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I just updated to the latest probe basic (Probe Basic APT Stable Install Bookworm 12).  I do not use an ATC.  Everything is working as it was before the update except I get this error (Error Named parameter #<number_of_pockets> not defined ) when trying to load a tool utilizing the Tool Change Panel (load tool).If I load a tool from the main screen it works fine.  I can even use the Tool change panel to unload the tool.  I have looked through my ini file and cannot see anything out of place.  Any suggestions on where to start looking would be appreciated.

I've encountered this bug many times. Thanks for posting.

Will do

A better solution should be to submit your changes to LinuxCNC as a PR.

I would upgrade to 2.9.10 and see if it persists.
If it does, learn how to do a run in place install of master branch 2.10pre and try there.
Then, post as an issue on GitHub where it will be reviewed but the devs. 

If the G540 is connected to the 7I96S parallel expansion connector, you should use
7i96s_g540d.bin firmware, that configures the 7I96S's P2 expansion connector the G540
pinout, Then basic setup can be done with pncconf. No need for AI, that just a time sink here.

You're welcome.

Once you are setup, it relatively easy to make a new configuration in a few minutes.

Спасибо за помощь. Всё получилось, сначала залил вашу прошивку, потом решил для пробы изменить пару пинов и скомпилировать новый bit - успешно, загрузил и запустил LinuxCNC - работает. Ещё раз спасибо!!!

How is the Mesa wired to G540?

I made a diff with the latest hal.cc from Github and got a 43 kB patch...
Can you make a patch from your sources?
 

Hello Folks Newbe here.

I mistakenly though I could easily convert my Shark SD120 to a Linuxcnc setup using a Mesa 7i96s to a Gecko g540. After hours of fooling with it and being misled by AI I now realize there is no easy way to setup the HAL and INI configs. I purchased the hardware and would like to make it work so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Doug
 

That's basically correct:

1. Add new pinout file to project (seveni98.xise in this case)
2. Select proper card and desired pinout file in top level file (TopEthernet16HostMot2.vhd in this case)
3. Recompile
4. Rename created bit file (TopEthernetHostMot2.bit in this case)  to desired final name.

UPDATE / SOLVED

Hello everyone;
After many tests, i found any solutions for this issue

Three İmportant Parts
1. Using Xenomai/Cobalt clock as the master cyclic timing base
2. Waiting for the ethercat slave dc clocks to converge before starting motion.(<1 microseconds)
3. Explicity phase-locking EtherCAT SEND to a safe position relative to SYNC0

I hope this saves someone else a lot of debugging time.

Fahreddin

Dear Linuxcnc Friends,
the WHB04b-6 driver has a big issue, if you are in Automatic mode and a cnc program in running and you use the jog wheel, will be freeze in the WHB04b-6. That issue is a bug in the hal.cc ! Every move on the jog wheel try the driver to switch into the manual mode and the WHB04b-6 freeze in. I have fixed this issue with AI and compiled the driver new in the Version of Linuxcnc 2.9.10
The Driver works very well and in my Version is the maximum of Jogscale 0.1mm ( to much Jogscale is a crash risk )
You can download here the zip file, unpack and copy with sudo rights to your System in /usr/bin/
Dont forgett to set the rights for execute the files.

The fixed hal.cc is in the attachment, for the guys they want compile by himself.
Best regards
Reinhard 

 
 
Please rename the attachment hal.c to hal.cc

Thanks, Rod, for your help. I'm still pretty overwhelmed by this right now. But I've figured out that the automatically generated XML file lists all the operating modes, and I have to choose one. I hadn't realized that, which is why I ended up with duplicate variable names. I've now decided on operating mode CSP and deleted the rest. I'll give it a try when I get home.