Linuxcnc 2.9.4 and Mesa 7i97T

I was asking  about:

From here there is only "board not found"

What program printed that message?

As Unknown mentioned, posting your hal and ini files would help diagnosis.

Note that pncconf cannot currently make configuration files for the 7I97/7I97T
so the options are to use MesaCT or start with a sample 7I97 configuration
and modify it to suit your hardware:

 
 

Correct me if im wrong here but as far as im informed there will be no ini nor hal file before the configuration?
Since im not there yet i have none of them - or at least from what i can see
I can ping the board and mesaflash sees it but thats about it.

I'm really curious to hear if my setup with a Linuxcnc and a mesa 7i97T is a dead end street. If so I would rather stop now and go back to my safe world of PLCs and Mach

Here are some (random) results

ping 10.10.10.10
PING 10.10.10.10 (10.10.10.10) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.10.10.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.124 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.10: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.089 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.10: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.092 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.10: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.096 ms
^C
--- 10.10.10.10 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3060ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.089/0.100/0.124/0.013 ms

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mesaflash --device ethernet --addr 10.10.10.10 --readhmid
No ETHERNET board found

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ls /lib/firmware/hm2/
3x20-1 4i65 4i68 5i20 5i22 5i22-1 5i22-1.5 5i23 7i43 7i43-2 7i43-4 7i97t_d.bin

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mesaflash --device ethernet --addr 10.10.10.10 --readhmid
Unsupported ethernet device 7I97T at 10.10.10.10
No ETHERNET board found

What version of mesaflash are you using ?

forum.linuxcnc.org/27-driver-boards/5285...-by-mesaflash#302114

Maybe of some help

My current version is 3.4.9

You do not need mesaflash unless you need to change the firmware.
Use MesaCT to create a config and test the machine.
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From your posts it is unclear what you are trying to achieve, you mention Mach3 and 4 used for position control on stepper driven machines, but here you are using a Mesa 7i97T that is explicitly for analog servo drives, so what gives?