raweByebye fake #planetcnc controller that needs an old Windows 7 machine. Hello #fluidNC with gSender on current favorite flavor of #Linux.
Things I learned:
- The fluidNC online installer does not like a board flashed with another software and does not detect it. The offline installer works, but does not install a web interface. So first offline installer and afterwards the online thing...
- FluidNC does not like special characters in the Wifi name. They need to be escaped but I did not get it to work. Now I run an additional Wifi just for this...
- if the number of steps per mm is huge (microstepping) and the maximum speed is high, there is no wifi, as loading the config fails. Only way to fix the config is via UART and the fluidNC web installer.
- if soft limits are active, gcode including the homing position triggers the soft limit (kind of makes sense)
- If the pulses per mm setting is wrong by a huge amount, the homing sequence travels fast and far (e-stop!)
