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Hi,
try changing the value in the .hal file

See also Mesa 7i96S and 7i76E and 7i95 and many other combos, but for a start 7i96S is the easiest to wire and quite cheap.

LearningLinuxCNC wrote:

John,

Yes it is the UPWM board. It is driving your pwm servo drives. The CMOS battery did die at one point but the parallel port is set up in epp mode. I am not sure why it is doing this. If you have any troubleshooting tips I would be glad to hear them. Could the eeprom be bad?
 

OK, so the scan of the parallel port is getting some random stuff, since it thinks it sees a bunch of PPMC boards there.
The FPGA on the UPC runs a checksum on the data loaded from EPROM, so if the red (load fail) LED flashes and goes out when power is applied, then it is accepting the firmware as valid.  If that LED stays on, then the firmware did NOT load.  First, check that the BIOS settings are for the parallel port to be at address 378, as that is what LinuxCNC is using.  If this is a PCI or PCIe parallel port, then the address will not be 0x378.  There are several versions of EPP mode, if the BIOS allows to select between 1.7 and 1.9 versions, try both.  If your parport cable is not rated for IEEE1284 operation, that can be the problem.
Oh, one other thing is there are some ppmc driver options that may need to be changed for the newer LinuxCNC version.
In your config file set, in ppmc_load.hal, on the line that loads the ppmc driver,
loadrt hal_ppmc timestamp="0x00"
try adding this to the end of that line:
< space> epp_dir=1
That might fix it.  This is documented in a comment in that file.

I'm not too sure what else to suggest.
Jon

subscribed .. curious about the outcome and further experiences.

venturing into embroidery myself lately, got a 2010ish 12needle chinese machine (in reasonably good working condition) standing round but neither time nor space to work with it. in the meantime learned a bit about design and software for it - a whole ecosystem by itself obviously - curious how and if you'd try to translate this to the (linux)cnc-world..

cheers,
markus.

Awesome, I’m really looking forward to your tool, and I think if this works out it’ll be an absolute game changer for lathes!I find all of this really interesting feel free to keep the camera running while testing and upload it somewhere. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one watching this with excitement.A very cool project to make use of the time between the holidays.

Unfortunately, I never reach the speed set in the .ini file.
The motors move much slower than the set speed and make a lot of noise. If I set the same speed in the drive program, the command executes smoothly and without making any noise.
I'm probably doing something wrong in the configuration.

There are no premade RPi3 images available for download.

You have a couple of options.
1: Someone maybe able to make one, but it would require that person having access to a Rpi3.
2: Find someone with Linux knowledge who can also speak english and is willing to help.
3: Have a go following someone's instructions, all is not lost if you make a mistake.
4: Look into using grbl.

A bit of a warning regarding the RPi3, you may have latency issues, which there may not be a solution for fixing it. Increasing thread period may not give smooth operation.

Saying that you don't understand all the time wont help. I'm sorry I really wish it was different.

Yeah std breakout board, a lot of the generic Chinese one have a 0-10v converter. Mesa also sells something called spinx1 store.mesanet.com/index.php?route=produc...oduct&product_id=205 which could be connected to the 2nd port on the 7i92T.
Glass sensor would require a buffer circuit of sorts I guess, PCW would have the best advice regarding that.

I've been using an original 7i92 for years (the change was to a different FPGA for the T) and had no issues........plus a number of other cards as things grew


This how good the support from Mesa is. Some users have bought clones from AliExpress (I'd recommend the genuine thing) and he's been happy to help those users out. TBH PCW has helped me out when I got bored and tried to build a clone of a 7c81 based on a Spartan6 FPGA dev board. Which does work either via SPI to Raspberry Pi 4/5 or a PC with a parallel port using the EPP protocol.

You may find some forum users very biased towards Mesa, some build machines professionally and only use Mesa, other have converted a mill or a lathe....or many other machines that I have probably missed. But they all swear by Mesa products.
Not that there aren't other options, but it's the best way if you "just wanna make chips".

Just standard linuxcnc settings. You have Velocity and Accelerations settings for every axis in the ini file. Adjust them to your liking.

I'm still working on it. At the moment it is only partially useable. At the moment I am working on ensuring that the contour is implemented correctly. Especially with regard to circular arches. Thread already looks good. The goal is that 100% can be done on the machine. After I have implemented this with the contour, the goal is that a correction is included, depending on which tool is chosen. Means that the cutting geometry is included in the movement depending on which tool is chosen. If possible, the information should come from the Tool.db. In addition, a warning if the chipping with the tool is not possible. I can't say how quickly I can do it, but I'll try until I have a working solution. Anyone who has ever worked on Siemens controllers should certainly get along with the panel, because my experience with the machines certainly shows similarities.

Hi,
thanks for the answer!
To get the 7i92T working I need at least a "standard" lpt breakoutboard, right? That would be for the steppers. What would I need for a 0-10V signal for the spindle? Can I plug in glass "sensor" into it? (I would not really need it, never had any step losses with my other machine).
Well yes you always have to double check what the KI says, but for programming it helps alot
regards Han

Good point Rod, I will do so.

Hi all,I'm experiencing an issue with my EtherCAT drive. When I try to move any axis through LinuxCNC, the motion is noticeably slower compared to using the drive's own software.I've attached two videos for comparison:

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  The motors also seem quite loud in LinuxCNC.Any suggestions or insights would be greatly appreciated.
  
  Many thanks,
  Lorenzo
   

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I was able to find the manual and some info´about the alarm. Even if there were very few clues in the post
 
Then you can tryor if you have an old lcec version and syncToRefClock isn't recognized: refClockSyncCycles="-1000"

Check the lcec.0.pll-reset-count variable that it stays on single digit. Read at least one full page here github.com/linuxcnc-ethercat/linuxcnc-et...istributed-clocks.md

Good. Has happened before. A total reset after eeprom update is usually a good idea.
I normally upload firmware on the fly, even when connected to linuxcnc. Much less sensitive.