PathPilot 2.9.6 on non-Tormach machine

Hi Peter , That process of a backup file may not always work. IF the update adds to or subtracts from the makeup of the files then they may not load properly. Then you have to rebuild the installed hal/ini to match your hardware. Not always but sometimes. Been there done that .

When using a card that is not a tormach standard then you have to use the mesa config bit file and tell Pathpilot in the ini file what card setup you are using and the name of the bit file.

Just a thought , ( TP

Hi Terry,

Correct you are. I use a comparison too called Beyond Compare to check the changes in an upgrade.

I did get caught out on one upgrade.

Cheers

Peter

I have 7i97T and 7i76 cards, and I'm attempting to get pathpilot to run. This is for retrofitting a non-tormach machine. A Bridgeport Interact 412. The original tutorial does not seem to apply at all to PathPilot 2.*. I have PP 2.10.1. I've tried picking through pathpilotmanager.py, but I do not know what I'm doing.

Attached are my log and pathpilotmanager.py.  Any help would be appreciated.

edit:  I think the Mesaflash version is too old for the 7i97T, I'm going to update it and try again.

Turns out updating Mesaflash isn't as simple as I thought it was.... missing dependency Libmd. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get this installed. I do not know what repo to add to find it, and it doesn't seem to be in the standard repos. I believe PP2.0 is built on LinuxMint 17.3, Jessie...

try looking for libmd0