NAME¶

mdi - Send G-code commands from the terminal to the running LinuxCNC instance

SYNOPSIS¶

mdi

DESCRIPTION¶

mdi sends G-code commands to LinuxCNC. The command starts an envirmonemt in which G-code commands are sent to the interpreter and machine feedback is displayed.

USAGE¶

send a single command and exit
mdi m2 s1400

interactive session
$mdi
MDI> m3 s1000
MDI> G0 X100
MDI> ^Z
$stopped

SEE ALSO¶

LinuxCNC(1)

Much more information about LinuxCNC and HAL is available in the LinuxCNC and HAL User Manuals, found at /usr/share/doc/LinuxCNC/.

BUGS¶

None known at this time.

AUTHOR¶

This man page written by andypugh, as part of the LinuxCNC project.

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report bugs at https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/issues

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2020 andypugh.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.