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24 Oct 2025 14:47 - 24 Oct 2025 15:07 #337062
by Clements
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Hi all,recently my pc running version 2.8.2 broke down and i had to replace it and installed 2.9.
Thankfully I kept a copy of all my files, so that helped me out a lot.After a couple of hours i got my setup to work again.
The only thing that doesn't work is tool measurement.The option in the advanced settings tab keeps getting greyed out.The line in preference file gets changed to when loading LinuxCNC: use_toolmeasurement = False
Usually when I did a manual tool change, the spindle moved to a certain location and than a popup shows up to change the tool. After clicking ok, the actual tool measurement is performed.
Now the machine doesn't move, it just shows the popup.
(Homing, moving, starting the spindle all works. )
Thankfully I kept a copy of all my files, so that helped me out a lot.After a couple of hours i got my setup to work again.
The only thing that doesn't work is tool measurement.The option in the advanced settings tab keeps getting greyed out.The line in preference file gets changed to when loading LinuxCNC: use_toolmeasurement = False
Usually when I did a manual tool change, the spindle moved to a certain location and than a popup shows up to change the tool. After clicking ok, the actual tool measurement is performed.
Now the machine doesn't move, it just shows the popup.
(Homing, moving, starting the spindle all works. )
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25 Oct 2025 06:13 #337113
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I had a pretty hard time finding a pc with a parallel port. I don’t use a mesa card
The new pc is a dell optiplex 980 That is a very compact unit. The old HDD doesn’t seem to fit in the housing.
I use pcloud for gcode synchronization and I just couldn’t open the site on 2.8. So I decided to install te latest version of LinuxCNC
The new pc is a dell optiplex 980 That is a very compact unit. The old HDD doesn’t seem to fit in the housing.
I use pcloud for gcode synchronization and I just couldn’t open the site on 2.8. So I decided to install te latest version of LinuxCNC
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25 Oct 2025 11:10 #337122
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swapping the HDD gave some issues with the drivers for graphics card.
just gave it another try by installing 2.8.4 and somehow it sort of worked.
even pcloud installed
the issue is been solved for now, but I do find it confusing that an 'upgrade' to 2.9 breaks some functionality
just gave it another try by installing 2.8.4 and somehow it sort of worked.
even pcloud installed
the issue is been solved for now, but I do find it confusing that an 'upgrade' to 2.9 breaks some functionality
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25 Oct 2025 20:53 #337164
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Replied by tommylight on topic gmoccapy probe
2.8, 2.9, upcoming 2.10, have no major changes so everything works on all of them, but toolchangers, probes and routines, pendants, are not standard equipment and there is a huge variety of them, so might have issues sometimes.
Even configs from 2.5 and 2.7 work on new version as the included wizard does a good job of changing the required hal and ini entries, but this also fails sometimes as it is impossible to account for all the hardware that LinuxCNC can control.
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While i am at it, the included wizards, be it changing from old to new versions, or StepConf or PncConf, are magnificent, and i am fully aware of how much work went into them, so whoever worked on them, thank you very much, i am very grateful, although i rarely use them as i am used to editing files manually, but when i do need them they work perfectly.
Even configs from 2.5 and 2.7 work on new version as the included wizard does a good job of changing the required hal and ini entries, but this also fails sometimes as it is impossible to account for all the hardware that LinuxCNC can control.
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While i am at it, the included wizards, be it changing from old to new versions, or StepConf or PncConf, are magnificent, and i am fully aware of how much work went into them, so whoever worked on them, thank you very much, i am very grateful, although i rarely use them as i am used to editing files manually, but when i do need them they work perfectly.
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