plotter app

plotter-app/streamer.py

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+import serial
+import time
+
+
+#### Load gcode testfile
+
+#f = open("circlesss.gcode", "r")
+#gcode = f.readlines()
+#print(gcode)
+
+
+
+#### Streamer 
+
+def stream_gcode(gcode):
+  # Open grbl serial port
+  s = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyACM0',115200)
+
+
+  # Wake up grbl
+  s.write("\r\n\r\n".encode('utf-8'))
+  time.sleep(2)   # Wait for grbl to initialize 
+
+  s.flushInput()  # Flush startup text in serial inp
+
+  for line in gcode:
+      l = str(line.strip()) # Strip all EOL characters for consistency
+    
+    
+      print('sending '+ l)
+      s.write((l + '\n').encode('utf-8')) # Send g-code block to grbl
+	
+      grbl_out = s.readline() # Wait for grbl response with carriage return
+      print( ' : ' + str(grbl_out.strip()))
+
+
+  # Close file and serial port
+ 
+  s.close()  
+  
+  print('job done')
+
+#stream_gcode(gcode)
+