Probe Basic Documentation and Installation... Start Here!!!

Latest Stable Versions : February 5th 2026
Probe Basic Stable 0.6.2
Probe Basic Develop 0.6.2+(number of update commits since stable release)

QtPyVCP Stable 5.0.5
QtPyVCP Develop 5.0.5+(number of update commits since stable release)

We have been working on the Probe Basic documentation and have it up in one location now so it will be easier to use for installations, user interface use and setup and Machine configuration instruction and guide.  It is updated with the currently latest of everything (9/18/24).  Please have a visit and leave your impressions and replies regarding what is there.  We know everyone would like MORE documentation and it is being worked on albeit slowly when time becomes available, but if you have input on what we have recently added which seems to be where the bulk of questions come from please let us know! including typos, mispellings, hard to understand sentences etc.. my eyes are crossed and i have pushed maybe a hundred or so commits the last 2 days trying to get things cleaned up so there are bound to be some booboo's..  /o\

Thanks all!

PROBE BASIC DOCUMENTATION - CLICK HERE!

Tommy, i have moderator privilidges in here and have already unpinned what needed to come down, this should remain indefinitely to give users a place to easily navigate to for the docs i think, my intention was to leave it here.  the old post was a nightmare to edit with all of the images and formatting that i had applied that broke everytime i tried to edit so having an offsite location with easier to edit docs being built from within the buildbot for probe basic seems like the better solution.

thanks,

Chris

Ok, thank you very much.

Can I make a small suggestion. It's actually a problem many OS projects have. There's no real introduction. When you open the documentation you would expect something that gives you an idea if it's worth full to continue reading. But you step right into the installation. But I will evaluate further because the name looks promising to what I am looking for. Thanks for your efforts already of course cheers

Good point, would you feel like reviewing and writing an intro and submit a pull request?

I was wondering if there was anywhere that would compare the hal files before and after the modifications? It gets confusing as I am not sure if things need to be only added to sections or totally replaced altogether.
I followed up to that point, but now I am kind of stuck.

Thanks

Every config is a bit different but mostly the same. You can compare to the sim config for verification.

The Docs have been updated again so please be sure to review and check for any changes if you are updating your installation!

kcjengr.github.io/probe_basic/

Probe Basic has had a NEW Stable Release made as of today February 5th, 2026

In order to update to the latest stable release it will require updating your sources.list.d/kcjengr.list file to point to the updated repository. the same goes for updating to the latest develop version, please see the link below in order to see all of the update notes!

kcjengr.github.io/probe_basic/update_notes.html