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Hello , Newb here. Just bought 2 , very nice Bridgeport and Jet mill retrofits , with Microkentics Steppers and PICO Universal Stepper cards , from the estate of a friend. Machines are very nicely built.
They sat idle since 2013, the Cmos batteries were dead . Ive been working on the .ini file of the Jet mill , to correct the homing sequence.
Everything was great , fixed the Z Axis homing . Powered down the control to plug the A axis in . Now on power up , it will not load Linuxcnc 2.4.5.
Is there a way to decode the error message , to see what i need to change, to return functionality ?
   The computers are bare bones machines, no network capabilities , just USB.  
             Where can I look , or were do I Start ? 

Thank you. I tried both V1.04 and V1.11.

But I couldn't make servo drive move in LinuxCNC main screen.
I didn't see any error on screen,  but servo drivers didn't become "Servo On" state when I pushed "PowerOn"

Where do I need to check ? ( I used to use another tiny LinuxCNC system and machine , but it was stepper.., I used step conf. )
Do I have to set some servo parameter from switches on servo driver ?
( No load is connected to servo motors for now. )

Servo Driver Panel shows "20ry" (2 is blinking.)


I tried both V1.11 and V1.04 and this configuration,
forum.linuxcnc.org/ethercat/52341-proble...rive?start=60#304887

I have 3 sets of Lichuan Servo (Driver+Motor), I want to use them as XYZ CNC.

I did not see any other input other than motion.probe-in, is this used for both a tool length setter and a touch probe?  My HW will support several inputs, and I would like to have each hard-wired in, without the need to swap cables, etc.

Is there a dedicated motion input for a tool length setter? If not what is the best means to have to separate HW inputs?

Thanks!!!
 

Hmmmm ... :
-walk around your area, see what businesses use CNC machines and for what and how = maintenance, service, maybe CAD/CAM and/or machine setup
-see what other businesses have offices there, what they do, drop buy any that do any manufacturing = contracting work, jobs to small for contracts are especially good as no one wants to do them
-drop buy other mom/pop shops, see if there's anything automated that can help them, or streamlining their work
-any foto/video studio, ask if they need sets/props built as needed, cam cranes or robots etc
-any food restaurants that want their logos engraved/cut/3d printed/scratched on glass = see my glass engravers here on forum, add LED's as needed
-leave your phone number to all of them
-and this is very important: do not lie to them, tell them exactly about doing market research trying to find a business that helps them but does not interfere with their existing businesses, as a rule at least 70-80% of them will really appreciate this and will gladly advise you and offer ideas.
--widen the "walk" area
-repeat above

Aaah. Awesome. Thank you. I shall try this tomorrow and see how it goes. I will let you know once I have changed the settings.