Release V1.0.9.8 Enhancements

This release add localizations features to Grbl-Panel. For now it is only translated in French, but as the mechanism for localization is in place, you are now able to translate in your own language if you wish.

• Added error messages in plain text to Grbl Status

Executables for Grbl-Panel V1.0.9.8

Grbl-Panel.zip

Release V1.0.9.7 Enhancements

This release provides updates to support Grbl 1.1 protocol and its enhancements. These include

• Jog commands
• Overrides for spindle, flood/mist on-off
• Overrides for spindle speed, feed rate and rapid rate

Grbl 1.1 will be in beta sometime this week.

Executable for GrblPanel:
GrblPanel-Release-1.0.9.7.zip

Release V1.0.9.6 Fixes and Enhancements

This release provides the following:

• Change spacebar to control Hold/Resume Issue #62
• Enable use of Enter for Grbl Settings and Offsets
• Fix defect when error: returned from Grbl, and Grbl not in GUI mode, Issue #63
• Fix error when filling Grbl Settings table, Issue #63

Thank you to all who reported issues and suggested enhancements
Thank you to all those using the program
(Compiled binary release is the file immediately below this)
GrblPanel-Release-1.0.9.6.zip

V1.0.9.5 Fixes and Enhancements

This release provides the following changes:

• Adapt to Grbl 'GUI' mode (numbers instead of error text)
• Disable Close from X icon Issue #60
• Enable Maximize button Issue #60
• Implement Spindle, Feed Rate and Rapid overrides Issue #58
• Display Pin states Issue #58
• Copy Macros and other config on Upgrade of program Issue #48
• Add Monitor Enable/disable, Issue #60
• Implement File Pause/Resume with spacebar, Issue #60
• Add Elapsed time display, Issue #60
• Add 'line of total' display, Issue #60
• Detect if physical reset pin was triggered, if so clear GrblPanel
• Double size of File icons (ref: OpenBuilds forum)
• Allow maximizing to fill screen Issue #60
• removed unnecessary code

Some of the changes are to support the upcoming Grbl 1.0 release. Presently there is no set date for this. Any features related to 1.0 will not be visible unles you are running that version.

Thank you to all who reported issues and suggested enhancements
Thank you to all those using the program
(Compiled binary release is the file immediately below this
GrblPanel-Release-1.0.9.5.zip
)

V1.0.9.3 Fixes

This release is to provide the following changes:

• Fix Issue #52, loading new file after a run & resize problems
• Performance tuning
  - replace Int64's with Integer to avoid conversions
  • made Gcode grid view double buffered
  • added Elapsed time display, triggered by M30
  • prevent resizing of gui
  • removed explicit text box refresh on Position displays
  • changed serial receive to issue Event on receive, makes .net do the queueing

A reminder to those of you using Grbl-Panel for laser and engraving machines: Unless you have a relatively fast cpu/video combintation it is likely that this program will not feed your machine to its full speed capacity. The gcode for those applications is notable for very short moves. If you see the Q indicator as empty most of the time, then that is likely the issue. For now I have reached the limit of my time that I can spend on tuning performance. You are of course free to do so yourself as the source code is provided :-) Visual Studio 2015 CE has a good range of performance monitoring and analysis tools to assist you.

Thank you to all who reported issues and suggested enhancements
Thank you to all those using the program

(Compiled binary release is the top LH file below)
GrblPanel-Release-1.0.9.3.zip

V1.0.9.2 Fixes , updates 1.0.9.1

This release fixes
-Issue 47 Noticeable slowness when sending gcode, esp. if they are a lot of small moves
-Issue 49 Error when there are no gcode lines showing and you use any command button
-Issue 50 IndexOutOfRangeException when filling Positions from Grbl response

Thank you to all who reported issues and suggested enhancements
Thank you to all those using the program

(Compiled binary release is the top LH file below)

GrblPanel-Release-1.0.9.2.zip

V1.0.9.0a Fixes and Enhancements

This release provides the following fixes and enhancements:
•Issue 44 Fix load time on huge files, >5 min is now 3 sec on 1M line file
•Issue 45 Fix Set All Axis to 0 to use A key, not Keypad 0
•Issue 46 Crash of Jogging, due to error in scroll windows setting in DataGridView
•Removed out of date TODO's
•Replace gcode ListView with DataGridView for future enhancements

Thank you to all who reported issues and suggested enhancements
Thank you to all those using the program

(Compiled binary release is the top LH file below)
GrblPanel-Release-1.0.9.0a.zip

V1.0.8.0 Fixes and Enhancements

This release provides the following fixes and enhancements:
•Issue 43 Add buttons to set Offset to present machine location. This simplifies setting up fixtures etc.
•Issue 45 Fix crash when $# response collides with Grbl Settings retrieval
•Replaced Serial Readline io with Async reads. This significantly improves reliability and performance of serial io
•Disabled MDI if not connected to Grbl

Thank you to all who reported issues and suggested enhancements
Thank you to all those using the program

(Compiled binary release is the top LH file below)

GrblPanel-Release-1.0.8.0.zip

V1.0.7.0 Fixes and Enhancements

This release provides the following fixes and enhancements:

• Issue 25/38, Add Macro buttons. There can be 0-5 macro buttons. Each can have a Name and Gcode, including multiple lines. See the Macro tab in the GUI for details
• Issue 39/40, strange characters in COM port name on Windows 10. This required moving to .Net 4.5.2
• Added an icon for the program
• Added a call to DoEvents while loading a gcode file. This should give the GUI responsiveness.

Thank you to all who reported issues and suggested enhancements
GrblPanel-Release-1.0.7.0.zip

Thank you to all those using the program

(Compiled binary release is the bottom LH file below)

V1.0.6.0 Enhancements

This release provides the following enhancement:
M30 support as discussed in Issue 28
When GrblPanel detects an M30 command being sent to Grbl, on the Ok response the gcode display is cleared of status and clouring. The Send button is re-enabled. Note that the file itself is not reloaded, to prevent unintended changes to the current code due to editing of the file externally.

Also fixed is the Version number, Issue 32

Thank you to all who reported issues and suggested enhancements
Thank you to all those using the program

(Compiled binary release is the bottom LH file below)