7i96S card arrived what setup is recomended

Mesa 7i85 should be for 4 encoders, not sure as there is also a 7i85S and they are not the same as far as i recall.
If you need more, Mesa 7i77 is good for 6 encoders although it does have 6 analog outputs that you do not need, so there might be something better.

Unless you have separate linear encoders, you do not need
any additional encoder inputs.

It is not recommended to connect to the drives encoder pins.

PCW wrote:

It is not recommended to connect to the drives encoder pins.

Probably should have mentioned that!
Thank you PCW.

i am planing to use ENCY Encoder Y adapter
store.mesanet.com/index.php?route=produc...oduct&product_id=304

I still recommend against connection to drive encoder input pins
This compromises grounding (because on inexpensive drives, encoder ground
is power ground) and has no real benefits.

If you have separate linear encoders, adding LinuxCNC encoder
feedback to a step/direction system has some benefits.

Hello!
Not really understand the analog output use...
Need I update the fw of the card to 7i96s_d to use the analog output?
Or I can just add the needed lines to my ini and hal file?
Can someone tell me what lines to add?
Or give me a link please if it was described somewhere.
Somewhere i saw

PCW post=244059 userid=481
Unfortunately there's a fair amount of "boilerplate" missing
(the Spindle PID setup for example)

To set up really basic operation (ignoring the ini file values and the PID), at the minimum,
you need to setup and connect PWMGen 00:

setp hm2_7i96s.0.pwmgen.00.scale 24000
setp hm2_7i96s.0.pwmgen.00.pwm_frequency 5000
setp hm2_7i96s.0.pwmgen.00.output_type 1

net spindle-vel-cmd-rpm-abs hm2_7i96s.0.pwmgen.00.value
net spindle-on spindle.0.on
net spindle-on hm2_7i96s.0.pwmgen.00.enable

You probably also need to connect the signal "spindle-on"
to a 7I96S isolated output:

net spindle-on hm2_7i96s.0.outm.00.out-04


 

May be there are an instruction or manual
Mesa 7i96s
1) Debian 10 Buster (LCNC 2.8.2 update to 2.9 master)
2) Mesaflash 3.4.3
3) Firmware - if needed.
4) Add lines to ini/hal file to use the spindle analog output.

First 2 i have already done.
The card can connect, set up all outputs axis an the 6 SSR.
The spindle analog left...
Internal               33   IOPort       SSR              0        AC Ref          (Out)