Curt, If you could take notes, I'll be in a similar boat soon. I just got my 5i25 from mesa and am just waiting to pickup a spare computer from a friend to play with it. I don't want to run emc2.5 on the "working machine" yet. If I can get it working I'll put them in all 3 PCs. I bought a 7i76 to play with too to get started (since it sounds like that is directly supported by pncconf), but two of the machines don't need it.
Stephen On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Curtis Dutton <curtd...@gmail.com> wrote: > I recently received my new 5i25 card. I'm using it to replace software > stepping on a 3 Axis machine. > > It is very basic, > > 3 stepper drivers. > 1 probe in port. > 3 sets of limit/home switches where each set is shared for an axis and the > limit switches are used for homing as well. > > > > I elected to use the "prob_rfx2" firmware version which is meant for the > "generic" breakout board. > > The idea was to install the 5i25, hook my parallel cable from the printer > port into the 5i25 and set up a new emc2 config. > > > I'm a bit shaky on how to configure this as I just started studying it last > night, however it appears to me that if I created a "prob_rfx2.xml" file, > that I could utilize > pncconf to build my emc2 configuration. > > I have the prob_rfx2.pin file that describes all of the pins that the > firmware defines. > > > Am I on the right track here? Also are there any references or tips that > anyone is aware of to help me along? > > I'm linux savvy and a programmer, so any work that could be reusable I'd > like to share and provide for others that may follow down this path. > > > Thanks, > Curt > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
