Aspire Direct Output to UCCNC

[Greolt]

It seems to me that after the execution of a program UCCNC has a flag left hanging that interferes with the "exec.Loadfile" command running.

Once "Cycle Stop" has been enacted then the macro loop containing "exec.Loadfile" command can then do its thing.

Or in other words M30 is not returning UCCNC to an idle state.

[ger21]

Have you tried M2 instead of M30?

[RsX]

I have figured it out and it's actually my bad.
I'm checking the wrong flag. CycleStopped is true only if the Cycle Stop button is pressed.

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if(exec.CycleStopped && System.IO.File.Exists(AutoloadFile)){

The correct flag is exec.stopped which is true when the program ends or if the machine is in idle after the execution of a single line. Not true when feed hold is active or the program is running.

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if(exec.stopped && System.IO.File.Exists(AutoloadFile)){

Here is the code. There is no need to edit the M30 this way.

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string AutoloadFile = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TEMP") + @"\AutoloadUCCNC.tmp";
string gcodeFile = "";
//MessageBox.Show(AutoloadFile);
if(exec.stopped && System.IO.File.Exists(AutoloadFile)){
   //read the file, it should have only one line
   gcodeFile = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(AutoloadFile);
   //clean the string
   gcodeFile = gcodeFile.TrimEnd('\r', '\n');
   //load the gcode
   exec.Loadfile(gcodeFile);
   while(exec.IsLoading()){}
   //delete the tmp file, not the gcode
   System.IO.File.Delete(AutoloadFile);
}

[Greolt]

Great work RsX. That has solved my puzzle.

Very glad there are much smarter people than me on this forum.

Thanks again for your work on this feature