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First of all, thank you for your software. It's really well-made, and even though I'm just getting to know it, I understand it's now a major player on the CNC scene worldwide.
I'd like to suggest a feature I think is useful.
It seems to me that sometimes, for a job, it can be useful to connect a serial GRBL machine with different software.
For example, if you primarily use LightBurn, you might find it more convenient to use OpenBuilds Control for manual input of the coordinates to move to, or use UGS for its incredible ability to customize hotkeys and GCODE macros, or even UGS for some of its useful plug-ins.
But you have to disconnect from one program and reconnect from the other every time.
What if UGS connected via serial but also exposed a TCP server (on port 23 / configurable)?
This way, you could connect simultaneously from LightBurn and OpenBuilds Control, because both (as well as UGS) support TCP connection.
What I'm thinking is that there could be more than one TCP client at a time, effectively sharing the UGS machine connection with other potential clients.
Maybe this could then be configurable with an option (limit to a single TCP client or allow multiple TCP clients).
The logic could be that everything arriving from the serial port is broadcasted to all TCP clients and everything arriving via TCP is passed over the serial port, thus making UGS a "hub."
I think it could work and useful to take from any sw the best it can express.
What do you think?
Best regards
Francesco
Description
First of all, thank you for your software. It's really well-made, and even though I'm just getting to know it, I understand it's now a major player on the CNC scene worldwide.
I'd like to suggest a feature I think is useful.
It seems to me that sometimes, for a job, it can be useful to connect a serial GRBL machine with different software.
For example, if you primarily use LightBurn, you might find it more convenient to use OpenBuilds Control for manual input of the coordinates to move to, or use UGS for its incredible ability to customize hotkeys and GCODE macros, or even UGS for some of its useful plug-ins.
But you have to disconnect from one program and reconnect from the other every time.
What if UGS connected via serial but also exposed a TCP server (on port 23 / configurable)?
This way, you could connect simultaneously from LightBurn and OpenBuilds Control, because both (as well as UGS) support TCP connection.
What I'm thinking is that there could be more than one TCP client at a time, effectively sharing the UGS machine connection with other potential clients.
Maybe this could then be configurable with an option (limit to a single TCP client or allow multiple TCP clients).
The logic could be that everything arriving from the serial port is broadcasted to all TCP clients and everything arriving via TCP is passed over the serial port, thus making UGS a "hub."
I think it could work and useful to take from any sw the best it can express.
What do you think?
Best regards
Francesco