Mesa 7i96s to Gecko G540 with simple 3 axis Router

Hello Folks Newbe here.

I mistakenly though I could easily convert my Shark SD120 to a Linuxcnc setup using a Mesa 7i96s to a Gecko g540. After hours of fooling with it and being misled by AI I now realize there is no easy way to setup the HAL and INI configs. I purchased the hardware and would like to make it work so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Doug
 

If the G540 is connected to the 7I96S parallel expansion connector, you should use
7i96s_g540d.bin firmware, that configures the 7I96S's P2 expansion connector the G540
pinout, Then basic setup can be done with pncconf. No need for AI, that just a time sink here.