If your controller is 'dead' (broken, not working) without the specific offline option enabled, no, you can do nothing. HOWEVER, at least with my controller, I can boot up the controller, home the machine with Pcdmis, then I can shut off the controller and work in offline mode. If I close Pcdmis, then I would have to reboot the controller again to start Pcdmis...
If your controller is 'dead' (broken, not working) without the specific offline option enabled, no, you can do nothing. HOWEVER, at least with my controller, I can boot up the controller, home the machine with Pcdmis, then I can shut off the controller and work in offline mode. If I close Pcdmis, then I would have to reboot the controller again to start Pcdmis...
