> From: ghesk...@wdtv.com
> To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net
> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:09:40 -0400
> Subject: [Emc-developers] pncconf?
>
> Greetings;
>
> Running it for practice just to see how it works, one thing I see, or more
> specifically don't see, is in the choice of BOB's there is not a quasi
> standard, parport bob such as the C1G available as a selection. And because
> the display isn't showing the actual pins on the db25 that are assigned to
> this or that (and both of the stepgens I selected had ghosted but identical
> names for the DIR pins), I wasn't able to intelligently assign some of my
> other functions for this lathe to the rest of that ports pins. Then at the
> end, it errored out and would not save because something wasn't specced (I
> think).
>
> So my first fuss is that the use of a std BOB, where the parport pins are
> 1/1 with the pins of a std parport in the manner of a C1G, is not
> available. Is it possible to fix this?
>
> Cheers, Gene
Gene:
What version of linuxcnc are you using? The error message would be good to know.
You also didn't mention which mesa board you are using.
I'll guess the 5i25 since you mention the db25.
What firmware did you order it with?
Pncconf lists the HAL pin numbers not the physical pin numbers.
Because the possible combinations of mesa equipment, it isn't practical
to show the physical pin numbers.
You must look up the conversion in the mesa manual.
The connector tab (page?) does divide based on the physical connectors.
and each of those pages have 17 pins on them (for the 5i25) so it does represent
the physical pins.
While pre-selections for BOBs would be nice, I have limited time to spend on
this,
and based on forum info, using the 5i25 without a daughter board is rare.
So yes possible, but not likely to happen unless someone else patches it.
If you select functions for the stepgens, then I think you will see the
direction pin
name changes too.
Chris M
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