5i25+7i76 wired pendant help please

I’m not sure if it’s possible but Can I use some of the pins on my 5abob as regular gpio pins where I could connect simple encoders to for feed and speed overrides. Can I use these with software encoders please?
Many thanks

Thankyou, I’m not gona pretend I know what that means but it’s good news I think.
I’m really starting to feel that my Linux incompetence is getting in the way of my design and build. I’ve spent all last weekend trying to get the touchscreen calibration to work after changing the motherboard and hard disk. I got it working with xinput calibrator but I’m unable to ‘make the changes permanent’ I just keep getting error after error and it’s all down to the fact that I’ve no clue what I’m doing

Regards

PCW wrote:

freeby.mesanet.com/7i765a.zip

Contains firmware for a 5i25 with a 7I76 on P3 and a "Ebay special"
5 axis bob on P2 ( 5i25_7i76_5abob.bit )

The source file that defines the pinout is also included in the zip

I had the chance to mess with this last night and I managed to flash the firmware with the bit file but I don’t know what to do with the vhd file that’s included? Can you help me understand what it’s for please?
Many thanks

Got it, many thanks.
I’ve changed over the breakout boards so I’m now going to use the 5abob for the machine stepper outputs, home switch inputs and spindle control.
I’ve reserved the 7i76 for the pendant Interface, should allow me to add more buttons later

Today I changed all the wiring for my machine set up, I now have the 5abob on port p2 to drive the machine steppers, home switches estop home switches and spindle, and I have the 7i76 on port p3 of the 5i25 fpga card to Interface my override mpgs, start stop buttons and multi handwheel. I’ve put the custom hals in the custom Hal folders, but I’m at a point now I need to configure the Hal for my setup. Not sure at this point wether I should create a new setup or modify the original one as I’m not confident with it right now. Is it possible I will need to Change my firmware to suit my setup now or should I use the one kindly supplied in earlier in this thread?
I’m not certain how the firmware affects the pin designation?
Many thanks and sorry if I’m just not understanding it fully

Ok thanks for the info, having left it for 6 months or so I’ve forgotten almost everything I had previously learned. It may be time now to pull out the Mesa boards and try a different system. I’ll give it one more look and if I can get it working then great but if not it will go the journey
Many thanks