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Hi. Yes, but no.

Speed tutorial is there but its just procedure what to send to drive. I have no clue how to implement that to Linuxcnc. 

 Thank you.

Looking around, this may be a Ryzen/kernel version issue.

Typically this is done by by connecting the MPG count to all axis
and selectively enabling jogging on the desired axis

Yes.  That's the idea.  I have a 7i96s already mostly wired.  I spent much of this weekend working on getting the configuration setup, using pncconf.  Only to find that Claude (online AI) led me astray.  I should have been using stepconf.  Or even better... MesaCT. 

pncconf and MesaCT can both create 7I96S configurations, stepconf cannot (stepconf is for parallel port hardware)

To tell the truth I'm not a big fan of Rufus, it tries to be too smart by far.
When I had to create bootable USB stick via windows I always used win32diskimager.org/

Or if using Linuxdoes the job fine, askubuntu.com/questions/1333102/what-is-...-hard-drive-over-usb

> Why not just use it as-is?

• I don't have a license for Mach3
• I prefer to use Ethernet
• I'm removing Windows from all my computers, before October.
• LinuxCNC does not fit on the old computer.

The PMDX board and the pendant will be repurposed for a Sherline from the same guy.  The CPU is barely practical, but I'll give it a try for that Sherline. When that 22 year old hard drive dies, that's the end of that too.

> Maybe just put a mesa board in place of the PMDX
> ... wire the drives directly to Mesa 
Yes.  That's the idea.  I have a 7i96s already mostly wired.  I spent much of this weekend working on getting the configuration setup, using pncconf.  Only to find that Claude (online AI) led me astray.  I should have been using stepconf.  Or even better... MesaCT. 

> Does it work fine right now?
Who knows? It was working fine in 2009, when it was last used. Yes, the servos move. I can't yet try the spindle until I put in a new electrical circuit.  My garage has one outlet, shared with the lighting and garage doors. And my breaker panel is full. 

> What is that IPAC board?
It takes commands from button presses on the pendant, and injects them into the keyboard communication. Then you run Mach3 with keygrabber so that the pendant buttons are captured and sent to Mach3.  There are two ps/2 keyboard ports on the IPAC.  One goes to the computer, the other to the keyboard.  (Which is a real IBM M1... precious metal to me.)

> He obviously took pride in his work.
Yeah.  I was surprised he didn't use more off-the-shelf options. Learning and building was his joy, so that makes sense. 

>Why change something so neatly and carefully made?
I can't make use of the pendant because the new computer doesn't have any parallel ports, and the pendant needs its own parallel port. 
The servo control box will look exactly as it does, except the PMDX board will be swapped out for a Mesa 7i96s.