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6 years 4 months ago #173040 by LearningLinuxCNC
Replied by LearningLinuxCNC on topic Tormach 1100MX???

gerritv wrote: The 1100MX's ECM1 still uses hm2_eth driver and .bit files. The related .hal file has the word 'clearpath' in it and still uses Step/Dir signals. I can't imagine them leaving hm2_eth behind given the effort required to write a new driver and all the related work. They have a lot invested in PathPilot enhancements to LinuxCNC.
The Clearpath motors will be SDSK series as they use step/dir (i.e. a direct replacment for the original steppers)

A bit more from Tormach: tormach.com/bundle-1100m-servo-upgrade-kit.html and tormach.com/ecm1v15-replacement-kit-1100m-and-770m-39718.html


Excellent information. Thanks for the information. That sounds like it should be pretty simple to get the 5 axis going using another mesa Ethernet card on a different address than the Tormach interface. I was considering using the clear path motors for the 4th and 5th axis setup. This will make a good overall combined unit.

I will make another post to document the progress for this project. I will probably implement it on my current mill first and once the proof of concept is done move it to a Tormach machine.

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6 years 4 months ago #173043 by blazini36
Replied by blazini36 on topic Tormach 1100MX???
Any info on the source of the bitfiles? The pinfile will show if a smart serial channel is to be built. It's a little tricky to tell if SS is built because halcmd doesn't show it's pins. The terminal will print a smart serial version but I'm not quite sure if that only happens when the firmware module is detected. Does the hal or ini file configure a smart serial channel?

That square black square underneath the rj45 port the use to connect the "controller" looks suspiciously like an unshielded RJ45 that would typically be used for smart serial.

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6 years 4 months ago #173045 by gerritv
Replied by gerritv on topic Tormach 1100MX???
The PathPilot update files are on their web site. There are instructions on this forum for deciphering them. Although the .bit file souce is not there, the hal and ini files are. Which should get you a long way to answering your questions.

There are 3 pins related to RJ45 ilisted in the hal file.

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6 years 4 months ago #173047 by blazini36
Replied by blazini36 on topic Tormach 1100MX???

gerritv wrote: The PathPilot update files are on their web site. There are instructions on this forum for deciphering them. Although the .bit file souce is not there, the hal and ini files are. Which should get you a long way to answering your questions.

There are 3 pins related to RJ45 ilisted in the hal file.


I dug into it a bit, I didn't find the means to open tormachs update file here but it's easily found elsewhere.

The hal file for the MX is amazingly descriptive, it even includes the full pinfile configuration in comments. RJ45 is referenced to connector J11 which the diagram on the upgrade doc ignores so it must be that black connector. the 3 pins are connected as IO so I suppose they intended to use something like the serport component for it.

Since it's exposed to the FPGA it certainly could be used for smartserial by changing it in the pinfile for the tx and rx pins to use the SS module. SS is RS422, the rj45 can currently be wired any way. The chip near the rj45 port is likely an rs485/422 transciever and I'll bet there's some means like a jumper or something to change the mode. If I had a tormach I'd be hacking that thing. I don't believe Mesa sells a smart serial remote card with stepgens dedicated.

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5 years 4 months ago - 5 years 4 months ago #212663 by LearningLinuxCNC
Replied by LearningLinuxCNC on topic Tormach 1100MX???
Time goes by and. . . There is a Tormach 1100M setting in my shop ready to be converted into a 5 axis machine.

I am trying to figure out how to work with the Tormach EMC1 board and LinuxCNC. This board does not want to play well with LinuxCNC out of the box.

It does use hostmot2 and hm2_eth to connect. However they are special versions of the files to make it work correctly. In the tormach files there are versions of both of these files that are much larger than the ones installed by linuxcnc.

If I use the vanilla linuxcnc versions of the files then I get the following when I try to run a config that connects to the Tormach ECM1 board.
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Error report created by /usr/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc/show_errors.tcl: 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/lib/linuxcnc/modules LINUXCNC_CONFIG_DIR= LINUXCNC_LANG_DIR=/usr/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc/msgs INIVAR=inivar HALCMD=halcmd LINUXCNC_EMCSH=/usr/bin/wish8.6 LINUXCNC - 2.8.1 Machine configuration directory is '/home/operator/linuxcnc/configs/tormach' Machine configuration file is 'gmoccapy_Tormach_XYZAB.ini' INIFILE=/home/operator/linuxcnc/configs/tormach/gmoccapy_Tormach_XYZAB.ini VERSION=1.1 PARAMETER_FILE=sim.var TASK=milltask HALUI=halui DISPLAY=gmoccapy COORDINATES=X Y Z A B KINEMATICS=trivkins coordinates=xyzab Starting LinuxCNC... Starting LinuxCNC server program: linuxcncsvr Loading Real Time OS, RTAPI, and HAL_LIB modules Starting LinuxCNC IO program: io emc/iotask/ioControl.cc 702: can't load tool table. Starting HAL User Interface program: halui Found file(REL): ./tormach_mill_ecm1.hal Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC... hm2: loading Mesa HostMot2 driver version 0.15 hm2_eth: loading Mesa AnyIO HostMot2 ethernet driver version 0.2 hm2_eth: 10.10.10.10: INFO: Hardware address (MAC): 00:60:1b:b0:81:62 hm2_eth: Unrecognized ethernet board found: ECM1 -- port names will be wrong hm2_eth: discovered ECM1 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: Low Level init 0.15 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: Smart Serial Firmware Version 43 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: 65 I/O Pins used: hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 000 (??-00): StepGen #4, pin Step (Output) hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 001 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 002 (??-00): StepGen #0, pin Direction (Output) hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 003 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 004 (??-00): StepGen #0, pin Step (Output) hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 005 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 006 (??-00): StepGen #1, pin Direction (Output) hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 007 (??-00): StepGen #1, pin Step (Output) hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 008 (??-00): StepGen #2, pin Direction (Output) hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 009 (??-00): StepGen #2, pin Step (Output) hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 010 (??-00): StepGen #3, pin Direction (Output) hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 011 (??-00): StepGen #3, pin Step (Output) hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 012 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 013 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 014 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 015 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 016 (??-00): PWMGen #0, pin Out0 (PWM or Up) (Output) hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 017 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 018 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 019 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 020 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 021 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 022 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 023 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 024 (??-00): Encoder #0, pin A (Input) hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 025 (??-00): Encoder #0, pin B (Input) hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 026 (??-00): Encoder #0, pin Index (Input) hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 027 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 028 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 029 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 030 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 031 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 032 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 033 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 034 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 035 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 036 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 037 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 038 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 039 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 040 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 041 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 042 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 043 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 044 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 045 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 046 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 047 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 048 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 049 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 050 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 051 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 052 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 053 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 054 (??-00): Encoder #1, pin A (Input) hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 055 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 056 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 057 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 058 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 059 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 060 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 061 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 062 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 063 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: IO Pin 064 (??-00): IOPort hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: registered hm2_eth: ERROR: Failed to execute '/sbin/sysctl -q net.ipv6.conf.eth0.disable_ipv6=1' hm2_eth: in hm2_eth_reset hm2_eth: HostMot2 ethernet driver unloaded hm2: unloading Removing HAL_LIB, RTAPI, and Real Time OS modules Removing NML shared memory segments Debug file information: Note: Using POSIX realtime hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port 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hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 hm2/hm2_EcM1.0: hm2_read_pin_descriptors: invalid port width 13 sysctl: cannot stat /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/disable_ipv6: No such file or directory names=tormachspindlem200: Invalid type character `1' ./tormach_mill_ecm1.hal:18: waitpid failed /usr/bin/rtapi_app tormachspindlem200 ./tormach_mill_ecm1.hal:18: /usr/bin/rtapi_app exited without becoming ready ./tormach_mill_ecm1.hal:18: insmod for tormachspindlem200 failed, returned -1 3618 Stopping realtime threads Unloading hal components Note: Using POSIX realtime ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Info report created by linuxcnc_info: The file: /tmp/linuxcnc_info.txt can be posted to a forum or a web site like: http://pastebin.com in order to provide information about the linuxcnc system and configuration. Date: Tue Jun 22 06:18:02 CDT 2021 UTC Date: Tue Jun 22 11:18:02 UTC 2021 this program: /usr/bin/linuxcnc_info uptime: 06:18:02 up 22 min, 1 user, load average: 0.92, 0.95, 0.64 lsb_release -sa: LinuxMint Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa 17.3 rosa which linuxcnc: /usr/bin/linuxcnc EDITOR: VISUAL: LANGUAGE: TERM: dumb COLORTERM: DISPLAY: :0.0 DESKTOP: mate display size: 1280x1024 pixels (339x271 millimeters) PATH: /usr/bin:/home/operator/linuxcnc/configs/tormach/bin:/usr/bin:/home/operator/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/home/operator/teamviewerqs uname items: nodename -n: tormachpcnc kernel-name -s: Linux kernel-vers -v: #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Mon Jun 21 13:18:28 CDT 2021 machine -m: x86_64 processor -p: x86_64 platform -i: x86_64 oper system -o: GNU/Linux /proc items: cmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.19.1-rt3 root=UUID=a99288c5-4e9b-454a-b468-f4a14d883564 ro quiet splash intel_idle.max_cstate=1 ipv6.disable=1 cgroup_enable=memory,cpu,cpuset swapaccount=1 usbcore.autosuspend=-1 vt.handoff=7 model name: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J1900 @ 1.99GHz cores: 4 cpu MHz: 1763.994 parport: 0000-0000 : parport0 0000-0000 : parport0 serial: 0000-0000 : serial 0000-0000 : serial 0000-0000 : serial 0000-0000 : serial Versions: gcc: gcc (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3) 4.8.4 python: Python 2.7.6 git: git version 2.29.0 git commit: NA tcl: 8.6 tk: 8.6 glade: glade 3.16.1 glade-gtk2: not_in_PATH linuxcnc_var all: LINUXCNCVERSION: 2.8.1 LINUXCNC_AUX_GLADEVCP: /usr/share/linuxcnc/aux_gladevcp LINUXCNC_AUX_EXAMPLES: /usr/share/linuxcnc/aux_examples REALTIME: /etc/init.d/realtime RTS: uspace HALLIB_DIR: /usr/share/linuxcnc/hallib dpkg -l '*linuxcnc*': Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-===========================================-===================================================-============-===================================================================================================================== un linuxcnc <none> <none> (no description available) un linuxcnc-dev <none> <none> (no description available) un linuxcnc-doc <none> <none> (no description available) ii linuxcnc-doc-en 1:2.8.1 all motion controller for CNC machines and robots (English documentation) un linuxcnc-sim <none> <none> (no description available) un linuxcnc-sim-dev <none> <none> (no description available) ii linuxcnc-uspace 1:2.8.1 amd64 motion controller for CNC machines and robots ii linuxcnc-uspace-dev 1:2.8.1 amd64 PC based motion controller for real-time Linux

I have connected my install to a 7i76e and it connects and runs linuxcnc just fine.

I have copied the tormach hostmot2 and hm2_eth files to the /usr/lib/linuxcnc/modules folder and tried to run using their updated versions of the drivers. I get the following result.
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Error report created by /usr/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc/show_errors.tcl: 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/lib/linuxcnc/modules LINUXCNC_CONFIG_DIR= LINUXCNC_LANG_DIR=/usr/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc/msgs INIVAR=inivar HALCMD=halcmd LINUXCNC_EMCSH=/usr/bin/wish8.6 LINUXCNC - 2.8.1 Machine configuration directory is '/home/operator/linuxcnc/configs/tormach' Machine configuration file is 'gmoccapy_Tormach_XYZAB.ini' INIFILE=/home/operator/linuxcnc/configs/tormach/gmoccapy_Tormach_XYZAB.ini VERSION=1.1 PARAMETER_FILE=sim.var TASK=milltask HALUI=halui DISPLAY=gmoccapy COORDINATES=X Y Z A B KINEMATICS=trivkins coordinates=xyzab Starting LinuxCNC... Starting LinuxCNC server program: linuxcncsvr Loading Real Time OS, RTAPI, and HAL_LIB modules Starting LinuxCNC IO program: io emc/iotask/ioControl.cc 702: can't load tool table. Starting HAL User Interface program: halui Found file(REL): ./tormach_mill_ecm1.hal Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC... hm2: loading Mesa HostMot2 driver version 0.15 hm2: unloading Removing HAL_LIB, RTAPI, and Real Time OS modules Removing NML shared memory segments Debug file information: Note: Using POSIX realtime board_ip=10.10.10.10: Invalid type character `1' ./tormach_mill_ecm1.hal:11: waitpid failed /usr/bin/rtapi_app hm2_eth ./tormach_mill_ecm1.hal:11: /usr/bin/rtapi_app exited without becoming ready ./tormach_mill_ecm1.hal:11: insmod for hm2_eth failed, returned -1 4795 Stopping realtime threads Unloading hal components Note: Using POSIX realtime ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Info report created by linuxcnc_info: The file: /tmp/linuxcnc_info.txt can be posted to a forum or a web site like: http://pastebin.com in order to provide information about the linuxcnc system and configuration. Date: Tue Jun 22 06:25:20 CDT 2021 UTC Date: Tue Jun 22 11:25:20 UTC 2021 this program: /usr/bin/linuxcnc_info uptime: 06:25:20 up 29 min, 2 users, load average: 0.54, 0.76, 0.68 lsb_release -sa: LinuxMint Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa 17.3 rosa which linuxcnc: /usr/bin/linuxcnc EDITOR: VISUAL: LANGUAGE: TERM: dumb COLORTERM: DISPLAY: :0.0 DESKTOP: mate display size: 1280x1024 pixels (339x271 millimeters) PATH: /usr/bin:/home/operator/linuxcnc/configs/tormach/bin:/usr/bin:/home/operator/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/home/operator/teamviewerqs uname items: nodename -n: tormachpcnc kernel-name -s: Linux kernel-vers -v: #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Mon Jun 21 13:18:28 CDT 2021 machine -m: x86_64 processor -p: x86_64 platform -i: x86_64 oper system -o: GNU/Linux /proc items: cmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.19.1-rt3 root=UUID=a99288c5-4e9b-454a-b468-f4a14d883564 ro quiet splash intel_idle.max_cstate=1 ipv6.disable=1 cgroup_enable=memory,cpu,cpuset swapaccount=1 usbcore.autosuspend=-1 vt.handoff=7 model name: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J1900 @ 1.99GHz cores: 4 cpu MHz: 1565.309 parport: 0000-0000 : parport0 0000-0000 : parport0 serial: 0000-0000 : serial 0000-0000 : serial 0000-0000 : serial 0000-0000 : serial Versions: gcc: gcc (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3) 4.8.4 python: Python 2.7.6 git: git version 2.29.0 git commit: NA tcl: 8.6 tk: 8.6 glade: glade 3.16.1 glade-gtk2: not_in_PATH linuxcnc_var all: LINUXCNCVERSION: 2.8.1 LINUXCNC_AUX_GLADEVCP: /usr/share/linuxcnc/aux_gladevcp LINUXCNC_AUX_EXAMPLES: /usr/share/linuxcnc/aux_examples REALTIME: /etc/init.d/realtime RTS: uspace HALLIB_DIR: /usr/share/linuxcnc/hallib dpkg -l '*linuxcnc*': Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-===========================================-===================================================-============-===================================================================================================================== un linuxcnc <none> <none> (no description available) un linuxcnc-dev <none> <none> (no description available) un linuxcnc-doc <none> <none> (no description available) ii linuxcnc-doc-en 1:2.8.1 all motion controller for CNC machines and robots (English documentation) un linuxcnc-sim <none> <none> (no description available) un linuxcnc-sim-dev <none> <none> (no description available) ii linuxcnc-uspace 1:2.8.1 amd64 motion controller for CNC machines and robots ii linuxcnc-uspace-dev 1:2.8.1 amd64 PC based motion controller for real-time Linux

What are your thoughts? I will need 5 axis of coordinated motion I can't get that from the ECM1 board anyway. Should I scrap that board and rewire to the 7i76e? I will ultimately want 9 total stepgens four of which don't need to be coordinated motion but they will be used for functions on the machine (toolchanger, W axis adjustment).

If I don't scrap the ECM1 board, can I run both the ECM1 and the 7i76e off a dedicated gigabit switch with one connection back to the main control computer or do I need to add another NIC to the control computer? I found the following link as a reference about using a gigabit switch. hm2-eth-multiple

If I scrap the ECM1 board, what is the best way to get more than 5 axis of step direction commands. Can I put a 7i76 on one of the expansion headers of the 7i76e and get more stepgens? Do I need to run two 7i76e cards?

What do you think?
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hm2_eth: ERROR: Failed to execute '/sbin/sysctl -q net.ipv6.conf.eth0.disable_ipv6=1'

Seems like a path or missing executable issue

You can run up to 4 hm2 Ethernet cards using a switch but the read functions in the
hal file need to be changed to use read-request so that you can overlap the read operations
on the multiple cards. The cards also need to have different IP addresses, say 10.10.10.10, 10.10.10.11 etc

You can add 5 more stepgens to a 7I76e with a 7I76 but if you don't need the extra field I/O a
7I85S (4 more stepgens) or 7I88 (8 more stepgens) would do.
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