On Monday 08 May 2017 13:43:30 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 08 May 2017 11:20:43 Peter C. Wallace wrote: > > Alright Peter & Andy, the cheese just got a little more binding. > > I have 2 7i90's that have now verified according to > 7i90_spi_svst4_8.bit, and a brand new one I just wrote with that file, > it verifies also if I do a powerdown, set W3 down, power it up, move > w3 back up and then verify it. > > All 3 give this same error. > > I also killed at least an hour because the 7i90HD manual's example > mesaflash invocations are WRONG, the "--port" option is "--addr" in my > copy of mesaflash. I even rang out the interconnect cable & found it > good, twice! It would be very nice if that .pdf matched the software > shipping. > > > On Mon, 8 May 2017, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 10:30:53 -0400 > > > From: Gene Heskett <[email protected]> > > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > <[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] stracing why linuxcnc will not run > > > > > > On Monday 08 May 2017 08:37:17 andy pugh wrote: > > >> On 6 May 2017 at 17:48, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> Unknown board: HOST???? > > >>> hm2_rpspi: rtapi_app_main: Operation not permitted (-1) > > >>> > > >>> Could this be an indicator of a total failure of the 7i90 card? > > >> > > >> I didn't think so. > > >> > > >> https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/master/src/hal/drivers/ > > >>me sa- hostmot2/hm2_rpspi.c#L295 > > > > > > Now we are getting somewhere, thats precisely the code that would > > > spit this out, thank you very much Andy. > > > > > >> It reads 8 characters from 0x40c using the SPI interface, so the > > >> 7i90 is talking, but it seems to be saying "HOST????" rather than > > >> "MESA7i90" > > >> > > >> Maybe a funny firmware? Maybe a wrong assumption by the driver? > > > > > > This sounds like I should take that card back to the old Dell with > > > a parport cable hanging out of it, plug it in. Move the jumper > > > that makes it boot from the backup firmware, which will re-enable > > > the parport, power it up, put the jumper back, and re-flash it > > > again? > > > > Reflashing with the same bitfile is very unlikely to make any > > difference. The FPGA CRC checks the bitfile on loading and if it has > > an error it will not load (and you will get red /INIT and /DONE > > LEDs) > > So that never was it. > > Whats next? Or do I go fishing until the intel atom based pi > lookalike arrives from Taiwan? According to the shipping notice, s/b > by the end of the week. > Peter,plz note 7i44TA is wrong, its 7i42TA's that I need 3 of
> Peter, do you have 3 of those 7i44TA's (breakout/protective boards for > the 50 pin using interfaces) and 3 AIO cables about 6 or 7" long? I > won't need a foot, no room to fold up the surplus neatly. 6" may even > be too long. Since I can install the connectors, 2 feet of cable and 6 > loose connectors might be best. Or should a hit digikey for those? > > I'll turn my just started to drill holes and mount stuff build pattern > 90 degrees so theres room to stack the 7i44TA's up in a staggered > format off the end of the 7i90 so the terminals of all 3 boards are > accessible. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
