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I've finally managed to configure my 7i97t with the mesaCT.
In order to test my card I tried to put a small voltage on the output pin of the analog 0.
I would have expected to be able to use something like
setp hm2_7i97.0.analogout0 1.0
but it seems that the parameter for the analog drives doesnt exist at all?
My firmware is 7i97_d.bin
Where did i get lost this time?

Hi, 
I am reading all the topics on EtherCAT and CIA402 carefully. Unfortunately, I am not a programmer and cannot contribute much.
But I found this page, maybe it will help?
EtherCAT Slave: CiA 402 example  

Note: would it be possible to incorporate certain safety routines? For example, a watchdog if the servo receives the command for homing but does not start moving.

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Is it possible to create a new folder in the root directory where a new Joomla 6.x can be installed?

I would like to implement this suggestion in collaboration with other interested members of the forum.

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Installation of the Kanuna forum for Joomla

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I hope this suggestion is met with understanding and look forward to your feedback!

Best regards,
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Hi,
so in the last weeks it is really hard to convince myself to even go to the shop — “badly isolated to small of a heater,” you know how it is. Anyway, I still have a bit of an update.

I worked mainly on the control cabinet and its mounting. In the attachments you can see the box made from laser-cut and pre-bent steel plate, and the arm to mount the cabinet.
I decided to take it in the front of the machine. I reused the foot of the holder that mounted the original one in the back. Because the cabinet now is in the way of the tailstock, it had to be articulated twice. Simple rotation would not have worked.
It’s not quite together yet, but you may still see how it is supposed to go together.
It will be some weeks until I will be able to paint it (again, it is too cold).

I think that’s it for now.

Can't you just forget about cia for the moment and only work with lcec, like I did.
And transition manually 6,7 15.

I've attached my unfinished comp and hal for good luck. also had a look at Dominic's results and its the same
   

Well, that's disappointing! Thats exactly what I have done.
And all of my statuswords 1-3 are zero.
If you can see any obvious errors in the XML, let me know

Funny, I was just looking too. There is only one lcec slave showing

 

So if I go back and rework all the cia402 joints to point to the correct variable/pdo for that one slave, it might work!
 
 
XML and dump of PDO's is attached 

Hi, I am measuring on all pins (11 13 15 17) with no LPTR connected ~ 1.6V - When grounding CS (Pin 17) nothing changes....
LED CR3 is constantly on.

What can i che k in the FPGA configuration that may not be set to have SPI enabled?
Not sure if i used a spi cfg for my custom Bit file...

I created some for ethernet 7i80 and Epp sucessfull 7i90hd previously.... but then things went wrong....

QtPlasmaC updates - Master (v2.10):

• rename variables to avoid conflict with python builtin names
• remove redundant str() calls in f-strings
• fix tab level
• fix typo in pmx485 fault list
• allow file clear button to work if single cut encounters a bounds error
• clarify section/option error message for user buttons
  

I asked Rony for it, let's see what he says.

Here is a litttle exercise.
Comment out all connections to lcec for the say fourth drive. No cia involved, only lcec.
Start linuxcnc and then start halshow.
First set lcec.0.x.4-opmode to 8.
Then step by step enter 6, 7 and 15 as 4-controlword (or 4-cia-controlword).
Watch how 4-statusword changes for every number entered.
Use a dec-to-bin converted to decode statusword.
Some of the statusword combinations are belwow
Probably especially valuable to compare the drive that works with one that doesn't.



 

yeh it was down here during the day (your night) quite a lot

  So all day yesterday I could not bring up the LinuxCNC forum. I could go to the main site but not the forum.
Does anybody know if the forum was actually down or is the USA starting to limit how it's citizens can interact
with others in the world? I tried multiple locations and devices yesterday and none of them would successfully
bring it up.
Obviously I can connect to it now. but the question remains.

The manual is google translated from Chinese and there is a windows configuration program that connects via USB. Too big to upload sorry but it is all there even if presentation is a bit lacking. It identifies all of the PDOs so it does not make sense if one axis works and others don't 

Is there some additional info needed? Like a SDO that specifies which drives to activate?

Do you have the manual? Couldn't find it, nor the esi/xml file.

Also, no errors or warnings in the syslog?