Add Edit Button

Add/Edit Buttons

Buttons can trigger one of 5 types of action on click.

1. Send a gcode command to the Duet board.
2. Run a gcode Macro from the default macro folder
3. Send a simple http request (stateless)
4. Send an MQTT message* (stateless)
5. Open a URL in a pop-up window

The add/edit Button window is detailed below:

Buttons have the following standard settings:

• Button Type: gcode, Macro, http, MQTT*, Window
• Button Label: (optional) Text to display in button
• Hover Text: (optional) text to display when cursor hovers over the button - useful for additional info about the button
• Icon: (optional) icon to display in button
• Enabled In Job: Allow button to be clicked whilst a job is running.
• Colour: Choose a colour for your button.

In addition the following settings are available depending on the button type:

gcode:

• gcode command: (required) the gcode command to run on click of button

Macro:

• Macro Name: (required) the file name of the macro in the default macro folder. Must end in .g eg Macroname.g

http:

• URL: (required) the url for the request. (full url is required), further parameters will be displayed as required.
  • Post Data: Data to send with Post. Must be in JSON format (eg: {"keyname": "string"} or {"keyname": number} or {"keyname": boolean}
• Show Popup window with results

MQTT*:

• MQTT MSG: (required) text of the message to send
• MQTT Topic: (required) topic to send the message to

Window:

• Pop-Up URL: URL to open in a popup window
• Window Height
• Window Width

Please see Using Object Model Values, if you wish to inlcude data from the object model with HTTP or MQTT buttons.