2.7 KiB
Rayforge-to-JCZ 12-byte record spike
- Date: 2026-10-18
- Rayforge commit:
c28918c87f8273dd1d244f5a057addc192807fa5 - MeerK40t commit:
d511944e08788e88077727f682957759884ff5ca - Scope: deterministic command-record packing with no transport
Result
The external Rayforge addon now packs the synthetic operation stream into little-endian JCZ command records of six unsigned 16-bit words (12 bytes). The opcode and value fields agree with the pinned BalorMK mock trace for power, mark and jump speed, frequency, MOPA pulse width, the square coordinates and distances, one millisecond dwell, and end-of-list.
The encoder now places those records into the pinned BalorMK list shape:
exactly 256 records and 3072 bytes per buffer, with unused final-buffer slots
filled by listEndOfList. Before packing, it requires one complete state block
ahead of all motion and emits the evidence-backed order listReadyMark, pulse
width, jump speed, frequency, power and mark speed, followed by geometry and
end-of-list. State changes after motion and duplicate or missing state fields
fail closed.
Two independent runs produced identical output with SHA-256
6217c9f8fee0e612872de6c20f5b033a4df885a173a442baa54629465fc5db5b.
The checked records are in
tests/fixtures/rayforge-jcz-equivalence.json and are asserted byte-for-byte by
the standard-library test suite.
Safety boundary
This is an independently written, transport-free encoder spike. It imports no USB, serial or socket transport, performs no discovery, and cannot send the records anywhere. A synthetic profile identity must match before encoding. Coordinates outside the synthetic 110 mm field and invalid or unsupported operations continue to fail closed.
Remaining gaps
- Upload, status, cancellation and recovery are absent.
- Port-state commands are deliberately omitted because their machine-specific bit semantics can arm output and have not yet passed the hardware gate.
- The 110 mm coordinate mapping is synthetic and has no lens correction.
- Machine-specific bounds and the pulse-width unit contract still require authoritative evidence; they are not guessed here.
- No hardware compatibility or safe marking behavior is established.
Decision impact
The result advances the Rayforge addon route beyond semantic JSON traces: the same operation model can produce deterministic controller-shaped records at a narrow encoder boundary. At this checkpoint, stock application workflow coverage, complete list behavior and full Windows packaging were still open. Later offline progress is summarized by the M1 no-device acceptance checkpoint; ADR 0002 remains proposed because its external gates are still open.