Have you ever wanted to display a message when you load a gcode file in OpenBuilds CONTROL? Here’s a quick and dirty javascript macro that will show a gcode alert.
function alertMacro() {
editor.session.on('change', function(e) {
if (editor.curOp && editor.curOp.command.name) {
return null;
}
let foundAlert = editor.find('ALERT:');
if (foundAlert !== undefined) {
let alertText = editor.session.getLine(foundAlert.start.row);
console.log('what is pos ' + alertText)
var dialog = Metro.dialog.create({
clsDialog: 'dark',
title: "<i class='fas fa-exclamation-triangle'></i> ALERT",
content: "<i class='fas fa-exclamation-triangle fg-darkRed'></i> " + alertText,
actions: [{
caption: "Close",
cls: "js-dialog-close",
onclick: function() {
//
}
}]
});
}
});
}
$(document).ready(() => setTimeout(alertMacro, 1000));Add the code to a new javascript macro and set it to run at startup. Restart CONTROL.
The macro looks for a string, in this case “ALERT:”, in your loaded gcode file. If it finds it, it will pop up a dialog box that displays the string.
Sample gcode file:
G90 G94 G17
G20
(ALERT: Do something!)
G53 G0 Z-0.3937
M5
G0 X-0.3937 Y-0.3937
M30
In Fusion 360, you can add this comment with a manual nc comment operation: https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=GUID895129FD-6548-414D-8B31-EDBCC5EF4439
If you are new to OpenBuilds CONTROL, be sure to check out my OpenBuilds CONTROL tutorial.
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