Flashing mesa firmware

what i do after i put the files in /home/mill/./local.............? when i go into mesact there are no files in the firmware section. no option to put files in there. every field in the firmware section is greyed out. except the ones that sy future use or something of that nature

jg00163206 wrote:

no i have internet. im just having an issue getting the files all in the right place. i think.
 

If you have internet then you select the board on the Machine tab in the Mesa Setup group box then from the Downloads menu select Firmware. The firmware is downloaded and installed without any need to manually copy files.

JT

gnipsel.com/linuxcnc/mesact/firmware.html

JT

I am having the same issue with MesaCT not seing the FW placed in the folder, I think. 
I am fairly certain, have looked it over many times, that the FW is in the right folder. But it doesn't show up in MesaCT. 

When connected to internet, I can indeed download FW and flash the board in question (7i96s). I already did that once with the default FW. 
But I am looking to install a custom FW that's not part of that downloadable package. 

Any ideas? Perhaps, if not asking too much, the custom FW could be added so it's downloadable, too - as that feature works well?

The FW is this one, PCW uploaded it in another thread - it adds homing to the index pulse of a servo:
 
 

Where did you place the file?

Did you install Mesa CT?

JT

Yep, I installed MesaCT and I successfully flashed it once already using its download feature. So, it connects, verifies and flashes the board just fine.  

I'll be back in the workshop where the Linux computer is later today so will share some screenshots of the file location then.