PathPilot 2.9.6 on non-Tormach machine

In a terminal
python -v
Will show the Python version used.
2.8 is when everything moved from python 2 to python 3, so upgrading might not work if it is on python 2.
Also, what does
lsb_release -a
Return?

Yeah. so this project is probably dead... python 2.7.

PP2 is built on Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa

Does PathPilot have anything more recent?
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Other solutions would be a 7i92 (without T as 7i92T might also not work, it is new), or 5i25 or 6i25, since you also have a 7i76.
And if you need analog (probablu do as 7i97 is) use a 7i83 and a 7i85 for encoder feedback.
That does imply a lot of editing, so weigh in the pros and cons before jumping in.
Sorry for not being able to help more but i never used PP, this is just what i gathered from reading this forum.

I currently have the most recent version of pathpilot (2.10.1), and this is what it's built on... I'm considering a 7i92 & 7i77&7i76, as I do need analog servo interface and I already have the 7i76 for IO. Before I go and jump into even more hardware, I'll wait a little to see if anyone else sees something different in the log (attached). I'm not a software guy, so I'm grasping at straws here. Perhaps Pathpilot can support the 7i97T. (Wishful thinking, I know). I appreciate all the help you've given me. I just wish the 5i25/7i77 was available back when I started this journey, I would've gone that route. I know the 5i25 is supported by Path Pilot.

I wonder, is there a way to update the Hostmot2 driver and could that make a difference?

What if you ran the updates sequentially from ver2.0, i know Tormach state that you don't need to but my logical thinking is if they up dated the code and firmware as they progressed then possibly by going straight to ver 2.10 could miss out some important upgrades. Has Tormach released a newer USB master key since ver 2.0. Since ver 2.6 ? they have changed their control boards to include a programmable logic device and not use the mesa version. That looks to me where the changes in firmware have taken place but that then begs the question if you had an older 1100 3 machine do the update scan for the mesa card/version and load the appropriate upgrade to the firmware so if you has say the plasma table with the newer control board the update can figure out the difference and load the option that closer matches the machine.

I actually gave up on the project for the time being. I want to run it on hardware that differs significantly from Tormach hardware. I have to learn to mess around in Python to get it to work.