This worked - thank you On Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 9:30:18 AM UTC+1, mlampert wrote: > > I don't have my BBB accessible right now, but if you do a > > "config-pin -i p9-24" > > you should see all the possible values for that pin. And then you add > the configuration (possibly something like "P9_24 uart1_txd") to the > file > > "CRANPS.bbio" - or whatever your setup is using. > > HTH, > Markus > > On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 07:58:34 -0700 (PDT) > Peter RCNC Newbery <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > > Hi everyone! > > > > I'm new to the project, but I'm looking at using Machinekit on BBB to > > be my motion controller for the Root CNC project I run. I want to use > > LinuxCNC as I want to add support for a 4th Axis to the machine. > > > > I've got it working on the BBB using the pre-compiled version and > > loaded the CRAMPS board, too which I would like to modify. I'm a > > Hardware engineer and I'm expecting to create my own cape to aligned > > towards a 4 AXIS CNC (dual Y), RS485 for VFD controller and input to > > later driver a plasma cutter. So as you can guess, software in't my > > strongest point - although I would like to jump in and get stuck it > > with it. > > > > I want to use the HY_VFD Modbus controller/ "plugin" but do not want > > to use a external USB to RS485 (dev/ttyUSB0) controller but instead > > use the onboard UART1 port (dev/tty01) - now this is where my > > problems start. > > > > I know about the different pin modes the GPIO can be put into and by > > default this is mode 7, IE standard GPIO but for the UART1 port to be > > sent to the I/O pin, the Pin MUX setting has to be changed to mode 1 > > which I have no idea how to do in the HAL library. does anyone know > > how to do this in the HAL library? or can you point me in any > > directions to get this to work with the machinekit software? > > > > Thanks for any help! > > > >
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