A ROS2 GUI for interfacing with grbl device. A project built on cn5X.

Dependencies

pyserial

pip3 install pyserial

Build

Clone the repository into your ROS2 workspace and build it:

cd ~/ros2_ws/src
git clone --recurse-submodules git@github.com:jhu-bigss/grbl_ros2_gui.git
cd ..
colcon build --symlink-install

Instructions

Source the workspace and run the launch file:

source ~/ros2_ws/install/setup.bash
ros2 launch grbl_ros2_gui grbl_gui.launch.py

Troubleshooting

unrecognized arguments: --ros-args

You need to add the --ros-args argument (following line) to the cn5X.py file in the submodule cn5X:

parser.add_argument("--ros-args", action="store_true", help=self.tr("ROS arguments flag"))

https://github.com/fra589/cn5X/blob/master/cn5X.py#L77-L83

Changing permissions on serial port

To change the permissions for /dev/ttyACM0 by adding yourself to the dialout group:

sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER

Logout and then log back in for the group changes to take effect.

Labjack

See labjack/README