On Sat, 10 Mar 2012, Viesturs L?cis wrote: > Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 04:30:11 -0500 > From: "[UTF-8] Viesturs L?cis" <viesturs.la...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: [Emc-users] Smart-serial and 7i43 > > Hello, gentlemen! > > I am trying to test the performance of 8i20 drive with my servo motors. > I have 7i43 card, latest buildbot version 2.5.0-pre-2-916 and a > firmware file, kindly provided by Andy Pugh. > > In INI file I have: > CONFIG="firmware=hm2/7i43-4/SVSS4_8_48.BIT num_encoders=1 > num_sserial=1 num_stepgens=0" > > I receive error message, in which I find this phrase: "hm2_7i43.0: > invalid token in config string num_sserial=1" > I tried also num_serial=1... > > If I remove that num_sserial=1, I get this one: > > Print file information: > ... > [ 1236.560275] hm2: loading Mesa HostMot2 driver version 0.15 > [ 1236.565882] hm2_7i43: loading HostMot2 Mesa 7i43 driver version 0.3 > [ 1236.567932] hm2_7i43.0: firmware: requesting hm2/7i43-4/SVSS4_8_48.BIT > [ 1237.015322] hm2/hm2_7i43.0: inconsistent Module Descriptor for > Smart Serial Interface, not loading driver > [ 1237.015332] hm2/hm2_7i43.0: Version = 0, expected 0 > [ 1237.015336] hm2/hm2_7i43.0: NumRegisters = 5, expected 6 > [ 1237.015343] hm2/hm2_7i43.0: InstanceStride = 0x00000004, > expected 0x00000040 > [ 1237.015347] hm2/hm2_7i43.0: MultipleRegisters = 0x0000001F, > expected 0x0000003C > [ 1237.015352] hm2/hm2_7i43.0: inconsistent Module Descriptor! > [ 1237.015356] hm2/hm2_7i43.0: failed to parse Module Descriptor 4 > [ 1237.015366] hm2_7i43.0: board at (ioaddr=0x0378, ioaddr_hi=0x0778, > epp_wide ON) not found! > [ 1237.327107] hm2: unloading > [ 1237.386640] RTAI[math]: unloaded. > [ 1237.447317] SCHED releases registered named ALIEN RTGLBH > [ 1237.461017] RTAI[malloc]: unloaded. > [ 1237.560031] RTAI[sched]: unloaded (forced hard/soft/hard > transitions: traps 0, syscalls 0). > [ 1237.563922] I-pipe: Domain RTAI unregistered. > [ 1237.563934] RTAI[hal]: unmounted. > > > How am I supposed to load smart serial module? > Thanks! > > Viesturs >
Looks like at least 2 problems, one is that the firmware and driver are different versions (that firmware is fairly ancient) and the second problame is that the config line syntax has changed (this should be fixable with man hostmot2) > P.S. LinuxCNC starts up correctly with a hm2-servo 7i43-big sample > config, so the card is ok. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > Peter Wallace Mesa Electronics (\__/) (='.'=) This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your (")_(") signature to help him gain world domination. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
