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I have never tryied LinuxCNC in Raspberry Pi. But, based on my experience in PC based LCNC, I don't think you will ever have any reliability issues running it in step/dir. LinuxCNC is a hell of a reliable motion controller.

 

We would like our LinuxCNC system to control an activity light. This would be a red light on the machine active when the motors are engaged. Does LinuxCNC already have a feature to control such a thing? Where should I look to find the interface?
We are using a Mesa board and a Raspberry Pi. Can I route a control signal through to an output pin on the Mesa board?

Thank you.

Maybe not.. now it stops at:

cnc@raspberrypi:~$ sudo echo "deb buildbot2.highlab.com/debian/ bookworm master-uspace 2.9-uspace" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
bash: /etc/apt/sources.list: Permission denied

Hi guys!

New user here with limited knowledge. Trying to convert an old mill, have a rpi5 and a 7i97T for the job. Planned to use MesaCT to help me with the start of the config, but there is states the 7i97T needs LinuxCNC 2.10.

I've already installed the "Raspberry Pi 5 OS based on Debian Bookworm " from the website, which i'm now trying to update using this post. No luck so far for me!

seems to fail from;

sudo cp -r /etc/apt/*.* ~/aptsudo wget buildbot2.highlab.com/buildbot-archive-key.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d

returns;

cp: cannot copy a directory, '/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d', into itself, '/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/trusted.gpg.d'
cp: cannot stat '/home/cnc/aptsudo': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat 'wget': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat 'buildbot2.highlab.com/buildbot-archive-key.gpg': No such file or directory

I'm running linuxcnc 2.9.4 (which I downloaded from Debian 12 Bookworm PREEMPT-RT ISO ) in VirtualBox in order to try out the various UIs etc. The actual CNC is being driven from a Raspberry Pi. I'm currently running gmoccapy but I'd like to try out the QtDragon UI.

I found some instructions that said I needed to install linuxcnc-uspace-qtvcp but it's not in the debian repo and I didn't want to start adding random sources without knowing what I'm doing. There are also references to modifying .ini files but there are a lot under sim.gmoccapy so it's not clear which one to modify, and in any case, I thought using QtDragon meant not using gmoccapy.

Sorry, I did not want to upset anybody. It is my fault. Sorry.

Prototype boards arrived.

Unlocking now.

Hi tommy unable to edit posts in the locked index thead.

Cheers
Rob

You need to use menuconfig to setup your locale.
If you go to this thread it is an index to a lot of info.
forum.linuxcnc.org/38-general-linuxcnc-q...l-images-only/unread

Fixed tittles for both, links still work, pinning it and locking it now so if you can not post or edit do let me know on the other topic.
Thank you.

Additional empty post 2

Extra Wired Network config
forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...only?start=80#327930

If we fix the berry bit will the links still be good or do they need modifying ?
Pinning it would be a good idea, was hoping you would ask
Locking just to keep it clean, I like it

Thanks
Tommy

Intro:
I'm trying to index some of the issues, solutions and info contained in the thread mention in the title. As I would like to keep this "clean", it would be great if any new issues,queries additional info be posted here: forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...official-images-only
(yes I know Raspberry is spelt wrong)
Cheers
Rob

General Stuff
About the Images: forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...-only?start=0#320270

Networking Topics
Installation of Network Manager: forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...only?start=10#320949
Network Setup by behai: forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...only?start=10#320967
Additional Comments by Rodw: forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...only?start=10#320972
Ethercat Status: forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...only?start=10#321684
Simple Mesa Setup without Network Manager by PCW: forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...only?start=30#323321
wifi setup without Network Manager: forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...only?start=40#323701

Locales:
Locales by behai: forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...only?start=10#320959

GPIO
Note that the below may help with those stuggling with Byte2Bot boards.
Regarding GPIO drivers: forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...-only?start=0#320852
Basic Mill Config: forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...only?start=10#321296
Thread related to issues when SPI is enabled and the user wishes to use SPI GPIOS: forum.linuxcnc.org/24-hal-components/564...not-be-solved#330574

Video/b]
Skewed Video Issue & Solution by 109jb: forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...only?start=30#322167

Swap - zswap
Initial issue & Solution: forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...only?start=30#322251

UI Isuues:
GMOCCAPY locking up when idle by U2fletch: forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...only?start=40#323825
Solution: forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...only?start=50#324087
Notes: This was related to zswap.