5i25 + 7i73

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14 Dec 2019 05:34 #152643 by Reinhard

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is probably close to what you want
(assuming you have a -16 card)

Yes, I have a -16 card.
7i44 on P2 is ok, but 7i47 is not what I intended.

I want to use as much steppers on the 7i47 as possible (I read about 12 steppers).
Encoders are a later option.
At start I want to drive steppers with the 7i47, use analog channels of a 7i33 for overwrite knobs and 8x8 keypad on each 7i33 for keyboard and GPIO on 7i33 should be fast enuf for endstops or so.

PWM - yes I want pwm, but I don't know, where it will be best located.

When I buy encoders (I plan about magnetic absolute encoders with serial interface), I'll probabely have to buy another daughter for the 5i24 ...

What do you think?

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14 Dec 2019 07:24 - 14 Dec 2019 10:49 #152645 by Reinhard

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Argh - 400 bucks wasted and same result

I tested the bitfile 5i24_16_sssvst8_1_5_7i47.bit
7i47 and 7i44 connected and powered with separate power and connected 7i73 on channel 0 and channel 1

hal documentation says, that config options for 7i44 could be found in mesa doc - did not find anything in there.
So i tried the same commandline as with 5i25

halrun
loadrt hostmot2
loadrt hm2_pci config=" num_encoders=5 num_pwmgens=1 num_stepgens=5 sserial_port_0=1110xx"

first the output from mesaflash

File Attachment:

File Name: 5i24.txt
File Size:6 KB

next the output from loadrt hm2_pci:

File Attachment:

File Name: 5i24_pinout.txt
File Size:4 KB

and last the output from show pin:

File Attachment:

File Name: 5i24_pinout_X.txt
File Size:18 KB

no smartserial or any pin of a 7i73-card found.

I additionally searched the forum for 7i44, but it looks like other users needed a bitfile, but no one asked for hal config options. What am i missing?

P.S.: the 7i73 cards did not change red led
P.P.S.: i discovered the --serial option for mesaflash. Output is:

SSLBP port 0:
   SSLBP Version: 1.43
   SSLBP Channels: 8
   SSLBP Baud Rate: 2500000

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14 Dec 2019 11:19 #152647 by PCW

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The mesaflash listing is not for the 5i24_16_sssvst8_1_5_7i47.bit bitfile
did you do a --reload before testing?

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14 Dec 2019 13:36 - 14 Dec 2019 13:50 #152648 by Reinhard

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Hi,

I was not sure, so I started the box again and issued a reload from fallback ...
... and get the same result.
So yes - I did a reload before testing.
... and before you ask: I have not tried another bitfile for the 5i24

Do I need to write the bitfile in primary memory to get it working?

P.S. to find the way back to this forum-section:
I created an xml-file with mesaflash and copied the output from --readhmid into a pin-file.
Then I created a directory called "hostmot2-firmware-5i24" at /usr/share/doc and copied the xml-file to /lib/firmware/hm2/5i24 ...
... but when I select the 5i24 entry in pncconf, it traps with this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/src/linuxcnc-dev/bin/pncconf", line 1989, in on_mesa_boardname_changed
    self.fill_firmware(boardnum)
  File "/usr/local/src/linuxcnc-dev/bin/pncconf", line 1998, in fill_firmware
    self.mesa_firmware_search(title)
  File "/usr/local/src/linuxcnc-dev/bin/pncconf", line 895, in mesa_firmware_search
    self._p.FIRMDIR,boardtitle,currentfirm+".xml"))
  File "/usr/local/src/linuxcnc-dev/bin/pncconf", line 943, in parse_xml
    meta = self.get_board_meta(currentboard)
NameError: global name 'currentboard' is not defined

What else do I have to do, to get pncconf working?

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14 Dec 2019 15:49 - 14 Dec 2019 16:31 #152650 by PCW

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Can you try this bitfile?

freeby.mesanet.com/5i24_16_sssvst8_5_1_7i47.bit

sudo mesaflash --device 5i24 --write 5i24_16_sssvst8_5_1_7i47.bit
sudo mesaflash --device 5i24 --reload
sudo mesaflash --device 5i24 --readhmid > pinout.txt

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14 Dec 2019 16:01 #152651 by Reinhard

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mesaflash says: invalid bitfile header

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14 Dec 2019 16:20 - 14 Dec 2019 16:23 #152652 by PCW

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what does
md5sum 5i24_16_sssvst8_5_1_7i47.bit
print?

I get
md5sum 5i24_16_sssvst8_5_1_7i47.bit
bf586d72aae6fac788f7ff95e920d912 5i24_16_sssvst8_5_1_7i47.bit

Edit: I missed the leading "b" in the first copy/paste

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14 Dec 2019 16:26 #152653 by Reinhard

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did you noticed, that the file, you linked has double t extension?
Might be a different file ...

md5sum 5i24_16_sssvst8_5_1_7i47.bitt

826ad9a4b51b36c805a476fcf7ddad42  5i24_16_sssvst8_5_1_7i47.bitt

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14 Dec 2019 16:33 - 14 Dec 2019 16:34 #152654 by PCW

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Sorry, copy paste error (there is no .bitt file so you probably have a 0 length file)

freeby.mesanet.com/5i24_16_sssvst8_5_1_7i47.bit

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14 Dec 2019 16:53 #152655 by Reinhard

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No, the file was not empty. But I did not look into it or checked size ...
... file contained html error message 404

So the right file looks quite better. I don't want muxed functions.

File Attachment:

File Name: 5i24_pinou...2-14.txt
File Size:6 KB

But ... stil no smart serial success.

File Attachment:

File Name: 5i24.hal.txt
File Size:5 KB

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