Qtvcp GUI and hal pins

How did you get linuxcnc originally? What version are you using?
What mods would you like to do?

I'm using the latest available version of LNC 2.9. I regularly update my system, and the LNC version updates automatically. I initially installed it from the official ISO and also the DE.

hmm linuxcnc 2,9 doesn't have the hal_bridge component nor a way to use it.

That may be why it wasn't working too

Could probably get it to work in 2.9, but it would take some experimenting.

with which version of LNC is it possible to use the hal_bridge component?

The easiest is master branch aka 2.10.

Indeed, with Linuxcnc version 2.10, the HAL Bridge works and the Bridge pins now appear. Interestingly, in the QTDRAGON configuration examples, the macros and MDI-Command-macro are defined in the ini file, but the instruction HALBRIDGE=hal_bridge is not defined in [HAL]. It would be good to update the configuration to include it.