Ctrl+Z to Exit the CLI Application

[onebeartoe]

Hi. I am using the EzGraverCli application with a NEJE DK-8-KZ 1000mW, on Ubuntu.

The CLI application engraved the "Works!" image when I gave it the 's' argument.

The engraving came out nice!

But the application did not run to completion; I had to issue ctrl+z for it to end.

Is this a known issue on Linux/Ubuntu?

[onebeartoe]

Also is there any way to get feedback from the command line (the app's stdout I guess) on the progress of the current command?

[onebeartoe]

If there is anything I can do to help troubleshoot the ctrl+z issue, then I don't mind trying.

[camrein]

I'm sorry for the late reply as I was on vacation.
Thanks a lot for your report. As I only had a Mint VM by hand, I played around with the CLI version on it. I was able to reproduce your reported issue that the application does not run to completion. Moreover, I have noticed that I was unable to upload an image to the device. I suppose this is related to the situation that the different operating systems handle serial devices differently as well as the send and receive buffers. Furthermore, I think the issue was related to the asynchronous nature of QT (at least a combination thereof).

Nonetheless, I managed to fix the issue in the branch unix_cli_fixes. At least it is working now for both, Windows and Mint. I'd be glad if you could give it a shot and report back your experiences.

Cheers
Christoph

[onebeartoe]

Hey no problem, man. Thanks for putting out the branch! I am pulling it down now...

[onebeartoe]

Yes, sir! It works with r and s command on the same Ubuntu machine.

Thanks!

[onebeartoe]

Yeah so I sent an image to the engraver and it came out as expected. :)

So this issue ready to close (by my understanding).

On a side note though, is there a Wiki for this project? I'd love to see how to setup an IDE for developement and maybe a walkthrough of the GUI app's features.

[camrein]

Happy to hear that. Thanks for the confirmation that everything's fine by now.

Unfortunately not. There is only the README.md itself. Qt Creator is the IDE I use for developing EzGraver. The usage is straightforward on Windows, just open the Qt project file (EzGraver.pro). I guess there is no significant difference for other operating systems.

Edit:
I just noticed that I did not create a branch based on the master one for this fix. I have created the new branch unix_cli_fixes_clean containing the same fixes but without the experimental code. You should not be affected since the experimental code is meant for other devices, but I do not want to merge the experimental features into the master branch.

[onebeartoe]

Yep, no problem.

And thanks for the heads up on the 'clean' branch.