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Why not open source some of UCCNC

PostPosted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 4:20 am
by rmoen
New to UCCNC - just got a C94 board w/ uc300eth.

Spent a hour trying to figure out why i couldn't get a pin to activate (16, port 2) and decided to uninstall 1.2115 and try 1.2113, and volla, it worked. No idea why. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling 1.2115 but that didn't make a difference.

Looking at the forum and facebook page, there seems to be a growing frustration around software releases, either too infrequent, new versions having issues, etc. Why not open source parts of the project so people can just fix some of the stuff? I'm a former c# dev, but heck I'd even just update documentation if it helped the greater good. I'm sure you could keep the license part closed source, so you wouldn't change licensing etc.

Come on, let's make this thing even better.

Re: Why not open source some of UCCNC

PostPosted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 11:39 pm
by ger21
UCCNC is under constant development, with new features constantly being added. Bugs are fixed with every new release.
The previous release was a massive update, with a ton of new features. The last update was released 3 weeks ago.

Re: Why not open source some of UCCNC

PostPosted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 1:18 am
by cncdrive
I don't think it would be a good idea to make it open source as it could lead to unverified codes and software versions causing problems to customers.
We made a new release 3 weeks ago and already working on the next release.

I'm not sure why your code did not work with switching the output, but maybe you can show your code to let us check.

Re: Why not open source some of UCCNC

PostPosted: Thu Sep 05, 2024 11:57 pm
by Precision Composites
ger21 wrote:UCCNC is under constant development, with new features constantly being added. Bugs are fixed with every new release.
The previous release was a massive update, with a ton of new features. The last update was released 3 weeks ago.


What's the latest update? Still showing 1.2113 on the website.

Re: Why not open source some of UCCNC

PostPosted: Fri Sep 06, 2024 5:39 pm
by cncdrive
All updates are listed here: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=240&start=50
Latest one is 1.2117, but 1.2118 is on it's way soon.

Re: Why not open source some of UCCNC

PostPosted: Sun Sep 08, 2024 12:05 am
by charliem
Latest one is 1.2117, but 1.2118 is on it's way soon


But aren't these beta releases and not official releases?

Re: Why not open source some of UCCNC

PostPosted: Sun Sep 08, 2024 7:58 pm
by A_Camera
rmoen wrote:New to UCCNC - just got a C94 board w/ uc300eth.

Spent a hour trying to figure out why i couldn't get a pin to activate (16, port 2) and decided to uninstall 1.2115 and try 1.2113, and volla, it worked. No idea why. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling 1.2115 but that didn't make a difference.

Looking at the forum and facebook page, there seems to be a growing frustration around software releases, either too infrequent, new versions having issues, etc. Why not open source parts of the project so people can just fix some of the stuff? I'm a former c# dev, but heck I'd even just update documentation if it helped the greater good. I'm sure you could keep the license part closed source, so you wouldn't change licensing etc.

Come on, let's make this thing even better.

UCCNC is not a freeware. It's a commercial product.

If you have issues with the test versions then don't install them, use only the official releases.