Re: [Emc-users] usb parallel port possible?

2006-12-30 Thread Mario .
no. categorically NO to anything that needs the Microsoft form of enumeration process. It adds too much possible delays of any kind and little to no realtime guarantees. OK, that was my OPINION, but in reality it might be useful, but you may sometimes observe all of the above. USB was not

Re: [Emc-users] usb parallel port possible?

2006-12-30 Thread Jeff Epler
When emc uses a parallel port to send step and direction signals to a stepper motor driver, the signals must be received by the driver at precise intervals measured in microseconds. This is perfectly possible with most built-in or PCI-slot parallel ports, but it is simply not possible with a USB

[Emc-users] usb parallel port possible?

2006-12-29 Thread Chris Morley
Greetings. I was looking through my collection of parts and pieces and found an USB to parallelport adapter (for a printer). I was wondering if it would be possible to use it to controlrelays etc with Hal. I am sure that a driver would need to be coded and a hal module ( unfortunately a little