Laser menu

[ennio64]

It is possible to add a menu for lasers with x, y and a (rotation) axes.
Thanks.

[MitchBradley]

The code is open source so you can add any scenes that you want. Are you really asking if someone is willing to add the menu for you, for free?

[ennio64]

Not for me, for all.
Considering that fluidnc firmware serves both CNC and laser machines it would make the project more complete.

[MitchBradley]

I will add the feature if we get $300 of new FluidNC sponsors who indicate that they want that particular feature. If the feature is truly beneficial to "all", surely it will be possible to get that much sponsorship aggregated across a group of people. That amount will not pay for my actual development time to design, code, test and document the feature but I am willing to do it for that amount nevertheless.

I expect that, even with an XYA menu, the pendant would not be great for lasers, since it does not have a fire button or a framing button.

Some stats: There were 13000 users of the WebInstaller last year. The total number of release downloads across all releases is about 55,000, and each new release is downloaded between 1500 and 2500 times, independent of WebInstaller uses. The FluidNC Discord server has 3700 members. The number of sponsors is 116, many of whom contributed only $5. The FluidNC developers together have spent an estimated 4000 hours developing and supporting FluidNC and the pendants. The market price for developers of that caliber exceeds $100/hour. The existing hardware page lists 35 controller boards that support FluidNC. Several of them are third-party commercial products, and very few of their vendors contribute to the FluidNC development, despite the fact that we answer questions from their customers.

So I conclude that the project is fairly "complete", and of the "all", most are benefiting from the work of the developers without giving back. We are getting tired of people asking for new features without offering to contribute anything substantial.