Hello again, there is something i'm missing, or i can't understand. Should i recompile EMC or hostmot after modifying that file?
I thougt i have seen a command to tell on runtime inside a .hal file where the encoder is connected and where the pwmgens. El 23/01/2009 09:21 p.m., Sebastian Kuzminsky escribió: > Peter C. Wallace wrote: > >> On Fri, 23 Jan 2009, Richard Acosta wrote: >> >> >>> I'm now about to connect a linear encoder, but, i don't know how to >>> connect it. >>> I downloaded the three manuals available, and found about pwmgen >>> connection but nothing about an encoder. >>> >>> How do i tell EMC2 which pins belong to encoders? >>> In which file? >>> >> There should be a .PIN file that matches the name of the firmware file you >> are >> using, say SVST4_6.PIN for example. I'm not sure off hand where this is in >> the >> EMC distribution but locate should find it. This file has the pinout >> information for the matching bitfile. You can also set the >> "debug_pin_descriptors" flag when launching hostmot2. (man hostmot2). >> > > Hi again Richard. > > The PIN files are in src/hal/drivers/mesa-hostmot2/firmware/7i43 if > you're compiling from source using a CVS checkout. They're in > /usr/share/doc/emc2/hostmot2/7i43 if you installed the 2.2.8 .deb. > > The driver prints the actual pinout at load-time whether or not > debug_pin_descriptors is given. The pinout shows up in the dmesg. > > (debug_pin_descriptors only enables dumping the firmware's Pin > Descriptors in all their hideous glory, this may be interesting to > firmware hackers and driver writers but it's no good for users - users > should get what they need from the always-on pinout logging.) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
