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It happens that ethercat drives have inputs and outputs one can use for general purposes.
At least my Ect60s have a few. Meant for internal homing I think, but can be used for anything.
Check the drive specs.

blazini36 wrote:

unknown wrote:

No the firmware has to be rebuilt and the FPGA reprogrammed. It's not so hard to build firmware yourself.

 
I suppose you mean with the Efinix software? If ya get bored and wanna point me in the right direction......
 

The 7i92 uses the Xilinx Spartan 6 FPGA, so you'll need Xilinx ISE.
14.7 is here: www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.ht...ols/archive-ise.html
Install tips here: gist.github.com/aliemo/ce58ea570ee6ffa6d...k_comment_id=5040735
And a fair tutorial is here: tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/emc/xilinx...14_install_index.php

Only have experience with the Xilinx Tools for the Spartan chips.

Using efinix software is not something I've had to do, but I think it has been mentioned on the forum.

PCW wrote:

If you tell me the new PWM pin number or GPIO number is needed, I can add it
(Probably tomorrow)

 

P2, Pin3, IO-2

Totally feel you on the gamepad struggle—those missing keys can be a real pain! Remapping can be a lifesaver, though. If you're using gmoccapy, you might wanna check out the keymap file in your config. You can assign other buttons to act like Page Up/Down.
Also, some folks swear by using software like JoyToKey or Xpadder to map your gamepad buttons to keyboard keys. It gives you way more flexibility! Just make sure your gamepad is recognized as a joystick in your system settings.
Hope that helps you get your Z-axis control back in action! Happy machining!
block breaker

unknown wrote:

No the firmware has to be rebuilt and the FPGA reprogrammed. It's not so hard to build firmware yourself.

 

I suppose you mean with the Efinix software? If ya get bored and wanna point me in the right direction......

Sorry for the trouble guys. Absolutely. It makes a easy replacement if one has a machine already on parallel port as pins can be mapped. 
Need to connect spindle and its quadrature encoder on my existing parallel port machine with the 7i95 ID26 connector also. PWMgen is set at pin 1, spindle ccw at pin 5 and spindle cw at pin 4 of the BoB. Please guide.

If you tell me the new PWM pin number or GPIO number is needed, I can add it
(Probably tomorrow)

No the firmware has to be rebuilt and the FPGA reprogrammed. It's not so hard to build firmware yourself.

So you want to connect the mesa card/cards to the router (wired) and the computer to the router via wifi ?
Generally it's advised to connect the mesa card directly to the computer via a cable, no switch/hub/router involved.
I think network latency would be the issue. And each mesa card would have to have it's own IP, sorry if you already know this, but not everyone is wise to basic networking.

Sure, but that's just one example. Because I haven't done all the configuration yet, in the XML below, I show some outputs and inputs, where value is used to read the MPG signal.

<masters>
<master idx="0" appTimePeriod="1000000" refClockSyncCycles="3">
<!-- panel -->
<slave idx="0" type="generic" vid="00000890" pid="101407" configPdos="false">
<syncManager idx="2" dir="out">
<pdo idx="1600">
<pdoEntry idx="7000" subIdx="01" bitLen="1" halPin="out-1" halType="bit"/>
</pdo>
<pdo idx="1602">
<pdoEntry idx="7020" subIdx="01" bitLen="1" halPin="out-2" halType="bit"/>
</pdo>
<pdo idx="1603">
<pdoEntry idx="7030" subIdx="01" bitLen="1" halPin="out-3" halType="bit"/>
</pdo>
</syncManager>
<syncManager idx="3" dir="in">
<pdo idx="1a00">
<pdoEntry idx="6000" subIdx="01" bitLen="1" halPin="in-1" halType="bit"/>
</pdo>
<pdo idx="1a01">
<pdoEntry idx="6010" subIdx="01" bitLen="1" halPin="in-2" halType="bit"/>
</pdo>
<pdo idx="1a02">
<pdoEntry idx="6020" subIdx="01" bitLen="1" halPin="in-3" halType="bit"/>
</pdo>
<pdo idx="1a03">
<pdoEntry idx="6030" subIdx="01" bitLen="1" halPin="in-4" halType="bit"/>
<pdoEntry idx="6030" subIdx="11" bitLen="16" halPin="value" halType="u32"/>
</pdo>
</syncManager>
</slave>
</master>
</masters>

PCW, I assume you're still watching this thread.....

I just picked this thing back up again after quite some time and am repurposing it for sort of a "dual role" machine. I need to add another PWM output, I assume I can't just modify the pin file for the 7i92t since the other file is a binary right?

Ok so stupid quick question.  its been a minute, but im in the process of finally building my 4x8 router after getting moved.  I got a super snazzy computer cart for it and i had the idea to use an old router i had lying around to network all my machines so i can use one computer to control them instead of a dedicated one for each machine. to keep my cords to a minimum (and freakin trip hazards!), i was going to try and use wifi to connect to the router from the computer. before i start stretching cords, is this feasible?  i’ve googled and cant seem to find the minimum network speed for a 7i96 to be able to work. oh and this will be a dedicated network, probably no internet on a wifi N router (300mbps). if not im sure i can hustle up a cheap wifi 5/6 one too!

Fixed tittles for both, links still work, pinning it and locking it now so if you can not post or edit do let me know on the other topic.
Thank you.

Is there any other cam software for tangential knife except sheetcam ?