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i get command not found on many of the commands from the text tutorial

Tomorrow I would like to get the 2 7i94ts to connect using a mesa uart connection. Not sure which firmware to flash. Had a look through the available ones but there isn't an obvious choice. 

PCW, is there one available, if so which one?

Thanks
Henk

Yes, in most cases, mesaflash is not needed as the installed firmware is sufficient.
 

Yes. Current stable version 2.9.4 ISO
I think that mesa and linuxcnc card experts may not have even noticed this. because they either knew where and how to download the updates without a problem. or they skipped this step altogether and did the configuration right away.

how to run lcnc_logger? what to add in .ini file?

Thanks for the reply but I believe I made all those changes and it made no difference, did I do it wrong or is the problem something else?

The HAW show shows that automatic tuning is not enabled.
What can I test? The problem I have is serious.

Changed topic title to something a little more verbose.

Yes, a fairly ancient version of mesaflash (3.4.9)  is included with the
LinuxCNC 2.9.4 ISO, this is supposedly fixed for later releases.

Was this with the version included in the 2.9.4 ISO?
Djakuju bardzo.

Same principle for the statusword. It is named statusword in ethercat-conf.xml not cia-statusword.
You can go over the names of all pins in ethercat-conf to see that they match the name in the hal file.
 

Pressed a little longer on the input field and a keypad showed up.
Unexpectedly helpful. But where is the "-" sign? And a "," or "." would be nice needed too.
As far as I can tell it is an integrated keyboard, not the external onboard.
 

thank you tommy. i will try adding home switches.

I need to reopen this topic. The installation went smoothly as described above. After reinstalling the system, I can no longer access the EK1100 (it worked before). I've spent hours searching for the error, but to no avail. What I noticed is that the EtherCAT master always has the status "Link DOWN."

Master0
  Phase: Waiting for device(s)...
  Active: no
  Slaves: 0
  Ethernet devices:
    Main: 80:ee:73:fd:0f:8b (waiting...)
      Link: DOWN
      Tx frames:   0
      Tx bytes:    0
      Rx frames:   0
      Rx bytes:    0
      Tx errors:   0
      Tx frame rate [1/s]:      0      0      0
      Tx rate [KByte/s]:      0.0    0.0    0.0
      Rx frame rate [1/s]:      0      0      0
      Rx rate [KByte/s]:      0.0    0.0    0.0
    Common:
      Tx frames:   0
      Tx bytes:    0
      Rx frames:   0
      Rx bytes:    0
      Lost frames: 0
      Tx frame rate [1/s]:      0      0      0
      Tx rate [KByte/s]:      0.0    0.0    0.0
      Rx frame rate [1/s]:      0      0      0
      Rx rate [KByte/s]:      0.0    0.0    0.0
      Loss rate [1/s]:          0      0      0
      Frame loss [%]:         0.0    0.0    0.0
  Distributed clocks:
    Reference clock:   None
    DC reference time: 0
    Application time:  0
                       2000-01-01 00:00:00.000000000

Could this also be the reason why no master is found when starting a test configuration?

The EK 1100 is powered and the network is connected. Is there something wrong with the network configuration?



 

Hi Aciera,

Thanks for your reply!

I’m planning to machine cast iron and steels like CK45 or SPK, mainly for mold making.

When it comes to speed, I'm still new to the CNC world — I'm coming from 3D printers world — so I don’t really know what’s considered fast or slow here. But I’m not looking for anything extreme. I thing Something like 45 or 30 mm/s feed rate with 0.3 to 0.5 mm depth per pass would be okay

About the machine setup:

For now, 3 axes will do, but I’d like to add a small 5th axis later — just enough to work on parts like cylinders up to 10 cm radius and 20 cm height.

I want to build the frame from epoxy granite for better rigidity and vibration damping.

Planning to use 25 mm ball screws with 5 mm pitch, and 30 mm linear rails.

The spindle will be a 2.2 kW single-phase induction motor, belt-driven with a VFD.


I’m not going for an automatic tool changer just yet, but it’s definitely on the list for future upgrades.

Oh, and by the way — I recently found a Beckhoff EK1100 for only €95, which I think is a good price

But Unfortunately, motors with ethercat are expensive.