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1 year 3 weeks ago - 1 year 3 weeks ago #336033 by Twitchy88
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Hello Everyone
Almost done the electrical end of my Fadal CNC retrofit. Im looking into the GUI for it now.

I see the LINUXCNC install comes with a few GUI already, is there an advantage to using those over lets say probe basic?

Right now Im leaning towards QTDragon because it comes with the install.

Thanks In advance for any help.
Last edit: 1 year 3 weeks ago by Twitchy88. Reason: found info in the manual

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1 year 3 weeks ago #336045 by tommylight
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It depends on what you like and are used to.
Personally i like Axis GUI as it is by far the most reliable so for me on industrial machines that wins, but GmoccaPy has a certain flare to it, QtDragon looks like a million $ and Probe Basic is a monster in disguise with all the features implemented into it.
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1 year 3 weeks ago #336051 by PCW
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I would echo what tommylight said,

Axis is not beautiful but when testing hardware I
use it because it can run for months 24/7 with 0 issues
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1 year 3 weeks ago #336054 by Hakan
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If you use a touchscreen, think about what works well with it.
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1 year 3 weeks ago #336088 by Twitchy88
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Well Ive never ran a CNC before. Its all a huge learning curve for me.  I figure if Im going to learn I might as well decide which one now.

Is the support in the community the same for both? Why does the linuxcnc install come with QTDragon and not probe basic?

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1 year 3 weeks ago #336098 by tommylight
Replied by tommylight on topic User interface
Probe Basic is a separate project for LinuxCNC.
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