Setting up limit switches and a bunch of other things

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06 Jul 2021 00:21 - 06 Jul 2021 00:24 #213809 by BOOTSTRAPPYWORKSHOP
Bevins, this is from your post:

loadrt estop_latch
addf estop-latch.0 servo-thread
net estop-loopout iocontrol.0.emc-enable-in <= estop-latch.0.ok-out
net estop-loopin iocontrol.0.user-enable-out => estop-latch.0.ok-in
net estop-reset iocontrol.0.user-request-enable => estop-latch.0.reset
net remote-estop estop-latch.0.fault-in <= hm2_7i92.0.7i76.0.0.input-00-not

BigJohnT:

# estop
loadrt estop_latch
addf estop-latch.0 servo-thread
net estop-loopout iocontrol.0.emc-enable-in <= estop-latch.0.ok-out
net estop-loopin iocontrol.0.user-enable-out => estop-latch.0.ok-in
net estop-reset iocontrol.0.user-request-enable => estop-latch.0.reset
net remote-estop estop-latch.0.fault-in <= parport.0.pin-in10-not

They are IDENTICAL except for the last line. If I put either one into my HAL file, I get the attached photo. HAL will not even start up.
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06 Jul 2021 00:37 #213810 by bevins
The last line I put is for  a mesa card. JT is for a parallel port card.

What does the debug portion of that error page say. That will tell you what is wrong.

 
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06 Jul 2021 01:06 - 06 Jul 2021 02:30 #213811 by BOOTSTRAPPYWORKSHOP
It says that this doesn't exist :
net remote-estop estop-latch.0.fault-in <= parport.0.pin-in10-not

I then tried switching it over to "pin-10-in-not", and then it gave me the same error only now it was because I selected something used by the ESTOP. So I switched it back, and it doesn't exist again.

As I've said, I'm okay with F1 and a physical kill switch, even if they aren't the same button. I can still run the machine this way safely. Switch pin 10 to unused and leave the ESTOP physically plugged in and I can physically kill the power to the board. Or I can use F1 to stop HAL. I just have to hit both buttons to completely stop everything.

I can't run the machine at all with out this homing issue solved, apparently. I can use the jog controls and the DRO, but if I wanted a manual mill I would have built one.
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06 Jul 2021 07:40 #213831 by tommylight
parport.0.pin-10-in-not
Missing - between in and 10 in your last several posts

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06 Jul 2021 12:17 - 06 Jul 2021 12:18 #213850 by BigJohnT
You do have to select a pin that you have, not just some random pin from the example.

Run your configuration and open a terminal and type in
halcmd show pin > pin.txt

Then select a pin you are using for the estop in from your machine.

JT
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06 Jul 2021 19:08 #213884 by BOOTSTRAPPYWORKSHOP
Copy and paste from further up in the HAL file.  
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06 Jul 2021 19:23 - 06 Jul 2021 19:42 #213886 by BOOTSTRAPPYWORKSHOP
And that's how that turned out. At this point I am assuming bad installation from the .iso file. Also just burned a copy of 2.7 Wheezy.  Not ready to nuke the install yet, but I'm getting there.

EDIT:

Tried this instead -
 halcmd: show pins 

Same error as the photo.  I'm done beating my head against this wall.  It's a waste of time.
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06 Jul 2021 19:49 - 06 Jul 2021 19:53 #213889 by PCW
The install is probably OK

halcmd is normally run from a terminal window, it looks like you are trying to
launch it from halshow. You can run commands like "show pin"
(without the halcmd) from halshow but I'm not sure where a file (like pin.txt)
would be created since I don't know what the default path of the running LinuxCNC
instance is .

If you run:

halcmd show pin >pin.txt

from a terminal, pin.txt will be created in the current directory
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06 Jul 2021 20:36 - 06 Jul 2021 21:38 #213891 by BOOTSTRAPPYWORKSHOP
Actually glad I went ahead with the reinstall.  Stepconf on 2.7 included the missing homing entries. Now the punchline - the ESTOP and limit switches are behaving identically and none of the proposed fixes are working for this version either, and are giving me exactly the same error messages. That screams hardware incompatibility to me. Which sucks because I am waiting to find out if I'm going to paint a few houses or begin a lucrative career in fast food to pay the bills,  am down to my last $150, and am not going to spend it on a different BOB.

EDIT: Scratch that part about the limit switches, they are all now configured for NC again and set to HOME in stepconf with X &Y inverted so that they travel the correct direction, and they all work in sequence correctly. So that leaves the ESTOP as the only thing not working.
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06 Jul 2021 21:27 #213898 by tommylight
Last error you got was for the same pin 10 found twice in the hal file, the debug part of the error report always will show what exactly is wrong.
Start LinuxCNC from the menu, select sample configuration>apps>parport>parport_0x378
That will open a parallel port tester with LED's for each pin, so look at pin 10 while togling the e-stop.
If nothing happens, set the jumper to "pull up" and test again.
If even that does not work use a different input as 10 is most probably fried.
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