User Install for Probe Basic Py3 (For Machine Control)

Happy to be of help! If you hit a snag just post up your configs and a detailed explanation of the issue.

Chris

There are 4 pinned topic regarding installation of Probe Basic ( please change the name, pleaseeeeee ), so what should we point the new users towards?

yes please. i used this one and am having as little trouble.

I am not sure I understand your meaning @tommylight

i think he means there are multiple conflicting instructions.

I followed what is in the first post of this thread, and nothing is working. i get this error:

X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)

probe basic also done not show up in pncconf as an option for ui.

There are multiple installation types, each required for different aspects. I think we can remove the py2 version rom the sticky because that is not going to be maintained any longer, its too much for our small team to have to keep up with the changing requirements and outdated dependencies that become deprecated for the python2 branch.

Probe Basic will not show up in pncconfig and isn't available as part of the main linuxcnc installation because it wasn't allowed to be part of Linuxcnc based on Chris Morley's objections. So we are forced to maintain the installation method on our own. This would not be an issue if it were to become part of the linuxcnc repository. if you would like probe basic to be easier to install and maintain, please voice your opinions with the developers.