7i95 - How to finish?

Once you have created a basic configuration with pncconf (including things like limit/home switches)
you will need to edit the hal file to make a number of changes. pncconf will no longer be useful at this point
so you should setup as much as you can in pncconf before moving to hal file editing.

The 7i95 SSR outputs have the same names as 7I96 SSRs so those should
work as is if you change the card name in the .ini file. The 7I96 uses GPIOs 0..10
for its isolated inputs 0..10. These names need to be changed in the hal file
to work with the 7I95. The 7I95 isolated inputs are named:

hm2_7i95.0.inmux.00.input-00
hm2_7i95.0.inmux.00.input-00-not
through
hm2_7i95.0.inmux.00.input-23
hm2_7i95.0.inmux.00.input-23-not

in a pncconf hal file, these will appear as

[HMOT](CARD0).inmux.00.input-00 etc

Though the names without the substitutions (like hm2_7i95.0.inmux.00.input-23)
will work also

If you want a complete list of hardware pins and parameters, you can issue this command when LinuxCNC is running:

halcmd show all hm2

Thanks to you both. I think my brain is beginning to get a grip here.

-jd

Thanks y'all. It's been a tough year at work so this has been excruciatingly slow, but, I finally have LinuxCNC talking to the 7i95, the 7i95 talking to the Gecko G320X, and both getting feedback via the ENCY. I just tested it with a spare motor & encoder & a couple of lines of gcode and it appears to be working.

Lot's more to do, but this is a huge step for me!

dear Jack! I am in a very similar situation to you while trying to set up the 7i95. Only slowly and step by step getting a grip of things but I also think the documentation is very fragmented and there is no step-by-step guide especially for the new mesa cards. I would like to write one when I have something working.
Would you mind sharing the config and hal files with me for reference? Would be really helpful to start of with a configuration that works and see the pin configurations you made.
Thank you and happy new year!

Sure. It's going to take me a few days. I'm wiring my cabinet right now so the PC is off-line.

-jd

Thanks for your answer. Would be very nice! No worries, our rebuild will still take some days, too.

Would you be interested in connecting and talking about the general setup and best practice? Sounds like we have a similar setup and we are both working on it right now. My email is felix.piela@konstruktiv-berlin.de Please feel free to send me an email since I think it might be too much unrelated detail for this thread.

Looking forward to hearing from you!