Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Tue, 9 Dec 2008, Eric H. Johnson wrote: > > >> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 08:52:10 -0500 >> From: Eric H. Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >> <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Write error with hostmot2 and 7i43 board >> >> Peter, >> >> That is good news, at least as far as finding a problem and having a >> probable solution. What do I need to do from here? Please feel free to >> contact me off list. >> > > > OK overnight with 1 foot cable, no errors = 24 billion EPP operations error > free. I think that one is licked. Trying 12 foot flat cable now, 360 > million EPP ops with no errors so far... > > I will send out new bitfiles and send replacement (patched) 7I43s. > > >> BTW, regarding the EMC 2.3.7 + 7i43... thread, I also have a box with a VIA >> mini-ITX motherboard >> (http://www.mini-box.com/Hybrid-C7-1-5G?sc=8&category=99) which I am >> currently using with an m5i20 board. I can easily reconfigure for the 7i43. >> Let me know if that is different from what you have used to test and if you >> would like me to test anything with it. >> > > > Yes, that has a different Super I/O chip, (F17805) so testing would be > valuable. > > Known working Motherboard SuperIO/Southbridges parallel ports > > VT82C686A,VT82C686B,VT1211,SMSC4977,VT8235,W83977EF > > Known working PCI addin cards: > > OXSEMI PCI952 based cards work fine > > Still trying to get a ITE based PCI paralel port card but they seem to have > been replaced by: > > NetMos cards that do _not_ work. They dont sample read data on the correct > strobe edge so would be almost impossible to make work with HostMot2 (that > has > read-side effects). They may be fine for bit I/O but they suck for EPP. They > also have open drain control output signals, yick yack yuck! > Oh, good to know you are having the same problem with them. I couldn't even figure out the port address and get it to wiggle the output pins, but thought it might have been a bad unit.
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