7i96 Configuration Tool

The install and usage instructions are in the documents
jethornton.github.io/7i96/install.html

It looks like you downloaded a zip, no idea where that might get installed. But if that way works you open a terminal and type in 7i96.

JT

BigJohnT wrote: The install and usage instructions are in the documents
jethornton.github.io/7i96/install.html

John, thanks ! those instruction were so much better, worked like a charm.

Earlier I followed a readme file on github, might have been an old repository or something.

FWIW I still could not launch from my home directory. I had to enable "show hidden files and folders" hunt down the install directory and setup a desktop link to the 7i96 file.

Other than that I'm good to go, thanks again!

If your using debian 9 you need to add the .xsessionrc file so your path is known. If you did that and did not log out or reboot it will not work until you do.

JT

This is probably more a Linux question but related to the tool.

I have the 7i96 Tool running and communicating with my 7i96 card. The problem is I can't seem to save my configuration. I try Save As and in the terminal I give it a name, enter, and nothing happens. Simply using Save and nothing happens. I checked the \config directory and no file. The path field is grey'd out, not sure if you can edit this.

Am I running into some permission level issue? I'm a Linux newbee also.

I'm not sure where the configuration tool writes its output, have you tried running it in
~/linuxcnc/configs/
?

(just in case it writes its output to the current directory)

Sorry I should have removed the non functioning menu items. You need to press Build Configuration button to check the configuration for errors then build and save the configuration to linuxcnc/configs/nameofconfig. You can also press the Check Configuration button at any time and see if you have any missing entries.

JT