Dan Dubeau
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Me either, but John and Gerrit sound smart enough to know lol......I can barely spell Parthpilot, let alone modify it!
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Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion
- Thread starter David
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Well @gerritv knows lots. With respect to Path Pilot I'm on the second day of the learning curve. Finally got the system back from it resetting. But it won't run Path Pilot.Me either, but John and Gerrit sound smart enough to know lol......
BTW. After much painful work and upgrading etc. I finally have the ability to look at the network via WiFi.
Inside the Windows Network is this which is my workgroup name:
And inside that is my Windows network of PCs etc.
And I can get at the drives of a specific machine.
These screen shots were taken on the Path Pilot machine and using the insert multiple... button on this posting captured from the \\TORMACHPCNC\home\operator folder.
Next step will be to set up some more hardware like switches etc. so I can test motion commands. Then look into modifying the HAL and INI files to match my mill.
Inside the Windows Network is this which is my workgroup name:
And inside that is my Windows network of PCs etc.
And I can get at the drives of a specific machine.
These screen shots were taken on the Path Pilot machine and using the insert multiple... button on this posting captured from the \\TORMACHPCNC\home\operator folder.
Next step will be to set up some more hardware like switches etc. so I can test motion commands. Then look into modifying the HAL and INI files to match my mill.
slow-poke
Ultra Member
David,
Please see attached, this is an older version from my mill. Only one I could find on my PC. Both my mill and lathe are on islands so to speak, I only connect them to Wifi as required.
Before you decide on the 7i92T or the 7i96S we better know for sure that the Path Pilot can work with the 7i96SYou're blazing a trail my friend! I shall soon follow in your footsteps
7i92T or 7i96S? There is no 7i92S...
BAH 7i96S
gerritv
Gerrit
Talked to Peter at Mesa.
He said the 7i92s may work with Pathpilot but it may also throw some weird errors and require a bunch of hacking to get around. He knows for fact that the 7i96 does work as Tormach ordered those in the past.
Cancelled my order for the 7i96s and replaced it with a 7i96 instead.
$30USD cheaper to boot
He said the 7i92s may work with Pathpilot but it may also throw some weird errors and require a bunch of hacking to get around. He knows for fact that the 7i96 does work as Tormach ordered those in the past.
Cancelled my order for the 7i96s and replaced it with a 7i96 instead.
$30USD cheaper to boot
That is exactly how I use my home network. Except all my devices are either windows or android.
My biggest bitch is adding a new device. For reasons I'll prolly never understand, they are never visible until after some grace period expires. Then suddenly, poof, there they are.
It's always a pain because I want to get them setup and communicating as part of my network not sulking alone in a corner.
gerritv
Gerrit
limit switches in PP are for homing, everything else is soft limits.
Same as Masso and UCCNC
Hmmm. If your goal is a simple Path Pilot installation you are in for a ton of work. Here's the list of bit files for the various MESA units. Perhaps the tormach_mill3.bit file will work?Talked to Peter at Mesa.
He said the 7i92s may work with Pathpilot but it may also throw some weird errors and require a bunch of hacking to get around. He knows for fact that the 7i96 does work as Tormach ordered those in the past.
Cancelled my order for the 7i96s and replaced it with a 7i96 instead.
$30USD cheaper to boot
Perhaps contact Tormach and ask? In addition to the correct .bit file the hal file is also unique to the mesa board. The 5i25 and 7i92 appear to have the same I/O based on the comments in the files. There is no mention of the 7i96 (S or no S)
Peter told me that the 7i92T that he sells now has a much bigger FPGA which is why that bit file is pretty well twice the size.
So after a bit of screwing around, pulling out my Raspberry Pi LinuxCNC and moving the MESA over to it I finally go the mesaflash (had to get a new version) to read the MESA 7i92H as programmed from the Path Pilot Bitfile.
This shows which pins go where as far as the MESA as programmed by path pilot is concerned.
When you look at the hal file you will see this table edited to show what the pins actually do.
Hmmm. If your goal is a simple Path Pilot installation you are in for a ton of work. Here's the list of bit files for the various MESA units. Perhaps the tormach_mill3.bit file will work?Talked to Peter at Mesa.
He said the 7i92s may work with Pathpilot but it may also throw some weird errors and require a bunch of hacking to get around. He knows for fact that the 7i96 does work as Tormach ordered those in the past.
Cancelled my order for the 7i96s and replaced it with a 7i96 instead.
$30USD cheaper to boot
Perhaps contact Tormach and ask? In addition to the correct .bit file the hal file is also unique to the mesa board. The 5i25 and 7i92 appear to have the same I/O based on the comments in the files. There is no mention of the 7i96 (S or no S)
Peter told me that the 7i92T that he sells now has a much bigger FPGA which is why that bit file is pretty well twice the size.
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Well I intend on changing the ini and hal files to match my hardware setup. The first trial will be to tell it to use a different mesa .bit file that matches my hardware. If that works out then to change the HAL definitions to use my pins including the step/dir for the spindle.
That should be interesting since their user interface is tied to multiple speeds and PWM.