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AxisForge

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AxisForge

par Francis Bosse

v1.0.24 32 Mo Universel 4+

Description

AxisForge turns your iPhone into a professional wireless jog pendant for your CNC router or laser cutter — no dedicated hardware remote needed, just your phone and the AxisForge USB dongle.

WORKS WITH YOUR SOFTWARE
Built-in profiles for the most popular CNC and laser software — no configuration needed:

Carbide Motion
Universal G-Code Sender (Mac & Windows)
Easel by Inventables
Mach3
OpenBuilds CONTROL
Generic GRBL
LightBurn
Custom Layout — assign any key combination to any button

DESIGNED FOR THE SHOP FLOOR

Large, glowing jog buttons you can tap confidently with work gloves on
ARM/DISARM safety system — buttons only send keystrokes when intentionally armed
Deadman mode — hold the ARM button to keep jogging; release and the machine stops instantly
Automatic watchdog: if your phone disconnects mid-jog, the dongle stops all movement within 500ms
Auto-disarms when you navigate away from the jog screen — no accidental moves
Hold-to-jog mode for continuous movement, or tap mode for precise incremental steps
5 increment presets: 0.01 / 0.1 / 1 / 10 / 25 mm
Feed rate selector: Slow / Med / Fast
FEED HOLD always reachable — even when disarmed

INSTANT RESPONSE

Jog commands fire the instant your finger touches the button — not on lift
Hold-to-jog starts immediately on first touch with zero delay
HAPTIC FEEDBACK BUILT FOR THE SHOP

Talks directly to the native Taptic Engine for zero-latency response
Four feel presets: Smooth, Click, Punch, and Machine — from subtle to industrial
Press Kick intensity: Off, Tiny, Light, Medium, Heavy, or Hardcore
Smooth continuous hold buzz powered by Core Haptics — one clean waveform for the entire hold, no ticking
Hold Speed control: dial in when the buzz starts, from a relaxed delay to instant on first touch

SIMPLE SETUP

Plug the AxisForge USB dongle into your CNC or laser computer
Open the app — it finds the dongle automatically over Bluetooth
Pick your software profile
ARM and start jogging
The dongle acts as a USB keyboard to your computer — no drivers, no software install, no admin rights needed. It just works.

THE DONGLE
The AxisForge wireless dongle is sold separately at TheBossFactory.ca and Etsy. The app is free.

AxisForge is not affiliated with or endorsed by Carbide 3D, Inventables, LightBurn Software, Newfangled Solutions, OpenBuilds, or any other software manufacturer.

Nouveautés (v1.0.24)

What's New

Connectivity

New Connected status screen shows signal strength and connection quality before jogging
Auto-sync active profile to dongle on every reconnect — no need to re-select your software
Smart reconnect routing — returns directly to jog screen if software was previously selected
Forgetting a dongle now correctly resets the saved software profile
Jogging & Controls

Jog commands fire on touch-down instead of finger lift — significantly lower latency
Fixed stuck axis issue when holding multiple buttons simultaneously
Instant hold-to-jog response — no delay between press and movement
Arm prompt appears when tapping increment or speed bar while disarmed
Deadman mode toggle updates the ARM banner instantly
Haptics

Full haptic redesign: style (Punch, Buzz, Click), speed (Slow / Normal / Fast / Instant), and press-kick intensity (Off → Hardcore)
Continuous hold buzz via Core Haptics with adjustable amplitude
Pre-warmed haptic generators for zero cold-start latency
Haptic state correctly restored after app resume
Keyboard Profiles — Verified & Fixed

Keyboard shortcuts verified against official documentation for all supported CNC software
Generic GRBL: Feed Hold now sends !, Resume sends ~ — matching the GRBL real-time command spec
OpenBuilds CONTROL: removed incorrect Space mapping from Feed Hold (Space starts a job)
LightBurn: removed incorrect Escape mapping for stop job
App Polish

What's New sheet shown on first launch after each update
App Store review prompt after 3+ jog sessions
Bug report screen with screenshot attachment
Scan screen forgets unavailable dongles automatically
UI cleanups, animation improvements, and performance fixes throughout