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Note: Universal Configurator Onluy Works on LinuxCNC 2.6 on Ubuntu 10

This script will reconfigure the LinuxCNC software to add or remove features on your machine and has additional functionality to manage the most common problems in the hopes of maximizing uptime on your machine. Follow the on screen prompts carefully, but do not worry if you make a mistake as you can simply re-run the script to correct any errors. Before starting you will need:

• Download the Configurator: Configurator-Universal-4.7.zip - last updated 2020-10-02
• Minimum 8GB USB thumb drive (freshly formatted as FAT32).

Getting Started

1. Copy the Configurator-Universal-4.7.zip file to the USB thumb drive.
2. Insert the thumb drive into the LinuxCNC PC. After a few seconds a window will pop up displaying the contents of the thumb drive. Right click on the Configurator-Universal-4.7.zip file and choose the "Extract Here" option. Do NOT copy this to the desktop!
3. Double-click on the newly created Configurator-Universal-4.7 folder to open.
4. Find and double-click on the probotix.sh file.
5. A dialog will pop up and ask you what you want to do with the file. Chose the "Run in Terminal" option.
6. Follow the prompts