Have I fried my 7i76..?!?

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7 years 5 months ago #135211 by pferrick

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Hi all-

Do the results of this simple test mean that I am in need of a new 7i76 (or possibly 5i25?):

-disconnect ALL green connectors from the 7i76
-reconnect only the field power connector, with a verified +24VDC on pins 1-5, relative to pin 8 [gnd]
-starting Linuxcnc still gets me errors like the following:

Pin 'hm2_5i25.0.7i76.0.0.input-04' does not exist

The reasons that I suspect that the 7i76 is dead, aside from the above result, are a) the problem cropped up very suddenly on a system that had been working fine for a long time, b) no hardware or software changes had been made (I'm 98% sure of that), and c) it happened not too long after I discovered (to my horror) that a few [but probably enough] tiny aluminum chips had rained down on the innards of my machine when I forgot to replace a certain panel!!!! Yes, I know...too stupid to live.

If there is any alternative test that anyone can suggest to see if in fact I have royally ^%$&$ things up, I'd appreciate hearing about it.

Thanks,
Pat

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7 years 5 months ago #135245 by PCW

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Have you verified that both yellow LEDs on the 7I76 are illuminated before you start LinuxCNC?

Have you checked that the connecting cable between the 7I76 and 5I25 is secure?

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7 years 5 months ago #135265 by Todd Zuercher

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Are you sure there aren't any aluminum chips anywhere they shouldn't be? (Those little buggers like to hide in the most inconvenient places.)

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7 years 5 months ago #135325 by pferrick

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Thanks for the suggestions. I'm afraid the results are not good news:

Both yellow LEDs are on well before starting LinuxCNC.
The cable between the 5i25 and the 7i76 is securely in place.
I have examined the board under pretty high magnification and found no chips.

Not looking good for the 7i76.....dang.
Any other tests come to mind before I start arranging for a replacement?

tnx,
Pat

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7 years 5 months ago #135328 by PCW

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you could verify that the firmware 5I25 is correct with
sudo mesaflash --device 5i25 --readhmid >somefile.txt

A temporary short on the 5v section of the 7I76 is not likely to cause permanent damage, though a short on the field I/O side could cause this sort of symptom

If the card is under warranty and shipping is not prohibitive I would send it back for analysis/repair/replacement

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7 years 5 months ago #135329 by pferrick

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I will check the firmware this evening and report back. Thanks for the help.

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7 years 5 months ago #135421 by pferrick

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Before this thing goes out the door, here's what I get from the firmware-testing process:
(it looks OK to me but then I'm not really sure what should or should not be in there!!!!!!)

Code:

Configuration Name: HOSTMOT2

General configuration information:

  BoardName : MESA5I25
  FPGA Size: 9 KGates
  FPGA Pins: 144
  Number of IO Ports: 2
  Width of one I/O port: 17
  Clock Low frequency: 33.3333 MHz
  Clock High frequency: 200.0000 MHz
  IDROM Type: 3
  Instance Stride 0: 4
  Instance Stride 1: 64
  Register Stride 0: 256
  Register Stride 1: 256

Modules in configuration:

  Module: WatchDog
  There are 1 of WatchDog in configuration
  Version: 0
  Registers: 3
  BaseAddress: 0C00
  ClockFrequency: 33.333 MHz
  Register Stride: 256 bytes
  Instance Stride: 4 bytes

  Module: IOPort
  There are 2 of IOPort in configuration
  Version: 0
  Registers: 5
  BaseAddress: 1000
  ClockFrequency: 33.333 MHz
  Register Stride: 256 bytes
  Instance Stride: 4 bytes

  Module: QCount
  There are 2 of QCount in configuration
  Version: 2
  Registers: 5
  BaseAddress: 3000
  ClockFrequency: 33.333 MHz
  Register Stride: 256 bytes
  Instance Stride: 4 bytes

  Module: SSerial
  There are 1 of SSerial in configuration
  Version: 0
  Registers: 6
  BaseAddress: 5B00
  ClockFrequency: 33.333 MHz
  Register Stride: 256 bytes
  Instance Stride: 64 bytes

  Module: StepGen
  There are 10 of StepGen in configuration
  Version: 2
  Registers: 10
  BaseAddress: 2000
  ClockFrequency: 33.333 MHz
  Register Stride: 256 bytes
  Instance Stride: 4 bytes

  Module: LED
  There are 1 of LED in configuration
  Version: 0
  Registers: 1
  BaseAddress: 0200
  ClockFrequency: 33.333 MHz
  Register Stride: 256 bytes
  Instance Stride: 4 bytes

Configuration pin-out:

IO Connections for P3
Pin#  I/O   Pri. func    Sec. func       Chan      Pin func        Pin Dir

 1      0   IOPort       StepGen          0        Dir/Table2      (Out)
14      1   IOPort       StepGen          0        Step/Table1     (Out)
 2      2   IOPort       StepGen          1        Dir/Table2      (Out)
15      3   IOPort       StepGen          1        Step/Table1     (Out)
 3      4   IOPort       StepGen          2        Dir/Table2      (Out)
16      5   IOPort       StepGen          2        Step/Table1     (Out)
 4      6   IOPort       StepGen          3        Dir/Table2      (Out)
17      7   IOPort       StepGen          3        Step/Table1     (Out)
 5      8   IOPort       StepGen          4        Dir/Table2      (Out)
 6      9   IOPort       StepGen          4        Step/Table1     (Out)
 7     10   IOPort       SSerial          0        TXData1         (Out)
 8     11   IOPort       SSerial          0        RXData1         (In)
 9     12   IOPort       SSerial          0        TXData2         (Out)
10     13   IOPort       SSerial          0        RXData2         (In)
11     14   IOPort       QCount           0        Quad-IDX        (In)
12     15   IOPort       QCount           0        Quad-B          (In)
13     16   IOPort       QCount           0        Quad-A          (In)

IO Connections for P2
Pin#  I/O   Pri. func    Sec. func       Chan      Pin func        Pin Dir

 1     17   IOPort       StepGen          5        Dir/Table2      (Out)
14     18   IOPort       StepGen          5        Step/Table1     (Out)
 2     19   IOPort       StepGen          6        Dir/Table2      (Out)
15     20   IOPort       StepGen          6        Step/Table1     (Out)
 3     21   IOPort       StepGen          7        Dir/Table2      (Out)
16     22   IOPort       StepGen          7        Step/Table1     (Out)
 4     23   IOPort       StepGen          8        Dir/Table2      (Out)
17     24   IOPort       StepGen          8        Step/Table1     (Out)
 5     25   IOPort       StepGen          9        Dir/Table2      (Out)
 6     26   IOPort       StepGen          9        Step/Table1     (Out)
 7     27   IOPort       SSerial          0        TXData3         (Out)
 8     28   IOPort       SSerial          0        RXData3         (In)
 9     29   IOPort       SSerial          0        TXData4         (Out)
10     30   IOPort       SSerial          0        RXData4         (In)
11     31   IOPort       QCount           1        Quad-IDX        (In)
12     32   IOPort       QCount           1        Quad-B          (In)
13     33   IOPort       QCount           1        Quad-A          (In)

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7 years 5 months ago #135422 by PCW

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Yeah, thats a 7I76x2 config as expected

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