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Yes the coil is powered, rotor locked, enables are not connected at present.  With these TB6600 putting power to the enable  disabled the motor.

I'm just trying for the bare minimum at this point.

 

So this was a total screw up so I edited it into a little art film.
Demonstrates the need for jerk control!

I have the official version of Debian 12 installed on my PI4, and I use it with my Mesa 7c81, the only problem is that for some reason the SPI port is disabled from the kernel and therefore it is not possible to write a new firmware to that card . Is there a Debian 12 kernel used on the PI4 that has the SPI port enabled by default? . As the official version of the LCN page does not depend on RASPBIAN, it is not possible to enable it with raspi-config or by modifying the config file.

Die Sims, die mit „qt“ beginnen, sind QtVCP-Sims.

Die Zip-Datei ist nicht die richtige. Wenn Sie auf „BACKUP CONFIG“ klicken, werden Ihnen Name und Speicherort der richtigen Zip-Datei angezeigt.
 

1) I guess that you connect the 7i73 RS-422 interface to a serial port of the Linux PC, and then enable some sort of 7i73 driver in LinuxCNC that magically establishes the communication link between the two?

No, the 7I73 connects to one of the 7I95s two RS-422 interfaces.

I think people get obsessed with numbers that really are not relevant as there are many sources of errors in the final part. For example, 50 nm seems pointless given the thermal expansion of carbon steel is 1 mm/metre from 0-82 deg C. That's 12.2 micons or 609 nm microns on a part 50mm long. Cutting steel unvoidably generates heat so that will distort dimensions, probably more than your target following error.

I can also confirm 60 m/min is close to the upper realistic range of motion. Say on a plasma table without cutting forces, a 30mm dia pinion and a 5:1 gearbox reduction will  yield 60 mm/min at about 2600 rpm, close to the normal 3000 rpm max speed of a servo. Sure you can alter the gearing but that will be at the expense of torque that will likely preclude doing anything useful.

I have experimented with 60m/min and 0.8 G Accelleration (8 m/sec/sec) on a plasma table and can confirm what Don says that the inertia at this level of performance will shake your machine apart. People seem to gloss over that part of his discussion but it is very true.

Or the drivers maybe operating in a way that is contrary to expectations and may only work that way for evermore. Or as we locally “it’s @&$) mate”
I’d be looking inside the control box to see if the previous owner had done previous owner things or if some components have holes or bulges where they shouldn’t and hence the reason it was sold.

You may be able to build the inuxcnc installer which is not hard
This folder is deployed to all user's folders on installation
github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc-live-build/...udes.chroot/etc/skel

But I suspect to put it on the installer, the skel folder might need to be placed here
github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc-live-build/...g/includes.installer

Yeah the 7i73 can do 115200, and few others, but they are nvram values so it’s something Mesa might have to set pre delivery.

As usual, posting your hal and ini files will help to diagnose the issue.

First of all thanks for the great work. 

is it just me or is the link on the website wrong?
www.linuxcnc.org/iso/rpi-5-debian-bookwo...23-11-17-1520.img.xz
it say: LinuxCNC 2.9.2
but when I start it it say 2.9.1 

I thought I had an older one so I reinstalled today and still the same. 
Can I upgrade linuxCNC and GMOCCAPY?
i had some issues with GMOCCAPY now compared to when I was running the PI4 that I installed years ago.
One issue I had was when I pressed the aport button during a probing script, it did not stop but the GUI changed. 
I will try to reproduce. 
I copied my old config. Can that be the issue? I thought you could 
github.com/swepeter/PrintNC
Thanks all

Yes it does.
Use a DVM to measure the voltage at the drive inputs.
Are the stepper motors locked when powered on?
Is Enable wired to the drives? If yes, disconnect it till you get things working.
And do the tests with a finished configuration running LinuxCNC, not from wizards.

Are the encoders wired to drive/board with shielded cable?
Is the shielding grounded on the drive/board side?
What is the output voltage on the encoder pins?

Maybe a stupid question but, does a 7i96s board come pre-loaded with basic firmware?  I don't recall loading firmware on my previous 7i96.

I have a basic Axis config with one rotary axis on Step-0.

I can identify the board with the Mesa CT utility, just can't drive my stepper motor, as if Pul and Dir signal are not being sent. 

I would post your hal/ini files
runaway with FF2 doesn't make any sense