extra axis on 7i96 with bob

Can you ping the card?

How are jumpers W5 and W6 on the 7I96 set

What does:

ip a

report?
 


 

card pings no problem,

ip a reports :

ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eno1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:23:24:b5:80:2a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 10.10.10.8/24 brd 10.10.10.255 scope global noprefixroute eno1
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlp1s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether 22:6b:6c:9f:f3:51 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff


w5 and W6 are set as such :

 

Fairly mysterious...

Does LinuxCNC run properly?

 

Yes, I've been using the machine since 2022 with no issue using the stock firmware, i'm only trying to use mesaflash now to use a fifth stepgen. is there something with my linux install that could have gone wrong?

Strange issue...

You might try updating mesaflash to the current version:

github.com/LinuxCNC/mesaflash

(scroll down to bottom for build instructions)

trying to do this, I realize the computer I use seems to have some broader networking issue, I usually use it offline, I connected it to wifi but I have no acces to the internet, any leads to where this might come from? wrong ip adress setup on my pc?

The IP address for the WIFI should be assigned automatically via DHCP
not something you normally need to change.

Do make sure that you are not using wicd for network setup
it broken and does not allow a DHCP WIFI connection to coexist
with a static Ethernet connection.
 

thank you for the help, I did a fresh install using the latest image and got mesaflash to work, the proper firmware is now on the board.

I have a few more questions before I fry my card

when connecting the bob o the 7i96 in what position should W8 be?

what is the correct adress for the P1/PWM pin on the bob?

W8 must be down

To see the 5ABOB specific pinout:

mesaflash --device 7i96 --addr 10.10.10.10 --dbname3 5abob --readhmid