7i96 Configuration Tool

It was working properly last time i checked a month or so ago.

I installed this on debian stretch this evening.

I had to clone the project from git and make some changes to setup.py, I had to change a few things from m7i76e to m7i96.

Also, the instructions say to add ~/.local/bin/ to the path in a file named xsessionrc, but for me it should be added to ~/.profile

[edit] FYI: found a minor bug. When setting up the GPIO, for the 11th input pin the tool outputs hm2_7i96.0.gpio.0010.in instead of hm2_7i96.0.gpio.010.in. linuxcnc threw errors at me.

Hello John,

Thanks a lot for the great tool you made and support. It helps me a lot configure my 7i96.
This is very usefull for me as I recently purchased some MESA baords (7i96+7i76+7i73+7i83+7i87) for my new Workbee based Router-3D printer machine that is using 2 separte gantries: One for routing (the XY workbee one) and an additional one for 3D printing in a coreXY configuration.

I did a fresh install on the computer dedicated to this machine, and I was not able to install your configuration tool. It is running great daught on another computer running a recent linux distribution.
Here is what I did:
- Install Debian Wheezy
- Install RT-Preempt kernel
- Install Master branch of LinuxCNC

I was not able to install the configuration tool because of the dependency to PyQT5 that seems not be available in the Wheezy repository.

Note: Wheezy has been recently (one month ago ?) moved to "Archive.debian" and I was not able to add the "backport" repo to apt.source.list: server not found... I don't know if the pyQt5 is in the backports of wheezy...

Maybee have you an idea of a workaround ? Or maybee it's possible to depend on pyQt4 instead of pyQt5 ?

Worst case, I can still use a different computer to run your configuration tool, but I miss some features that need to commmunicate with the 7i96.

Thanks in advance for your help.
Best regards, Bernard.

For a fresh install I'd use Debian 9 as a lot of things are broken now with Debian 7.

gnipsel.com/linuxcnc/uspace/index.html

I'm not sure how to make it work with Debian 7.

JT

THanks for your reply.

You mean linuxcnc and MEAS 7i96 is fully working in Debian9 ?

This is a good news!

Andy just pointed me to thread that can possibly fix Debian 7 update issues.

forum.linuxcnc.org/10-advanced-configura...ring-whb04b-4#131331

And yes you can either use the Debian 9 LiveDVD to install LinuxCNC 2.7 or follow the instructions in my previous link to install the real time kernel, LinuxCNC version of your choice and how to setup for using an Ethernet Mesa card.

JT