7i92 default firmware version and pncconf

Look's like you made a 5i25 PCI card configuration.

To use that hal file, you would need to replace
all instances of '5i25" with "7i92".

You are my hero - it works !

Maybe with all the fiddling with IPs and so on, I missed to choose 7i92 for my latest pncconfig.

dummy me !

Machine is running now, but as expected the pin-out of the "7i76x2 with one 7i76" is not optimal.
It would be best if I could remove 2 of the 5 dir/step-gens, and get 4 GPIOs instead.

I want 1x GPIO for "all limits" to not run against the wall, and 1x GPIO for Z-axis touch-off.

What would be the steps to do this ?
Do I need to reconfigure the VHDL-code and create a new FPGA image, or can I reconfigure with HAL settings only ?


For the G540x2 configuration I do not understand the assignment between the function and the pin of the 7i92.
Or is it just as simple as that the first upper left function (e.g. GPIO) is PIN1 and the lower left (e.g. STEPGEN A) is PIN12 ?
 

Okay, I found it - one can select the number of stepper in the config-page.
Selecting 3 steppers gives me 4 GPIOs - just perfect !

EDIT: Does not seem to be as easy as expected. Get "Axis at limit" errors, even if there is nothing connected to the pin. 

But the configuration is as expected:

halcmd: loadrt hm2_eth board_ip="192.168.1.121" config=" num_encoders=0 num_pwmgens=0 num_stepgens=3"
Note: Using POSIX realtime
hm2_eth: dlopen: /usr/lib/linuxcnc/modules/hm2_eth.so: undefined symbol: hm2_register
<stdin>:1: waitpid failed /usr/bin/rtapi_app hm2_eth
<stdin>:1: /usr/bin/rtapi_app exited without becoming ready
<stdin>:1: insmod for hm2_eth failed, returned -1
halcmd: loadrt hostmot2
Note: Using POSIX realtime
hm2: loading Mesa HostMot2 driver version 0.15
halcmd: loadrt hm2_eth board_ip="192.168.1.121" config=" num_encoders=0 num_pwmgens=0 num_stepgens=3"
hm2_eth: loading Mesa AnyIO HostMot2 ethernet driver version 0.2
hm2_eth: 192.168.1.121: INFO: Hardware address (MAC): 00:60:1b:13:06:39
hm2_eth: discovered 7I92
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: Low Level init 0.15
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: Smart Serial Firmware Version 43
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: 34 I/O Pins used:
hm2/hm2_7i92.0:     IO Pin 000 (P2-01): StepGen #0, pin Direction (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0:     IO Pin 001 (P2-14): StepGen #0, pin Step (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0:     IO Pin 002 (P2-02): StepGen #1, pin Direction (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0:     IO Pin 003 (P2-15): StepGen #1, pin Step (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0:     IO Pin 004 (P2-03): StepGen #2, pin Direction (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0:     IO Pin 005 (P2-16): StepGen #2, pin Step (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0:     IO Pin 006 (P2-04): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i92.0:     IO Pin 007 (P2-17): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i92.0:     IO Pin 008 (P2-05): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i92.0:     IO Pin 009 (P2-06): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i92.0:     IO Pin 010 (P2-07): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i92.0:     IO Pin 011 (P2-08): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i92.0:     IO Pin 012 (P2-09): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i92.0:     IO Pin 013 (P2-10): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i92.0:     IO Pin 014 (P2-11): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i92.0:     IO Pin 015 (P2-12): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i92.0:     IO Pin 016 (P2-13): IOPort

 

It was working as expected with the custom config for 3 steppers only.
I just had to invert the limits-signal. It needs 0V to detect the limit.

When setting an GPIO to HOME for z-axis it start to run automatically when I do the reference-run.
What I really want is that I can manually to the reference-run, but activate the touch-off signal.

Which signal do I have to select for the GPIO to signal the touch-off ?

EDIT: Found it - it is the External->Sensor !

Party for one ?
Glad you figured it out.