On Tuesday 10 December 2019 16:54:51 Todd Zuercher wrote: > Gene says that he can't start Linuxcnc after the error occurs. Is > there a possibility that there could be some kind of a config issue > preventing Linuxcnc from properly initializing the cards on start up? > To head that off at the pass, this generally occurs while linuxcnc isn't running, and here is the hal code that starts it on the 6040:
loadrt [EMCMOT]EMCMOT servo_period_nsec=[EMCMOT]SERVO_PERIOD num_joints=[KINS]JOINTS num_dio=12 loadrt hostmot2 loadrt hm2_pci config="num_pwmgens=1 num_stepgens=4 num_encoders=1 sserial_port_0=1xxx" Here is the failing startup: gene@shop:~/linuxcnc/configs/6040-5i25-7i76$ linuxcnc -l LINUXCNC - 2.9.0-pre0-855-g4584862 Machine configuration directory is '/home/gene/linuxcnc/configs/6040-5i25-7i76' Machine configuration file is '6040-5i25-7i76.ini' Starting LinuxCNC... . Found file(REL): ./6040-5i25-7i76.hal ./6040-5i25-7i76.hal:66: Pin 'hm2_5i25.0.7i76.0.0.spinout' does not exist Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC... LinuxCNC terminated with an error. You can find more information in the log: And here is the dmesg that generated: [3498716.241926] I-pipe: head domain RTAI registered. [3498716.241942] RTAI[hal]: compiled with gcc version 4.7.2 (Debian 4.7.2-5) . [3498716.242037] RTAI[hal]: mounted (IPIPE-NOTHREADS, IMMEDIATE (INTERNAL IRQs DISPATCHED), ISOL_CPUS_MASK: 0). [3498716.242046] SYSINFO: CPUs 2, LINUX APIC IRQ 2312, TIM_FREQ 12499448, CLK_FREQ 1800072000, CPU_FREQ 1800072000 [3498716.242054] RTAI_APIC_TIMER_IPI: RTAI DEFINED 2314, VECTOR 2314; LINUX_APIC_TIMER_IPI: RTAI DEFINED 2312, VECTOR 2312 [3498716.242062] TIMER NAME: lapic; VARIOUSLY FOUND APIC FREQs: 12499448, 12499448, 12379250 [3498716.258199] RTAI[malloc]: global heap size = 2097152 bytes, <BSD>. [3498716.258287] , <uses LINUX SYSCALLs>, kstacks pool size = 524288 bytes. [3498716.258300] RTAI[sched]: hard timer type/freq = APIC/12499448(Hz); default timing: oneshot; linear timed lists. [3498716.258310] RTAI[sched]: Linux timer freq = 250 (Hz), TimeBase freq = 1800072000 hz. [3498716.258316] RTAI[sched]: timer setup = 999 ns, resched latency = 2943 ns. [3498716.281872] RTAI[math]: loaded. [3498716.500205] hm2: loading Mesa HostMot2 driver version 0.15 [3498716.505180] hm2_pci: loading Mesa AnyIO HostMot2 driver version 0.7 [3498716.505246] hm2_pci: discovered 5i25 at 0000:05:00.0 [3498716.506057] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: Smart Serial Firmware Version 43 [3498716.512790] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: 34 I/O Pins used: [3498716.512803] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 000 (P3-01): StepGen #0, pin Direction (Output) [3498716.512812] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 001 (P3-14): StepGen #0, pin Step (Output) [3498716.512820] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 002 (P3-02): StepGen #1, pin Direction (Output) [3498716.512829] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 003 (P3-15): StepGen #1, pin Step (Output) [3498716.512837] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 004 (P3-03): StepGen #2, pin Direction (Output) [3498716.512845] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 005 (P3-16): StepGen #2, pin Step (Output) [3498716.512854] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 006 (P3-04): StepGen #3, pin Direction (Output) [3498716.512862] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 007 (P3-17): StepGen #3, pin Step (Output) [3498716.512870] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 008 (P3-05): PWMGen #0, pin Out1 (Dir or Down) (Output) [3498716.512879] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 009 (P3-06): PWMGen #0, pin Out0 (PWM or Up) (Output) [3498716.512887] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 010 (P3-07): IOPort [3498716.512894] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 011 (P3-08): IOPort [3498716.512901] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 012 (P3-09): IOPort [3498716.512908] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 013 (P3-10): IOPort [3498716.512915] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 014 (P3-11): Encoder #0, pin Index (Input) [3498716.512925] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 015 (P3-12): Encoder #0, pin B (Input) [3498716.512934] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 016 (P3-13): Encoder #0, pin A (Input) [3498716.512941] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 017 (P2-01): IOPort [3498716.512948] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 018 (P2-14): IOPort [3498716.512955] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 019 (P2-02): IOPort [3498716.512962] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 020 (P2-15): IOPort [3498716.512969] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 021 (P2-03): IOPort [3498716.512976] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 022 (P2-16): IOPort [3498716.512983] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 023 (P2-04): IOPort [3498716.512990] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 024 (P2-17): IOPort [3498716.512997] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 025 (P2-05): IOPort [3498716.513004] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 026 (P2-06): IOPort [3498716.513011] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 027 (P2-07): IOPort [3498716.513018] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 028 (P2-08): IOPort [3498716.513025] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 029 (P2-09): IOPort [3498716.513032] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 030 (P2-10): IOPort [3498716.513039] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 031 (P2-11): IOPort [3498716.513046] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 032 (P2-12): IOPort [3498716.513053] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: IO Pin 033 (P2-13): IOPort [3498716.513301] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: registered [3498716.513308] hm2_5i25.0: initialized AnyIO board at 0000:05:00.0 [3498717.176598] hm2_5i25.0: dropping AnyIO board at 0000:05:00.0 [3498717.176613] hm2/hm2_5i25.0: unregistered Note total lack of response from the sserial. The 7i76 simply isn't there. A power cycle long enough to extinguish the leds will reset it and it will work again till the next time. Might work for a week, might work for a couple months. That computer is an ARK shoebox with an intel D525-MW motherboard in it. Its current uptime: 00:34:40 up 40 days, 12:04, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05 Anything I missed, I can get tomorrow night or Thursday when I get back from the heart mechanics, its not fussy and its not going away till I do a powerdown reset, or somebody points out the init error in the hal code above. I'm just up rubbing theraworks into my cramping legs and to munch on a couple antacids which will usually abate the leg cramps that plague the elderly at night. > Todd Zuercher > P. Graham Dunn Inc. > 630 Henry Street > Dalton, Ohio 44618 > Phone: (330)828-2105ext. 2031 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter C. Wallace <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 4:28 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Need a > power signal independent of linuxcnc. > > I did a quick test to see if I could confuse a 7I76 by sending it > garbage/interrupted transmissions (cycling the FPGA side power while > doing high speed comms. I did this 500 times without the 7i76 I/O > processor ever requiring a power cycle to recover. I still think this > is some other issue (power?) > > > > Peter Wallace > Mesa Electronics > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. 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