Touchscreen operation with iPad possible?

Hi there,

I LOVE working with Axis but sometimes pushing all those sliders back and forth is a pain in the a** =)
Would it be possible to write some kind of "remote control" software for e.g. iPad which connects to LinuxCNC via WLAN?

The iPad could just be used as a frontend and show the basic operations and sliders.
It could be so very easy and comfortable to work this way.

Anyone sees a chance to implement this?
Best regards!

careyer

Well..

on the left side of the screen there are several sliders in the Axis interface. e.g. for maximum machine speed, spindle overdrive, axis speed and so on.....
My idea was to have all those controlls on a portable touch screen device such as an Ipad or android tablet.
=)

best regards
Thomas

I've been thinking along the same lines. I want to use an Android device (phone or Kindle) as a jog pendant, with virtual knobs.

I LOVE working with Axis but sometimes pushing all those sliders back and forth is a pain in the a** =)

Not as high tech but you can pick up those functions with a usb device such as a joypad, I use mine on larger machines with a 6 ' extension.

I also thought that a small 7" ? touch screen monitor might be neat with a custom gui.

Rick G

Here is a little sketch of what I mean =)



I think that would be really nice. I've got the idea but unfortunatly I am mising the programming skills.
But probably one of the developers likes the idea?

Best regards
Thomas

The point here is that an iPad, iPhone, Kindle fire, or Android phone are all touch screen devices already: you do not need to purchase another device. Interestingly, an Android phone that is no longer in use as a phine (no simm card) is still usable as a WIFI device, so if you have upgraded to a new fancy phone, your old phone is a free resource. You almost certaily will want to use a dedicated WIFI hotspot and the proper security to prevent accidental or deliberate hijacking of you CNC machine.

It should be possible when you create a custom gladevcp panel and control this panel over remote desktop with your ipad
Ipad apps are Moccavnc, realvnc