Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-10 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Jon Elson wrote: > Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:59:32 -0600 > From: Jon Elson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Write err

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-10 Thread Jon Elson
Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > I signed up for an account at MosChip.com, after that they let me see > their docs. Their FAQ for the 9805 says this: > > MosChip 9805 FAQ: > >> An additional problem exists with EPP Mode. We have identified a timing >> problem >> in the chip that affects reading

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-10 Thread Jon Elson
Peter C. Wallace wrote: > With the 9805, I can see that the strobe ends in response to my wait signal, > but the data is sampled somewhere around the falling (leading) edge of the > strobe. I thought about an error caused by the port seeing /wait asserted too > early so even tried putting a fair

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-10 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:34:59 -0700 > From: Sebastian Kuzminsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Subject: Re: [E

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-10 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Peter C. Wallace wrote: > With the 9805, I can see that the strobe ends in response to my wait signal, > but the data is sampled somewhere around the falling (leading) edge of the > strobe. I thought about an error caused by the port seeing /wait asserted too > early so even tried putting a fair

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-10 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Jon Elson wrote: > Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:03:57 -0600 > From: Jon Elson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Write err

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-10 Thread Jon Elson
Peter C. Wallace wrote: > > > I wasted 2 days fscking around with those cards (NetMos = MOSChip 9805 based) > I had no trouble getting them into EPP mode, they just dont work right in EPP > mode. I got write to work but they seem to sample the read data on the > leading > edge of the strobe, th

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-09 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Peter C. Wallace wrote: > > OK overnight with 1 foot cable, no errors = 24 billion EPP operations error > free. I think that one is licked. Trying 12 foot flat cable now, 360 > million EPP ops with no errors so far... > > I will send out new bitfiles and send replacement (patched) 7I43s. Peter

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-09 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 9 Dec 2008, Jon Elson wrote: > Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:28:20 -0600 > From: Jon Elson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Write err

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-09 Thread Jon Elson
ced Machine Controller (EMC)'" >> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board >> >> Peter, >> >> That is good news, at least as far as finding a problem and having a >> probable solution. What do I need to do from here? Pleas

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-09 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 9 Dec 2008, Eric H. Johnson wrote: > Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 08:52:10 -0500 > From: Eric H. Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'" > Subject: Re

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-09 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Peter, That is good news, at least as far as finding a problem and having a probable solution. What do I need to do from here? Please feel free to contact me off list. BTW, regarding the EMC 2.3.7 + 7i43... thread, I also have a box with a VIA mini-ITX motherboard (http://www.mini-box.com/Hybrid-

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-08 Thread Peter C. Wallace
Well I got one of those MiniITX D945GCLF2 Motherboards and did some testing The SMSC super I/O chip has very fast edges, and triggers a problem I'd noticed with one of my plug-in PCI parallel port cards. (1 foot flat cable) With my EPP loopback test and the current firmware I got verify errors

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-05 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 5 Dec 2008, Eric H. Johnson wrote: > Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 15:26:58 -0500 > From: Eric H. Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'" > Subject: Re

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-05 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Peter, At this point I am just working out the configuration. I am not connected to anything as far as hardware. There is nothing connected to the P3 and P4 connectors. Regards, Eric Well thats fairly weird. If there is no configuration difference, Is it possible that there is a electrical nois

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-05 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 5 Dec 2008, Eric H. Johnson wrote: > Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 14:50:35 -0500 > From: Eric H. Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'" > Subject: Re

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-05 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Peter, I found something interesting while checking to get your answers. Presiously I was only jogging X and Y, and did not get any errors. This time I tried Z as well. When I jog the Z axis I get the TRAM write error. That would explain why I get the error when running a G-Code program, but not

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-05 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Eric H. Johnson wrote: > Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 19:49:12 -0500 > From: Eric H. Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'" > Subject:

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-04 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Eric H. Johnson wrote: > >> I am using the servo-thread for read and write. I also tried slowing down >> the servo thread, although I could try slowing it down more. I was using 1ms >> (100). > > 1 ms should be fine (I think 100Usec is the approxi

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-04 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Eric H. Johnson wrote: >> >> I am getting a strange error using the hostmot2 driver and the 7i43 board. >> The error is "hm2/hm2_7i43.0: TRAM write error! (addr=0x1000, size=8, >> iter=68373). The error occurs when running a g-code program but not while

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-04 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Eric H. Johnson wrote: > Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 22:56:04 -0500 > From: Eric H. Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'" > Subject: Re

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-04 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Peter, >> What EPP mode are you using and what type and length of cable do you have between the 7I43 and Parallel port? << The available parallel port modes in the BIOS are Output only, Bi-directional, EPP and ECP. It is set to EPP, but I do not see a further selection for mode of EPP. I think we

Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-04 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Eric H. Johnson wrote: > Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 19:49:12 -0500 > From: Eric H. Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'" > Subject:

[Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board

2008-12-04 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Sebastian, et al, I am getting a strange error using the hostmot2 driver and the 7i43 board. The error is "hm2/hm2_7i43.0: TRAM write error! (addr=0x1000, size=8, iter=68373). The error occurs when running a g-code program but not while jogging, at least initially. If I bring the system up from a