I'll report back with what I learn. On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Stephen Dubovsky <smdubov...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Curt, > If you could take notes, I'll be in a similar boat soon. I just got my > 5i25 from mesa and am just waiting to pickup a spare computer from a friend > to play with it. I don't want to run emc2.5 on the "working machine" yet. > If I can get it working I'll put them in all 3 PCs. I bought a 7i76 to > play with too to get started (since it sounds like that is directly > supported by pncconf), but two of the machines don't need it. > > Stephen > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Curtis Dutton <curtd...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I recently received my new 5i25 card. I'm using it to replace software > > stepping on a 3 Axis machine. > > > > It is very basic, > > > > 3 stepper drivers. > > 1 probe in port. > > 3 sets of limit/home switches where each set is shared for an axis and > the > > limit switches are used for homing as well. > > > > > > > > I elected to use the "prob_rfx2" firmware version which is meant for the > > "generic" breakout board. > > > > The idea was to install the 5i25, hook my parallel cable from the printer > > port into the 5i25 and set up a new emc2 config. > > > > > > I'm a bit shaky on how to configure this as I just started studying it > last > > night, however it appears to me that if I created a "prob_rfx2.xml" file, > > that I could utilize > > pncconf to build my emc2 configuration. > > > > I have the prob_rfx2.pin file that describes all of the pins that the > > firmware defines. > > > > > > Am I on the right track here? Also are there any references or tips that > > anyone is aware of to help me along? > > > > I'm linux savvy and a programmer, so any work that could be reusable I'd > > like to share and provide for others that may follow down this path. > > > > > > Thanks, > > Curt > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
