Matthieu The HAL file is correct. The PNCCONF utility will load the Mesa card drivers as it does.
What you are wanting to do is load an extra parallel port. This is not the same as the 7i43 card but rather a parport. You should add to your HAL file the following stuff. Have a look at this first http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.4/html/hal_parallel_port.html loadrt hal_parport cfg="0x378 out" setp parport.0.reset-time 5000 loadrt stepgen step_type=0,0,0 addf parport.0.read base-thread addf stepgen.make-pulses base-thread addf parport.0.write base-thread addf parport.0.reset base-thread addf stepgen.capture-position servo-thread On 2014-02-09 09:41, Matthieu Patou wrote: > Hi Marius, > > See the attached file, I don't see anything related to loading the > parport driver. > It seems that the hm2_7i43 module is trying to use the default address. > > I get this on the dmesg > hm2_7i43.0: board at (ioaddr=0x0378, ioaddr_hi=0x0778, epp_wide ON) > not found! > > I suspect that I should change the line from: > loadrt hm2_7i43 config="firmware=hm2/7i43-2/SVST4_4.BIT num_encoders=0 > num_pwmgens=0 num_3pwmgens=0 num_stepgens=3 " > to > loadrt hm2_7i43 config="ioaddr=0x3bc firmware=hm2/7i43-2/SVST4_4.BIT > num_encoders=0 num_pwmgens=0 num_3pwmgens=0 num_stepgens=3 " > > If it is the case then it's confirmed that PNCConf has a bug because > it should generate this kind of configuration when a non default > address is specified for the parallel port. > > Matthieu. > On 02/05/2014 12:57 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: >> See if the address that is used when the parport driver is loaded in the >> HAL file is what you expected it to be. You can also post you HAL file >> here so we can have look at that for you. >> >> >> On 2014-02-05 10:10, Matthieu Patou wrote: >>> Hello All, >>> >>> I have an atom desktop with a partport at 0x378 and a 7i43 + 7i42 >>> hooked >>> to it and it's working well with LinuxCNC 2.5.3. >>> On a thinkpad laptop I have a PCMCIA parport card at 0x3bc and when I >>> try to run Axis, after configuring this laptop for the same card, I got >>> errors about missing card at address 0x378 even though I configured it >>> to 0x3BC. >>> >>> Did I miss something or is the port specified during PNCConf ignored ? >>> >>> Matthieu. >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications >>> Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. >>> Read the Whitepaper. >>> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Emc-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >>> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications > Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. > Read the Whitepaper. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Regards /Groete Marius D. Liebenberg +27 82 698 3251 +27 12 743 6064 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
