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setp near.0.difference 8.33333

In this case means you have to be within 8.33 RPM of the
commanded RPM to make spindle at speed true

man near
 

Well I tried our image first, and got this:
 

That was written with rpi-imager without error.  Note the bootloader date (2022).  So then, long-pressed shift and installed the latest RaspiOS. In that, did a sudo rpi-eeprom-update to see what firmware versions were in use:
 

So looks like there are still firmware updates. So then issued a sudo rpi-update, which after that completed, was verified:
 

So then the SD card was re-burned with our image, and that now boots, woohoo!  Thought I'd share if anyone else experienced this.

Try installing those one by one.

Ah....Thanks so much!!! All the help on this forum is great!!

Thanks,

Rick

What is the line
setp near.0.difference 8.33333
supposed to do?

After changing the ENCODER scale, I have At-Speed indicator all the way up to 1000-1100 rpm. I looked up the motor and it is rated at 3200 rpm at 110 volts. It looks like I am getting a max of around 2475 rpm.

Is any specific software mode required on the 7i97T for the MPG inputs to work? I didn't see any mention of this in the manual.

Thanks,

Skylor

To have additional step/dir outputs on P1 you need to change
the default firmware on the 7I96S to one with additional stepgens.

For the common Sainsmart "Mach 5 axis CNC" breakout, you would
use 7i96s_5abobd.bin. This adds 5 more stepgens plus 1 more encoder
and 1 more PWMgen.

To use pncconf with the added stepgens, you would need to:

1. Update the firmware
2. use pncconfs discover option

thx for the quick replay ist no problem i'm retired so they say i have lots of time

If you want just one stepgen/encoder index on the 7I96s's built in encoder
interface, use 7i96s_esdi1.bin. If you need more, it depends on where
you want the index pins to connect. The 7i96sd_esdid.bin firmware
puts 3 stepgen index pins on the 7I96S encoder A,B,IDX inputs
(losing the encoder)

Hi...that is what I did....no internet connection at the time skipped mirror...not sure if that is problem..the reason that i wanted to use it is that I am at pncconf trying to add a couple axis through p1 expansion...i am not sure which function to use and the how to designate step/dir for these additional axis?

It is possible to have a custom dialog. I haven't done one for tool dialog but see no particular problem. It would, as you suspected, require a custom handler file.

But I don't think it ill help you. The dialog blocks because linuxcnc is blocked. Unblocking the dialog will not unblock linuxcnc.

You can not call MDI commands at tool change unless it's incorporated into a remap.

Any Gantry components have been made onsolete 2 versions ago with v2.8. Please read homing configuration as the gantry set up is all to do with homing.

So I am at p1 tab in mesa 7i96s trying to set up 2 additional axis ...I think I get pin assignments but not clear which function to use...looks like x BLDC control but not sure what hall vs gray are? Am i in the right place?

How did you install linuxcnc? What linux version did you install? Looks like You are not running Debian 12. Python 3 is included in Debian 12
I would recommend you use the image on the Linuxcnc downloads page
 

Hi , I can share everything I have with you but I will be a few days I am away for the weekend , the machine is still running strong I use it for production all the time.