Brother TC-211

Anyone have any ideas why Linux cnc won't stay up after running through the pncconfig wizard?.

If linuxcnc wont start with a particular hal/ini file set,
you have to look at the error messages to determine
the cause.

Usually the hal line number and offending
statement are printed

When I start Linux cnc and select the file I would like to use the config file I made is there. When I go and select it the ok button doors not light up. I don't get far enough to get an error message

Ok my Mistake again. Opened it up and got it to start sort of. A bunch of errors but have not replaced the 264v field power. I just got a new transformer for it and a few diodes to create an ac to dc bridge rectifier. I hope it works this time.

One more question for the experts. Do the servos and motors have to be powered up on start up our can I start them after Linux is started

Rather than hope I really would suggest just buying an actual DC power supply. Something like: www.ebay.com/itm/New-24V-DC-6A-145W-Regu...&hash=item1e5feda61f

Absolutely, unless you know what you are doing I would not build a power supply

Also whats wrong with using the existing 24V from the brother machine?

One very basic note if you make your own PS from a transformer, you want about a
18VAC transformer (24VAC is way too high ) And you need a filter capacitor

Ok got 24v dc for testing and initial start up. I will get the 24v from the machine when everything is ironed out. After the last little bang I want to make sure that it doesn't blow anything in the machine its self. (very expansive parts)

so I started linux with field power on, machine off and got the following error message

Print file information:
RUN_IN_PLACE=no
LINUXCNC_DIR=
LINUXCNC_BIN_DIR=/usr/bin
LINUXCNC_TCL_DIR=/usr/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc
LINUXCNC_SCRIPT_DIR=
LINUXCNC_RTLIB_DIR=/usr/realtime-2.6.32-122-rtai/modules/linuxcnc
LINUXCNC_CONFIG_DIR=
LINUXCNC_LANG_DIR=/usr/share/linuxcnc/tcl/msgs
INIVAR=inivar
HALCMD=halcmd
LINUXCNC_EMCSH=/usr/bin/wish8.5
LINUXCNC - 2.5.4
Machine configuration directory is '/home/mark/linuxcnc/configs/Brother_TC-211'
Machine configuration file is 'Brother_TC-211.ini'
INIFILE=/home/mark/linuxcnc/configs/Brother_TC-211/Brother_TC-211.ini
PARAMETER_FILE=linuxcnc.var
TASK=milltask
HALUI=halui
DISPLAY=axis
Starting LinuxCNC...
Starting LinuxCNC server program: linuxcncsvr
Loading Real Time OS, RTAPI, and HAL_LIB modules
Starting LinuxCNC IO program: io
Starting HAL User Interface program: halui
Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC...
Running HAL shutdown script
Killing task linuxcncsvr, PID=2079
Removing HAL_LIB, RTAPI, and Real Time OS modules
Removing NML shared memory segments
Cleanup done

Debug file information:
Can not find -sec MOT -var MOT -num 1
Can not find -sec IO -var IO -num 1
Can not find -sec LINUXCNC -var NML_FILE -num 1
Can not find -sec EMC -var NML_FILE -num 1
insmod: error inserting '/usr/realtime-2.6.32-122-rtai/modules/linuxcnc/hm2_pci.ko': -1 Invalid parameters
Brother_TC-211.hal:9: exit value: 1
Brother_TC-211.hal:9: insmod failed, returned -1
See the output of 'dmesg' for more information.
2079
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
Stopping realtime threads
Unloading hal components

Kernel message information:
[10470.271179] I-pipe: Domain RTAI registered.
[10470.271208] RTAI[hal]: <3.8.1> mounted over IPIPE-NOTHREADS 2.6-03.
[10470.271214] RTAI[hal]: compiled with gcc version 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) .
[10470.271231] RTAI[hal]: mounted (IPIPE-NOTHREADS, IMMEDIATE (INTERNAL IRQs DISPATCHED), ISOL_CPUS_MASK: 0).
[10470.271237] PIPELINE layers:
[10470.271244] e22c1e20 9ac15d93 RTAI 200
[10470.271250] c085cb20 0 Linux 100
[10470.344549] RTAI[malloc]: global heap size = 2097152 bytes, <BSD>.
[10470.345101] RTAI[sched]: IMMEDIATE, MP, USER/KERNEL SPACE: <with RTAI OWN KTASKs>, kstacks pool size = 524288 bytes.
[10470.345115] RTAI[sched]: hard timer type/freq = APIC/6264188(Hz); default timing: periodic; linear timed lists.
[10470.345123] RTAI[sched]: Linux timer freq = 250 (Hz), TimeBase freq = 1202740000 hz.
[10470.345130] RTAI[sched]: timer setup = 999 ns, resched latency = 2944 ns.
[10470.345412] RTAI[usi]: enabled.
[10470.579036] RTAI[math]: loaded.
[10470.811715] hm2: loading Mesa HostMot2 driver version 0.15
[10470.823629] hm2_pci: loading Mesa AnyIO HostMot2 driver version 0.7
[10470.823730] hm2_pci 0000:01:09.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[10470.823739] hm2_pci: discovered 5i25 at 0000:01:09.0
[10470.825840] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Smart Serial Firmware Version 43
[10470.919692] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Smart serial card 7i77.0.0 error = (28) Over Voltage
[10470.919711] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Smart serial card 7i77.0.0 error = (15) Communication Not Ready
[10470.919723] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Smart serial card 7i77.0.0 error = (13) Communication error
[10470.919734] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Smart serial card 7i77.0.0 error = (8) Remote fault
[10470.919746] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Smart serial card 7i77.0.0 error = (7) Too many errors
[10470.919757] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Smart serial card 7i77.0.0 error = (6) Remote Fault
[10470.919770] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: failed to parse Module Descriptor 4
[10470.919790] hm2_5i25.0: board fails HM2 registration
[10470.919827] hm2_pci 0000:01:09.0: PCI INT A disabled
[10470.919866] hm2_pci: probe of 0000:01:09.0 failed with error -22
[10471.613777] hm2: unloading
[10471.756925] RTAI[math]: unloaded.
[10471.924199] SCHED releases registered named ALIEN RTGLBH
[10471.942167] RTAI[malloc]: unloaded.
[10472.040032] RTAI[sched]: unloaded (forced hard/soft/hard transitions: traps 0, syscalls 0).
[10472.050048] I-pipe: Domain RTAI unregistered.
[10472.050072] RTAI[hal]: unmounted.



Any thoughts ideas or advice helpful

I am hesitant to start the machine itself in case of a run away servo motor at this time. They have not been tuned yet.

You have too high of a field voltage ( greater than 32V)

This is likely to damage the 7I77 card or things you connect to it

My field voltage is 22 volts