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Hello everyone. 
I know there are plenty of other threads about this topic, and I think I read them all, still I struggle to solve the issues that I am having.

My setup is:

• Dell Wyse 5070 with Celeron J4105 4-core cpu THIN CLIENT
• realtek onboard NIC
• fresh Linuxcnc 2.9.3 install
• brandnew Mesa 7i76eu, flashed with pktUART firmware

I experience issues when I startup Linuxcnc / probebasic.
Most of the time the system errors out right after startup with "error following read...". Sometimes I am "lucky" and it works for maybe 5minutes before it errors out. 

What I did so far (after reading in this forum for 2 nights):

• I ran sudo chrt 99 ping -1.001 -q 10.10.10.10 to get some statistics. Here is the result:
  
  179555 packets transmitted, 179555 received, 0% packet loss, time 180656ms
  rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.052/0.065/8.974/0.036
  
• disabled all BIOS options regarding power management, hyperthreading, ... etc
• Installed R8168-dkms driver (sudo apt-get install r8168-dkms)
  While searching in this forum, I found that some people had to install linux headers first. I did not do that. 
  When I run a script to identify the used drivers (JCW posted this somewhere a while ago), i get the followig result:
  ./edriver.txt
  xargs: warning: options --max-args and --replace/-I/-i are mutually exclusive, ignoring previous --max-args value
  enp1s0 : r8169
  wlp0s12f0 : iwlwifi
  
  Is this result "expected? Or did the driver installation not work?
  Other people posted that they had to install linux-headers and purge the old driver... 
  
• then I found a script that JCW posted in another thread that pins the IRQ somewhere (I honestly dont really understand whats behind this, but still this is the output):
  cnc@linuxcnc:~/gcodes$ sudo ./pinirq.txt enp1s0
  Cores: 4
  Old CPU Mask: f
  Set device enp1s0 IRQ 122 CPU mask to 8
  
  However, it did not improve my ping / latency at all. Do I need to do anything prior to that? Isolating something?

What I have not done yet:

• editing the kernel parameters in grub customizer (quiet isolcpus= 3 pcie.aspm=0 r8168.eee_enable=0 pcie_aspm=off idle=poll).
  I dont really understand what this does, therefore I hesitated to run it. 
• .... 

Another question... almost all other threads regarding this issue link to a tutorial / troubleshooting file that was hosted by @rodw on google drive, but the link is dead. Could someone provide this file?

regards and thx.
Sebastian
 

So, I've done a lot of progress . After I changed the usb  to RS232 cable( don't buy low quality RS232 to usb cable) I've been able to connect to my driver and configure the external enable and the internal disengage of the motor brake(you need to power the io from external 24v source with Leadshine) . After all this i wired a 24v Finder relay for the motor enable commanded by the mesa,when i launch the program the mesa power  the relay and enable all the drivers. Now  I'm able to move the axis from linuxcnc, but i think I'll change the basic Axis gui with probebasic for more userfriendly interface. For the motor wiring I have to thank the Leadshine tech support, they reply very fast, and for mesa i refered to this guy video  (very helpfull, the 7i76EU version it's same wiring confirmed by Mesa tech support , for shematics and 3d support prototipe refer to this  and official 7i76E pdf ). So now i've to do some tests and project all the electrical supply for all that stuff, and i have to adapt the motors to the mecanical part with new mounting plates(i think i will design them with Fusion 360 and buy them from PCBway machining or other). That's all.

Also are the drives enabled?

Typically servo drives would have an enable input that must be connected to operate
(with default setup parameters)

Note that if LinuxCNC cannot communicate with the 7I76EU, LinuxCNC will not start.

I wired all the the motors, but i can't move with linuxcnc and the mesa board , i've done the basic configuration and followed the this post  because the configurator couldn't find the mesa but after following the instruction the mesa is recognised. My issue now is that i can't command the motors from mesa and motion control of leadshine can't find the driver(i've contacted the even  the techsupport of leadshine , and no solution finded). For the wiring i followed this  and the official pdf. The wiring should be good, i don't think i've done something wrong . A the moment i've some doubts if linuxcnc can communicate with the mesa, but if i unplug the ethernet cable in linuxcnc it's reported an error so i think they are talking. I share the photo's of my wiring. 
Has anyone experienced a similar problem? Is there a way to further test the Mesa board’s output, or any diagnostics I can run in LinuxCNC? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 So, just arrived the order for my retrofit .  I bought Mesa 7i76EU (i've done the configuration of Linuxcnc in a hold pc), than  Leadshine ELM1  , 3 of them 750w and one small 400w  and the drivers  EL6 for all the motors with different power supply. Im bit struggling because i can't connect the Motion Studio software to my driver for some tests idk if its the cable or other. I need to do a bit of wiring, and discover where to plug the brake of the motors , becausa i mounted all but i don't understand if i have to wire it with a another circuit with relays and a powersupply or if i can control it from the driver , didn't discovered it yet i need to check the schematics a few more times. If someone has any advices , or any experience with Leadshine motors and driver it's appreciated.