Order #16167 so plenty of time for planning and over thinking things. I currently have a home built machine based on OpenBuilds/Ox. Using OB Blackbox with either Universal GCode Sender or OB Control software. In looking at the BuildBotics controller system (and in particular the software side of things) I’m less than enthused. I know there have been others who have used a separate controller/software system with OF machine and I’m looking at the prospects for doing the same. My specific question right now (which I suspect I know the answer to) is can the Buildbotics controller software be separated from the hardware.
For instance, the OpenBuilds BlackBox provides a USB interface allowing one to use a computer or the OpenBuilds Interface pad to control the hardware. Nearly any GRBL-based G-code sender software can be used to drive the hardware. The advantage of this system is that I have a few different software choices for sending GCode to the machine. While I haven’t used the BuildBotics software, in reviewing its features and reading numerous forum posts, I feel that there are capabilities and UI features of Universal GCode Sender or OpenBuilds Control that are more attractive than the BB software. I’m wondering if one could ‘drive’ the BuildBotics hardware with external software such as OpenBuild Control. I suspect that is not an option.