I tried again after a failed attempt in which the watchdog pin turned to TRUE. I manually set the pin to FALSE and unloaded all the components and restarted HAL. Now the board is working fine but I don't know what can cause that erratic behavior.
El sáb., 7 mar. 2020 a las 21:45, Leonardo Marsaglia (<ldmarsag...@gmail.com>) escribió: > Thank you very much Peter! > > I succeeded making the 7i70 work, I could read inputs and it worked ok. > But, when I unloaded the configuration I couldn't make it work since. > > I rebooted the PC several times but it's now working anymore. The hm2_pci > driver is detecting the 7i70 because I can see the pins in HAL, but when I > start the thread to test communication, the GREEN LED flashes quickly for a > couple of seconds and then the RED LED turns on. The first time the board > worked the green led flashed at 1 hz like the manual says. > > I've checked the voltages and they seem ok. I'm feeding the 7i70 with 12 > volts and since I'm testing I'm connecting FIELD POWER to VIN. > > Do you know what can cause this? > > > > El sáb., 7 mar. 2020 a las 14:00, Peter C. Wallace (<p...@mesanet.com>) > escribió: > >> On Sat, 7 Mar 2020, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: >> >> > Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 13:23:45 -0300 >> > From: Leonardo Marsaglia <ldmarsag...@gmail.com> >> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >> > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" < >> emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 6i24 + 7i44 configuration >> > >> >>> What model 6I24 do you have? >> > >> >> 6i24-25 >> >> http://freeby.mesanet.com/5i24_25r.zip >> >> El sÿÿb., 7 mar. 2020 a las 13:20, Peter C. Wallace (<p...@mesanet.com>) >> escribiÿÿ: >> >> > On Sat, 7 Mar 2020, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: >> > >> > > Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 13:02:11 -0300 >> > > From: Leonardo Marsaglia <ldmarsag...@gmail.com> >> > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >> > > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" < >> emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > > >> > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 6i24 + 7i44 configuration >> > > >> > > Hello Peter, >> > > >> > > Thanks for the answer as always. I'll try to change P4 to P1 because >> in >> > the >> > > way I'm mounting the boards that's the simpler and less painful >> solution >> > to >> > > plug the 7i52s and 7i44. >> > >> > >> > What model 6I24 do you have? >> > >> > >> > > >> > > As you can see in the picture, the 7i52s is on the top plate, and the >> > 7i44 >> > > is placed on the bottom plate next to the motherboard. On the top >> plate >> > I'm >> > > mounting also the 7i70 and 7i71. So to reach the 7i52s the best for >> me is >> > > to use the P1 connector. I should have thought about this before >> > anyway... >> > > >> > > El sÿÿÿÿb., 7 mar. 2020 a las 12:48, Peter C. Wallace (< >> p...@mesanet.com>) >> > > escribiÿÿÿÿ: >> > > >> > >> On Sat, 7 Mar 2020, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: >> > >> >> > >>> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 10:20:52 -0300 >> > >>> From: Leonardo Marsaglia <ldmarsag...@gmail.com> >> > >>> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >> > >>> <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> > >>> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" < >> > emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > >>> >> > >>> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 6i24 + 7i44 configuration >> > >>> >> > >>> Hello again to all, >> > >> >> > >>> I'm reviving this discussion because I started attempting to >> configure >> > my >> > >>> setup to finally mount it on the machine (once it all works well off >> > >>> course). >> > >>> >> > >>> Basically I'm using the 6i24 connected to a 7i52s for step output >> and >> > to >> > >>> read 1 encoder. Here's where I have the first doubts, mostly >> because I >> > >>> don't do this too often. >> > >>> >> > >>> If I want to use the full 6 stepgens and 6 encoder inputs of the >> > bitfile >> > >>> Peter made for my 6i24 I see on the dmesg that the encoder and >> stepens >> > are >> > >>> distributed between P3 and P4 of the board. Is this ok? Because the >> > 7i52s >> > >>> as you know only has one 50 pin flat cable port. I'm not planning to >> > use >> > >>> that much encoders and steppers but this guides me to the next >> > question. >> > >> >> > >> Thats because you are using a SVSTSS12_12_8_7I52SX2 configuration >> setup >> > >> for >> > >> two 7I52S on P4 and P3 (if you just have 1 7I52S, only enable 6 >> stepgens >> > >> and 6 encoders and the P3 connector will revert to just GPIO) >> > >> >> > >> >> > >>> Is there an easy way to see the correspondence between the pins on >> the >> > >> 6i24 >> > >>> and the ones on the 7i52s ? Because if I use only 3 stepgens and 1 >> > encoder >> > >>> I can see they are all in the P4 connector and I have also some free >> > I/Os >> > >>> on that connector too but I don't know how to identify them on the >> > 7i52s >> > >>> other than start probing them one by one. >> > >> >> > >> You can look at the pinout file and the 7I52S manual but its simpler >> > than >> > >> that, the stepgens and encoders are simply in the 7I52S manual order, >> > that >> > >> is >> > >> encoders 0..5 match the manual exactly, and Step0 = TX0A, Dir0 =TX0B, >> > Step1 >> > >> =TX1A, Dir1=TX1B etc etc. >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >>> Besides that, I need to modify the PIN file since I need the 7i52s >> to >> > be >> > >>> plugged to P1 connector of the 6i24 (Notice that the 6i24 has three >> > ports >> > >>> labelled P1, P3, P4). I'm downloading Xilinx ISE 14.7 to try to >> modify >> > the >> > >>> original file that Peter made for me. >> > >> >> > >> You can do this but I'm not sure why you would care about the 6I24 >> > >> connector order. >> > >> >> > >>> Well, that's all for now, if you can help me a little bit I surely >> can >> > >> make >> > >>> all this work this weekend hopefully. I also need to try the 7i44 >> but I >> > >>> need to understand this first. >> > >>> >> > >>> Thanks as always for your help and patience! >> > >> >> > >> The 7I44 connects to P1, thats about it >> > >> >> > >>> >> > >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> > >> Emc-users mailing list >> > >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > >> >> > >> Peter Wallace >> > >> Mesa Electronics >> > >> >> > >> (\__/) >> > >> (='.'=) This is Bunny. 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