Mesa

There's probably a way to do this but is pretty hacky:

1. Write Tormach 1100 compatible firmware to the 7I92T
(should not be a big deal)
2. Disable the part of Tormachs startup script that updates the firmware

3. Change the 7I92t name to  7I92
(there's a utility to change Mesa Ethernet card names)

Now PathPilot will think you have a 7I92

Sounds easy. I don't know how to do any of that!


I don't think Pathpilot cares that it's a TH is the lights on the 7i92 indicate that it's trying to connect to the Tormach board when Pathpilot starts up - so it may just be steps 1 and 2.

Bringing this back up as I'm striking out with Tormach. Their response when I asked if they'd be supporting the new cards was basically "we only support the card we sell on our website", which the best I can tell is just a 7i92 in a fancy enclosure....that they sell for 3x the price of a Unless they have an absolute ton of those on hand, I would assume they're going to have to write in support for the T cards soon than later.

So I'm stuck trying force the T card to work, or spending another $300+ on the "correct" card from Tormach an then I'm stuck with the $130 t card that I really don't have a use for. Entirely my fault for not doing the research, but still annoying.

So what would it take for an idiot that can barely make his way through linuxcnc to learn how to write the firmware, disable the PP update script, etc. and make this work? Is there anyone in the community that does this kind of thing for a little beer money?

Let me see if there are any 7i92 blems in the junk box...

Found one with bad I/O (pin 13)  on P1 but Tormach only uses P2:

store.mesanet.com/index.php?route=produc...t_id=411&search=7i92
 

You rock!