![]() I installed remote desktop, which is used to admin Linuxcnc from my main windows PC. Open up a terminal window so various command lines to configure Linux can be done. When it finished installation, reboot and login with your username and password. Make sure network cable is connected to the PC so the DHCP networking configuration can be automatically setup. ![]() It will prompt you for various settings but the defaults worked fine. ![]() Install Linuxcnc by booting from DVD and choose the version to install to the hard drive. A old Dell Q6600 desktop with 4gb memory worked just fine. Linuxcnc doesn’t require a very fast computer since all the precise step timing generation is done by the Mesa board. The current version is Debian 10 Buster PREEMPT-RT 2.8.2. The actual Linuxcnc box sits across the room on another bench.įirst step is to download the latest Linuxcnc ISO and burn it to DVDROM. I didn’t want a plug in PCI slot version since the controller can now sit on my workbench for testing purposes. The 7i92 is one of Mesa’s least expensive controllers ($89) that has ethernet capability. Time to try Linuxcnc again and these are the steps to setup and configure Linuxcnc on a PC. I used Linuxcnc about 15 years ago but eventually replaced it with Mach3 and UCCNC. I recently purchased a Mesa 7i92 ethernet cnc controller for a new machine build.
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