> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Wallace [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: August 7, 2026 8:22 AM
> To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 6i24 board not found
>
> On Fri, 7 Aug 2026, Viesturs L?cis wrote:
>
> > ceturtd., 2026. g. 6. aug., plkst. 23:26 ? lietot?js Viesturs L?cis
> > (<[email protected]>) rakst?ja:
> >>
> >> Thank you! Then I will take this as somewhat good news.
> >> https://photos.app.goo.gl/JeXsfNADGWaLzwKk7
> >>
> >> I added 2 lines in HAL file (highlighted on right side) and I started
> >> LinuxCNC from terminal for easier understanding if something is wrong.
> >> Looks good to me. So the question for 10K is how to flash it with
> >> 5i24_16_svss8_8.bit
> >> I have another machine with LinuxCNC at home that might have pci-e
> >> slot to plug this in, unless the issue will move together with the
> >> board
> >>
> >
> > Hello Peter! Please comment if I am correct that board is actually
> > recognized by LinuxCNC and how should I proceed with flashing it. I am
> > supposed to visit customer on monday to start the retrofit, so I
> > should get the pc more or less prepared.
> >
> > Viesturs
> >
> To check if the card is recognized, run:
>
> halcmd -kf
>
> halcmd: loadrt hostmot2
> halcmd: loadrt hm2_pci
>
> If the card is detected you should get a pin linst
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> Peter Wallace
> Mesa Electronics
>
Here's an example of what Peter is talking about. In this case two
different Ethernet based boards. Computer is a Pi4 running LinuxCNC 2.8.4
halcmd: loadrt hm2_eth board_ip="192.168.1.121"
hm2_eth: loading Mesa AnyIO HostMot2 ethernet driver version 0.2
hm2_eth: 192.168.1.121: INFO: Hardware address (MAC): 00:60:1b:12:07:93
hm2_eth: discovered 7I92
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: Low Level init 0.15
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: 34 I/O Pins used:
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 000 (P2-01): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 001 (P2-14): PWMGen #0, pin Out0 (PWM or Up)
(Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 002 (P2-02): StepGen #0, pin Step (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 003 (P2-15): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 004 (P2-03): StepGen #0, pin Direction (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 005 (P2-16): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 006 (P2-04): StepGen #1, pin Step (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 007 (P2-17): StepGen #4, pin Step (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 008 (P2-05): StepGen #1, pin Direction (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 009 (P2-06): StepGen #2, pin Step (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 010 (P2-07): StepGen #2, pin Direction (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 011 (P2-08): StepGen #3, pin Step (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 012 (P2-09): StepGen #3, pin Direction (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 013 (P2-10): Encoder #0, pin A (Input)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 014 (P2-11): Encoder #0, pin B (Input)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 015 (P2-12): Encoder #0, pin Index (Input)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 016 (P2-13): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 017 (P1-01): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 018 (P1-14): PWMGen #1, pin Out0 (PWM or Up)
(Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 019 (P1-02): StepGen #5, pin Step (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 020 (P1-15): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 021 (P1-03): StepGen #5, pin Direction (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 022 (P1-16): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 023 (P1-04): StepGen #6, pin Step (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 024 (P1-17): StepGen #9, pin Step (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 025 (P1-05): StepGen #6, pin Direction (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 026 (P1-06): StepGen #7, pin Step (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 027 (P1-07): StepGen #7, pin Direction (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 028 (P1-08): StepGen #8, pin Step (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 029 (P1-09): StepGen #8, pin Direction (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 030 (P1-10): Encoder #1, pin A (Input)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 031 (P1-11): Encoder #1, pin B (Input)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 032 (P1-12): Encoder #1, pin Index (Input)
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: IO Pin 033 (P1-13): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i92.0: registered
halcmd: unloadrt hm2_eth
hm2_eth: in hm2_eth_reset
hm2_eth: HostMot2 ethernet driver unloaded
halcmd: loadrt hm2_eth board_ip="192.168.1.121"
hm2_eth: loading Mesa AnyIO HostMot2 ethernet driver version 0.2
hm2_eth: 192.168.1.121: INFO: Hardware address (MAC): 00:60:1b:16:06:c4
hm2_eth: discovered 7I96
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: Low Level init 0.15
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: Smart Serial Firmware Version 43
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: 51 I/O Pins used:
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 000 (TB3-01): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 001 (TB3-02): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 002 (TB3-03): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 003 (TB3-04): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 004 (TB3-05): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 005 (TB3-06): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 006 (TB3-07): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 007 (TB3-08): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 008 (TB3-09): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 009 (TB3-10): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 010 (TB3-11): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 011 (TB3-13/TB3-14): SSR #0, pin Out-00 (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 012 (TB3-15/TB3-16): SSR #0, pin Out-01 (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 013 (TB3-17/TB3-18): SSR #0, pin Out-02 (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 014 (TB3-19/TB3-20): SSR #0, pin Out-03 (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 015 (TB3-21/TB3-22): SSR #0, pin Out-04 (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 016 (TB3-23/TB3-24): SSR #0, pin Out-05 (Output)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 017 (TB1-02/TB1-03): StepGen #0, pin Step
(Output)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 018 (TB1-04/TB1-05): StepGen #0, pin Direction
(Output)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 019 (TB1-08/TB1-09): StepGen #1, pin Step
(Output)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 020 (TB1-10/TB1-11): StepGen #1, pin Direction
(Output)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 021 (TB1-14/TB1-15): StepGen #2, pin Step
(Output)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 022 (TB1-16/TB1-17): StepGen #2, pin Direction
(Output)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 023 (TB1-20/TB1-21): StepGen #3, pin Step
(Output)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 024 (TB1-22-TB1-23): StepGen #3, pin Direction
(Output)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 025 (TB2-02/TB2-03): StepGen #4, pin Step
(Output)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 026 (TB2-04/TB2-05): StepGen #4, pin Direction
(Output)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 027 (TB2-07/TB2-08): Encoder #0, pin A (Input)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 028 (TB2-10/TB2-11): Encoder #0, pin B (Input)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 029 (TB2-13/TB2-14): Encoder #0, pin Index
(Input)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 030 (TB2-16/TB2-17): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 031 (TB2-18/TB2-19): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 032 (internal): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 033 (internal): SSR #0, pin AC Ref (internal)
(Output)
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 034 (P1-01): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 035 (P1-02): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 036 (P1-03): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 037 (P1-04): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 038 (P1-05): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 039 (P1-06): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 040 (P1-07): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 041 (P1-08): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 042 (P1-09): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 043 (P1-11): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 044 (P1-13): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 045 (P1-15): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 046 (P1-17): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 047 (P1-19): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 048 (P1-21): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 049 (P1-23): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: IO Pin 050 (P1-25): IOPort
hm2/hm2_7i96.0: registered
halcmd:
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