Pathpilot V2 and 7i96 MESA Card

PCW, how could we test PathPilot to SEE if it would accept teh 7i96. The 7i96 lloks like a very nice card with teh built in BOB.

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Vmax549 wrote: AH ok now I understand . IS there a card like teh 7i96 with BOB that is supported ??

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A Tormach ECM V1.5

I can make firmware for 5I25 or 7I80 that has the SSR firmware and you could try it

I do expect that you would have to rebuild PathPilot to support newer Mesa cards

I am willing to try it I have a new 7i80 here to try it with. THEN at least we will know for sure.

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Thanks for the info guys - as you say the 7i96 looks like a very useful card so it would be great if it did work.

I've just been out to the garage to have a look at my current lathe (running on parallel port) to have a look at what software version I've got.

I'm running pathpilot 2.2.4 and the EMCVERSION in the log file is 2.8.0-pre1. Kernel is 4.11.9-rt7 and Linux Mint 17.3.

Searching on the harddrive i can find the hm2_eth.so file and looking here - 2.8 Manual HM2_ETH
lists the 7i96 as being supported.

What do you reckon the chances are that it might work? Is there anyway for me to interrogate the hm2_eth file to see what is in it?

Cheers
Dave

Only one way to find out (. IF PCW does teh bit file to test I will test it here and let you know. That worst thing that could happen is it would not work. Nothing ventured nothing gained.

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