Webui Upgrade

LowRider CNC Advice
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Hi

I’ve been running a LR4 for nearly a year now and it’s been s great tool and learning curve. The machine has a Jackpot v1 controller with Web gui 3.9.5.

I’d like to start using a wireless keyboard with rotary encoder that emulates keyboard strokes but as far as I can work out 3.9.5 does not have the keyboard function.

Can I upgrade the gui while using the v1 controller board - do i need to upgrade the firmware at the same time? Is there a specific gui/firmware version for the v1controller?

Have just done first test with the LR I built with my brother in law - its got a Jackpot 2 and I like the gui better.

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Maybe you are running the firmware version 3.9.5 with webui 3. If you get the new jackpot use the recommended firmware version from the GitHub repository from the V1e team. My 2 cents

Edit: there are some extensions you can use, they would work with any firmware version with the webui3. I dont use it but they are from @jeyeager. A quick forum search may help you

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You might also want to check out this one too. This is the one I use. It seems to have more active development and more features. I’ve been using for awhile.

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It sounds like your brother in law is using WebUI v3 and you are using WebUI v2. WebUI v3 does include a feature for keyboard navigation.

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In FluidNC 4.0.4 FigUI is now an option in the web installer.

  • Added the [FigUI](FluidNC) as an option when installing via the Web Installer.
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I’ll note that while FluidNC v4.0.3 is fine, I’d hold off on v4.0.4 since it has some bugs. There were some major changes under the hood.

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Yep, telnet doesn’t work properly. Found this out while trying to control it with MillMage.

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My Jackpot is running FluidNC v3.9.5 & gui v3.9.5

I guess I’m being lazy looking for the definitive answer to -

  1. can the Jackpot v1 run upgraded gui - v3.9.9 for instance
  2. do I have to upgrade firmware to achieve this

I’ll follow Setting up FluidNC and see what happens

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The Jackpot 1, 2, and 3 can all run latest firmwares and WebUIs. There are no limitations there.

Note that v3.9.5 is the FluidNC firmware version. You do not have a v3.9.5 GUI. It sounds like you have WebUI v2 and want WebUI v3.

  1. Yes.
  2. No, you don’t have to. Whatever the web UI is, is stored in the flash memory as index.html.gz. You will also need a preferences.json file. You can get both of those files from here:
    FluidNC_Configs/LowRider CNC/Jackpot/JP1_LR at main · V1EngineeringInc/FluidNC_Configs. Don’t update the config.yaml file.
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Thanks - successful upgrade to WebUIv3.

Now I have the keyboard option I’ll have to see if I an get one of these working as a poor mans pendant https://tinyurl.com/vjaynn62

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I’m a bit biased but my wireless pendant isn’t very expensive.

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I’ve been reading about that. Literally just got off their git… and now this.

Wired eithernet could be a game changer if your board supports it and you don’t have the board on the gantry. The more wireless things get, the more I love hardwired solutions. Not sure why that is.

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Yeah, that one might be on us! MillMage didn’t resolve fluidnc.local properly due to a QT weirdness. We have a fix incoming, but for now, using the IP address should work.

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No, telnet doesn’t work with the latest FluidNC release (4.0.4). It is a known issue that they have fixed but not released yet. This isn’t on MillMage.

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Yep, that’s the one. Just waiting on them to release it.

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Ah, that’s good to know, thanks.
I’ll stay on 4.0.3 for now.