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Thank you for quick reply.

Since 7i76e are not available, I am planning to buy 7i96S instead. Are they a suitable replacement for 7i76e? My setup is very basic, file is attached. Mesa cards just confuse me...

Those errors suggest a problem with either the 7I76E field I/O side power supply or
serial communications (not a specific issue of the inputs)

If you contact Mesa by email, they can issue a RMA for analysis/repair/replacement
of the card.

This is absolutely infuriating!

all the axis move when homing, homing is successfull, but afterwards only one of the Ys moves.
And I've red the post "homing configuration" several times, there is literally nothing about configuring two axis as a gantry. There only is something about when you have a gantry setup, that somethings should be taken care of.
The last line, which says to look at the exampleconfig a gantry machine, was also only semi helpful since 1. This example config wasn't even available on my variant of linuxcnc, and 2. Since there is nothing helpful in the example config, 

Any help is still much appreciated. Any ideas, I'll take them all and try.

I am running 7i76e with linuxcnc 2.8.4 for a engraving router for a year now and today it started to give a fault while machining(file attached). After 5 minutes it stopped working entirely and gave me a warning at the start saying input-08 is not plugged in. I removed the number 8 from Pncconf and tried again but then it was input-09. I removed all of them it was the spindle, after the spindle machine turned on. XYZ axis work no problem but nothing else. I then swapped the 7i76e from a different machine that I have and problem was solved. Is my card dead or is there something that I can do?

If you don't set the PWM value, the output voltage will not change.
you need:net spindle-output hm2_7i97.0.pwmgen.04.value

The 460 RPM when connected at ~0V is probably a noise issue
This may be soluble with a common mode choke on the spindle 4
analog output and ground.

I have setup the enable pin in my io.hal and classic ladder files. I am able to rotate the spindle in either direction at about 460 rpm with the buttons on gmmocapy.

Sadly I have no control over the speed. It is either on or off. The multi-meter reads at 0.009v when at 460 rpm. If the 0-10v wires are disconnected from the spindle drive the speed is 6 rpm in either selected direction.

I found someone else's hal and ini on the forum and noticed their spindle-output was net-ed to their pwmgen.04.value. My spindle-output is net-ed to pid.s.output. I tried each method without any change in behavior.

My pwmgen.04.value is not currently connected to anything. Should it be? (Reading the pwmgen section of the docs makes me think this is my problem.)

I have attached updated hal and ini files. 

stickys wrote:

Hey guys!
Successfully installed firmware, now it's moving
Do you have a full config .file, for spindle, inputs, outputs etc. for sample?
Tried to add homing switches, I wrote remora.input.03 but it said unkown pin.
I have dual Y axis, I followed the tutorials but only one motor is moving, if I set sync home sequence it will be OK?

Great to hear. There are example configs in the following link. Check out the hypercube hal and ini files. This shows how to setup dual axes. Dual Z in this case but the same is for dual Y. For a dual axis setup, don't jog in manual until after you have homed the axes, they will not jog together until homed.

Remora/LinuxCNC/ConfigSamples at main · scottalford75/Remora

 

Creative25 wrote:

looks like LinuxCnc is really awesome.

 

Yes it is.

 

Aciera wrote:

I think you might be missing this in your hal file:

net tool-change iocontrol.0.tool-change iocontrol.0.tool-changed

 

Now that you mention it, yes, I do not remember putting these iocontrol pins anywhere. I knew that I might be making some stupid mistake. I guess I will go to workshop to check although I just put kids to sleep.

Aciera wrote:

[code]Just so we are on the same page, I presume you have tried the suggested (ie reversed M6 T..):

[code]T.. M6

[/code][/code]

 To be honest, no, I did not try that because on previous retrofit it worked. IMHO specifying M command and then its parameters makes sense, doing other way around feels awkward and wrong. But ok, I will try that. 

Aciera wrote:

I am testing from MDI. I _think_ that I tried a test file once but am not sure. Ok, that is 3rd point in my list to check.

Aciera wrote:

I will take a look, it is very likely that I have deleted/overwritten it. And the lack of errors is exactly what makes it difficult as I have absolutely no clue where to look. I think that lack of those iocontrol HAL pins seems to be very likely cause, on my way to check that.

I documented my e-stop setup using an external safety relay in the post linked below:

forum.linuxcnc.org/12-milling/50559-opti...rsion?start=0#284533

Maybe it will help you get your setup up and running.

if estop-latch.N.ok-out goes false, one of these must have changed:

estop-latch.N.ok-in  goes false
estop-latch.N.fault-in goes true

So I would watch these in halshow or halscope to see whats happening.

I also don't understand why you have two estop latches. It seems that one
should be sufficient (adding some logic if you need to add fault inputs or OK inputs)



 

I think you might be missing this in your hal file:


[edit]

for troubleshooting it might also make sense to use the 'show halconfiguration' to watch the iocontrol.* pins like
iocontrol.0.tool-prepare
iocontrol.0.tool-prepared
iocontrol.0.tool-change

[edit2]

Just so we are on the same page, I presume you have tried the suggested (ie reversed M6 T..):

Below is the current set up as of last night. Bench testing worked as expected. It goes from there to a Parallel port break out board. This allwos me to use my machine with LinuxCNC and laserGRBL with just changing a plug. I tried to find out the current rating of the 3.3V and 5V power supply of the Tang Nano 9k. According to the schematics, it seems like that there is a TMI7003C DC/DC Step down, which gets it's 5V directly from the USB C port. If I read it correct, it can supply a max current of 1.5A total. That'a including the power for the FPGA,...It seems like the each Output of the Tang can drive up to 24mA. Which obviusley need to be deducted from the 1.5A plus the other current demands of the FPGA board. Still I believe there is plenty of current to drive secondary operations.The 1.8V needed for Bank 3 is not availbale at FPGA board. I was wondering if I could just use 1 or 2 1.8V outputs, set them pernantley to high and use them as supply voltage for any leverl shifter at Bank3. Opinions? 



 

Running normal g-code files is ok, I have made quite a few test parts

So if you have a tool-change (ie M6 T..) inside a gcode then the file executes all the way with the toolchange being ignored?

Config is in first post, starts with Biesse.ini

What I meant is post the first config you added the remap to and the errors you got there before you modified the sim config. The problem with the current situation is that nothing happens and there are no errors which makes troubleshooting very difficult.

Thanks for all your efforts.
I am going to order an unloader valve and pressure sensor. 

no hurry with the software side it will take time for me to get all the parts. 

looks like LinuxCnc is really awesome.