On Wed, 22 Feb 2012, Curtis Dutton wrote: > Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:26:53 -0500 > From: Curtis Dutton <curtd...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 5i25 with "Generic" stepper board > > 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
The hm2 sample stepper config should be pretty close. Copy an existing say 5I20.ini file to 5i25-probx.ini or some such, replace the BOARD with 5I25, delete the firmware string on the loadrt hm2 line and you should be pretty close. The hm2-stepper file may need some changes as well for any GPIO may not make sense with the 5I25 config Peter Wallace Mesa Electronics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
