cnc_wams/wasm-port/runtime/sdk/README.md

LinuxCNC WASM SDK

This SDK exposes browser/Node JavaScript wrappers for standalone WASM modules built from vendored LinuxCNC source.

Boundary

The SDK is a host-boundary layer only. It may:

• load generated Emscripten modules;
• allocate and free C strings;
• write text files into the Emscripten filesystem;
• call exported C ABI functions;
• return LinuxCNC-produced text output to JavaScript callers.

The SDK must not implement G-code interpretation, canonical motion behavior, tool semantics, parameter semantics, kinematics, or planner behavior. Those behaviors must continue to come from vendored LinuxCNC source through the C ABI.

Entrypoints

Use src/index.js for stable imports:

import {
  createLinuxCncIniSdk,
  createLinuxCncInterpSdk,
} from "./src/index.js";

createLinuxCncIniSdk() wraps the INI parser module built from vendored LinuxCNC inifile.cc and exposes getString() plus getBool(). Boolean conversion is performed by vendored LinuxCNC iniFindBool().

createLinuxCncInterpSdk() wraps the interpreter-core module built from vendored LinuxCNC RS274NGC sources and exposes:

• runProgram(programText)
• runProgramWithIni(programText, iniPath)
• runFile(path)
• runFileWithIni(path, iniPath)
• runFileWithIniContinueOnError(path, iniPath)
• runSimConfigProgram({ iniPath, programPath, files, executionMode })
• runFiveAxisRemapFile(path, iniPath)
• runRemapFile(path, iniPath)
• runRemapIoMdiSequence(iniPath)
• restoreParameters(path)
• saveParameters(path, values)
• loadToolTable(path, options)
• saveToolTable(path)
• writeTextFile(path, text)
• readTextFile(path)

loadToolTable() accepts { randomToolChanger: true } to select the LinuxCNC random-toolchanger branch before calling vendored tooldata_load(). The SDK only forwards that runtime boundary flag.

runFiveAxisRemapFile() is a narrow host boundary for vendored LinuxCNC sample-machine remap validation. Callers provide INI/remap/demo files in the WASM filesystem; the C ABI runs vendored LinuxCNC REMAP, O-word, file execution, and HAL adapter paths.

runRemapFile() is the generic remap-test equivalent for vendored LinuxCNC tests such as tests/remap/duplicate-o-word. It reads LinuxCNC INI SUBROUTINE_PATH and REMAP entries, then calls vendored LinuxCNC Interp::parse_remap(), open(), read(), and execute().

runRemapIoMdiSequence() is a narrow regression boundary for the NGC-only branch of vendored LinuxCNC tests/remap/remap-io/test-ngc.ini. The C ABI reads LinuxCNC REMAP entries, then feeds the upstream test driver's MDI command sequence into vendored Interp::execute(). JavaScript only copies the vendored INI/subroutine files into the WASM filesystem and forwards the INI path; it does not implement M62-M68, M66 input, or remap semantics.

runFileWithIni() is the plain interpreter-file equivalent for upstream tests that need LinuxCNC INI search paths, such as tests/interp/sub-call-from-sub. The C ABI reads LinuxCNC SUBROUTINE_PATH and then calls vendored Interp::open(), read(), and execute(); the SDK only copies files and forwards paths.

runSimConfigProgram() is a convenience host boundary for representative LinuxCNC configs/sim programs. Callers provide { path, text, executable } file entries, an INI path, and a program path. The SDK writes those text files into the Emscripten filesystem, applies executable bits for user M-code files, then forwards to runFileWithIni() by default or to runFiveAxisRemapFile() when executionMode: "fiveAxisRemap" is explicitly requested.

runFileWithIniContinueOnError() uses the same LinuxCNC-backed file execution path but keeps the runner loop going after LinuxCNC reports an error, matching upstream rs274 -n 0 regression tests such as tests/interp/oword-unwind. It does not implement or reinterpret LinuxCNC error semantics.