Universal GcodeSender is a Java based GRBL compatible cross platform G-Code sender. Use this program to run a GRBL controlled CNC machine.
Online documentation available here: http://winder.github.io/ugs_website/
Documentation contributions can be made here: https://github.com/winder/ugs_website
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
2.0 Nightly builds build status:
- Requires Java 8 or higher.
- Currently under heavy development, feedback and suggestions are helpful!
- classic GUI - The classic UGS interface.
- classic GUI - Somewhat stable build classic UGS interface.
- UGS Platform - Universal Gcode Platform, the next generation platform-based interface
- UGS Platform - Somewhat stable build Universal Gcode Platform, the next generation platform-based interface
Stable builds
1.0.9
1.0.8
1.0.7 - Requires Java 7 or higher.
1.0.6 - Requires Java 6 or higher.
Older releases can be found on the downloads page
Technical details:
- JSSC for serial communication (RXTX was used up through v1.0.8)
- JogAmp for OpenGL.
- Developed with NetBeans 8.0.2 or later.
For development the Maven build tool is used.
mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.willwinder.universalgcodesender.MainWindow"
mvn test
mvn package
mvn package assembly:assembly
1.0.9 -> 2.0
- Constant memory! Optimized every part of UGS to run in a fixed amount of memory, no more slowness because a file is too large.
- 'Cancel' now issue a feed hold and soft reset to stop the machine faster.
- Macro substitutions. Use {machine_x/y/z} {work_x/y/z} to substitute the current machine/work coordinates, {prompt|name} can be used to ask for values in a popup dialog.
- UGS now queries GRBL for its current state and settings in order to configure itself in a more intelligent manner. (Thanks Phil!)
- Improved gcode parser. Heavily refactored and validated with a new suite of unit tests, the gcode parser is now much more powerful than before and can be augmented customizable command processors.
- Controllers can now be added and configured with a JSON file, see resources/firmware_config
- Added restore default buttons on settings pages.
- Plane selection support: G17, G18, G19
1.0.8 -> 1.0.9
- Many performance improvements.
- New serial library: JSSC
- Updated 3D library.
- Maven build script (Thanks nitram509!)
- TinyG support enabled.
- XLCD support.
- Bug fixes: INCH/MM jog units, visualizer fixes (crashes and OSX support), "Null stream" error, localization crashes,
- Translations: French, Greek, Dutch, Italian
1.0.7 -> 1.0.8
- PendantUI server - connect to UGS with your smartphone or tablet. (jvabob)
- Translations: German, Spanish, Italian, Afrikaans
- Many bugfixes and stability improvements.
1.0.6 -> 1.0.7
- Many improvements to code architecture to allow future support for multiple firmwares (TinyG, Marlin, Smoothie, etc).
- New menu bar! Now new features can be added and existing features are more configurable.
- Additional on-the-fly gcode command preprocessing:
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- truncate and round long decimals to configurable length.
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- enforce max command length.
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- remove whitespaces.
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- expand small arcs to G1 commands.
- New option to save preprocessed gcode file to a file.
- Visualizer navigation controls - pan and zoom with the mouse wheel. (michmerr)
- Visualizer Support for radius arcs (phlatboyz sketchup plugin gcode now displays correctly)
- New single-step mode.
- New colored status indicator.
- Many bugfixes, thanks to UGS contributors
1.0.5 -> 1.0.6
- 3D gcode visualizer!
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- color coded line segments
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- real time tool position
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- real time gcode buffer position
- Due to popular demand, RaspberryPi support.
- Complete all-in-one release, 32 and 64 bit linux/windows/mac + RaspberryPi
- Settings saved between runs (thanks lazyzero)
- Advanced GRBL control, new buttons for GRBL 0.8c features (gcode check mode, homing, etc)
- Major backend refactoring to make code more stable and testable.
- Unit tests added, over 1300 lines of unit test code.
1.0.4 -> 1.0.5
- Job duration estimate now displayed when running a file.
- Real-time machine position display for GRBL v8.0c.
- Display for most recent GcodeComment.
- Bug fixes - no more dropped commands!
- Overhauled the GUI to display more information.
1.0.3 -> 1.0.4
- The step size spinner now goes to less than 1.
- New buttons on the manual control page for common functions.
- Manual X/Y coordinates can now be modified with arrow keys.
- New start scripts added to release zip files.
- Changed speed override to a percentage rather than absolute.
- Bug fixes.
1.0.2 -> 1.0.3
- Manual jogging mode, control machine with buttons in the UI.
- Automatically skip blank lines and comments when sending a file.
- Bug fixes.
1.0.1 -> 1.0.2
- Grbl version checking.
- Real-time pause/resume commands used for Grbl v0.8.
- Comment filtering - parses out comments before sending commands.
- Bug fixes.
1.0 -> 1.0.1
- New distribution jar - Application no longer requires RXTX to be installed!
- Added table view for file streaming.
- Added Pause/Resume button.
- Usability improvements.
- Many bug fixes.
- Renamed package to com.willwinder.universalgcodesender.