About

The Community Controller is a fork of the Makera Carvera Controller that has a number of features and bug fixes added above and beyond the Makera software. See the CHANGELOG and screenshots for more details.

• 3-axis and advanced probing UI screens for various geometries (corners, axis, bore/pocket, angles) for use with a true 3D touch probe (not the included XYZ probe block)

• Pendant device support of WHB04 family of MPG devices. Such devices can be used to jog, run macros, and perform feed/speed overrides.

• Workspace Management options supporting multiple Work Coordinate Systems (WCS) From G54 to G59.3

• WCS Rotation capability meaning no more tramming of vises for alignment

• Options to reduce the autolevel probe area to avoid probing obstacles

• Tooltip support for user guidance with over 110 tips and counting

• Background images for bolt hole positions in probe/start screens; users can add their own too

• Support for setting/changing to custom tool numbers beyond 1-6

• Keyboard button based jog movement controls

• No dial-home back to Makera

• Single portable binary for Windows and Linux

• Laser Safety prompt to remind operators to put on safety glasses

• Multiple developers with their own Carvera machines "drinking their own [software] champagne" daily and working to improve the machine's capabilities.

• Various Quality-of-life improvements:

  • Controller config settings (UI Density, screensaver disable, Allow MDI while machine running, virtual keyboard)

  • Enclosure light and External Output switch toggle in the center control panel

  • Machine reconnect functionality with stored last used machine network address

  • Set Origin Screen pre-populated with current offset values

  • Collet Clamp/Unclamp buttons in Tool Changer menu for the original Carvera

  • Better file browser upload-and-select workflow

  • Previous file browsing location is reopened and previously used locations stored to quick access list

  • Greater speed/feed override scaling range from 10% and up to 300%

  • Improved 3D gcode visualisations, including correct rendering of movements around the A axis

  • Continuous Jogging support

  • Auto-Reconnect capability

  • Logging

Screenshots

Please note that the below screenshots maybe from previous versions.

3D Probe Inside Corner

3D Probe Inside Corner

3D Probe Pocket

3D Probe Single axis

3D Visualisation

Autolevel with Offset Config

Collet clamp dropdown

Config and Run with Offsets and Background Image

Controller Settings

Custom Tool Numbers

Laser Safety Prompt

Reconnect Button

Rotated WCS Support in Config and Run preview

Unlock and Move to Safe Z

Workspace Management Top Bar

Workspace Settings

Pendant Config

Carvera Controller in a Web Browser (via Container)