Basically you just need to change the pin names to match the 7i76 and change to the 5i25.
My plasma hal # kinematics loadrt trivkins # motion controller, get name and thread periods from ini file loadrt motmod servo_period_nsec=1000000 num_joints=[TRAJ]AXES # hostmot2 driver loadrt hostmot2 # load low-level driver loadrt hm2_pci config="num_encoders=1 num_stepgens=5 sserial_port_0=0XXX" setp hm2_5i25.0.watchdog.timeout_ns 10000000 # THREADS addf hm2_5i25.0.read servo-thread addf motion-command-handler servo-thread addf motion-controller servo-thread addf hm2_5i25.0.write servo-thread addf hm2_5i25.0.pet_watchdog servo-thread John On 1/17/2013 9:56 AM, John Stewart wrote: > Hi all; > > Received my 2x Mesa 5I25 plus 1 7i76 (the stepper interface) > > One of the 5I25s is going into a sw-stepper to Gecko G540 based box, on a > mill with rotary table, touch probe and mpg. > > Other than starting from scratch with pncconf, is there an easy way to > convert the ini files by hand to the 5I25? I do have this mill set up the way > I want it to be. > > The ini files are hand-modified. > > In case you are wondering: Why go 5I25 for this mill? > > a) computers for mill and future cnc lathe are then identical, hw/sw wise; > > b) work through the 5I25 so that I know how it works under the hood before > tackling the CNC lathe. > > I do have pncconf up and mainly running (thanks Chris Morley) but wonder if > it might just be really easy to do the conversion by hand. > > > Thanks for any advice you can give this newbie; > > John A. Stewart. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, > MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current > with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft > MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122712 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122712 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
