DueUI: An Alternate Web Interface

gtj0 · 3 Mar 2019, 21:12

@pro3d Android app now available for testing
https://forum.duet3d.com/topic/9257/dueui-1-0-0-beta1-is-available-for-testing/11

thwe · 5 Mar 2019, 08:15

@thwe said in [Preview] DueUI: An Alternate Web Interface:

make a littel space (3 to 5px) between the X / Y / Z labels at the id: "main_position"

Works well

show both numbers of the actual temperature for current and active always with 1 decimal place

Works well

even if standby <0 then show 0

Works well

show requested + top speed (or give me the right status response or show me a list of them)

Works well

The first points regarding color change at the temperatures was a typo - sorry:

Correctly

the background color of the current temp is

shown ok if current < active

shown not ok if current > active

This means that the color is displayed correctly depending on the temperature as long as the setpoint temperature is greater than the actual temperature.
If the actual temperature is reduced after reaching the setpoint temperature, the color should jump to red (or what was defined) - but it does not work for me.

thwe · 5 Mar 2019, 10:19

In the following movie I would show you a littel bit a status of my work.

At the moment I'm still in the phase of the invention - I do not know myself what I like the most - but the possibilities are enormous

DueUI - example

Attention: in the film, the colors are not displayed correctly - the blue buttons are red in reality

devleon · 3 May 2019, 11:20

@thwe I really like they layout you have made and would be highly interested in it.
Would you be willing to share it with me? Maybe put it on github if you are familiar with it?
Thanks!

Also thanks a lot @gtj0 for putting the work into this. I was actually thinking of doing something very similar. The idea to let the user customize is genius!

thwe · 5 Mar 2019, 11:57

@devleon but of course!

Please, urgent attention:

I have adapted it to my samsung tablet with 10 inches in landscape format
some of the stored gcode is only functional for my printer
some tabs show the same info, but in another view (taste)
some things are currently still doubly and not completely -> it is urgently still necessary to make their own adjustments
no guarantee!

have fun:
0_1551786964733_dueui_config.gcode

!Rename the file to: "dueui_config.json"!

devleon · 3 May 2019, 12:25

@thwe Thanks, i'll give it a try later.

@gtj0 Do you think you could add support for some more flat themes?
I'd like to have something dark and flat, but all the dark themes have weird round buttons and gradients... Maybe something like this or this?

Or maybe, and I know this will require quite some effort and probably a rewrite, use bootstrap instead of jQuery UI? It would make layouting more consistent between themes and probably easier. There's also tons of free themes for bootstrap, and the ones here are quite nice imho. Just a suggestion of course

gtj0 · 5 Mar 2019, 20:47

Adding themes to the current jQuery-UI implementation is a little difficult. I did look at bootstrap but it seemed more complicated than jQuery. I'll look again though.

nilrog · 6 Mar 2019, 08:22

This is awesome...and has a lot of potential

My printer isn't 100% ready yet but I downloaded this and tried playing around with it. But DueUI only works if you have your printer on a network with internet access, or where the printer is allowed to access internet, since all the third-party javascripts and css is loaded from public cdn's.

I tried building my own version of DueUI with local resources...but there are at least some issues with the theme afaik, since the Duet3D decides itself where it wants to place different filetypes. All I ended up with was a start page where I was supposed to fill in the connection details for the printer...hitting save and reload did nothing...and the js-console did not show any errors.

@gtj0 said in [Preview] DueUI: An Alternate Web Interface:

I did look at bootstrap but it seemed more complicated than jQuery. I'll look again though.

That would be awesome...and another benefit would be that you could leverage the bootstrap that is already part of the Duet3D so you would not even need to bundle it...unless for the case when you want to run DueUI on another computer and not the printer itself.

gtj0 · 6 Mar 2019, 21:15

I'm still looking at bootstrap but just to be clear, the printer does NOT need internet access. Only the browser you run DueUI on needs it.

nilrog · 6 Mar 2019, 21:33

@gtj0 Yes,that is what I meant...perhaps I should have made my case clearer...
But on the other hand, if you have the printer on a closed network, it would be rare if you would access DueUI from a browser that has internet access. I can understand why it is implemented this way, at least in this initial state, but removing that limitation in the future would be nice. Especially since Duet3D itself doesn't have this limitation.

gtj0 · 7 Mar 2019, 00:21

@nilrog said in [Preview] DueUI: An Alternate Web Interface:

@gtj0 Yes,that is what I meant...perhaps I should have made my case clearer...
But on the other hand, if you have the printer on a closed network, it would be rare if you would access DueUI from a browser that has internet access. I can understand why it is implemented this way, at least in this initial state, but removing that limitation in the future would be nice. Especially since Duet3D itself doesn't have this limitation.

I can fix that but I wanted to make sure it was actually an issue before I did as it does require some work and coordination with the DWC.

nilrog · 7 Mar 2019, 08:51

@gtj0 said in [Preview] DueUI: An Alternate Web Interface:

I can fix that but I wanted to make sure it was actually an issue before I did as it does require some work and coordination with the DWC.

There is no rush, at least from my side, it will be some time before I can start playing with DueUI for real. But i'm looking forward to being able to customize the UI once I have the Duet3d and all the rest fully working.

appjaws · 7 Mar 2019, 11:27

downloaded the file to my kindle fire and installed it but when I click on the app icon I get the start page to input the printers address, then press go and all I get is a blank screen.
Any thoughts?

gtj0 · 7 Mar 2019, 14:12

@appjaws said in [Preview] DueUI: An Alternate Web Interface:

downloaded the file to my kindle fire and installed it but when I click on the app icon I get the start page to input the printers address, then press go and all I get is a blank screen.
Any thoughts?

Did you install DueUI on the printer?
Did you specify the full URL? http://<your_printer>/dueui.html
The next release won't require you to do this.

If you unchecked the "Show this screen at startup" button, you'll have to uninstall and re-install to get back to the welcome screen, or go to Settings, Applications, select the app and clear it's data. The next release will have a way to do that from the DueUI settings and will also have better feedback of what went wrong.

boldnuts · 9 Mar 2019, 12:29

Try to install your app on my Asus tablet, getting a parsing error?

gtj0 · 9 Mar 2019, 21:13

@boldnuts said in [Preview] DueUI: An Alternate Web Interface:

Try to install your app on my Asus tablet, getting a parsing error?

More detail?
Screenshot?
When does the issue happen?
Can you run the web version OK?

thwe · 3 Oct 2019, 06:44

How can I change the design of the "choose" buttons (eg distance between the buttons)?
Can you put a "refresh" button in the menubar bottom (next to the two buttons "fullscreen" and "set up")?
Can the web application be started immediately in full screen mode as soon as I call the page (like if you click on the small button "fullscreen" on the bottom right)?

gtj0 · 10 Mar 2019, 13:58

@thwe said in [Preview] DueUI: An Alternate Web Interface:

How can I change the design of the "choose" buttons (eg distance between the buttons)?

In the current version, you can't but I'm almost finished with moving from jQuery-UI to Bootstrap and the spacing will be easier to control.

Can you put a "refresh" button in the menubar bottom (next to the two buttons "fullscreen" and "set up")?

Will do.

Can the web application be started immediately in full screen mode as soon as I call the page (like if you click on the small button "fullscreen" on the bottom right)?

Early on I tried to add an option to the settings that automatically requested fullscreen when the app started but it appears that fullscreen can only be requested by a user action. I guess this is to prevent malicious websites from automatically putting the browser in fullscreen mode without user consent.,

devleon · 10 Mar 2019, 14:33

@gtj0 said in [Preview] DueUI: An Alternate Web Interface:

In the current version, you can't but I'm almost finished with moving from jQuery-UI to Bootstrap and the spacing will be easier to control.

Woop woop! That's awesome to hear. Looking forward to it!

thwe · 10 Mar 2019, 18:33

Unfortunately, I have now discovered a problem that could possibly be critical:

To measure my bed, I run a macro in which at 5 points a "G30 S-"1 is started - the results then readable on the DWC in the "G-Code Console".

Without a connection of my tablet, ie without a connection from the DueUI to the Duet, the result looks like this:

When I start the DueUI without any operation of my printer on the DueUI, the measurement results suddenly look like this:

Obviously there are any overloads of the Duet caused by the DueUI?