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Hello All!

We are preparing to merge a BIG Probe basic update. it will require some config setting updates and some new folders be added.  I have added a new "Update Release Notes" section to the docs page which should be very helpful going forward for when we have updates release.  please feel free to have a look and give feedback!

kcjengr.github.io/probe_basic/update_notes.html

My manual tool changing does the Probe Basic. 
If in MDI I use "T2 M6 G43" , the line stays active with the play icon, but never ends.  The same issue in NC files.

Nothing happens, no pop-up, etc

Here is probe_basic_postgui.hal

forum.linuxcnc.org/show-your-stuff/32784...-15-retrofit?start=0
Payed much more (3280 Euro + Mesa boards) for this but it was working...till mice had a run at it in my shop!
Retrofitted and working with LinuxCNC (see videos on that link), so yes it is worth retrofitting it.
Difficulty is high for sure, so see if you can get the schematics for it, that will save a lot of time and headache.

Do it, we are here to help as much as humanly possible.

I am new to LinuxCNC, but I play a software engineer in life.  I have identified a few areas where new or updated (and refactored) components could be beneficial.  What is the current best practice to build HAL components?  I would assume halcompile, but more specifically, .comp files or just long-hand .c?  The components that I am currently thinking about are in the user-space.   The first one I want to tackle is an updated/new hy_gt vfd component.  I am running 2.9, so backward compatibility is not a personal concern for me, but maybe people don't update?

Any feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks
 

Saw this old iron while entertaining the machinery buying itch today on Kijiji -- www.kijiji.ca/v-other-business-industria...i-hit-18s/1716314528

That link will go dead with time, so for the record it looks like a Hyundai HIT 18S for $2k Canadian, not working. Seller says it has some repaired drives. I probably need to ask more questions, just not sure what all the right ones are.

Seller might be asking too much, but says he's open to offers. Any thoughts from more experienced heads here, whether or not something like this is worth a look and a retrofit? Or should I be running the other way fast as I can? I don't have any impressions, good or bad, about Hyundai quality, and I'm not sure what dead machines should generally go for.

On the scale of difficulty for retrofits, where does a machine like this fall? I'm no expert with HAL but have dabbled a little. Built my own plasma table with 7i76e and a couple THCAD's by riding on the shoulders of giants on this forum.

Thanks in advance for any time you spend looking at this.

The latest QtDragon version at github.com/persei802/QtDragon_hd has a button for using a manual tool gauge. You use it by selecting Manual Tool Gauge in the Settings page, then lowering the tool until your gauge reads 0 and then press the Manual Touchoff button. 
Jim