The Point n Click Configurator covers Mesa cards and parallel port stepper configurations. If you have a simple parallel port stepper machine the StepConf Wizard might be a better choice. The Point n Click Configurator can generate some advanced configurations without knowing anything about HAL.

Start the PnCConf program from the CNC menu or from a terminal window with pncconf. For more information on the terminal window see the Linux FAQ section.

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Figure 1. PnCConf Splash

1. Basic Machine Information

Machine Name

What you want to call your machine and must not have any spaces.

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Figure 2. PnCConf Basic

2. GUI Configuration

Here you can select from different GUI’s and options for each one.

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Figure 3. GUI Configuration

3. Mesa Configuration

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Figure 4. Mesa Configuration

4. Mesa I/O Setup

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Figure 5. Mesa I/O C2
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Figure 6. Mesa I/O C3
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Figure 7. Mesa I/O C4

5. Axis Configuration

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Figure 8. Axis Drive Configuration
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Figure 9. Axis Configuration

6. Advanced Options

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Figure 10. Advanced Options

7. HAL Components

On this page you can add additional HAL components you might need.

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Figure 11. HAL Components