7i96s with 7i76 on P2

Hi guys!

I was trying to setup a new configuration for 7i96s with a 7i76 but faced some issues trying to go thru with the PNCCONF. previously i was on a old computer with 5i25 and 7i76 but i had to change it to a 7i96s and i was hoping not the touch any wiring on the existing 7i76.

is anyone able to tell me what is the exact error and how can i go about the debug it?

i have attached the hal and ini files here.

Thanks so much!

hm2/hm2_7i96s.0: config.num_stepgens=10, but only 5 are available, not loading driver
hm2/hm2_7i96s.0: failed to parse Module Descriptor 5
hm2_eth: rtapi_app_main: Invalid argument (-22)
./Waterjet.hal:10: waitpid failed /usr/bin/rtapi_app hm2_eth
./Waterjet.hal:10: /usr/bin/rtapi_app exited without becoming ready
./Waterjet.hal:10: insmod for hm2_eth failed, returned -1

i made it work already, somehow it could see 10 stepgens and after modification of the hal file to read stepgen 05 and 06 instead of 00 and 01 previous, now the axis servos can run, but i am still unable to get the outputs to work.

Anyone able to let me know in a 7i96s + 7i76 config, what hal label will output 0 on the 7i76 be on linuxcnc?

fat238sg wrote:

i made it work already, somehow it could see 10 stepgens and after modification of the hal file to read stepgen 05 and 06 instead of 00 and 01 previous, now the axis servos can run, but i am still unable to get the outputs to work.

Anyone able to let me know in a 7i96s + 7i76 config, what hal label will output 0 on the 7i76 be on linuxcnc?
 

It will be on sserial channel 1

You can check the I/O pin mapping by running:

mesaflash --device 7I96S --addr [card_ip_address] -dbname3 7i76 --readhmid