Basics For CNC Beginners: gSender
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ส.ค. 2023
- The mothership of CNC interface software, in this episode we take you on a personal tour of Sienci Labs' easy to use, yet incredibly powerful software. Come along and learn about all the features gSender has to offer to run any CNC job you can create.
Know the Beginners Kit
sienci.com/product/longmill-m...
Know the new AutoZero Touch Plate
sienci.com/product/autozero/
Know the Starter End Mill Set
sienci.com/product/sems/
Know the Sign Makers End Mill Set
sienci.com/product/sign-makin...
Know the 3D Carver End Mill Set
sienci.com/product/3d-carver-...
Know the Machinists End Mill Set
sienci.com/product/machinists...
Know the LongMill MK2
sienci.com/product/longmill-mk2/
• Resources
Long Mill Resources Page I Sienci Labs
resources.sienci.com/view/lm-...
// FEATURED TOOLS & SOFTWARES
•Softwares
gSender | Sienci Labs
sienci.com/gsender/
Vectric V-Carve Pro V11
sienci.com/product/vectric-vc...
Vectric V-Carve Desktop V11
sienci.com/product/vectric-vc...
• LongMill Add-ons
Dust Shoe I Sienci Labs
resources.sienci.com/view/lm-...
TouchPlate I Sienci Labs
resources.sienci.com/view/lm-...
Checklist Poster
bit.ly/checklist_LongMill_Sie...
// PROJECT IDEAS
• resources.sienci.com/view/lm-...
// JOIN US
• Facebook Group | / mill.one
• Instagram | / siencilabs
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Great videos! Perfectly easy to understand. Keep it up!
Thanks! We’re glad they’ve been helpful!
Learning so much from the videos
We're glad you're enjoying them! That's why we made them!
Great video! Thanks a million!
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Nice work, I would also like to know more about the workspaces and how they are used and also how to use the inductive sensors, thanks a lot!
Sensors are on the list for future beginner videos! Thanks for confirming our thoughts 😀
Thank you for all the time you must spend to share so much information. I am going to change over to gsender for my genmitsu 4040pro because i dont like candle.. Also.one of my older (ancient) larger machines died and i bought an electrinics and motor kit from amazon but the decided the table wasnt worth the effort to rebuild... So now im wondering where i can find a cnc without the stuff i already have... I see a couple parts for sale not as a kit but im not sophisticated enough to design and figure out all the parts.. Im looking for 36"x36" or 36"x48" max. Does anyone sell just the hardware without the motors and electronics?
Very nice informative video! Question, what if you wanted the machine/carve to start from the center of the workpiece rather than the lower left?
You'd have to change your datum accordingly in your design software!
I have to figure out what is happening with mine. X and Y set fine,but my Z is always about 1/32" above the material. I have just been using the paper method to set Z. I really need the touch plate to work for me. What am I doing wrong?
I like your CNC controller, but I use ESP32 for the control board, can I use this controller? I have used it but the firmware version is not detected by the system
Very helpful video. Will gsender work on a genmitsu 4030 v2 cnc? Any light you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
It should work on GRBL based machines, yes!
I really like the gsender layout and it looks very user friendly. My question is, I have a Xulifeng Mach3 motion card in my controller of my CNC. When I plug my computer in with the gsender software, it doesn’t recognize it. Do I need to load a different DLL file or am I doing something wrong?
gSender is only compatible with GRBL based firmware, it will not work with MACH3.
But one think I can't joging. how can I running my motor. Please im helpless
I need to know when using Vcarve Pro, are the gcode files the tool path files? When loading a multiple tool path job, do I use the vcarve, crv file or the toolpath file(S). I can't find any tool path files on my windows drive when I go back to gsender to load file. You skipped this procedure.
Hey Paul,
Thanks for the question. You might want to watch the Basics video on saving toolpaths linked below. I think it will cover your questions. if not, please let us know!
th-cam.com/video/vqEVhlKyxGU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=tMGxlEV5uOL4-yQK
My machine is a Shark Pro from 2009. It doesn't have a probe connector port. Any idea if I can just connect to the z axis for probing or just purchase a new board and program it? I downloaded gSender and sounds perfect for what I have been looking to use.
It's hard to say since a it's 15 year old machine, but it looks looks like it should be doable if you're up for some added effort. You'd need to buy a board that runs grbl if you want to use gSender. Hopefully that helps!
Thanks, I did purchase another board a few years ago, but will still need to get some driver boxes to power the nema 23 steppers it uses. @@SienciLabs
Are you able to change the feed rate and spindle rpm while running a file?
Yes sir 👍
When installing this , does the cnc have to be hooked up and turned on for installation to complete?
To install gSender, no cnc connection needed.
I see in firmware gsender supports Xcarve, will this work with the Xcarve pro?
We don't have access to a XCarve Pro to test but it should connect since I believe it uses the same type of electronics. I don't see there being any harm in trying given that gSender is free and should install on your computer and only takes a few minutes to install.
I have a 3018 prover 2 and I am using a Mac book to run gSender and it will not recognize my machine is there anything I can do to fix that?
When you go to hover connect, try to click the button that says "unrecognized devices" and click one of those options. If this works for you can you let us know?
hey i was hoping to use this for my DIY set up to test stuff. im planning to connect directly my components like the motors to the drivers then to my raspberry pi 4. will i still get to use this software? or i would still need to do some configuration on this? thanks! :D
Yup, Raspberry Pi supported! check out our gSender resources page for all the info!
sienci.com/gsender/
Pi...oops
@@SienciLabs sounds great, will take a look! thanks a lot :D
@@SienciLabs will the application detect my drivers and motors if i just connect these directly to the GPIO pins of my raspberry pi?
I am trying to use this software with my cnc xprov5. the software do not connect to my cnc. It recognizes that I have two firmwares, but I cannot click on the arrow appearing in the drop down menu. It works with CNC3D Commander. I would like to use this sofware but I wonder it is only working with your machines.... Is it possible to use it with CNC xPRO V5?
The xprov5 runs FluidNC firmware which even though it's similar to grbl it still has some differences that can make it not fully compatible with gSender. There are some posts in our community forum of people that have gotten it working, but your milage may vary
@@SienciLabs ok. i stick to CNC3D Commander.
got a question. why do the corner of the model not start where you zero all cords in gsender? it is like maby 1 cm to the right and up
We'd assume because that's where you placed your model? We're not 100% sure if that answers your question or not. Let us know!
@@SienciLabs i use vcarve desktop and it says in toolpath that start point for x and y is 0 , but when i load the gcode into gsender then it is about 1 cm to the right and up
Ill try to use the offset in vcarve
there's a few reasons why this could be happening. please rewch out to customer support to help you resolve the issue.
sienci.com/contact-us/
Does gsender work with the Fox Alien Masuter Pro?
Gsender works with any GRBL based machine. So if it's grnl based, it should work!
Can gsender on windows tablet??
I don't see why not. You can find a download for Mac and Windows here sienci.com/gsender/
Hey Sienci Labs people, I hope you'll actually read this...
gSender seems to be a very nice piece of software, and I'd love to use it, really -
but for me, it lacks one important feature: camera based probing.
Ideally, it work work much the same way as in bCNC, which has a number of other problems, but it has the camera work down.
So, what would be required is: Display camera image, overlay reference crosshair (and adjust image scaling to match a given diameter), and switch between tool and camera with a fixed xy-offset (i.e., position with the camera crosshair, switch over to tool, and the tool is positioned exactly over the point the camera pointed at before - and vice versa).
That would be great and enable me to completely switch over to gSender for my CNC work.
(In theory I could fork and write the changes myself, BUT I am no web developer and unfamiliar with Electron et. al., so it would take me ages just to wrap my head around your codebase - infeasible, sorry, that's why I'm politely asking you guys for it)
Thanks for the feedback lucemiser, there have been a couple other people who have made a similar request but we just have been able to get to it yet since camera probing is much more uncommon. One thing that would be really useful is if you could make a forum or github post that shows your camera setup, the typical work flow of when and how you use it, and the type of camera you use, then it would greatly help give us more context to understand how we could implement a feature to support it 👍
Does gsender work with Mach4
bg unfortunately since Mach is a proprietary program we don't have an easy way to communicate with it, so gSender can't work with it
i have question for you feed rate errol on g sender
Ask away!
I down loaded gsender. however I can not get on with it, I like the jog control however I find no way to edit the G-code. that cut2D or Vcarve produce. so what am I missing?..
we're not sure what you mean by editing the Gcode within gSender. Are you able to clarify?
@@SienciLabs Well maybe I can. When a Gcode is generated by let's say Cut2D, It always cuts really small on my CNC, Normally in the other Gcode software that I use, I can change line 4 from, G17 to G20, which solves the problem. How do you make that change in gSender??
@@sootydave1 It's probably likely you're using the wrong post processor. If you change your post processor to mm, it should show up in the right size.
More info here: resources.sienci.com/view/lmk2-post-processors/
I did all the steps but the motor won't start. Can you help me?
if you get in touch with our customer support they'd be happy to help you out!
I am very upset that the bloody machine does not run gcode! Its advertised as a mill hiw the gell does it not run gcode?
All mills run g-code, I think you might be missing something.
Before I watch another 18 min video, does this yet have auto level / heightmap like Candle and bCNC, as without that feature I have to move on. I spotted gSender way back when it first appeared and liked it alot, and have been dropping back every now and then to see if this feature has been added, but with all the myriad of changes/updates listed it could be easy to miss which is why I am asking here. If this feature is available I could become a convert, but without it I have to pass as for my use it is essential. If it'is not available now, is there any intention of adding this feature, and if yes any rough ides of the time span, but if no, would be really grateful to know that to save wasting your time in the future. Kind Rgds. - EDIT: I may have to make an apology here, I feel that you 'may not' be the gSender creators, sorry if that is so, but I'll will leave the comment here in case you may be able to throw some light on the above.
Hey Joe, Chris here I lead the work we do on gSender. I think I recall you putting in a request for that feature a while back and unfortunately it's still not been a very highly requested feature for us to take the time to implement it. I don't want you to feel like we're wasting your time and I'm glad to hear you like what we're doing otherwise. I wouldn't be able to guarantee we do something like that for the foreseeable future, though I totally agree it'd be a great thing to implement. I hope that can give you closure, otherwise you could always check in next year to see where we're at 👍
@@SienciLabs Hi Chris, so you are the boss. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply, and at great speed too. At least now I know I do need to commit to one of the others, regretfully. I would say that even though there may not have been too many requests for this feature, I'm sure you would gain a mass of the electronic guys like myself that use cnc for PCB's and such like where in the smaller / micro work environment this feature is a must have. Yes, I do think you have made a great job of the UI, well, not used gSender since v1.06 so maybe it is different now, but had a good experience with the tests I played with way back, but as said sadly can't use for my app'cns. Keep up the good work, and maybe have a re think and make gSender a 'complete' sender for all work cases, would be a great shame to limit it's exposure. Many Thks again and Kind Rgds. EDIT: I have warmed more to gSender now I see it clones Fender Tele's, I have an original June 1965 Sunburst one piece body Tele that i don't play enough these days, and my cnc is far too small to clone it, but would be fun, I guess you have don it then ?. SO Rock & Roll gSender.