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Yes. I am connecting to the two honda connectors labeled J10 and J5 on this diagram. 

Please let me know if you see any mistakes in this. 
Machine side       ->      Mesa 7i83
Pin 1, PRDY1X    ->      TB2, Pin 1, ENA0-
Pin 2, ENBL1X     ->      TB2, Pin 1, ENA0-
Pin 3, OVL1X       ->      No Connection Currently
Pin 4, VRDY1X    ->      No Connection Currently
Pin 6, TSAX         ->      TB2, Pin 16, AOUT3
Pin 7, VCMDX     ->      TB2, Pin 4, AOUT0
Pin 13, 0G           ->      No Connection Currently 
Pin 14, PRDY2X  ->      TB2, Pin 2, ENA0+
Pin 15, ENBL2X  ->      TB2, Pin 2, ENA0+
Pin 16, OVL2X    ->      No Connection Currently
Pin 17, VRDY2X ->      No Connection Currently
Pin 19, TSAX      ->      TB2, Pin 15, AGND
Pin 20, ECX        ->      TB2, Pin 3, AGND


Machine side       ->      Mesa 7i85
Pin 1, 0V         ->      TB3, Pin 3, GND
Pin 2, 0V         ->      TB3, Pin 3, GND
Pin 3, 0V         ->      TB3, Pin 3, GND
Pin 4, +5V       ->      TB3, Pin 6, +5V
Pin 5, +5V       ->      TB3, Pin 6, +5V
Pin 6, +5V       ->      TB3, Pin 6, +5V
Pin 8, OH1X    ->      No Connection Currently 
Pin 9, OH2X    ->      No Connection Currently
Pin 14, PCZX   ->      TB3, Pin 7, IDX0
Pin 15, *PCZX  ->      TB3, Pin 8, /IDX0
Pin 16, PCAX   ->      TB3, Pin 1, QA0
Pin 17, *PCAX  ->      TB3, Pin 2, /QA0
Pin 18, PCBX   ->      TB3, Pin 4, QB0
Pin 19, *PCBX  ->      TB3, Pin 5, /QB0

   

The only parameters that affect the frequency are
* stepdir0.velocity
* stepdir0.velocity-scale
* stepdir0.velocity-offset
and the FPGA clock frequency

Could you please attach your .json file?

Huge update everyone! My Gentoo image now ships with LinuxCNC preinstalled, many bugs were fixed, and a lot of packages were added. The image size grew by quite a bit but this functions more as a complete Linux system with some extra applications such as GIMP and Krita. Browser has been switched to Konqueror and 4K videos on YouTube play excellent on my old GPU.

github.com/NTULINUX/gentoo_backup/releases/tag/v0.4-alpha

Same instructions as before, still no RTAI support but I'll get there eventually. The issue before was that I was trying to stay under the 2GB file limit on Github, but now since I split the tar into 2 files, this gives me more range. It is now ~3.3GB in total for the download, and the minimum space requirement has been bumped as well (16GB minimum for the root filesystem)

This ships with the following packages, list not complete:

FileZilla
GIMP
Krita
Inkscape
FlexGUI
mesaflash
halviewer
LinuxCNC
Hexchat
Konqueror
NetworkManager (with applet)
XFCE
LXQt
guvcview (camera)
Kate
Geany
btop
htop

For qtpyvcp/probe basic:

Dear meister:
 
I used MDI command to move x axis for a example. The velocity is 60mm/min, and used halshow to watch pin:rio.stepdir0.velocity
the value is about 0.5mm/s, but the motor run in right speed,and I probe the x axis's pules signal used a oscilloscope
and it show the freqency is about 12.78khz, my scale is 1280 in .ini file
if I use stepdir to drive a servo motor to run a spindle, I net the spindle rps to some one stepdir.velocity then spindle run in a wrong speed
whitch parameter I set wrong?

Tim
 

Do you have a document for the actual driver pinout?

 

It's a joystick, and those have been analog for the last 20 years or so, last digital joystick i had was 30 years ago.
In short, you are looking at the wrong thing, search for joystick, not for analog joystick, or xbox controller or PS2/3/4/5 controller, there are some here on the forum.
html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=linuxcnc%20joystick

forum.linuxcnc.org/10-advanced-configura...ning-detailed-how-to

forum.linuxcnc.org/27-driver-boards/3559...ethernet-mesa-boards

What is the best way to verify the ground? Measure the resistance from the machine frame to the drive frame and mesa boards frame?

The machine was originally setup with a virtual tach using a f/v converter inside the Fanuc controller. Here is a diagram of the original setup. 


Thank you again for the help!

This might be the point where I can give my software-expertise to this project

I wrote some software which simulates the spindle control behavior based on the files uploaded here 17.5.2026. I have very little understanding of actual linuxcnc, so take everything with a grain of salt. The simulator is quite crude and it's translated in python, as I do not have access to a physical LinuxCNC machine for now. I'll need some confirmation that it somehow resembles the actual behavior of the Schaublin now before I dig in further. It does look like that the pid works "ok'ish" on low gear, only a minor overshoot, but it's way off on high gear. There's some possibility that the simulator could be useful when developing a state of the art control. I would also say that no extra hardware is needed, many things can be deducted from the spindle speed, cvt end switches and the motor hz.

I'll modify this message in the evening once I have uploaded the simulator to GitHub. It should work with any unix machine (mac os, linux, wsl) with python 3.12 or later, I'll still have to do some polishing to have good user experience.

The trajectory of what gcode file of the maximum size can be visualized with acceptable performance? Or I’ll ask differently: how many segments are the maximum?

I was making a similar interface and ran into browser limitations in terms of memory, etc.

No response.
So, is what I am trying to do possible.
I want to jog the machine in X-Y-Z using an analog joystick with gmoccapy as the frontend with the jog speed dynamic based on the joystick position.

Anticipate only allowing jogging when in the jog menu of gmoccapay.

Also of note when I am jogging using the jog buttons in gmoccapy and move the joystick the jogging stops. Is there a conflict between gmoccapy and the analog controls. 

Hi Rod. Since the back gear is only switched when stationary, there is no need for such feedback. logging the command is enough. Sanity check once the spindle turns and you can see the overall ratio.

Is there another area that discusses Mesa boards and setting them up

Let me preface this with I am very new to LinuxCNC, Ethercat, and CNCs in general. However, in hopes to help someone else out and maybe keep them interested in getting LinuxCNC working for their CNC I wanted to share my very basic setup files for the Lichaun CL57E-4A 4 axis Ethercat closed looped stepper motor driver. I think these files would be similar to what would be needed for the Lichaun OL57E? I searched the forums for the past few weeks but could not find any working examples for the Lichaun CL57E, (I might just be bad at searching the forum haha). I followed MrRodW's fantastic YouTube tutorial video on how to get all the main Ethercat setup complete and I am using an old HP Elitedesk 800 G1 DM PC, and its built in Ethernet port to run my LinuxCNC setup.

Attached is a very basic Ethercat xml configuration file, that I created with the "lcec_configgen" tool and then I filled in the missing parts by referencing the attached "pdos" and "sdos" files. Also attached are the hal and ini files. With the three files "cl57e-ethercat-conf.xml", "cl57e.hal", "cl57e.ini" a LinuxCNC config can be created and ran, which should in turn allow you to move all four axes. These files are very basic and will need more to get the CNC really going but it is always nice to see the motor move when you tell them too.

Is it possible that there is a grounding issue?

Did the original system use a tachometer?

If so , it would be floating which may be a requirement of the drives input circuit