Do you have your config files for this or pinout information?  I have a 
g540 and bbb I want to get running but no one makes off the shelf paraport 
capes anymore so I'm diving head first into my first linuxcnc/corexy 
project lol!

On Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 12:09:24 AM UTC-5, Jerry Trantow wrote:
>
> It seems like there is a missing step for configuring the cape???
>
> http://www.machinekit.io/docs/getting-started/getting-started-platform/ 
> show a choice of installing Images, Packages, or a Development Platform. I 
> have a home built gantry router/G540 that I originally controlled using 
> LinuxCNC from an old Laptop and recently controlled with BBB MachineKit 
> using the Comet Metric configuration using Images upto and including:
> 2017-10-02 - Debian 8 (Jessie) - MonthlyBBW/BBB (All Revs) 
> MachinekitmicroSD/Standalone: 
> (machinekit) Based on Debian Jessie with 3.8.x kernel
>
> I have been using Axis running on the BBB and thought it was about time to 
> try some of the other GUIs. Before I took this leap, I figured I would 
> update to a newer Jessie version. I thought there would be little risk in 
> updating to one of the image snapshots, but I have been stuck for the last 
> several nights trying to get the following image to work.
> microSD/Standalone: (machinekit) Based on Debian Jessie with 4.13.x kernel 
> with U-Boot Overlays
>
> I have my BBB GPIO directly connected to the G540 parallel port cable, so 
> I don't have any external cape. I thought everything would be ok as the 
> cape-universal should load by default? But running machinekit straight from 
> the latest Image this is not the case.
>
> In the terminal window, I see 
> MACHINEKIT - 0.1
> Machine configuration directory is 
> '/home/machinekit/machinekit/configs/ARM.BeagleBone.Probotix'
> Machine configuration file is 'Comet_Metric.ini'
> Starting Machinekit...
> io started
> Unrecognized line skipped: POC     FMS     LEN     DIAM    COMMENT
> halcmd loadusr io started
> grep: /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.*/slots: No such file or directory
> Loading cape-universal overlay
> bash: /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.*/slots: No such file or directory
> *Error loading device tree overlay file: cape-universal*
> Comet.hal:5: program './setup.sh' failed, returned 1
> Shutting down and cleaning up Machinekit..
>
> It seems like there is a step in the install directions missing for the 
> latest kernels? 
>
> The directions at 
> https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#Loading_custom_capes 
> didn't make sense to me. 
> First, I tried adding each of the following line to /etc/default/capemgr 
> with no success.
> CAPE=cape-universal
> CAPE=cape-universal-00A0
> CAPE=cape-universal:00A0
>
> Then I looked up and tried to follow some device tree tutorials but I 
> don't even see bone_capemgr in cd /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.*
> Some tutorials mention /mtn/boot/uEnv.txt
>
> In /boot/uEnv.txt, I verified enable_uboot_cape_universal=1 and tried 
> adding cape_enable/cape-universal 
> ##Example v4.1.x
> #cape_disable=bone_capemgr.disable_partno=
> *cape_enable=bone_capemgr.enable_partno=cape-universal*
>
> But, I am still stick with "Error loading device tree overlay file: 
> cape-universal". Shouldn't this just work with the machinekit image? What 
> do I need to do to setup the cape-universal device tree overlay. Any help 
> would be appreciated. (and should probably be added to the 
> www.machinekit.io/docs/getting-started.
>
>

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