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19 Sep 2014 20:41 - 19 Sep 2014 20:46 #51346 by Nick
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Hi!

I've got 7i73 with older firmware, so I tried to flash it. Unfortunately with no luck.

What I've done:

1. got the sserral.zip here www.mesanet.com/software/parallel/sserial.zip
2. found readme, that talks about different update scripts, but no scripts.
3. found some hal files, one of them seems to be just for 7i73
loadrt hostmot2 sserial_baudrate=115200
loadrt hm2_pci  
loadrt setsserial cmd="flash hm2_5i25.0.7i73.0.2 hm2/sserial/7I73R14.BIN"
exit
4. moved firmware bin file to /lib/firmwares/hm2
5. have connected 7i73 through 7i74 to 5i25.
6. and now the problem comes - if I put 7i73 to config mode (both W5 and W6 up) then I'm starting to get error after loading hm2_pci
and in operational mode I cannot flash the card. See dmesg output at the bottom

What should I do to flash the 7i73?
[  913.156375] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Chan 7. Baudrate set to 115200
[  913.163274] Setup mode
[  913.163277] found a 7I73
[  913.163348] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Setup mode, creating no pins for smart-serial channel hm2_5i25.0.7i73.1.1
[  913.165945] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Smart serial card hm2_5i25.0.7i73.1.1 error = (15) Communication Not Ready
[  913.165949] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Smart serial card hm2_5i25.0.7i73.1.1 error = (14) No Remote ID
[  913.165952] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Smart serial card hm2_5i25.0.7i73.1.1 error = (13) Communication error
[  913.165955] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Smart serial card hm2_5i25.0.7i73.1.1 error = (8) Remote fault
[  913.165958] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Smart serial card hm2_5i25.0.7i73.1.1 error = (7) Too many errors
[  913.165961] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Smart serial card hm2_5i25.0.7i73.1.1 error = (3) Timeout
[  913.166831] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: 34 I/O Pins used:
[  913.166834] hm2/hm2_5i25.0:     IO Pin 000 (P3-01): IOPort
[  913.166837] hm2/hm2_5i25.0:     IO Pin 001 (P3-14): IOPort

====================

[  913.166923] hm2/hm2_5i25.0:     IO Pin 033 (P2-13): IOPort
[  913.166956] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: registered
[  913.166958] hm2_5i25.0: initialized AnyIO board at 0000:04:00.0
[  913.170647] flash command
[  913.174379] Firmware size 0xa800
[  913.229008] setup start: data_reg readback = 2
[  913.229012] Remote failed to start
[  913.229030] Firmware Flash Failed



The code to burn
cnc@cnc-1740:~$ halrun 
halcmd: loadrt hostmot2 sserial_baudrate=115200
halcmd: loadrt hm2_pci  config="sserial_port_0=xxxxxxxx sserial_port_1=x0xxxxxx "
halcmd: loadrt setsserial cmd="flash hm2_5i25.0.7i73.1.1 hm2/7I73R14.BIN"
Error: could not insert module /usr/realtime-3.4-9-rtai-686-pae/modules/linuxcnc/setsserial.ko: Operation not permitted
<stdin>:3: exit value: 1
<stdin>:3: insmod failed, returned -1
See the output of 'dmesg' for more information.


PS I've got two ( one red and one green) leds on in setup mode on my 7i73.
Last edit: 19 Sep 2014 20:46 by Nick.

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19 Sep 2014 21:54 #51347 by PCW
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I have added the missing updatess script to sserial.zip

I suspect your issue is that channel number is not right

Try the updatess script with the correct channel number
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19 Sep 2014 23:43 #51356 by Nick
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So that 7i73's pins do not appear in halcmd show after hm2_pci is loaded is normal behaviour?

And this errors are fine?
[ 913.165961] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Smart serial card hm2_5i25.0.7i73.1.1 error = (3) Timeout


PS How to determine sschanel? I've determined it by iterating sserial_port_0=x1xxxxxx placing 1 to different places and found that only sserial_port_1=x0xxxxxx 7i73 appears in hal or dmesg.

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20 Sep 2014 00:07 - 20 Sep 2014 00:09 #51357 by PCW
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The ss channel is in the hal pin name if you have not changed the
7I73 serial port connections

you can determine the overall firmware pinout by running
sudo mesaflash --device cardname --readhmid

fetch the latest at:
github.com/micges/mesaflash

There may be an issue with flashing remote ss devices on
the second port (the script certainly assumes port 0)
so I would connect the 7I73 to port 0

(you current connection is port1 channel 1)

also you dont need to iterate, sserial_port_0=00000000, sserial_port_1=00000000 will enable everything

and yes in setup mode, no hal pins are created


btw I will be unavailable till Monday afternoon so if you cannot resolve the issue,
we may need to continue on Monday or Tuesday next week
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20 Sep 2014 00:13 #51358 by Nick
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In ssinstall there are
sudo mkdir /bin/firmware/hm2/sserial
sudo mv *.BIN /bin/firmware/hm2/sserial/

Should not they be /lib instead of /bin?

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20 Sep 2014 00:58 #51360 by Nick
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Another strange thing, 7i73 always appears as
hm2_5i25.0.7i73.1.0 or hm2_5i25.0.7i73.1.N
but newer hm2_5i25.0.7i73.0.0

no mater where 7i74 is plugged in P1 or P2 of the 5i25.

Right now if i try new script dmesg says^
[ 194.458101] Unable to find sserial remote corresponding to hm2_5i25.0.7i73.0.0
which is reasonable, because 7i73 is on 1 not 0.

If I try old way throught hal and sserial with correct 7i73.1.0, dmesg says

[  535.182957] hm2_5i25.0: initialized AnyIO board at 0000:04:00.0
[  537.798823] flash command
[  537.801693] Firmware size 0xa800
[  537.856322] setup start: data_reg readback = 1
[  537.856326] Remote failed to start
[  537.856344] Firmware Flash Failed

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20 Sep 2014 01:06 - 21 Sep 2014 17:49 #51361 by Nick
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I've did it!!!
Sorry we have did it :)

I've changed 7i74 connection to P1 of 5i25 once again and finally got 7i73 flashed!

Thank you very much!
[   86.727987] flash command
[   86.731758] Firmware size 0xa800
[   86.738593] setup start: data_reg readback = 0
[   86.740030] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Write Size = 100, Erase Size = 800
[   86.740396] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Skipped Block 1
[   86.740401] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Skipped Block 2
[   86.740405] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Skipped Block 3
[   86.765578] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Erased block 4
[   87.083992] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Wrote block 4
[   87.109168] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Erased block 5
[   87.427574] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Wrote block 5
[   87.452746] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Erased block 6
[   87.771142] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Wrote block 6
[   87.796314] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Erased block 7
[   88.114702] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Wrote block 7
[   88.139872] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Erased block 8
[   88.458259] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Wrote block 8
[   88.483437] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Erased block 9
[   88.801831] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Wrote block 9
[   88.826999] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Erased block 10
[   89.145412] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Wrote block 10
[   89.170584] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Erased block 11
[   89.488967] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Wrote block 11
[   89.514138] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Erased block 12
[   89.832549] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Wrote block 12
[   89.857723] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Erased block 13
[   90.176153] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Wrote block 13
[   90.201328] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Erased block 14
[   90.519769] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Wrote block 14
[   90.544951] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Erased block 15
[   90.863378] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Wrote block 15
[   90.888553] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Erased block 16
[   91.206967] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Wrote block 16
[   91.232141] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Erased block 17
[   91.550564] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Wrote block 17
[   91.575732] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Erased block 18
[   91.894155] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Wrote block 18
[   91.919332] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Erased block 19
[   92.237744] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Wrote block 19
[   92.262923] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Erased block 20
[   92.581344] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Wrote block 20
[   92.581359] Firmware Flash Success
Last edit: 21 Sep 2014 17:49 by Nick.

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