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unknown wrote:

Actually I've just had another thought, what version of RPi imager are you using and what particular OS ?
I'm not a windows user and some people have had issues with RPi imager ?
Do you uncompress the downloaded file or just point RPi imager to the compressed file ?

Cheers
Rob
 

Hi Rob,

Thank you for your help and new information: I have missed the two links you posted on the previous reply.

I am using Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Wombat and Raspberry Pi Imager V1.8.5 to write image.

I downloaded the linuxcnc.org/iso/rpi-4-debian-bookworm-6...25-01-27-0404.img.xz and use it as is.

I did check the kernel with uname -a, and the output is Linux raspberrypi 6.12.11 #1 SMP PREEMPT_RT Mon Jan 27 02:47:25 AEDT 2025 aarch64 GNU/Linux.

AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET PNCCONF's Test/Tune Axis to test the X-axis motor: thank you again Rob.

-- For PNCCONF to work, we need to use menu-config to set Locale to en US.UTF8, after setting the locale, I had to restart the machine, otherwise the locale does not seem to take effect immediately.

To verify the machine locale, on a terminal window, run the locale.

Best regards,

...behai.


 

Thank you for all the feedback.
I think I will go fully EtherCAT for this machine to simplify the design and avoid multiple communication interfaces in a single machine.Mesa Ethernet or FlexiHAL controllers seem like a perfect fit for my second machine.

Hello  I am using the latgest build, rpi-5-debian-bookworm-6.12.11-arm64-ext4-2025-01-27-0140.img, on a RP 5, logged in with user 'cnc'

runing:
any ideas?

I notice some disccusions about this matter in the forum but non of the ideas there helped me,
I tried 'sudo gpasswd -a cnc gpio' but got the reply that cnc is already a member of gpio.

any help will be most welcomed.

The permissions for user CNC include group membership for gpio which is required. You do not need to change anything.
If you copy and paste the loading of the module from the man page it will work.
The problem was when you tried to load the module you inserted the word help. The driver wouldn't load because of "invalid parameter help".
Undo whatever you have done regarding udev. Reboot.
The permissions and group membership are setup whilst building the image.
Once again reread the man page, try loading the driver as shown in the example on the man page. If that doesn't work copy and paste the text on the terminal.
Remember with Linux that every character matters. Don't take any shortcuts and if something doesn't work as expected check what you typed and recheck your understanding of what should happen.

no of course, I apologize, but there is I believe a problem related to hal_gpio.
I read the man page and there were some discrepancies in my code, I was hoping the permissions fix from the man page would be the fix, but it wasn't

Good luck to all!

I'll have to leave this to Rod & others. It's not something I could really test other than the installation bit.

regarding EtherCAT driver for rpi5 ethernet:

gitlab.com/etherlab.org/ethercat/-/issues/104

RPi 5 uses the

macb

driver (Cadence GEM) and not

genet

. So I guess you have to use a Raspberry Pi 4 if you want a native driver.

Hi,

Please help with the following problem. On PNCConf when I click the button Test/Tune Axis to test my X-axis, the following message appears:

[
You are using a simulated-realtime version of LinuxCNC, so testing/tuning of hardware is unavailable.
]

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN, PLEASE?

My environment is as follow:

Mesa 7I96S, power supply is MEAN-WELL MDR-10-5 ( 5V, 2A ).
7I96S IP is addres is 10.10.10.10, I can ping it. And PNCConf has been able to discover the card.

Computer: Raspberry PI 4B

Operating system: Debian Bookworm 12,
Kernel: "Linux picnc 6.6.59-rt45-v8-behai-rt-build+ #1 SMP PREEMPT_RT Sat Nov  2 10:20:46 AEDT 2024 aarch64 GNU/Linux"

PNCConf: BETA Version 1
LinuxCNC: 2.9.3

ONLY ONE closed-loop Nema23 driver CL57T: Which I configure to be the X-axis.

The wiring of CL57T to 7I96S is as below. This has been suggested by Mr. PCW.

[
7I96S       CL57T
+5V          PUL+
STEP0-    PUL-
+5V         DIR+
DIR0-      DIR-

CL57T's SW3 Set for 5V mode.
]

Even though I have only one motor and one driver, I still have to configure Y, tandem Y2 and Z axes as per the screenshot below:



On the X Motor page, clicking on the Test/Tune Axis button, the above mentioned message appears:



Please note: I built the kernel myself. I have also built LinuxCNC from the source myself back in November, 2024.

What have I done wrong, and how to fix it, please?

Thank you and best regards,

...behai.
 

Don't overthink it.
The drivers in Ethercat refer to optimised RT Ethernet NIC drivers. There is a generic driver we use and then some hardware specific ones for install and broadcom, I assumed there would be generic driver support.

I wonder about the drivers in the gnet folder for the RPi. Whether the drivers from 6.12.x kernel source need to be patched with the ethercat stuff and moved into the gnet folder.

unknown wrote:

rodw wrote:

. I'd get confirmation that the commit for 6.11 will work for 6.12.

It seems to be confirmed because the notes say it fixes issue #160 which is the issue I raised. 
gitlab.com/etherlab.org/ethercat/-/merge_requests/151

rodw wrote:

There is a commit pending with etherlab or the 6.11 kernel and up which also should let ethercat on 6.12 work for us.
Bjarne at etherlab is chasing it up for us internally. He has been so helpful for us along the way.
 

I had a look at the ethercat DKMS package (extracted the package in a temporary directory, no need to do an install), and what I saw is that the source of the modules have ending with 5.14 & 6.1 before the .c .h extension (I'm guessing these are the supported kernels). I'd get confirmation that the commit for 6.11 will work for 6.12.

jairobbo wrote:

Hello everyone,

I started to work with linuxcnc only a few weeks ago, when I decided to upgrade my 3d printer with A and B axis.
Because my pi4 was starting to jitter I acquired a pi5. As one does..

I etched the image 2.94 for pi5 to an SD card. Running this image, GPIO is not working.

halcmd loadrt hal_gpio help
Note: Using POSIX realtime
Invalid parameter `help'
<commandline>:0: waitpid failed /usr/bin/rtapi_app hal_gpio
<commandline>:0: /usr/bin/rtapi_app exited without becoming ready
<commandline>:0: insmod for hal_gpio failed, returned -1
cnc@raspberrypi:~$

I dont have the knowledge to troubleshoot this. Unfortunately. Maybe somebody here know how to solve this.

kind regards,
JAiro
 

halcmd loadrt hal_gpio help
Invalid parameter `help' <<<<< this is the error from the above, Linux is pretty verbose in telling you what is wrong.

But you really need to read the man page
linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/drivers/hal_gpio.html

 

There is a commit pending with etherlab or the 6.11 kernel and up which also should let ethercat on 6.12 work for us.
Bjarne at etherlab is chasing it up for us internally. He has been so helpful for us along the way.

hal_gpio uses a newer method that is meant to support other ARM hardware, not just the PI. Code changes at the kernel never stops!