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 Hello everyone,This is my first post here on the LinuxCNC forum, and also my very first CNC build — so please forgive any mistakes or lack of experience on my part. I'm doing my best to learn as I go.I'm building a plasma CNC machine and using a Mesa 7i92 card. For my setup, I’ll be connecting two 5-axis breakout boards — one on P1 and one on P2. I’m looking for a suitable firmware that would allow me to:

• Use 4 or 5 encoder inputs (for THCAD and potentially other uses)
• Have at least 10 inputs and 5 outputs for general machine control

I’ve checked the Mesa site and the firmware list, but I’m not sure which bitfile would suit this configuration best. If anyone has a firmware file that fits these needs — or could point me in the right direction — I would be very grateful.Thank you so much in advance for your help and patience. I really appreciate the knowledge and support shared in this community.Best regards,

Hello All, I'm using this post processor (PlasmaCv2.1) in Fusion 360. My issue is that my first round hole in the gcode cuts no problem, machine come downs and probes, makes a perfect cut and then the Z axis rises 1-2inches and continues along the path in the gcode but doesn't come back down to start the plasma arc, it just runs the whole program without coming back down to initiate arc and cut the material. I don't get an "arc okay" error which is odd .I went back into Fusion360 and set my retract height and clearance height to 0 to see if that would help and maybe the THC via THCAD through a MESA 7i76 board would work but it just gave me an error. "Safe Traverse Height has been reduced to 0.23in"


Images attached of my cut parameters ,material properties , gcode from Fusion 360 and some misc info. 

The machine cuts simple parts using the conversational in QTplasmaC no problem, and my THC works so I've isolated it to the Fusion 360 Gcode and unsure how to fix my issue. Possible bug maybe?

I feel like I'm doing something really dumb and overlooking something really simple, in an effort to not waste another couple days going in circles, could anyone point me in the right direction, i greatly appreciate it!