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Add optional tcp support for connecting to grbl (plus other small improvements)
Make a simple series of change to support connecting to gRBL remotely in addition to local serial (essentially just proxying over a tcp socket). This allows one to use a simple proxy box (like a Raspberry Pi setup with something like ser2net) and avoid having to keep your CNC connected to the main machine.
I had to make some other changes to the project file to be able to compile successfully but I can pull them out if desired.
I added a text input in the settings pane to be able to specify the host:port combo:
I have been using this functionality myself for the past few months without issues with a Raspberry Pi 3 and ser2net setup with this configuration:
6778:raw:6000:/dev/ttyUSB0:115200 8DATABITS NONE 1STOPBIT