GRBLDroid

ATTENTION BEFORE TRYING THIS APPLICATION:

With the next (last) 1/2 star unrelated review with the application this app will become payware.

BEFORE VOTING THINK TWICE.

1) DO YOU HAVE A VALID ARDUINO BOARD ????

2) DO YOU HAVE A SUPPORTED SERIAL ANDROID DEVICE ???

Unralated, undocumented, without any logical explanation bad 1-2 star reviews without any documentation will force me to make this app payware in order to gain more respect.

Level of FREEWARE Tollerance : 3

Current UNRELATED/UNDOCUMENTED BAD REVIEWS : 2

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irvin yance

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION : http://www.trustfm.net/software/mobile/GRBLDroid.php?page=Documentation

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Pilot your CNC machine using the GRBL firmware and this android app.

No PC is needed any more.

Uses *.gcode files ONLY (ex: TEST.gcode)

1) GRBLDroid will work only with GRBL 0.9+ versions

2) GRBLDroid supports simple and advanced file mode.

I have followed the official instructions from here :

https://github.com/grbl/grbl/wiki/Interfacing-with-Grbl

The simple mode is as described here :

Streaming Protocol: Simple Send-Response [Recommended for Grbl v0.9+]

And the advanced mode is as described here :

Streaming Protocol: Character-Counting [Recommended with Reservations]

3) GRBLDroid checks if the commands are 80 lines long (including the last enter char)

4) I do not have a full CNC machine just one axis so i can not guarantee anything.

Please give me some feedback.

At least the "simple" streaming mode should work .

5) If you like the application it is better to purchase a dedicated tablet for this job with a DC IN 5V jack.

With this jack you can always recharge the tablet and at the same time it will stay connected on your CNC machine via micro USB OTG cable.

Official web page : http://www.trustfm.net/software/mobile/GRBLDroid.php

RTFM :

Official Documentation : http://www.trustfm.net/software/mobile/GRBLDroid.php?page=Documentation

If you need wireless connection like Bluetooth take a look at GRBLDroidBT.