#!/usr/bin/env python """\ Stream g-code to grbl controller This script differs from the simple_stream.py script by tracking the number of characters in grbl's serial read buffer. This allows grbl to fetch the next line directly from the serial buffer and does not have to wait for a response from the computer. This effectively adds another buffer layer to prevent buffer starvation. TODO: - Add runtime command capabilities Version: SKJ.20120104 """ import serial import re import time import sys import argparse RX_BUFFER_SIZE = 128 # Define command line argument interface parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Stream g-code file to grbl. (pySerial library required)') parser.add_argument('gcode', type=argparse.FileType('r'), help='g-code filename to be streamed') parser.add_argument('device', help='serial device path') parser.add_argument('-q','--quiet',action='store_true', default=False, help='suppress output text') args = parser.parse_args() # Initialize s = serial.Serial(args.device_file,9600) f = args.gcode_file verbose = True if args.quiet : verbose = False # Wake up grbl print "Initializing grbl..." s.write("\r\n\r\n") # Wait for grbl to initialize and flush startup text in serial input time.sleep(2) s.flushInput() # Stream g-code to grbl print "Streaming ", args.gcode_file.name, " to ", args.device_file l_count = 0 g_count = 0 c_line = [] for line in f: l_count += 1 # Iterate line counter # l_block = re.sub('\s|\(.*?\)','',line).upper() # Strip comments/spaces/new line and capitalize l_block = line.strip() c_line.append(len(l_block)) # Track number of characters in grbl serial read buffer grbl_out = '' while sum(c_line) >= RX_BUFFER_SIZE-1 | s.inWaiting() : out_temp = s.readline().strip() # Wait for grbl response if out_temp not in ['ok','error'] : print " Debug: ",out_temp # Debug response else : grbl_out += out_temp; g_count += 1 # Iterate g-code counter grbl_out += str(g_count); # Add line finished indicator del c_line[0] if verbose: print "SND: " + str(l_count) + " : " + l_block, s.write(l_block + '\n') # Send block to grbl if verbose : print "BUF:",str(sum(c_line)),"REC:",grbl_out # Wait for user input after streaming is completed print "G-code streaming finished!\n" print "WARNING: Wait until grbl completes buffered g-code blocks before exiting." raw_input(" Press to exit and disable grbl.") # Close file and serial port f.close() s.close()