My solution is to have a Synology NAS box that exports files to all my computers. On all my computers, Mac, Windows and Linux there is a /projects folder that is really on the Synology server and the folder has CAD files, Python code and whatever and it is all the same on every computer. The NAS gets continuous backup to both local and cloud
It takes a while to set this up but after I have centralized storage and never have to move a file. I also never have to have a large disk drive on a computer and everything gets backed up twice automatically. There is nothing magic about Synology. They just make it easy. A DIY solution could work too. In my case, I do CAD work in Fusion in a vertical machine. I do software work in the Linux computer and some other stuff on the Mac and then my robots have computers inside that run Linux and they too have the files mounted on them. So nothing ever moves. I make a change to the Python code using a Mac notebook and the change is instantly on the robots Raspbery Pi4. Or I change g-code and the change is instantly on the PC in the shop. Centralized storage works but you do have to worry about backup. My NAS uses raid and will continue working with one failed disk drive. It has battery backup so it can shutdown gracefully if the power fais and I keep all my date sync'd to a offsite location and to a local backup too. On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 10:49 AM Todd Zuercher <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there a way to load a g-code file into Linuxcnc using an external file > browser such as Thunar or whatever is your preferred browser on your DE? > Ok answered my own question, I just found that there is!!! (at least for > the Axis user interface.) > > By using the "axis-remote", in your file browser right click on the g-code > file you want to open then choose "Open With Other Application" at the > bottom of the window that pops up choose "Use a custom command" and type in > "axis-remote" (no quotes). Then the g-code file "should" open in the Axis > ui. > > This is a wonderful option for opening files saved on network shares, that > can be difficult if not next to impossible to brows to using the Linuxcnc > ui's file opener. (No more battling with trying to create a mount point > for the network share that Linuxcnc can brows to.) > > Are there equivalent commands or tricks to do this with any of the other > user interfaces in Linuxcnc? > > Todd Zuercher > P. Graham Dunn Inc.<http://www.pgrahamdunn.com/index.php> > 630 Henry Street > Dalton, Ohio 44618 > Phone: (330)828-2105ext. 2031 > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
