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updated for Linuxcnc 2.9.3 
Newer kernel 6.6.44
Better screen support for the Pi5
Now includes ethercat repos. Following the sticky in th eethercat section to install/

Pi 5 Image  drive.google.com/file/d/1iwQpbMoNdI6wnv7...MyZ/view?usp=sharing
Pi4 Image  drive.google.com/file/d/1Fg2CPTezUyrRFrO...ytT/view?usp=sharing  
 

Apologies for the delay here. I was putting this off in preference to other Linuxcnc projects but its time has come

Pi 5 Image drive.google.com/file/d/1iwQpbMoNdI6wnv7...MyZ/view?usp=sharing
Pi4 Image drive.google.com/file/d/1Fg2CPTezUyrRFrO...ytT/view?usp=sharing 

Kernel 6.6.4 as per the raspberry pi's kernel git
Tested as working by Joco who bought a pi5 yesterday for the occasion!
Monitor support now fixed. He was using a 34" 3440 x 1440 monitor 

Ethercat apt repos now included
QTPYVCP repos a work in progress with the QTPYVCP team now VTK is in the Debian Repos.

There are no added programs, What was suggested was a bit out of left field as none of it was included in our AMD64 build.
Please read the downloads page on how to configure wifi, timezones and locales

 

Hi Rodw, Thanks for all the incredible work so far on EtherCAT. I'm diving into both LinuxCNC and EtherCAT right now and excited by the possibilities. 

I ran into the same issues as discussed.  I tried your script on the Rpi 5 and it seemed to connect to their servers but it only seems to have grabbed 733 bytes. I may try some of the other methods mentioned previously.

 

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System: Raspberry pi 5 + Leadshine EL8 EtherCAT drives
LinuxCNC level: first timer
Linux level: noob noob

You need this linuxcnc.org/docs/stable/html/drivers/hal_gpio.html

Rod,

Also a newby here - trying to run LinuxCNC on a Raspberry pi4 and use the GPIO but getting an error that we don't have hal_pi_gpio module. Where do we find this? I've seen reference to this being part of Machinekit. Do we need to replace our existing LinuxCNC install with Machinekit or can we simply install the necessary hal_pi_gpio modules to get the GPIO running with our Pi4?

$5 Raspberry Pi Pico 2 with RP2350 Microcontroller

linuxgizmos.com/introducing-the-5-raspbe...350-microcontroller/

Now we need them to combine the newer 2350 with the W5500.

Hi all, 
I am way to learning about linuxcnc  in that i am trying to run lathe.ini with some modification for my drive sets, but its not working.its showing error like joint 1 following error. below i attached my setup files for your reference. Looking forward for solutions.(AC Servo drive(2No's)-MADLN05BE,motor-MHMF5AZL1U2M,and Raspberry pi-5). Linuxcnc build from source file(Run in place)

The Raspberry pi images do not include the Ethercat repositories but enabling some commented out code should enable it according to feedback from etherlabmaster
Try running a script something like this

Someone got the Vfdmod package for RaspberryPi? (arm)

Hi
seem to have stumbled into a little project.
 

I have already retrofitted my Maho MH500 and a cycle lathe to Linuxcnc
retrofitted, which is why a friend has now asked me to have a look
to have a look at his bending machine.

The press was probably retrofitted to a newer control system.
However, it has now stopped working and when I switch it on I get the error message

"WARNING LOST VIDEO TABLES"
 


if I google this I only find 3 forum entries, but without any answer or even a solution.
I can't say whether the controller is broken or "just" lost the programming or parameters...

In any case, I now need a replacement.
A simple 3-axis positioning controller.
The controller would only have to control 2 stops and the press stop.

all 3 axes have analog -10/+10V drives
there are probably 3 encoders somewhere for the position feedback
and that's about it.

I don't need cycles and bending programs.
If we get the 3 axes into the desired position via the control system and
then operate the press hydraulically as usual is enough...


If the machine were in my shop, I would say
Linuxcnc Raspberry, small TFT mesa card and I operate the thing via Gcode in MDI.

Maybe there is a simpler standalone solution?

Orange Pi 5 Plus has better performance than Raspberry Pi 5, but its ecosystem is not as good as Raspberry Pi. Ethercat is easy to install. You can check it out forum.linuxcnc.org/18-computer/48079-can...-to-run-lcnc?start=0

Hello,

Please excuse my crashing into this thread. I've found it very useful so far and managed to set up 6 out of 7 parts of my 30-year-old Gravograph Unica that I'm trying to convert to LinuxCNC running on a Raspberry Pi with a Mesa 7C80.

What's working fine so far are the 3 steppers and corresponding home switches X, Y & Z.

But: The spindle won't turn on.
I'd like to control it via PWM and as far as I can tell there should be PWM output on pin 2 of TB5 of the 7C80.
There's no useable output there, and I'm not sure where to search and what to do next ...

If there's any chance you could have a look at my .hal and .ini files, that would be very much appreciated
I also included the output of the terminal from where LinuxCNC was launched, and the output of "halcmd show signal spin".
Voltage between SINDLE+ and SPINDLE- seems to be just noise or in the mV-Magnitude.

Thank you for reading and best regards,
Erik
captain-panda

 
 
 
 

Wow this is shaping out to be quite tricky! There is probably no useful info in this message, but I found that writing stuff down sometimes reveals a sensible next step in an otherwise blurry mess of ethercat acronyms

By rearranging the PDOs in the manufacturer supplied TwinCAT 2 project slightly I can get the drive to OP state and I can even read cyclic PDO data from it, such as statusword, velocity and position. But the other direction master-> drive PDO transmission is not received no matter what I try.
 

• I have verified equal 1ms cycle time settings in the servo drive config software, in the TwinCAT 2 distributed clock settings, in the TwinCAT 2 axis and PLC
• Even if this was a distributed clock configuration or jitter issue, Metronix ARS 2310 FS claims to be able to synchronize with raw Ethercat frames on the network if no DC is available
• I am seeing 1 (one) successful master->drive PDO transmission per preop->op state transition, where I believe TwinCAT also transfers a lot of SDO settings

It's worse on LinuxCNC, here I don't even receive any PDO data from the drive. But here too the drive reaches OP state and SDO transmissions via ethercat download or ethercat upload work and are evaluated seemingly correctly by Metronix.
 

I am still not quite sure how important the SII EEPROM data is. If I use siitool -m to create an eeprom image from the manufacturer supplied EDS xml profile with PDO mappings, any ethercat sii_write attempts are seemingly dismissed, afterwards the drive is listed only with some IDs in ethercat slaves. An image created without PDO mappings, but only with sync managers and human readable manufacturer strings etc can be written successfully and is listed as such in ethercat slaves even after power cycles.
 

With the diagnostics in my Chinese servo drives I can verify that Linux-dominated Ethercat has the correct sync cycle time of 1ms configured. I've never seen any errors from them, but there does seem to be a non-zero number of SM2 lost times and Sync lost times, maybe 1 per second? Is that normal or could that be a problem for a fastidious German servo drive?
 

The laptop on which I am currently running TwinCAT and the Raspberry Pi on which I am running the Linux Ethercat master are both not equipped with especially reputable Intel NICs ... could that be a fundamental problem? Should I look for some normal office PC for a test run?

read the comments on the downloads page. menu-config should do it for you.

In my case, it would be ethernet, I need the configuration area for the IP/Gateway address, that way, I can study the connection with ethernet cards.