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09 Jul 2015 15:01 #60536 by KobeYang
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Hello all,
I use Linuxcnc with Mesa hostmot 4i65 card.Now I need more signals into Linuxcnc.But the 4i65 I/O has been full used.Can I use another 4i65 card as a GPIO card?
Thanks.

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10 Jul 2015 01:24 #60543 by PCW
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yes
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13 Jul 2015 07:46 #60607 by KobeYang
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Thank you ,Peter.
Could you tell me which I would to do the changes?Modify the configure / source files or both? thanks a lot.

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13 Jul 2015 11:31 #60609 by PCW
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You would need to edit the hal file and add the additional configuration
information for the second card (the hostmot2 manual page has an example configuration string for 2 cards)
Also the second 4I65 card needs to be set for a different slot number that the original card via the on card jumpers

The prefix of pin and parameter names of the second card will be hm2_4i65.1.xxxxxxxxxxx.
One somewhat awkward thing about using 2 PCI cards is determining which is which...

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