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I think I pushed a fix for the leds staying on problem - at least in the tests I did it worked.
The label is a bit harder to fix satisfactorily. It's now at least translatable.

if I add these commands, on my machine the camera fails.
we need to find away to detect possible resolutions.

How do you know what resolution is displaying in qtdragon?

I have a small CNC job shop in my garage. I currently have a Sharp SV-2412SX VMC with a Fanuc control. I need to start taking some turning jobs. I have an Emco Maximat Super 11 manual lathe that I was thinking about doing a LinuxCNC conversion on. But the more I think about it, I want a heftier, more capable CNC lathe with an ATC. But I am not ready to drop another $25k+ on used machine.

Someone local is selling a Mazak QT8 with a CAM T-2 control for $2500. It needs work and it looks like a good candidate for a LinuxCNC retrofit.

I'm a software engineer by profession. I don't know much about LinuxCNC yet, but I am learning. I'm currently going through some classicladder tutorials, and HAL tutorials as well to get my head around what it takes to do a retrofit and better understand the LinuxCNC ecosystem.

Do you guys have any recommendations on where I should begin to better understand what existing components on the Mazak QT8 I can use and what existing components will need to be replaced because they won't work with LinuxCNC. I have a lot to learn, but I am not intimidated by projects like this. I just need some advice regarding the best place to start and how a map out a project like this. 

Thanks!
Chris

Okay as I said in my last post I ended up finding a second firmware that must have been the one you were referring to. I deleted it and now I was able to move the jumper back to where it should be and the int light is off and I can identify the card with the computer. Awesome. That was probably the easy part of this project, now I need to figure out how to make all these cards interact with my milling machine. Thank you for your help!

Yes. looks like you have an older version

Just download the zipfile from the store, unzip and cd to configs/hostmot2 in the unzipped directory, then 
write the firmware with mesaflash.

In addition to the MD5 checksum, you can check the compile date because it's in the bin file header:

reeby:/users/share/dist/5i25t/configs/hostmot2> hexdump -C 5i25t_7i77_7i74d.bin | head -24
00000000  56 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 3a  20 32 30 32 31 2e 32 2e  |Version: 2021.2.|
00000010  33 32 33 2e 34 2e 36 0a  47 65 6e 65 72 61 74 65  |323.4.6.Generate|
00000020  64 3a 20 46 72 69 20 4e  6f 76 20 32 32 20 31 36  |d: Fri Nov 22 16|
00000030  3a 30 31 3a 33 39 20 32  30 32 34 0a 0a 50 72 6f  |:01:39 2024..Pro|
00000040  6a 65 63 74 3a 20 2f 68  6f 6d 65 2f 70 63 77 2f  |ject: /home/pcw/|
00000050  65 66 69 6e 69 74 79 2f  32 30 32 31 2e 32 2f 70  |efinity/2021.2/p|
00000060  72 6f 6a 65 63 74 2f 35  69 32 35 74 0a 46 61 6d  |roject/5i25t.Fam|
00000070  69 6c 79 3a 20 54 72 69  6f 6e 0a 44 65 76 69 63  |ily: Trion.Devic|
00000080  65 3a 20 54 32 30 46 32  35 36 0a 57 69 64 74 68  |e: T20F256.Width|
00000090  3a 20 31 0a 4d 6f 64 65  3a 20 61 63 74 69 76 65  |: 1.Mode: active|
000000a0  0a 50 41 44 44 45 44 5f  42 49 54 53 3a 20 30 0a  |.PADDED_BITS: 0.|
000000b0  0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a  0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a 0a  |................|
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Here is what I got when I did the md5sum.
c8e64a9c988aaf6e7b1a75e4bac90641 and I tried figuring out the date. It says it's birth was 2025-03-06 but also modify dTe is 2024-05-11. I'm wondering if the old bin file is still on the computer and being writes over the one I just downloaded...

Yes, those are the "very very dangerous - you will most certainly die if you touch them while powered on and someone fires the torch" parts
Except, you do not necessarily have to touch them, even 1-3cm away can irrevocably cause death, depending on ambient moisture.
Again for clarity, do not wire anything on this side.

Ah there we are thanks man! I had been doing everything through pncconf and was exiting out and saving changes without realizing it wasent actually writing the file. After modifying the file manually shure as shit were up and rolling.

Cnc machinist by trade lmao but super green on linux cnc and its showing lmao!

I downloaded the one today from the store website, I'll look for that info when I get home later. When I use the reload the firmware works. It's only when I move the jumper it breaks it again.

Where was it downloaded from?

What are the date and md5sum of the.bin file?

Your mesaflash version is too old to support the 7I76EU  but it found the card.

LinuxCNC 2.9.4 does support the 7I76EU

Are you sure the IP address in the hal file is 10.10.10.10?
 

Strange message from that

"Unsupported ethernet device 7I76eu at 10.10.10.10
No ETHERNET board found"

I am running linux cnc 2.9.4 and as far as I know the eu is supported

I just redownloaded from the website that I was trying today. I am not sure where the last one was pulled. I think I found it on a forum

What does

mesaflash --device ethernet --addr 10.10.10.10 --readhmid

report?

There was a firmware error in 5I25T firmware that was fixed toward the end of last year.

What is your .bin file date and md5 checksum?

The current version is

MD5 (5i25t_7i77_7i74d.bin) = 90c674c34dfdbb3d597f0886768fb830

Nov 22  2024