> > I've run into a snag getting my 7i43-P talking to my EMC machine.. This is a > new setup, so I assume I've got some stupid configuration issue. Any > assistance > would be appreciated.. > > > I've got a AT5NM10-I set up with LiveCD install with an on board parallel port > attached to a 7i43-P. It's the 200K model. Rev C. the parport modules are > blacklisted in an attempt to isolate my problem. > > The 7i43 is powered by an external power supply (+5V) in P1. > P2 is connected to a IDC ribbon cable <-> DB25F <->DB25M to M adaptor <-> PC. > The whole assembly is about 4 inches long. > As far as I can tell, the ribbon cable assembly rings out true. > > P3/P4 have nothing connected yet. I've got a couple 7i40s to connect once I > get > over this hump. > > Powering everything up, (in EPP mode) all three lights come on. I load > hostmot2 > and then attempt a firmware load. The INIT light goes out and I get an > "invalid > module" parameters error. dmesg indicates that the driver thinks I've got a > 400K > board (I think this is actually the driver reading FFs instead of a 0 or 1). I > haven't determined if the data displayed by debug_epp is actually what's the > bus > or not. > > I hooked up an O-Scope in an attempt to determine what was going across the > port, but need to spend some time looking at the source code to make heads or > tails of it. I thought someone here might have a shorter path. > > If I set the board to load from EEPROM, the lights flash on and then INIT and > DONE go out. I'm not sure what's on the EEPROM and haven't done enough > research > to determine what to transmit to test the board in this state.
Nothing useful for EMC (Default EEPROM contents are EPPIOPR8.BIT) > > Also, I attempted to use the DOS utilities (under WinXP) from mesa for the > 7i43. > Those didn't work either, Thats expected, DOS utilities need DOS but the cable assembly was common between my two > setups & the Parallel port was on a laptop docking station. I got the same > results as if I gave it a bad port address (all 0xFFs); so I take those > results > with a grain of salt. Hopefully this weekend I'll have access to a DOS box > with > more standard hardware for another test. (and some more parts to make another > cable). > > Here's some initial debug info: > > uname -a: > Linux CNC 2.6.32-122-rtai #rtai SMP Tue Jul 27 12:44:07 CDT 2010 i686 > GNU/Linux > > Jumper configuration: > W1 UP > W2 UP > W3 UP > W4 DOWN > W5 DOWN > W7 UP > > > bash> halrun > halcmd: loadrt hostmot2 > > halcmd: loadrt hm2_7i43 config="firmware=hm2/7i43-2/SV8.BIT" debug_epp=1 > insmod: error inserting > '/usr/realtime-2.6.32-122-rtai/modules/emc2/hm2_7i43.ko': -1 Invalid > parameters > <stdin>:6: exit value: 1 > <stdin>:6: insmod failed, returned -1 > See the output of 'dmesg' for more information. > > dmesg output: > [ 300.294207] hm2_7i43: loading HostMot2 Mesa 7i43 driver version 0.3 > [ 300.296964] hm2_7i43: wrote control 0x04 > [ 300.296973] hm2_7i43: read status 0xD6 > [ 300.296983] hm2_7i43: selected address 0x7F7F > [ 300.296990] hm2_7i43: wrote data 0x5A > [ 300.296998] hm2_7i43: selected address 0x7F7F > [ 300.297004] hm2_7i43: wrote data 0x5A > [ 300.297011] hm2_7i43: selected address 0x01 > [ 300.297017] hm2_7i43: wrote data 0x00 > [ 300.297026] hm2_7i43: wrote data 0x01 > [ 300.299047] hm2_7i43: read data 0xFE > [ 300.299054] hm2_7i43: selected address 0x00 > [ 300.299060] hm2_7i43: read data 0xFF > [ 300.299099] hm2_7i43.0: firmware: requesting hm2/7i43-2/SV8.BIT > [ 300.312780] hm2/hm2_7i43.0: board has FPGA '3s400tq144', but the firmware > in > hm2/7i43-2/SV8.BIT is for FPGA '3s200tq144' > [ 300.312797] hm2_7i43.0: board at (ioaddr=0x0378, ioaddr_hi=0x0778, epp_wide > ON) not found! My guess is this means one of the following: 1. The motherboard does not have the LPT port set to EPP mode (BIOS setup) 2. The 7I43 is really a 400K model 3. The 7I43 is a 200K model but has the wrong CPLD image (so it reports 400K) 4. Theres some communication/wiring problem Peter Wallace Mesa Electronics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forrester recently released a report on the Return on Investment (ROI) of Google Apps. They found a 300% ROI, 38%-56% cost savings, and break-even within 7 months. Over 3 million businesses have gone Google with Google Apps: an online email calendar, and document program that's accessible from your browser. Read the Forrester report: http://p.sf.net/sfu/googleapps-sfnew _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
