It is a Java app you download. Google it and download version 2
Okay, so we have that downloaded but weāre getting a universal gcode sender error: āGrbl has not finished bootingā and I canāt seem to find a help system or anything.
Do you have the correct baud rate selected for UGS? It should be 115200
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Yeah, that gives off an alarm:
**** Connected to COM5 @ 115200 baud ****
Grbl 0.9j [ā$ā for help]
[ā$Hā|ā$Xā to unlock]
If you donāt mind, you could even call over here: 727-489-0003
So it is communicating correctly now? If you have homing enabled it will always come up in Alarm since it does not know where the spindle is and needs to be homed. Just send the $X command to unlock it,
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BOOM!!! Good lookinā out sir!!! Now weāll have to let everyone else whoās using x-carve how to do it with BobCAD if theyāre having problems!!! Thanks again!!!
Did BobCad create usable Gcode?
Yep! For the test we just used Mach3 style code. But itās running her machine. Iāll just take the example that comes off the X-Carve wiki as an example and give that to my post department to make something customā¦ Do you work FOR X-Carve?
I do not work for X-Carve, just an avid X-Carve owner. I assume you work for BobCad.
Yes sir! Well, youāre amazingly helpful. Itās much appreciated!!
I am very glad you were able to get it working, the more software that works with X-Carve the better! Now if you could price it so that us poor hobbyist can afford it 
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Well, I know from my buddy on the sales floor that we do offer hobby pricing!! If you ever have any interest, send me an email (mbesel@bobcad.com) or call me on the tech line: 727-489-0003 and I can let you know what they can do for you! (I owe you one, so Iāll do the best I can lol)
Iām with BobCAD Tech support. We got it working with the Universal G-code Sender (UGS) with a Mach3 post. We just saved the code out as a .nc file and UGS opened it up and ran it just fine! (Although Iām probably going to have the post department create a post based on the example on the X-Carve wiki page)
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Hey guys, I just wanted everyone to know that MatthewBesel from Bobcad Software has been working with me for the last several days to get the Bobcad - Bobart Software working with the X-Carve. It is up and running. Matthew is a very nice and patent guy and worked hard to get this resolved. There still might be a few tweeks that need to be done but it works. And they are checking to see if the post processor needs to be changed. I will post updates on this later. I have version 28 of the software and really like it and I think it fairly easy to learn. We used the Universal Gcode Sender to carve. If the Arduino had a serial port it would probably work with Predator. Thanks again to MatthewBesel and AllenMassey and everyone else for all the help.
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Any update on the post file? I hadnāt read this thread and purchased BobCAD CAM v28 at the same time as my X-Carve for Christmas. Is there anything I can download from the BobCAD post page for the X-Carve?
I used the generic BC_3X_Mill.MillPst post file in BobCAD V28 and saved the output as a .NC file. I was able to run the g-code via Universal G-code Sender (UGS) per the suggestions above. What threw me off for a minute was that my Arduino is connected under COM3 and not COM1. The kids are asleep so I havenāt tried with the Dewalt 611 turned on yet. This was a simple 1/2" cube with Z-level rough.
Having trouble drilling holes. My X-Carve gouged a nice V into my project where I wanted holes at 120 angles. UGS showed many āunsupported commandsā. Iāll be more careful to run it through not only the simulator in BobCAD CAM but also through UGS to see if it can digest the g-code. Does anyone drill holes with their X-Carve?
*>>> G90*
*>>> O100*
*>>> N01G00G17G40G49G80G21G90*
*ok*
*error: Unsupported command*
*>>> N02T2M06*
*>>> N03G90G54X-35.125Y60.838S2505M03*
*>>> N04G43H2D2Z26.1*
*>>> N05Z9.3*
*error: Invalid gcode ID:24*
*>>> N06G81G99X-35.125Y60.838Z-15.878R14.3F1018.3309*
*error: Unsupported command*BobCAD has created a post for the X-Carve based on various data I was able to send them. Iām going to try it out hopefully later today.
Excited to hear how it works