Mesa firmware versions and updating
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15 Feb 2024 22:19 #293457
by tommylight
Also Mesa downloads will contain whatever firmware is available for that card, for some over 20 versions with different combos of stepgen/PWM/encoders/IO etc to choose from.
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Just to be clear, i have no affiliation with Mesa, i used them once on a retrofit and got even specialised firmware from them in a day for exactly what i needed, from then on i exclusively use Mesa as they are extremely reliable, support is absolutely perfect as you can see above (PCW is the owner of Mesa), and by now i have over 80 Mesa boards on industrial machines in use daily, never had a single failure.
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Yeah i thought that was not the best answer as i understand why you are asking, but with Mesa there is no need to update firmware ever, changing firmware can be done based on your needs easily, i have a 7i92 and a 6i25 that i have flashed over 50 times doing all kinds of testing.i why?
ii why?
iii why?
iv if you do need to:
Why would I NOT want to have the latest FW ? I'm confused as to why you would ask "why?".
Also Mesa downloads will contain whatever firmware is available for that card, for some over 20 versions with different combos of stepgen/PWM/encoders/IO etc to choose from.
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Just to be clear, i have no affiliation with Mesa, i used them once on a retrofit and got even specialised firmware from them in a day for exactly what i needed, from then on i exclusively use Mesa as they are extremely reliable, support is absolutely perfect as you can see above (PCW is the owner of Mesa), and by now i have over 80 Mesa boards on industrial machines in use daily, never had a single failure.
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15 Feb 2024 22:25 #293459
by PCW
there have been minor tweaks and bug fixes (the latest change (to V18) fixed a bug in
the user LED options in V17) but none have changed basic Ethernet communications.
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I should note that the Ethernet code has been basically unchanged for about 12 yearsYes, I have those feels right now
To be clear, I have a Raspberry Pi 5 and have been having ethernet stability issues when connecting to my 7i96s card. Thus during debugging I want to make sure I have the latest / most stable software versions installed.
Of course, latest does not equal most stable, so it would be helpful to know whether I am running version 1.0.0 or 1.0.15 if you get my drift.
there have been minor tweaks and bug fixes (the latest change (to V18) fixed a bug in
the user LED options in V17) but none have changed basic Ethernet communications.
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15 Feb 2024 22:27 #293460
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this has become a race on "how many posts i find by the time i post this"
The only things that sould cause those issues with a Mesa ethernet board are bad cable (rarely) and bad 5V supply (very often).
Otherwise, always, always host PC issues with latency due to power saving/sleep states/hyperthreading/thermal throttling/failing power supply/failing memory/failing hard drives.
On RPI i would look for power supply and thermal throttling, then follow one of the many howto's for setting whatever RPI needs to have set.
Sorry but i do not use RPI, so can not help much.
Those are RPI issues, never ever Mesa issues.To be clear, I have a Raspberry Pi 5 and have been having ethernet stability issues when connecting to my 7i96s card. Thus during debugging I want to make sure I have the latest / most stable software versions installed.
The only things that sould cause those issues with a Mesa ethernet board are bad cable (rarely) and bad 5V supply (very often).
Otherwise, always, always host PC issues with latency due to power saving/sleep states/hyperthreading/thermal throttling/failing power supply/failing memory/failing hard drives.
On RPI i would look for power supply and thermal throttling, then follow one of the many howto's for setting whatever RPI needs to have set.
Sorry but i do not use RPI, so can not help much.
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15 Feb 2024 22:28 #293462
by RNZ
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Wow, that is a super helpful comment. Appreciated.
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