Mesa Configuration Tool

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09 Jul 2025 06:30 - 09 Jul 2025 15:12 #331557 by AirRacer

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I’ve just discovered that the Mesa Configuration Tool (at least the version available prior to 8/19/2024) does not configure the manual tool change section correctly. I recently discovered this when my file did not stop at the M6 command and continued on to the next set of code. I was able to look at a .hal file set up with pncconfig and copy the manual tool change section from there and now everything works correctly (I get the manual tool change pop up window when the M6 command is encountered). This is a Mill setup that uses the AXIS GUI.

Here are the two configurations:

Pncconfig version that works:

#  ---manual tool change signals---
net tool-change-request   <= iocontrol.0.tool-change
net tool-change-confirmed  => iocontrol.0.tool-changed
net tool-number   <= iocontrol.0.tool-prep-number

#  ---Use external manual tool change dialog---
loadusr -W hal_manualtoolchange
net tool-change-request   =>  hal_manualtoolchange.change
net tool-change-confirmed  <=  hal_manualtoolchange.changed
net tool-number   =>  hal_manualtoolchange.number

#  ---ignore tool prepare requests---
net tool-prepare-loopback   iocontrol.0.tool-prepare   =>  iocontrol.0.tool-prepared

Mesa Configuration Tool version that doesn’t invoke the manual tool change pop-up or pause the code at M6:

#  Manual Tool Change Dialog
loadusr -W hal_manualtoolchange
net tool-change-request   =>  hal_manualtoolchange.change
net tool-change-confirmed  <=  hal_manualtoolchange.changed
net tool-number   =>  hal_manualtoolchange.number

# create signals for tool loading loopback
net tool-prep-loop iocontrol.0.tool-prepare => iocontrol.0.tool-prepared
net tool-change-loop iocontrol.0.tool-change => iocontrol.0.tool-changed

Regards,

Skylor

Last edit: 09 Jul 2025 15:12 by AirRacer.

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15 Jul 2025 14:09 #331855 by JT

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Thanks for the report, this has been fixed.

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20 Jul 2025 13:17 - 20 Jul 2025 14:49 #332056 by ZXT

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Hello guys! I've just noticed that I/O map for 7i95T from Mesa Configuration tool 2.1.7 is not complete.
The I/O map is missing connector TB5 and TB6 or am i just looking at it wrong?

Or is it because I'll have to configure inputs & outputs under the 7i95t tab to get pin names in my I/O.hal?

Firmware: 7i95t_1pwmd.bin
Configuration Name: HOSTMOT2

General configuration information:

  BoardName : MESA7I95
  FPGA Size: 20 KGates
  FPGA Pins: 256
  Number of IO Ports: 2
  Width of one I/O port: 29
  Clock Low frequency: 100.0000 MHz
  Clock High frequency: 200.0000 MHz
  IDROM Type: 3
  Instance Stride 0: 4
  Instance Stride 1: 64
  Register Stride 0: 256
  Register Stride 1: 256

Modules in configuration:

  Module: DPLL
  There are 1 of DPLL in configuration
  Version: 0
  Registers: 7
  BaseAddress: 7000
  ClockFrequency: 100.000 MHz
  Register Stride: 256 bytes
  Instance Stride: 4 bytes

  Module: WatchDog
  There are 1 of WatchDog in configuration
  Version: 0
  Registers: 3
  BaseAddress: 0C00
  ClockFrequency: 100.000 MHz
  Register Stride: 256 bytes
  Instance Stride: 4 bytes

  Module: IOPort
  There are 2 of IOPort in configuration
  Version: 0
  Registers: 5
  BaseAddress: 1000
  ClockFrequency: 100.000 MHz
  Register Stride: 256 bytes
  Instance Stride: 4 bytes

  Module: MuxedQCount
  There are 6 of MuxedQCount in configuration
  Version: 4
  Registers: 5
  BaseAddress: 3600
  ClockFrequency: 100.000 MHz
  Register Stride: 256 bytes
  Instance Stride: 4 bytes

  Module: MuxedQCountSel
  There are 1 of MuxedQCountSel in configuration
  Version: 0
  Registers: 0
  BaseAddress: 0000
  ClockFrequency: 100.000 MHz
  Register Stride: 256 bytes
  Instance Stride: 4 bytes

  Module: PWM
  There are 1 of PWM in configuration
  Version: 0
  Registers: 5
  BaseAddress: 4100
  ClockFrequency: 200.000 MHz
  Register Stride: 256 bytes
  Instance Stride: 4 bytes

  Module: SSerial
  There are 1 of SSerial in configuration
  Version: 0
  Registers: 6
  BaseAddress: 5B00
  ClockFrequency: 100.000 MHz
  Register Stride: 256 bytes
  Instance Stride: 64 bytes

  Module: StepGen
  There are 6 of StepGen in configuration
  Version: 2
  Registers: 10
  BaseAddress: 2000
  ClockFrequency: 100.000 MHz
  Register Stride: 256 bytes
  Instance Stride: 4 bytes

  Module: SSR
  There are 1 of SSR in configuration
  Version: 0
  Registers: 2
  BaseAddress: 7D00
  ClockFrequency: 100.000 MHz
  Register Stride: 256 bytes
  Instance Stride: 4 bytes

  Module: InMux
  There are 1 of InMux in configuration
  Version: 0
  Registers: 5
  BaseAddress: 8000
  ClockFrequency: 100.000 MHz
  Register Stride: 256 bytes
  Instance Stride: 4 bytes

  Module: LED
  There are 1 of LED in configuration
  Version: 0
  Registers: 1
  BaseAddress: 0200
  ClockFrequency: 100.000 MHz
  Register Stride: 256 bytes
  Instance Stride: 4 bytes

Configuration pin-out:

IO Connections for Step/DIR+Serial+Encoders -> 7I95_0
Pin#                  I/O   Pri. func    Sec. func        Chan     Sec. Pin func   Sec. Pin Dir

TB3-2,3                 0   IOPort       StepGen          0        Step/Table1     (Out)
TB3-4,5                 1   IOPort       StepGen          0        Dir/Table2      (Out)
TB3-8,9                 2   IOPort       StepGen          1        Step/Table1     (Out)
TB3-10,11               3   IOPort       StepGen          1        Dir/Table2      (Out)
TB3-14,15               4   IOPort       StepGen          2        Step/Table1     (Out)
TB3-16,17               5   IOPort       StepGen          2        Dir/Table2      (Out)
TB3-20,21               6   IOPort       StepGen          3        Step/Table1     (Out)
TB3-22,23               7   IOPort       StepGen          3        Dir/Table2      (Out)
TB4-2,3                 8   IOPort       StepGen          4        Step/Table1     (Out)
TB4-4,5                 9   IOPort       StepGen          4        Dir/Table2      (Out)
TB4-8,9                10   IOPort       PWM              0        PWM             (Out)
TB4-10,11              11   IOPort       PWM              0        Dir             (Out)
TB2-14,15              12   IOPort       SSerial          0        RXData0         (In)
TB4-16,17              13   IOPort       SSerial          0        TXData0         (Out)
Internal               14   IOPort       SSerial          0        TXEn0           (Out)
TB4-20,21              15   IOPort       SSerial          0        RXData1         (In)
TB4-22,23              16   IOPort       SSerial          0        TXData1         (Out)
Internal               17   IOPort       SSerial          0        TXEn1           (Out)
TB1-1,2,9,10           18   IOPort       MuxedQCount      0        MuxQ-A          (In)
TB1-4,5,12,13          19   IOPort       MuxedQCount      0        MuxQ-B          (In)
TB1-7,8,15,16          20   IOPort       MuxedQCount      0        MuxQ-IDX        (In)
TB1-17,18 TB2-1,2      21   IOPort       MuxedQCount      1        MuxQ-A          (In)
TB1-20,21 TB2-4,5      22   IOPort       MuxedQCount      1        MuxQ-B          (In)
TB1-23,24,TB2-7,8      23   IOPort       MuxedQCount      1        MuxQ-IDX        (In)
TB2-9,10,17,18         24   IOPort       MuxedQCount      2        MuxQ-A          (In)
TB2-11,12,20,21        25   IOPort       MuxedQCount      2        MuxQ-B          (In)
TB2-15,16,23,24        26   IOPort       MuxedQCount      2        MuxQ-IDX        (In)
Internal               27   IOPort       MuxedQCountSel   0        MuxSel0         (Out)
Internal               28   IOPort       InMux            0        Addr0           (Out)

IO Connections for I/O+Expansion -> 7I95_1
Pin#                  I/O   Pri. func    Sec. func        Chan     Sec. Pin func   Sec. Pin Dir

Internal               29   IOPort       InMux            0        Addr1           (Out)
Internal               30   IOPort       InMux            0        Addr2           (Out)
Internal               31   IOPort       InMux            0        Addr3           (Out)
Internal               32   IOPort       InMux            0        Addr4           (Out)
Internal               33   IOPort       InMux            0        Data0           (In)
TB3-13,14              34   IOPort       SSR              0        Out-00          (Out)
TB3-15,16              35   IOPort       SSR              0        Out-01          (Out)
TB3-17,18              36   IOPort       SSR              0        Out-02          (Out)
TB3-19,20              37   IOPort       SSR              0        Out-03          (Out)
TB3-21,22              38   IOPort       SSR              0        Out-04          (Out)
TB3-23,24              39   IOPort       SSR              0        Out-05          (Out)
Internal               40   IOPort       SSR              0        AC Ref          (Out)
P1-01/DB25-01          41   IOPort       None           
P1-02/DB25-14          42   IOPort       None           
P1-03/DB25-02          43   IOPort       None           
P1-04/DB25-15          44   IOPort       None           
P1-05/DB25-03          45   IOPort       None           
P1-06/DB25-16          46   IOPort       None           
P1-07/DB25-04          47   IOPort       None           
P1-08/DB25-17          48   IOPort       None           
P1-09/DB25-05          49   IOPort       None           
P1-11/DB25-06          50   IOPort       None           
P1-13/DB25-07          51   IOPort       None           
P1-15/DB25-08          52   IOPort       None           
P1-17/DB25-09          53   IOPort       None           
P1-19/DB25-10          54   IOPort       None           
P1-21/DB25-11          55   IOPort       None           
P1-23/DB25-12          56   IOPort       None           
P1-25/DB25-13          57   IOPort       None

Last edit: 20 Jul 2025 14:49 by JT. Reason: add code tags

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20 Jul 2025 14:47 #332062 by JT

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It's a mystery to me, that's what the mesaflash command returns

mesaflash --addr 10.10.10.10 --device 7i95t --readhmid

Maybe PCW can shed some light on that?

JT

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20 Jul 2025 15:05 - 20 Jul 2025 15:57 #332063 by PCW

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The 24 isolated inputs are all controlled by the inmux pins.

I guess they could be named "TB5-1,12, TB6-1,24" rather than "internal"
in mesaflash...

Edit: pushed a change to mesaflash to rename 7I95/7I97/7C80 "internal"
pins to more informative names.

Last edit: 20 Jul 2025 15:57 by PCW.

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20 Jul 2025 19:50 #332080 by ZXT

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Managed to get info by making a test config in MesaCT and then look in I/O.hal

Input 16, TB5
hm2_7i95.0.inmux.00.input-16

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20 Jul 2025 23:32 #332090 by PCW

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You can also get a list of all enabled hardware pins with:

halcmd show all | grep hm2

When LinuxCNC is running.

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