I reloaded the pci_8255 driver and commented out the ax. Now it shows 72 i/o
pins in hal show. I still had no luck seeing inputs change states. Just an
update.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Keeton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver
>I tried a switch and resistor as shown in the NI manual. I set all of the
>48
> pins to input before I did this in the hal file. Using hal show/watch I
> couldn't see any change in the pin status for all of the 48 pins. Could
> this
> be an address issue? the pci address for the DIO 96 is showing as ff0. My
> board doesn't have a jumper W1. The manual for it covers 3 different
> boards.
> It is my understanding that if the hardware is not there then the pins
> won't
> show at all in hal. Could this driver be somewhat different? If addressing
> is this issue how do determine what to put in the loadrt command?
>
> Thank you for your help,
> Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Engvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 12:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver
>
>
>> By default the outputs of the 8255 are pulled high by a 100K
>> resistor. Jumper W1 will flip that.
>> See pages 3-11,12 of the manual.
>>
>> Dave
>> On May 3, 2008, at 7:27 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Dave. Fascinating experiment. The ax driver is intended for a
>>> 48 IO ISA card but .... I'd hook up a switch to one of the inputs
>>> and see if it changes in the HAL. If it does then we can look into
>>> that iioo config stuff and see if we can expand. I'd try the
>>> switch on several of the inputs. One for each set of 8 inputs.
>>> You need pull up or pull down resistors depending on the nature of
>>> your board.
>>>
>>> In my early experiments with this stuff I was able to lock up the
>>> PC while doing some of this stuff. Don't be surprised if your's does.
>>>
>>> Rayh
>>>
>>> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>
>>> From: "Dave Keeton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver
>>> Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 09:08:23 -0400
>>>
>>> Make that 48 I/O points instead of 56....
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Dave Keeton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 8:57 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver
>>>
>>>
>>>> So here is what I have done.....(Recommended by another user)
>>>>
>>>> The pci_8255 showed up in both components and
>>>> functions
>>>> but nothing in pins under Hal Configuration. So I commented it out
>>>> and did
>>>> this.......
>>>> In the m5i20_io.hal file -
>>>> loadrt hal_ax5214h
>>>> cfg="0x220_iiooiioo" (Copied
>>>> from demo_mazak)
>>>> Now I show 56 I/O points in Hal Configuration and Hal
>>>> Meter under
>>>> pins.....Does this mean it worked I assume? Do I have to modify
>>>> the driver
>>>> to get the remainder of the I/O points in pins? Do I need to go
>>>> ahead and
>>>> hook up a switch or led to confirm?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Kirk Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 10:31 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 21:36 -0400, Dave Keeton wrote:
>>>>>> So I have installed the PCI-DIO-96 board in the computer.....Ubuntu
>>>>>> picked
>>>>>> it up in the Device manager and called it by name.....How do I
>>>>>> go about
>>>>>> loading the pci_8255 hal driver, What file do I modify in the
>>>>>> config
>>>>>> directory, How do I know if EMC2 sees the board and its I/O points?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>> If you look in the Integrator's Manual:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/EMC2_Integrator_Manual.pdf
>>>>>
>>>>> chapter four indicates that the [HAL] section of the .ini file
>>>>> for the
>>>>> configuration you are running, has an entry(ies) called "HALFILE =".
>>>>> These "HALFILE ="'s will list the .hal files that are part of the
>>>>> initialization for starting your configuration in EMC2. One of these
>>>>> files will have "loadrt somedriver and_options" in it. You will
>>>>> need a
>>>>> loadrt entry for your 8255, plus an entry to add the driver to a
>>>>> thread,
>>>>> something like "addf somedriver name_of_thread". You can do a
>>>>> Find for
>>>>> addf in the manual to get more information. If you start EMC2 and
>>>>> if the
>>>>> driver loads properly, you should be able to start Halmeter and
>>>>> see the
>>>>> new Hal pins in the pin list.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Kirk Wallace (California, USA
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