In 2.1.0c I added the current PWM spindle % request to the status command ? response but ran out of time to develop the UI side to visualize these values. This isn't exactly the current spindle load, but rather the power % requested by the main control board to the spindle motor controller. It updates once a second and should be a very good proxy for the actual load.
My own machine is currently running the spindle in analog mode, so my ability to develop the UI is a bit limited but I'm very rapidly in the process of a spindle motor mod that would have me running in PWM mode.
I did a quick PoC test in Kivy using the SOLO SDK (the aftermaket BLDC controller I'm using) but found it to have too many connection issues when in Serial mode to reliably use. When it worked it was great though!
Hoping to add this functionality to 2.2.0
In 2.1.0c I added the current PWM spindle % request to the status command
?response but ran out of time to develop the UI side to visualize these values. This isn't exactly the current spindle load, but rather the power % requested by the main control board to the spindle motor controller. It updates once a second and should be a very good proxy for the actual load.My own machine is currently running the spindle in analog mode, so my ability to develop the UI is a bit limited but I'm very rapidly in the process of a spindle motor mod that would have me running in PWM mode.
I did a quick PoC test in Kivy using the SOLO SDK (the aftermaket BLDC controller I'm using) but found it to have too many connection issues when in Serial mode to reliably use. When it worked it was great though!
Hoping to add this functionality to 2.2.0