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 my vote and I hope to install it and get its probing features working over the next few weeks when some hardware arrives.
Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 at 20:24, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 at 09:52, Steffen Möller <steffen_moel...@gmx.de> > 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 probe_basic that is shipping as part of the regular > > LinuxCNC setup? > > > The first thing to consider is that "probe basic" is not a probing script. > This makes the Chat GPT answer pretty much useless. > > Probe Basic is a complete user interface written in QtPyVCP. Neither Probe > Basic nor QtPyVCP (not to be confused with QtVCP) are part of the LinuxCNC > project. > > So, alternatives to Probe Basic include: > > > - AXIS, Keyboard GUI <http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.9/html/gui/axis.html> > - GMOCCAPY, Touchscreen GUI > <http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.9/html/gui/gmoccapy.html> > - Touchy, Touchscreen GUI > <http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.9/html/gui/touchy.html> > - Gscreen, Customizable Touchscreen GUI > <http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.9/html/gui/gscreen.html> > - QtDragon, Customizable Qt based GUI > <http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.9/html/gui/qtdragon.html> > - NGCGUI, Subroutine GUI > <http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.9/html/gui/ngcgui.html> > - TkLinuxCNC, (no opengl) GUI > <http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.9/html/gui/tklinuxcnc.html> > - QtPlasmaC, A Complete Plasma Cutting Configuration > <http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.9/html/plasma/qtplasmac.html> > - MDRO, A Display for Digital Read Out scales > <http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.9/html/gui/mdro.html> > > > (ie, ,any other user interface) > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed > for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
