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The CPU is 64-bit so there may be an upgrade path.

Why not try booting from the latest ISO image on a USB stick and see what haoppens?

www.linuxcnc.org/iso/linuxcnc_2.9.7-amd64.hybrid.iso

andypugh wrote:

I generally install avahi + samba on my Linux machine and that gives me a bonjour-style easy networking setup.
(My home system is a mixture of MacOS and Linux, Windows not invited to play but does connect when I am working from home as my job requires a lot of windows-only software.

No FreeBSD?

Try GhostBSD, it's kinda fun and cool, despite the fact it can't do most stuff, though it is very speedy at the stuff it can do; GIMP and Chromium are insanely fast!

OpenIndiana seems basically on-par with GhostBSD.

mooser wrote:

Ah well, it was an expensive evening

I have had more expensive ones, and nothing to show afterwards but a hangover

I generally install avahi + samba on my Linux machine and that gives me a bonjour-style easy networking setup.
(My home system is a mixture of MacOS and Linux, Windows not invited to play but does connect when I am working from home as my job requires a lot of windows-only software.

Hello, everyone. I have a problem configuring a servo from StepperOnline: A6-1000EC. My goal is to control this servo via the python api. It should be possible to position it between 0 and 360° as well as rotation with different speeds.

My first attempt was to configure the servo as an angular axis. Then I wrote a simple python program to control the axis via JOG_INCREMENT and JOG_CONTINOUS. For absolute positioning I switch to MDI mode and send my target position. This works totally fine, but I can't run gcode with this solution, because I can't turn the servo continuous in one direction.

So I tried setting up this as a spindle instead. At first I changed my xml so I can process target-velocity and control-mode. Then I used a mux2 to change the control-mode depending on the use of M3/M4/M5 or M19. This works fine and my frequency drive changes between mode8 and mode9. The spindle control with M3/M4/M5 also works fine, but when I enter a command like M19 R180 Q2 P0 the servo drive throws a fault. When the target position is near the actual position this works, so I assume it is some sort of following error. My bigger problem is, that the actual position of the motor after using M3 for some time is very large, cause it is not restricted to one revolution. Is there a way to change that? At my first attempt using it as an axis I used wrapped_rotary, but that only affected the display, not the actual value.

Does anyone know what I could do, or if there is a better way for the use of an servo as position and continuous motion?

Many thanks in advance

Someone should ask Mesa why the firmware is in the "Specifications" tab and not, for example, a "support" tab

linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gcode/m-code.html...programmed%20timeout)%20occurs.

A workaround might be to software-debouince your limit/home switches.
linuxcnc.org/docs/stable/html/man/man9/debounce.9.html
Or linuxcnc.org/docs/stable/html/man/man9/dbounce.9.html

If you insert M66 P0 L0 between the probe moves then the queue might be cleared as a side effect.

Great news, thanks for the idea. I'll check it out tomorrow with version 2.9.7 and let you know the results.

The GUI's don't always "know" that you have changed an override.

Which GUI are you using? And how are you overriding (ie, which HAL pins are the counts going to?)

For reproducible hardware the Pi5 is probably a good choice. It's not the absolute best of platforms, but it is a known quantity and that would be useful if you are making multiples of the system.

I'm looking for suggestions for a simple bread & butter Linux CNC install.

It seems like an Raspberry Pi 5 + Mesa 7i96S might be the current standard, but it's not super clear? A while back it seemed like the Beaglebone was a good option, but it seems things have not gone that way?

Background...
I've built/retrofitted a number of machines with Linux CNC, but not for perhaps 10 years.  I've done a lot of machining and I'm fully competent with Linux.

I've got a new project that wants to integrate 2 Sherline CNC chucker lathes with some additional widgets.  Each lathe would get its own LinuxCNC hardware & software and the integration would be via ssh/linux command line.

If I can get the system working well, I might get orders for 10 or 50 of these systems over the next few years, so I would really like to use a stable, easy to get, standardized off-the-shelf parts, that can be expected to remain available for the next 5 years. I'm *not* looking to cobble something together out of 10 year old PCs, and I'd prefer not to build on some wierd/cheapo/legacy PC off Amazon which may go away in 3 months.

I'm looking for a simple reliable bread & butter LinuxCNC platform.

Suggestions?

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abs32 wrote:

I am quite proficient with build-install-clone commands and have the ability to simultaneously have and use all the versions

I realised that several posts later, and could have saved myself a great deal of typing.

It is unable to work due to this, forum.linuxcnc.org/38-general-linuxcnc-q...bing?start=10#338958, bug[/b][/b][/b]

I will try to look into this, probably with a simulated probe input for simplicity.

Have you tried inserting an explicit queue-buster between the successive probe moves? (I almost feel that we should have a specific code for that, maybe related to M70)
If you insert M66 P0 L0 between the probe moves then the queue might be cleared as a side effect.
Doing some offline research about this I found wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?QueuebustersRevisited which whilst not immediately relevant does discuss some of the issues around the motion queue.

Get the file with git or copy from the browser
github.com/MetalMusings/cia402pv/blob/master/cia402pv.comp

sudo halcompile --install cia402pv.comp

Hi Unlogic, 
I took a look at using your code, but I have the opposite problem. Your spindle stops abruptly with max braking with the enable pin deactivated, but mine just disconnects the power section and lets it coast down.