Re: [Emc-developers] Mesa 7I80HDT needed

2023-04-18 Thread Rod Webster
>I really want to upgrade anyway, because the PC is a Core2 Duo and might not be adequate to run a full desktop and the machine under recent Debian. I think that would be a wise choice. I've done some extensive work with Debian Bookworm. My ever changing tutorial is here.

Re: [Emc-developers] Mesa 7I80HDT needed

2023-04-18 Thread Chris
Steve, Definitely a 5i20. I just looked as a sanity check. The Full HD (1920x1080 IIRC) needed for probe-basic is higher resolution than my monitor, but probably not the video card. I do actually have a decent PCIe graphics card, but I’d have to give that up to go to a PCIe FPGA card. I really

[Emc-developers] New Modbus driver framework for Mesa UARTS

2023-04-18 Thread andy pugh
I have just pushed a feature branch (andypugh/mesa_modbus) to the LinuxCNC github. It uses the Mesa FPGA UARTs (specifically pktUART) to offer real-time modbus connection directly to a Mesa card. Docs are here:

Re: [Emc-developers] Mesa 7I80HDT needed

2023-04-18 Thread Steve Stallings
I think a 5i24 is what he has now, and the modern embedded computers seem to have gone over to PCIexpress slots. The embedded computer he currently uses cannot support a 16 to 9 ratio screen needed by some of the newer GUI interfaces. The current computer only has one PCI slot so an add-on video

Re: [Emc-developers] Mesa 7I80HDT needed

2023-04-18 Thread Chris Helgesen
Andy, I have a nice mounting scheme in my control cabinet for SFF PCs. It seems like you have to go pretty far back in time to find one with a PCI slot. My existing full-height M5I20 required a cutout in the lid of my current PC to allow the card to protrude and provide a path for cables. The

Re: [Emc-developers] Mesa 7I80HDT needed

2023-04-18 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 at 14:12, Chris Helgesen wrote: > Hello, > > Apologies for bothering the developer's list with this. I have a Hurco KM3 > I did a LinuxCNC-based retrofit on during the Jurassic period. I need to > replace the host PC, and I've reached the end of the road for my Mesa PCI >

Re: [Emc-developers] Mesa 7I80HDT needed

2023-04-18 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 18 Apr 2023, Chris Helgesen wrote: Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 09:09:45 -0400 From: Chris Helgesen Reply-To: EMC developers To: EMC developers Subject: [Emc-developers] Mesa 7I80HDT needed Hello, Apologies for bothering the developer's list with this. I have a Hurco KM3 I did a

[Emc-developers] Mesa 7I80HDT needed

2023-04-18 Thread Chris Helgesen
Hello, Apologies for bothering the developer's list with this. I have a Hurco KM3 I did a LinuxCNC-based retrofit on during the Jurassic period. I need to replace the host PC, and I've reached the end of the road for my Mesa PCI interface card. Does anyone have a new or fully-functional Mesa

Re: [Emc-developers] probe_basic -

2023-04-18 Thread Rod Webster
Probe Basic's strength comes from the built in probing routines. That's why people have wanted to use it. From Andy's list, the only configs that have similar features to probe basic are those in QtDragon. QtDragon has the additional advantage of having substantial documentation. QtDragon XYZ has

Re: [Emc-developers] probe_basic -

2023-04-18 Thread andy pugh
On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 at 09:52, Steffen Möller wrote: > Hello, > on > https://www.facebook.com/groups/1887325441579936/posts/3264707197175080/ > someone reported difficulties to get probe_basic to run because the > auto-triggered attempt to install dependencies via pip had failed. Is there > an

Re: [Emc-developers] probe_basic -

2023-04-18 Thread Rod Webster
QTPYVCP and probe basic were broken due to upstream changes that prevent the use of pip to install local modules unless running from a python virtual environment (venv). The QTPYVCP section of the forum has instructions as sticky posts on how to install probe basic and the QTPYVCP both as a user

Re: [Emc-developers] probe_basic -

2023-04-18 Thread Chris Morley
Probe_basic is an independent project, not part of linuxcnc. I think it would be best to report problems to them directly. Chatgpt is a weird way to look for information about linuxcnc IMHO and I don't think it gave good answers. There are probing screens mostly based on an outside linuxcnc

Re: [Emc-developers] probe_basic -

2023-04-18 Thread gene heskett
On 4/18/23 04:50, Steffen Möller wrote: Hello, on https://www.facebook.com/groups/1887325441579936/posts/3264707197175080/ someone reported difficulties to get probe_basic to run because the auto-triggered attempt to install dependencies via pip had failed. Is there an alternative to

[Emc-developers] probe_basic -

2023-04-18 Thread Steffen Möller
Hello, on https://www.facebook.com/groups/1887325441579936/posts/3264707197175080/ someone reported difficulties to get probe_basic to run because the auto-triggered attempt to install dependencies via pip had failed. Is there an alternative to probe_basic that is shipping as part of the