Hi OneFinity! I hope this is not redundant, and in an appropriate category…if not, please advise.
I have my WW on order and due mid/late April so I have been soaking in all the posts on the forum. I’ve seen a few comments/complaints/requests about the UI and I have also looked at the source code on the BB demo site. It is all very familiar stuff to me. (It’s what I did before I retired)
So, I was wondering if:
Will it be possible to write my own HTML/CSS to re-UI the UI?
Are the UI files part packaged in the firmware?
If #1 = YES, what is the process to update/replace/restore the files?
Any chance I could get the files ahead of time (I have 2 months to kill!)
Hi Roger. OF is not using an open repository for on-going development. The last update to the Git page was 1.0.5 as noted by others.
1 - probably; all the UI stuff is run on the RPI. The AVR is only for motion control and sensing.
2 - sort of, see #1
3 - most updates are from the USB stick or from the web (auto download).
4 - yep - links to the repos already posted. As a former professional SW development, I looked at the code and I’m not interested in touching it. Crazy combination of html, js, python and other craptastic languages. Maybe I’m just old school or something…
Hey @cyberreefguru,
Appreciate the details…thank you.
I downloaded 1.0.5 and turns out they added, among other things, a stylus stylesheet file to skin the UI as OF. Instead of static HTML, they(BB?) utilized PUG files which are compiled server-side. It’s my first encounter with PUG, but it’s not too scary. The JS API I/O structure is leveraging JQuery, which I used extensively, and the VUE library/framework. I used to write my own custom JS API layers, so it’s recognizable.
So, where I’m at is I have NO idea what makes for an optimal UI…since Im a total newbie to CNC. I’ll likely wait for some hands-on time as well as welcoming any input from the community before I mess with it.
