Possibly it is a DHCP timeout issue. The 7i92 has three choices for IP address: 192.168.1.121, BOOTP or configured in the EEPROM. The 192... address is the usual choice. Consider how the host determines the address if it is set using BOOTP.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Albertson [mailto:albertson.ch...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, July 06, 2020 11:57 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] PCIe vs Ethernet Mesa card? > > Could the delay be caused by DHCP? If the computer does a DHCP query and > does not find a DHCP server it will re-try perhaps many times. The > solution would be "don't do that" and assign a fixed IP address. > > Has anyone actually tried using the same Ethernet for normal uses and > connected to Mesa at the same time or did you just assume it would not > work? I wonder if a managed switch could make it work using a VLAN or > some other trick involving level of service priority > > > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 3:19 PM Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > > > On 07/06/2020 03:51 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: > > >> From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] > > >> On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 at 21:22, Chris Albertson > <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > >>> Is there any advantage to using a bus connected Mesa card like the > > 6i25 vs > > >>> using one of the Ethernet-connected cards such as 7i92M or 7i93 > > >> PCI might be more reliable. Not so much during runs, but at startup. > > >> It is quite easy to imagine something changing the network setup of > > >> your machine, and finding that you just can't get it to run. > > > No experience with the PCI cards but what I have noticed with my 7i92H > > is that after I boot and sign on into Linux it's important that I go and do > > something else for a few minutes. Then come back and click on the icon > > that runs the actual LinuxCNC Axis program that uses the HAL file for the > > 7i92H. > > > > > > Seems otherwise the Ethernet connection to the 7i92H can't be found for > > the first few minutes. > > > > > > There may well be some parameter that can be set so the 7i92H Ethernet > > connection happens faster. > > > > > > > > This may be due to connmanctl trying to figure out what > > network is running on the port that is connected to the Mesa > > board. There may be a way to tell connmanctl to not touch > > that port. > > > > Jon > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users