Mesa Configuration Tool

Hi JT & all, 
I just found Mesact and it looks really promising; thank you for making it! 

I have a 7i80HD-16 and want to configure it for a 7i52S. I have the bitfile (7i80hd_16_svst6_6_7i52s.bit), and the relevant pinfile I think is PIN_SVST6_6_7I52S_48.vhd. 

When I choose that firmware from the drop down menu, I get the message 'No pin file found for 7i80hd_16_svst6_6_7i52s.bit' and 'No description file found for 7i80hd_16_svst6_6_7i52s.bit'.  I tried to get mesact to see the pinfile by following the naming convention you have in the 5i24 folder of mesact's github page; I renamed the PIN....vhd file to 7i80hd_16_svst6_6_7I52s.pin and copied to the /.local/lib/libmesact/7i80hd16/ directory.

The daughter card menus remain empty, and I can't continue with building a config until I've selected a daughtercard. 

Is there a way of adding pinfile or description info so that mesact will see it?

Many thanks!
Andy

Had a bit more time, looked closer - the pinfile is the output of readhmid, is this correct? I've replaced the contents of my 7i80hd_16_svst6_6_7i52s.pin file with readhmid's output, and now mesact's pinfile window shows the config properly.

However I still get 'No description file found' for 7i80hd_16_svst6_6_7i52s.bit' and can't select a daughter card; the P1 and P2 menus aren't populated/are unresponsive. Axes & I/O tabs are also greyed out.
What's my next step?

Also, is there a way to save progress, even if currently the config won't build?

thanks,
Andy

Sorry, I've been off line for a while with no internet connection.

At this time it must be a valid config to build but it sounds like a good idea to be able to save the ini only if the config won't build.

JT

The pin files and description files are in ~/.local/lib/libmesact/boards/name_of_board

JT

freemoore wrote:

Also, is there a way to save progress, even if currently the config won't build?

thanks,
Andy
 

Upgrade to version 1.2.4 and you can save the ini file even with errors as long as you have a configuration name. You can then open the ini again later and continue to work on it. Once you don't have any errors the hal files will build as well.

JT

I installed the version 1.2.4.
Please help me how to configure multiple (two) motors for Y axis?