> From: [email protected]
> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:53:16 -0500
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Emc-users] 5i25 and pncconf and g540
>
> Can anyone tell me why it is so difficult to configure a G540 to run with a
> 5i25?
>
> Chris Morley has done great work with pncconf. But, I could not see how to
> configure a g540 with a 5i25.
>
> So, I got the latest linuxcnc source, downloaded and compiled today, ran
> pncconf and still no luck.
>
I'm sorry you had a bad experience with PNCconf.
Yes the g540 firmware is not supported at this time.
In fact I can't really say the 5i25 is really 'officially' supported at all in
PNCconf.
PNCconf uses the XML file produced by the linuxcnc firmware repo.
Well the repo doesn't have any firmware or XML files for the 5i25.
The 5i25 comes preconfigured so it doesn't need the firmware.
Peter builds the firmware but he doesn't build the XML files.... He doesn't
need them.
You can see the problem here.
I had asked that we add the plain 5i25 XML files to the repo just to help users.
I don't remember the response.
I hand build the XML file that are available on the forum.
There was a reason I didn't build them for the G540.
Doesn't it require a charge pump signal? It wasn't clear to me how that was
done.
Nobody has ask me to supply a XML set for that firmware yet that I know of.
Configuring linuxcnc is not an easy job if you don't do it often or are just
starting out.
That's a fact most developers just don't fully understand - They came up as
things changed gradually
or have been here long enough they just know or most likely just like to see
how stuff works anyways.
I have a fairly good understanding of some of the issues as I have to change
PNCconf
to accommodate the multitude of different standards and interfaces each program
uses.
That being said I make lots of assumptions about what people know or are
willing to look up in the
manual.
I wish I could make PNCconf super easy. I just can't.
It's almost time to start with a clean sheet of paper and rebuld PNCconf.
I'm just interested in Gscreen at the moment....
Again I'm sorry for your frustration. Don't let it reflect on Mesa's stuff.
It's great.
If anyone else has a working config for the 5i25 and the G540 could you post it
for both of us?
Chris M
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