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There is a lot of software out there that operates as a "3D printer host".
When not printing from an SD card, the host must feed the g-code in a certain way with checksums and resends. As part of this stream, you can get the temperature info back.
The head position can be implied from the g-code as it is sent. However, the accuracy of the g-code coordinates is limited by buffering done by the FW. If you send "go to 0,0,0", the printer may accept it immediately. Because you just sent 0,0,0, you report the head as 0,0,0, but the command might be bufferred and there may be some "slop" in time before the FW actually gets to 0,0,0.
When you print from Cura, it operates as a host as does Simply3D (which also pseudo reports the head position)
You might look at http://www.pronterface.com/index.html . It is an open source 3d printer host and UI with a command line host too. If it doesn't do what you need, at least the source code can guide you on how to make mods.
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There is a lot of software out there that operates as a "3D printer host".
When not printing from an SD card, the host must feed the g-code in a certain way with checksums and resends. As part of this stream, you can get the temperature info back.
The head position can be implied from the g-code as it is sent. However, the accuracy of the g-code coordinates is limited by buffering done by the FW. If you send "go to 0,0,0", the printer may accept it immediately. Because you just sent 0,0,0, you report the head as 0,0,0, but the command might be bufferred and there may be some "slop" in time before the FW actually gets to 0,0,0.
When you print from Cura, it operates as a host as does Simply3D (which also pseudo reports the head position)
You might look at http://www.pronterface.com/index.html . It is an open source 3d printer host and UI with a command line host too. If it doesn't do what you need, at least the source code can guide you on how to make mods.
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