axises are dead after configuration

if you give us here a little more infos

like
Tb6600 microsteps 2 = 400steps/rev
Leadscrew 1605
Timingbelt pulley 20 on motor pulley 25 on leadscrew

Brekout board C10

THAT woudt help us

sm wrote: Hi Chris,
it is my understanding that you are developer for linuxcnc.
May I propose to use sqlite for all linuxcnc configurations settings instead of linuxcnc.var and the rest setting/configuration files?
I think that would significantly simplify development/configuration/usage.
sqlite is present practically everywhere on every platform. it is fast and small. its file/database is self-contained, so, it is easy to move configured linuxcnc to another machine if needed/appropriate.
it will be much easier to develop gui as well as all the settings/configurations can be read from it.
I see some other benefits as well.

Regards,
Slava

Yes I'm a developer for linuxcnc - I work more on GUI code then anything else. I've dabbled with some things in the 'core'.
One reason linuxcnc use files as it does is that kernel/realtime code access then and there are limitations to what they can use.
Saying that, there surely are many modern updates that would help linuxcnc be easier to use/develop.
It a catch 22 though - we need more devs to audit and update code, but the code is difficult to work on.
The linuxcnc dev hierarchy is in rough shape at the moment IMHO - but I'm sure that will improve with time.

Andy has an experimental branch that had the toolfile as a database - i think he got discouraged by the lack of communication about it - I hope he tries again.

Chris M

yes, I saw in source an attempt to use db. well... you most likely know all this, so, I just wanted to remind - sqlite is fast, most used db. it is in-file db. but it can be also made in-memory db, which will make it even faster. python has well implemented libs to interact with sqlite and it is quite easy to deal with sqlite in python. in c it is a bit more challenging, but still doable.
I don't want to waste your time here - just wanted to say, that I think it will be lots benefits if sqlite will be used instead of plain files.

oh...while I remember... XY only CNC machines are not weird (like foam cutting machine for example) - they just differ from traditional ones.