github.com/comakingspace/cncjs
cd cncjs
npm install
npm run build

Raspberry Pi

On a raspberry pi, things seem to be different. Here are the steps that worked on a pi 3 (tests on a pi 2 pending...):

1. Install NodeJS using the following:

sudo apt-get -qq update
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdesalas/node-pi-zero/master/install-node-v.lts.sh 
chmod +x install-node-v.lts.sh 
./install-node-v.lts.sh

2. Downgrade npm to 5.6.0:

npm install -g [email protected]

Note: not sure if this step is really needed, but I wanted to have a system as close to the working ubuntu system as possible

3. Enlarge the Swap File Edit /etc/dphys-swapfile and set CONF_SWAPSIZE=2048 Note: It seems that 1024 was not enough swap space on the pi 3. On the pi 2, it might be a good idea to use even more swap since it has fewer memory.
4. Install

npm install --build-from-source

Please make sure to let npm finish all tasks without you pressing a button. Note: Not sure if --build-from-source was really needed - but it seems to have worked. I did run another npm install and npm run prepare afterwards - but actually I do not think it was really needed.

Afterwards you can use ./bin/cnc in order to run it.

CNCjs

CNCjs is a full-featured web-based interface for CNC controllers running Grbl, Marlin, Smoothieware, or TinyG.

For a more complete introduction, see the Introduction section of the wiki page.

Features

• Supported controllers
  • Grbl (Download)
  • Grbl-Mega (Download)
  • Marlin (Download)
  • Smoothieware (Download)
  • TinyG (Recommend: firmware version 0.97 build 449.xx) (Download)
  • g2core
• Desktop App for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows
• 6-axis digital readout (DRO)
• Tool path 3D visualization
• Simultaneously communicate with multiple clients
• Responsive view for small screen display with device width less than 720px
  • Safari on an iPhone 5S [1] [2]
• Customizable workspace
• Custom widget (since 1.9.10)
• Custom MDI (Multiple Document Interface) command buttons (since 1.9.13)
• My Account
• Commands
• Events
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Contour ShuttleXpress
• Multi-Language Support
• Watch Directory
• Tool Change (since 1.9.11)
• Z-Probe

Custom Widgets

• cncjs-widget-boilerplate - Creating custom widgets for CNCjs.

Pendants

Boilerplate Code

• cncjs-pendant-boilerplate - A bare minimum example to develop a cncjs pendant.

Existing Pendants

• cncjs-pendant-keyboard - A simple pendant (using wireless keyboard or usb) to CNCJS.
• cncjs-pendant-lcd - CNCjs Web Kiosk for Raspberry Pi Touch Displays.
• cncjs-pendant-ps3 - Dual Shock / PS3 Bluetooth Remote Pendant for CNCjs.
• cncjs-pendant-raspi-gpio - Simple Raspberry Pi GPIO Pendant control for CNCjs.

Tablet UI

• cncjs-pendant-tinyweb - A tiny web console for small 320x240 LCD display.
  
• cncjs-shopfloor-tablet - A simplified UI for cncjs optimized for tablet computers in a production (shop floor) environment.
  

Browser Support

Chrome	Edge	Firefox	IE	Opera	Safari
Yes	Yes	Yes	Not supported	Yes	Yes

Supported Node.js Versions

Version	Supported Level
4	Dropped support
6	Supported
8	Supported
10	Supported

Getting Started

Node.js Installation

Node.js 6 or higher is recommended. You can install Node Version Manager to manage multiple Node.js versions. If you have git installed, just clone the nvm repo, and check out the latest version:

git clone https://github.com/creationix/nvm.git ~/.nvm
cd ~/.nvm
git checkout `git describe --abbrev=0 --tags`
cd ..
. ~/.nvm/nvm.sh

Add these lines to your ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bashrc, or ~/.profile file to have it automatically sourced upon login:

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm

Once installed, you can select Node.js versions with:

nvm install 10
nvm use 10

It's also recommended that you upgrade npm to the latest version. To upgrade, run:

npm install npm@latest -g

Installation

Install cncjs as a non-root user, or the serialport module may not install correctly on some platforms like Raspberry Pi.

npm install -g cncjs

If you're going to use sudo or root to install cncjs, you need to specify the --unsafe-perm option to run npm as the root account.

sudo npm install --unsafe-perm -g cncjs

Check out https://github.com/cncjs/cncjs/wiki/Installation for other installation methods.

Upgrade

Run npm install -g cncjs@latest to install the latest version. To determine the version, use cncjs -V.

Usage

Run cncjs to start the server, and visit http://yourhostname:8000/ to view the web interface. Pass --help to cncjs for more options.

pi@rpi3$ cncjs -h

  Usage: cncjs [options]


  Options:

    -V, --version                       output the version number
    -p, --port <port>                   Set listen port (default: 8000)
    -H, --host <host>                   Set listen address or hostname (default: 0.0.0.0)
    -b, --backlog <backlog>             Set listen backlog (default: 511)
    -c, --config <filename>             Set config file (default: ~/.cncrc)
    -v, --verbose                       Increase the verbosity level (-v, -vv, -vvv)
    -m, --mount <route-path>:<target>   Add a mount point for serving static files
    -w, --watch-directory <path>        Watch a directory for changes
    --access-token-lifetime <lifetime>  Access token lifetime in seconds or a time span string (default: 30d)
    --allow-remote-access               Allow remote access to the server (default: false)
    --controller <type>                 Specify CNC controller: Grbl|Marlin|Smoothie|TinyG|g2core (default: '')
    -h, --help                          output usage information

  Examples:

    $ cncjs -vv
    $ cncjs --mount /pendant:/home/pi/tinyweb
    $ cncjs --mount /widget:~+/widget --mount /pendant:~/pendant
    $ cncjs --mount /widget:https://cncjs.github.io/cncjs-widget-boilerplate/v1/
    $ cncjs --watch-directory /home/pi/watch
    $ cncjs --access-token-lifetime 60d  # e.g. 3600, 30m, 12h, 30d
    $ cncjs --allow-remote-access
    $ cncjs --controller Grbl

Instead of passing command line options for --watch-directory, --access-token-lifetime, --allow-remote-access, and --controller, you can create a ~/.cncrc file that contains the following configuration in JSON format:

{
    "mountPoints": [
        {
            "route": "/pendant",
            "target": "/home/pi/tinyweb"
        },
        {
            "route": "/widget",
            "target": "https://cncjs.github.io/cncjs-widget-boilerplate/v1/"
        }
    ],
    "watchDirectory": "/path/to/dir",
    "accessTokenLifetime": "30d",
    "allowRemoteAccess": false,
    "controller": ""
}

To troubleshoot issues, run:

cncjs -vvv

Configuration File

The configuration file .cncrc contains settings that are equivalent to the cncjs command-line options. The configuration file is stored in user's home directory. To find out the actual location of the home directory, do the following:

• Linux/Mac

  echo $HOME

• Windows

  echo %USERPROFILE%

Check out an example configuration file here.

File Format

See cncjs#242 (comment) for a detailed explanation.

{
  "ports": [
     {
       "comName": "/dev/ttyAMA0",
       "manufacturer": ""
     }
  ],
  "baudrates": [115200, 250000],
  "mountPoints": [
    {
      "route": "/widget",
      "target": "https://cncjs.github.io/cncjs-widget-boilerplate/v1/"
    }
  ],
  "watchDirectory": "/path/to/dir",
  "accessTokenLifetime": "30d",
  "allowRemoteAccess": false,
  "controller": "",
  "state": {
    "checkForUpdates": true,
    "controller": {
      "exception": {
        "ignoreErrors": false
      }
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "title": "Update (root user)",
      "commands": "sudo npm install -g cncjs@latest --unsafe-perm; pkill -a -f cncjs"
    },
    {
      "title": "Update (non-root user)",
      "commands": "npm install -g cncjs@latest; pkill -a -f cncjs"
    },
    {
      "title": "Reboot",
      "commands": "sudo /sbin/reboot"
    },
    {
      "title": "Shutdown",
      "commands": "sudo /sbin/shutdown"
    }
  ],
  "events": [],
  "macros": [],
  "users": []
}

Documentation

https://cnc.js.org/docs/

Examples

There are several *.gcode files in the examples directory. You can use the GCode widget to load a GCode file and make a trial run.

If you don't have a CAM software, try using jscut to create G-Code from *.svg. It's a simple CAM package that runs in the browser.

Check out a live demo at http://jscut.org/jscut.html.

Contributions

Use GitHub issues for requests.

Pull requests welcome! Learn how to contribute.

Localization

You can help translate resource files in both of app and web directories from English to other languages. Check out Localization guide to learn how to get started. If you are not familiar with GitHub development, you can open an issue or send your translations to [email protected].

Locale	Language	Status	Contributors
cs	Čeština (Czech)	✔	Miroslav Zuzelka
de	Deutsch (German)	✔	Thorsten Godau, Max B.
es	Español (Spanish)	✔	Juan Biondi
fr	Français (French)	✔	Simon Maillard, CorentinBrulé
hu	Magyar (Hungarian)	✔	Sipos Péter
it	Italiano (Italian)	✔	vince87
ja	日本語 (Japanese)	✔	Naoki Okamoto
nl	Nederlands (Netherlands)	✔	dutchpatriot
pt-br	Português (Brasil)	✔	cmsteinBR
ru	Ру́сский (Russian)	✔	Denis Yusupov
tr	Türkçe (Turkish)	✔	Ali GÜNDOĞDU
zh-cn	简体中文 (Simplified Chinese)	✔	Mandy Chien, Terry Lee
zh-tw	繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese)	✔	Cheton Wu

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License

Licensed under the MIT License.