¶ WebUI
The WebUI is a web broswer based controller for FluidNC. It is a separate project from FluidNC. It can only be used via WiFi.
¶ Development
The FluidNC team does not currently have a developer for the WebUI. We only do small tweaks and fixes at this time. We would welcome any help we can get on this project.
¶ Source Code
It is a fork of this project. The fork is located here. The current active branch is revamphttps://github.com/MitchBradley/ESP3D-WEBUI/tree/revamp)
¶ Usage
This page is a work in progress and very incomplete right now. Please help us or donate to the project.
¶ Installation
The WebUI will automatically be installed with the firmware if you are using the install-fs program from a release. It is a file called index.html.gz that is installed in the local file system. You can manually upload a different version at any time.
¶ Reporting
The flow of information can be controlled in 2 ways.
-
Auto In this mode FluidNC sends the status to the WebUI. It sends updates whenever status changes and at regular intervals during moves. This mode can make the status display appear to be more responsive.
-
Poll In this mode the WebUI sends requests to FluidNC.
The values can be save in the preferences.
¶ Controls Panel
This shows you the current positions of the axes in "work" and "machine" coordinates. The number of axes displayed is based on how many you have in your config file.
The jog speeds are controlled at the bottom of the panel. There are only three axes shown in the jog section at a time, but the Z can be changed to A, B or C.
¶ Macros
The section to the right of the jog panel is used for creating macros.
It stores your macro config in a file called macrocfg.json. This is the format of that file.
[
{
"name": "M1",
"glyph": "star",
"filename": "/macro1.g",
"target": "ESP",
"class": "btn-default",
"index": 0
},
{
"name": "M2",
"glyph": "star",
"filename": "/macro2.g",
"target": "ESP",
"class": "btn-default",
"index": 1
},
{
"name": "M3",
"glyph": "star",
"filename": "/macro3.g",
"target": "ESP",
"class": "btn-default",
"index": 2
},
{
"name": "M4",
"glyph": "star",
"filename": "/macro4.g",
"target": "ESP",
"class": "btn-default",
"index": 3
},
{
"name": "M5",
"glyph": "star",
"filename": "/macro4.g",
"target": "ESP",
"class": "btn-default",
"index": 4
},
{
"name": "",
"glyph": "",
"filename": "",
"target": "",
"class": "",
"index": 5
},
{
"name": "",
"glyph": "",
"filename": "",
"target": "",
"class": "",
"index": 6
},
{
"name": "",
"glyph": "",
"filename": "",
"target": "",
"class": "",
"index": 7
},
{
"name": "",
"glyph": "",
"filename": "",
"target": "",
"class": "",
"index": 8
}
]
¶ FluidNC Tab
This allows you to view the config. You can change some of the settings, but many cannot be changed at run time. This feature will likely be completely changed or removed inm the future.
The five buttons across the top are...
- Show system status This shows the system status (not CNC related stuff)
- Manage local files This allows you to manage the local file system
- Update the firmware This allows you to do an OTA (over the air) firmware update. It requires a firmware.bin file. you can find the firmware.bin file in the github release zip files in the wifi and bt folders.
- Restart FluidNC This reboots the controller. You will lose the WiFi connection.
- Refresh the settings
¶ Tablet Tab
This table is optimized for touch screen tablet usage. It has large buttons and scales to the display size.
¶ Preferences
You can control some of the features, like displaying the probing panel, of the WebUI and save many settings in the preferences panel. You access this from the hamburger menu in the upper right corner of the WebUI.
