Getiing a 5i25 with g540 going

PCW wrote: You can verify a pinout with this mesaflash command:

sudo mesaflash --device 5i25 --readhmid

blacksmith wrote: My System:
gecko has 4 steppers connected, charge pump switch is off.

Gecko G540

PS this is a 4 stepper system, a CNC Router Parts kit. Two X steppers will be linked/slaved.

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Without looking at the pinout, I'm pretty sure the 5I25 G540 P3 pinout has 5 stepgens (00 though 04)
(Stepgen 4 is used for feeding the watchdog so has only a step output and no direction signal)

The expansion connector has stepgens 05..09

Modified config to 4 xaxis

remember this is just the start point , their are no limits , home , spindle etc
pncconfig is the starting point to making a working configuration

axes are not slaved at this time , so you have 4 independant stepgens & the chargepump (stepgen 4)

cncbasher wrote: have you tried using pncconf to construct a config ?

I have just seen your last post and not dug into it yet. Pncconf is a little intimidating since the 5i25_g540x2 was a virtual blank slate with a blizzard of configuration choices.

I saw a reference to creating an XML for pncconf using mesaflash and thought I would see it it was generating anything odd or different. I was surprised to compare the /lib/firmware/hm2/5i25/5i25_g540x2.xml to my mesaflash XML - very different. See the sample below, more differences than similarities.

I wonder if the /lib/firmware/hm2/ examples/templates are corrupt? This would hose a lot of folks.

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cncbasher wrote: Modified config to 4 xaxis

remember this is just the start point , their are no limits , home , spindle etc
pncconfig is the starting point to making a working configuration

axes are not slaved at this time , so you have 4 independant stepgens & the chargepump (stepgen 4)

Thanks. I suspect I am doing something incorrectly:

v@debian:~/config/cncbasher-example/cncbasher/g540$ ls -l
total 28
-rw-r--r-- 1 v v 5522 Oct 25 05:56 5i25-g540.ini
-rwxr--r-- 1 v v 9108 Jan 23 2013 g540x2.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 v v 7742 Oct 25 06:04 hm2-g540-stepper.hal
v@debian:~/config/cncbasher-example/cncbasher/g540$ linuxcnc ./5i25-g540.ini
LINUXCNC - 2.7.1
Machine configuration directory is '/home/v/config/cncbasher-example/cncbasher/g540/.'
Machine configuration file is '5i25-g540.ini'
Starting LinuxCNC...
.
Found file(REL): ./hm2-g540-stepper.hal
emc/iotask/ioControl.cc 768: can't load tool table.
HAL: ERROR: function 'hm2_5i25.0.pet_watchdog' not found
./hm2-g540-stepper.hal:52: addf failed
Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC...
LinuxCNC terminated with an error. You can find more information in the log:
/home/v/linuxcnc_debug.txt
and
/home/v/linuxcnc_print.txt
as well as in the output of the shell command 'dmesg' and in the terminal
#
## I commented out "addf hm2_[HOSTMOT2](BOARD).0.pet_watchdog servo-thread"
#
v@debian:~/config/cncbasher-example/cncbasher/g540$ linuxcnc ./5i25-g540.ini
LINUXCNC - 2.7.1
Machine configuration directory is '/home/v/config/cncbasher-example/cncbasher/g540/.'
Machine configuration file is '5i25-g540.ini'
Starting LinuxCNC...
.
emc/iotask/ioControl.cc 768: can't load tool table.
Found file(REL): ./hm2-g540-stepper.hal
./hm2-g540-stepper.hal:220: parameter or pin 'hm2_5i25.0.stepgen.04.control_type' not found
Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC...
LinuxCNC terminated with an error. You can find more information in the log:
/home/v/linuxcnc_debug.txt
and
/home/v/linuxcnc_print.txt
as well as in the output of the shell command 'dmesg' and in the terminal
v@debian:~/config/cncbasher-example/cncbasher/g540$