Moving config to new pc

What config files do I need for moving my configuration to a new pc. I am just using axis with xyz and steppers and a PP.

I would like to port total config if possible. Thanks Clive

I hope that I do not miss anything, but you need:

HAL file
INI file
Tooltable file

This is assuming that you did not add any panels, or if you only have a single HAL file.

emcPT wrote:

I hope that I do not miss anything, but you need:

HAL file
INI file
Tooltable file

This is assuming that you did not add any panels, or if you only have a single HAL file.

Thanks I did set up a new mill config with stepconfig and then copied the .ini and .hal files over into the (new mil)l directory and then renamed them to suite.

But when I viewed them with stepconfig it did not show how the pins were setup.

Am I missing something? Clive

What config files do I need for moving my configuration to a new pc. I am just using axis with xyz and steppers and a PP.

I would like to port total config if possible. Thanks Clive

All you need to do is copy your entire /home/yourname/linuxcnc folder onto a USB stick and copy it into your new home folder

The only problem you should get is if some hardware is different, eg the parport addresses are not the same

The base computer parport is universally 0x378, (sometimes 0x278), but a PCI card will have different port addresses in different machines,
even different linux distro versions, so needs checking carefully from the lspci -vv output

You don't need to use stepconf again, just put the hal file in an editor and change the port numbers in the
loadrt hal_parport line, if required

regards