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But there must be a reason that linuxcnc won't find it.
It looks okay in your files.
Response is exactly like it is commented out.
I tested to comment out the loadrt line and got exactly thisI also tested to mis-spell cia402pv.Spindl in the loadrt line and got the same error.
Also mis-spelling on the addf line give the same error.
There is some mis-spelling between the loadrt and the addf lines
but I don't see what it is.

From the output messages this is the hal file linuxcnc uses
./hallib/EL8_machine.hal
That's the one you showed, right?

I don't know. Can you retype those two lines?

loadrt [KINS]KINEMATICS
loadrt [EMCMOT]EMCMOT servo_period_nsec=[EMCMOT]SERVO_PERIOD num_joints=[KINS]JOINTS
loadusr -W lcec_conf ethercat-conf.xml
loadrt lcec
#loadusr -W hal_manualtoolchange
loadrt cia402 count=4
#loadrt mult2
#loadrt mult2 count=4 etc for multiple instances
loadrt cia402pv names=cia402pv.Spindle

Doesn't appear to be commented out in the Hal file ?

Hmm, did you by any chance comment out the loadrt cia402pv line?

Print file information:
RUN_IN_PLACE=no
LINUXCNC_DIR=
LINUXCNC_BIN_DIR=/usr/bin
LINUXCNC_TCL_DIR=/usr/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc
LINUXCNC_SCRIPT_DIR=
LINUXCNC_RTLIB_DIR=/usr/lib/linuxcnc/modules
LINUXCNC_CONFIG_DIR=
LINUXCNC_LANG_DIR=/usr/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc/msgs
INIVAR=inivar
HALCMD=halcmd
LINUXCNC_EMCSH=/usr/bin/wish8.6
LINUXCNC - 2.9.6
Machine configuration directory is '/home/cnc/linuxcnc/configs/probe_basic_dev'
Machine configuration file is 'EL8_machine.ini'
INIFILE=/home/cnc/linuxcnc/configs/probe_basic_dev/EL8_machine.ini
VERSION=1.1
PARAMETER_FILE=linuxcnc.var
TPMOD=
HOMEMOD=el8_homecomp
TASK=milltask
HALUI=halui
DISPLAY=probe_basic
COORDINATES=X Y Z
KINEMATICS=trivkins coordinates=XYZ
Starting LinuxCNC...
Starting LinuxCNC server program: linuxcncsvr
Loading Real Time OS, RTAPI, and HAL_LIB modules
Starting LinuxCNC IO program: io
Starting HAL User Interface program: halui
linuxcnc TPMOD=tpmod HOMEMOD=el8_homecomp EMCMOT=motmod
Found file(REL): ./hallib/EL8_machine.hal
Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC...
Removing HAL_LIB, RTAPI, and Real Time OS modules
Removing NML shared memory segments

Debug file information:
Note: Using POSIX realtime
HAL: ERROR: function 'cia402pv.Spindle.read-all' not found
./hallib/EL8_machine.hal:18: addf failed
2439
Stopping realtime threads
Unloading hal components
Note: Using POSIX realtime


 

Hi Hakan
Thanks for the help I have configured to the directory now, but have a new error message ?

Be in the directory were you have downloaded cia402pv.comp
and there do "sudo halcompile --install cia402pv.comp"

Easy to spot with the error messages, that helps a lot.

Print file information:
RUN_IN_PLACE=no
LINUXCNC_DIR=
LINUXCNC_BIN_DIR=/usr/bin
LINUXCNC_TCL_DIR=/usr/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc
LINUXCNC_SCRIPT_DIR=
LINUXCNC_RTLIB_DIR=/usr/lib/linuxcnc/modules
LINUXCNC_CONFIG_DIR=
LINUXCNC_LANG_DIR=/usr/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc/msgs
INIVAR=inivar
HALCMD=halcmd
LINUXCNC_EMCSH=/usr/bin/wish8.6
LINUXCNC - 2.9.6
Machine configuration directory is '/home/cnc/linuxcnc/configs/probe_basic_dev'
Machine configuration file is 'EL8_machine.ini'
INIFILE=/home/cnc/linuxcnc/configs/probe_basic_dev/EL8_machine.ini
VERSION=1.1
PARAMETER_FILE=linuxcnc.var
TPMOD=
HOMEMOD=el8_homecomp
TASK=milltask
HALUI=halui
DISPLAY=probe_basic
COORDINATES=X Y Z
KINEMATICS=trivkins coordinates=XYZ
Starting LinuxCNC...
Starting LinuxCNC server program: linuxcncsvr
Loading Real Time OS, RTAPI, and HAL_LIB modules
Starting LinuxCNC IO program: io
Starting HAL User Interface program: halui
linuxcnc TPMOD=tpmod HOMEMOD=el8_homecomp EMCMOT=motmod
Found file(REL): ./hallib/EL8_machine.hal
Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC...
Removing HAL_LIB, RTAPI, and Real Time OS modules
Removing NML shared memory segments

Debug file information:
Note: Using POSIX realtime
cia402pv: dlopen: /usr/lib/linuxcnc/modules/cia402pv.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
./hallib/EL8_machine.hal:9: waitpid failed /usr/bin/rtapi_app cia402pv
./hallib/EL8_machine.hal:9: /usr/bin/rtapi_app exited without becoming ready
./hallib/EL8_machine.hal:9: insmod for cia402pv failed, returned -1
2207
Stopping realtime threads
Unloading hal components
Note: Using POSIX realtime

sudo halcompile --install cia402pv.comp

cnc@raspberrypi:~$ sudo halcompile --install cia402pv.comp
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/halcompile", line 1553, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/halcompile", line 1523, in main
process(f, mode, outfile)
File "/usr/bin/halcompile", line 1363, in process
a, b = parse(filename)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/bin/halcompile", line 434, in parse
f = open(filename).read()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'cia402pv.comp'

Very difficult to say, you give me no clues.
You have to show the error messages from linuxcnc startup, that is the biggest help.
I kind of think you have not installed the component?
"sudo halcompile --install cia402pv.comp"
should put the component in the right place.
Anyway, I have to see the errors you get. A general description is not enough.

.Hal file I am using 

Hi Hakan thanks for your help  to configure the drive. 
Unfortunately I am having no luck in getting it to work. 
I have attached my files below do you mind having a look to see if there is anything obvious I am missing?  
I am very new to linux so am struggling to work out when using the loadrt command in the .hal file  where the other  file is loading from? 

Thanks Will 


 

Jean Philippe,

Thank you for sharing these. I greatly appreciate your generosity.

Am I correct I. My thinking that the magic for this is in the spindle.hal file?

Rich

Here is now a modified cia402 component together with a complete example on how to use PV (Profile Velcotiy) for an EtherCAT spindle drive.

github.com/MetalMusings/cia402pv
 

I *could* put my stepper drivers in PV mode. So I am making a modification to the cia402 component to (hopefully) make a stepper motor work as a spindle (how useful). Servo drives also. 
Check back in few hours.