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by Joe
Mon May 09, 2022 4:30 am
Forum: Frequently Asked Questions
Topic: Building the code from Github
Replies: 14
Views: 81633

Re: Building the code from Github

Hello. Thanks for your interest in the Buildbotics controller. All the needed files are on GitHub. Nothing is left out intentionally. However, it would take a lot more time and effort to document and simplify the build process. That has not been a high priority for us. If you want to document the pr...
by Joe
Mon Jun 14, 2021 12:25 pm
Forum: Buildbotics Tech Support
Topic: BuildBotics ETA Time off
Replies: 2
Views: 4721

Re: BuildBotics ETA Time off

We have an open GitHub issue for this: https://github.com/buildbotics/bbctrl-f ... issues/233
by Joe
Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:14 pm
Forum: Buildbotics Tech Support
Topic: Firmware development on Debian 10.8
Replies: 1
Views: 2661

Re: Firmware development on Debian 10.8

Yes that should be fine.
by Joe
Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:09 pm
Forum: Feature ideas
Topic: Web UI component toggling
Replies: 1
Views: 12476

Re: Web UI component toggling

We don't have any easy way to support this right now. As you noted, it's Open-Source so you could change the code. Sorry I cannot help more than that.
by Joe
Sun Aug 09, 2020 11:41 am
Forum: Buildbotics Tech Support
Topic: will upgrading to raspberrypi-kernel_1.20190819~stretch-1_armhf.deb break things?
Replies: 3
Views: 3953

Re: will upgrading to raspberrypi-kernel_1.20190819~stretch-1_armhf.deb break things?

It should be ok but I have not tried it. If it fails you can recopy the buildbotics base image to your sd card.
by Joe
Sun Mar 15, 2020 5:58 pm
Forum: Buildbotics Tech Support
Topic: Printing parameters on display
Replies: 4
Views: 7143

Re: Printing parameters on display

This might work: http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gcode/ove ... e:messages

You can include variable references in (DEBUG, ...) messages.
by Joe
Sat Feb 08, 2020 12:51 pm
Forum: Feature ideas
Topic: Xbox One controller - wireless
Replies: 2
Views: 26289

Re: Xbox One controller - wireless

We plan to add the ability to configure different game controllers but it's not there yet. See #197 . In the meantime, you could modify Jog.py and add another config section for your game controller. First ssh into your controller. You should be able do this on Linux or MacOS with the following comm...
by Joe
Tue Feb 26, 2019 9:53 pm
Forum: Buildbotics Tech Support
Topic: Command-line control
Replies: 4
Views: 9964

Re: Command-line control

It is possible to control the Buildbotics controller over HTTP. It's not documented but this is how the Web frontend works. dev.buildbotics.com is the API for our project sharing Website and is unrelated. The HTTP entrypoints can be found listed in Web.py . For example, to start the currently select...