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You can use pncconfs "discover" option to work with whatever firmware you have.

I'm considering dropping pathpilot from my tormachs and I might cross over to linuxcnc . Theres a random quirk with pathpilot and I'm nearly done dealing with it

The cards I have are 5i25 and they are on pcnc440's . I've been searching for a few answers and I'm sort of finding myself going around in circles . I've seen screen caps in the forum where guys show the wizard drop down menu having firmware for mx3660 . I'm assuming guys have downloaded and placed a file somewhere for the wizard to pick it up but I'm not clear on how they achieved that . Or was it a drop down option at one time and no longer there ?

The mx3660  setup still won't  provide a perfect pin match for my mills ,  but , it's close enough that I should be able to edit the rest to match the pinout of my cards that have already been flashed for the tormachs  . Otherwise I think I may have a bit more editing to do if I go with the available g540x2 which is available in the wizard
 

Thanks,
I will do disable secure boot and try again.
 

OK found the issue: A typo in a source file broke parity checking.
but our test CPU's don't enable parity checking by default so the bug
was missed.

As I mentioned before, on the Elite 8200 you can bypass the issue
by disabling #SERR in the BIOS setup.

This should allow you to upgrade the card with fixed bit files.
The fixed bit files (and fixed source)  are downloadable from:

www.mesanet.com/software/parallel/5i25t.zip

You should also update the fallback image so for example:

sudo mesaflash --device 5i25t --write 5i25t_7i77x2d.bin
sudo mesaflash --device 5i25t --write 5i25t_16m_fallback.bin --fallback

Sorry for the problem.

 

so, after starting and turning off the latency error, if there is a connection to the network, then allow the machine to turn on (if there is no connection to the network, the button for machine on is blurred, when trying to jog, it throws out joint following errors and turns off the network) I will try on another linux to I'll try, I don't understand uart monitoring at all, I tried what I know because these cards on mach3 didn't work well.

I am attaching two DEBUG files. The first is a FAILURE and the second SUCCEEDED. Looks as if the G43 is the difference. The failure is G43 Offset zero and then it succeeds with the G43 Offset of one(1) after I click start for the second time; 

FAILURE
 

SUCCEEDS
 

Okay, is qtplasmac built in to the basic config wizard now? Or do I have to download it or upload something for it?

These changes didn't help but, what does work is clicking on the "Measure/Probe Current Tool" button.

The latency error right after start you can ignore or it also still gives a following error?
In the latter case monitoring the uart output will help to see if the firmware and config work correctly

I made a post in the Classicladder Subforum. I believe I am a step ahead. The problem seems to be the activated Twopass option in the Ini. Not really sure how to work around that, but it feels like the solution is close.

forum.linuxcnc.org/25-classicladder/5451...ng-with-linuxcnc-rio

 

I tried putting the loadusr line in the posthui hal file. Did not work. I tried to put all 3 lines in the postgui hal file, did not work either.

The problem is, even in the postgui hal file, CL opens up, but the Axis GUI of the machine does not open up, until I quit the CL.

I feel like the solution is very close, I just don't know how to set up the starting sequence.

Hi Chris

In qtdragon the feedrate override value is displayed fine if only xyz axes are working, but if a rotary axis is added to it the value becomes useless because the angular values ​​of the rotary axis are added to the linear values.

I think the angular values ​​should be removed from "feedrate override".

It would be possible to calculate the linear speeds of the workpiece, but you would have to take into account the distance of the tool tip from the rotary axis, and the rotational speed of the axis. It gets even more complicated with two rotary axes.
Any ideas on how to do this?

Another minor thing is that the linuxcnc logo is not displayed in "setup"
it is displayed only after pressing "local files" and after pressing the return arrow.

If you forget something, you can use the wizard to edit that same config, or just make another one, you can have as much config as you like.

Hello,
First post on this forum so please go easy on me. LOL
This will be my 4th build, but this time I'm using Servos not steppers.
For now, I'll be using Mach3 - to get this up and running, then I'm very interested in learning Linux as a whole, then learning Linux CNC and using it on this machine.
That being said. The Parker GV drive Motion Planner is like learning Japanese when you're blind, deaf, and just came off a bender. I was told that there's software out there that is much easier to use to set up all of the parameters. Anyone know of anything?

Thx
Nomad1