Can I use 7i96s with LCNC 2.8

That is correct, the firmware hostmot name field is only 4 char but is unused
by LinuxCNC.

The actual name used in LinuxCNC is the Ethernet card name which is 7I96S.

The spindle interface uses "local" pins that are not currently listed by Mesaflash.

Local pins differ from normal pins in that they do not have a GPIO function,
and are only used locally on boards (not on expansion I/O connectors)
 

SSR is Solid State Relay

I would like ask you:
- what InM mean?
- what OutM mean?

Input Module, Output Module

These are described in the (2.9) hostmot2 manual page

InM
linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/man/man9/ho...ml#inm%20and%20inmux
WOW it looks good

OutM
linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/man/man9/ho...le%20output%20module
what NNTH mean?
Google found only en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_needed_to_harm
What is different between "GPIO output", SSR and OutM?

InM and OutM probably won't be friends with hostmot2 (2.8)? What about PWM and hostmot2 (2.8)?

OutM is the only module _not_ supported by 2,8,
but you could work around this by using GPIO

OutM is basically just for convenience:

1. Unlike GPIO, it needs no setup to use as output
2. Allows renumbering (so 7I96S outputs 4 and 5 are OutM 04 and 05
not some random GPIO number)

SSR is for AC (transformer) coupled SSR circuits

NNth is like Nth but for 2 digit N's

I am studying how adding cards to pncconf works. I decided to decode the 7i96 card.

File /home/zdenek/linuxcnc/linuxcnc-2.8/src/emc/usr_intf/pncconf/private_data.py:
 
I don't know where the data comes from to verify if it will be the same for the 7i96s.
max GPIO
low frequency rate
hi frequency rate

I couldn't decode the number behind the pin name in the list of component. I only found it called "logical number"

If InM and OutM can be controlled as GPIOs, I can't find a reason why 7i96s can't be added to pncconf 2.8 . The only thing that won't work are the InM improvements over the GPIO. Which would be acceptable to me.
 

When trying to flash the 7i96s I get the following error mesaflash --device 7i96s --addr 10.10.10.10 --write 7i96s_5abobd.bin
Checking file... Invalid bitfile header!
I have mesaflash version 3.4.0 and I understand that version 3.4.2 should be used but I don't know how to obtain it.

COFHAL wrote:

When trying to flash the 7i96s I get the following error mesaflash --device 7i96s --addr 10.10.10.10 --write 7i96s_5abobd.bin
Checking file... Invalid bitfile header!
I have mesaflash version 3.4.0 and I understand that version 3.4.2 should be used but I don't know how to obtain it.

github.com/LinuxCNC/mesaflash

The 7I96S needs mesaflash 3.4.3

The latest mesaflash is here:

github.com/LinuxCNC/mesaflash

(scroll down for build instructions)

The GPIO (SB 51) and clocklow (SB 100) data are not correct for the 7I96
(so are probably not terribly important)