Machine and Linuxcnc not communicating

Maybe someone can point me in the right direction. Yes I am brand new to this so its probably something simple.

I used Pncconfig to get a machine configured and once done I can start up linuxcnc. I then toggle the machine power (F2) to begin trying to test the machine yet nothing happens. For example, if I attempt to job any axis it will show on the live plot that it is moving but on the actual machine there is nothing.

I also checked my limit switches and through the hal show there is nothing despite me holding a piece of metal up to a switch and getting the LED light to light up on the switch iteslf. This may be a separate issue than the axis not jogging.

Any ideas of where to point me on hunting down solutions on this not communicating?

Thanks

I unclicked it and nothing. But yes I am using a 7i76e.

If you are running a pncconf created configuration for the 7I76E
and you can jog the axis without error, you _are_ communicating.

can you post the results of running

halcmd show all > all.txt

when linuxcnc is running

(post all.txt here)

At this point the physical machine will not move on any axis despite the software showing that it is. I as thinking I may be in some kind of mode where its software only, or..... I really screwed something else up.

I am back to playing with it today. I will let you know if I discover what happened. If you could take a quick look at the txt file I attached you may can spot what I have done, or not done.

Thanks

You have quite short step time settings (1 usec) most step drives will not even see step pulses this short.

I would set the step times to 5 usec and see if that makes a difference

That did it! Thanks again for your help. Its at a snails pace but thats all fine for now. Im glad to see it moving.