Open Source GUI Control Panel for Roland MODELA MDX-15/20 CNC Machine (Scilab-Programmed GUI)
Channel: Craftweeks
Date: 13/01/2017

An introduction of our control panel developed for Roland MODELA MDX-15/20 desktop CNC milling machine.

Since there is no official Control Panel for the setup of MDX-15 or MDX-20, we have programmed a GUI for manipulating this 3-axis CNC milling machine.

Our software enables to input the ZO value (custom zero position for z-axis) accurately instead of leveling the tool with your eyes and UP and DOWN buttons on the machine.

This video introduces the basic functions included in our application. For example, numerically set ZO level. It is useful for resuming interrupted machining processes with exact the same ZO setting, no matter the machine has been powered off or reset accidentally.

The GUI is programmed and executed with Scilab, which is a free MATLAB-like scientific and engineering computing platform. 

Please contact us if you want the source code.

# How to Use (00:24)
## Move instantly after press a direction button
1. Click **DirectGo**
2. Press (+/-) *0.025, 0.1, 1, or 10** mm button for **x/y/z-axis**

## Move to a target position at once
1. Unclick **DirectGo**
2. Press direction buttons repeatedly until the displayed numbers changing to your target values
3. Press **Go** to send the move command to the machine

## Set custom Z0 level (01:08)
1. Move z-position to your target height
2. Press **Set ZO**

Also, watch the new video about new version V0.3 (https://youtu.be/dMVLkgNrw48).

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