Hi
As I'm building a cnc router I have an Arduino Uno with a GRBL shield controller on top of it. I've set up the GRBL and got it connected to my desktop computer and its communicating with Coms 3.
I uploaded the Universal Gcode Sender to the GRBL folder in the Arduino but when I click on the jar file nothing happens. I've already installed Java and its working, but the gcode sender doesn't materialize and I don't know why.
I can't think of anything else to do so I'm here looking for some help. Perhaps I've uploaded it to the wrong folder, I don't know.
You must think I'm a right idiot Robin, Sorry about that. My broadband has been down for 4 days and when I sent the post it was two minutes to 6 pm and the news was on. I was in a rush.
Yes to the first question and no to the second.
I'm relatively new to cnc and its a bit of a learning curve at 70. I started this because I was bored and wanted a hobby. Perhaps I should have bought a train set instead.
I bought all the parts of this cnc router and am slowly putting it together, but the electronics are proving a little harder than I first thought.
To run simply unzip the .zip file and double click the .jar file. On some platforms you will need to run an included start script.
Note for MAC users: For version 1.0.8 and earlier you may need to create a "/var/lock" directory on OSX to fix a bug in the serial library. To do this open the Terminal application and run the following two commands:
sudo mkdir /var/lock
sudo chmod 777 /var/lock
Have you tried that?
In my experience Java programs work from any directory.
You can check your Java installation by typing java -version in a command window. If that does not work it means Java is not properly installed.
Now this is strange. I went to switch everything off after I sent you my reply and as I turned off the serial monitor window the lights on the GRBL board flickered momentarily, so I pressed the open button on the Gcode sender and it came alive and I was able to make Y stepper motor go forwards and backwards by pressing its button.
I only attached one stepper motor to the GRBL board, if one works, they will all work.
I used universal gcode sender v 1.0.8 & it worked fine.when i open my pc next day to complete rest of work on cnc it already stopped working.i tried reinstalling java & ugs software it doesn't work.i also tried batch file still hard luck.the batch file shows unable to locate "resources/massage bundle_en.properties"
I never understand why people tag questions onto the end of an existing Thread without carefully reading all of the Thread first. In this Thread Reply #12 clearly says NOT to post text as a picture.
Also, from your picture it seems you are using Windows. The rest of this Thread is about problems on a MAC,
And, sorry, I know neither Windows nor Mac - I use Linux.
First I double clicked UniversalGcodeSender.jar (Version 1.0.8) and not appears in screen.
After read this post, I downloaded UniversalGcodeSender-v2.0.0-stable, unziped it and double clicked UniversalGcodeSender.jar (Version 2.0.0 stable) and it is working (appears in the screen at least).
Now I'm trying to delete Version 1.0.8 folder and it says it's not possible because the UniversalGcodeSender.jar is oppened on Java(TM) Platform SE binary.
