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Format and type of data passed to Mesa Control Card from LCNC?
13 Mar 2023 17:21 #266575
by PCW
Replied by PCW on topic Format and type of data passed to Mesa Control Card from LCNC?
The LBP16 protocol is documented in the manual for any Mesa Ethernet card.
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14 Mar 2023 23:12 #266712
by Cyber
Replied by Cyber on topic Format and type of data passed to Mesa Control Card from LCNC?
I'm using Pathpilot /Tormach xsTech router, the board on it called "Torstep". is their any difference between mesa and Torstep? how to know if Torstep uses lbp16 protocol for communication with Pathpilot controller?
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15 Mar 2023 00:04 - 15 Mar 2023 00:05 #266716
by PCW
Replied by PCW on topic Format and type of data passed to Mesa Control Card from LCNC?
I don't know if Torstep uses LBP16 or not...
You would probably have to look at the driver source to find out.
You would probably have to look at the driver source to find out.
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17 Mar 2023 16:40 #266922
by rene-dev
Replied by rene-dev on topic Format and type of data passed to Mesa Control Card from LCNC?
controlling the card directly from ros is a bad idea. ros is not realtime capable, and has no concept of safety. Instead I reccomend using a hal ros bridge: github.com/tormach/hal_ros_control
this allows you to use any hardware with a hal driver, like mesa or ethercat. And you can implement additional logic in hal, that is executed independent of ros.
this allows you to use any hardware with a hal driver, like mesa or ethercat. And you can implement additional logic in hal, that is executed independent of ros.
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17 Mar 2023 16:42 #266924
by rene-dev
Replied by rene-dev on topic Format and type of data passed to Mesa Control Card from LCNC?
the torstep board uses the normal hostmot2 driver.
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20 Mar 2023 16:35 #267164
by Cyber
Replied by Cyber on topic Format and type of data passed to Mesa Control Card from LCNC?
Hi,
Thank you for replying, do you know if there is any lbp16 decoder? I need to understand the data that is transferred between the PathPilot controller and the xsTech router. I used the Wireshark to capture the packets.
Thank you for replying, do you know if there is any lbp16 decoder? I need to understand the data that is transferred between the PathPilot controller and the xsTech router. I used the Wireshark to capture the packets.
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20 Mar 2023 16:44 #267165
by rene-dev
Replied by rene-dev on topic Format and type of data passed to Mesa Control Card from LCNC?
Like I said, it uses the hm2_eth driver(just like mesa cards), which you can find in the linuxcnc src. you will not be able to control it form ros, as realtime is required.
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20 Mar 2023 16:54 #267166
by Cyber
Replied by Cyber on topic Format and type of data passed to Mesa Control Card from LCNC?
thank you for the response, I'm not trying to control the card I'm trying to understand the communication between the controller and the card for a research purposes. I'm doing a research in PP and CNC machines. Do you have any idea how can I get more knowledge about the data been transferred among the communication?
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20 Mar 2023 17:03 #267170
by rene-dev
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27 Mar 2023 11:18 #267593
by andypugh
Replied by andypugh on topic Format and type of data passed to Mesa Control Card from LCNC?
For your purposes that regmap file is probably OK, though it is fairly old and lacks some of the newer modules.
The latest version can be found at freeby.mesanet.com/regmap
The latest version can be found at freeby.mesanet.com/regmap
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