a few things you can try -make sure the printer cable is ieee and try a shorter one (or hook it directly into the printer port) change the init string to add epp_wide=0
http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.2/html/man/man9/pluto_servo.9.html sudo lspci -v will give you the chipset of your printer port. Also make sure epp is set in the bios. sam (skunkworks, samco) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 1:47 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Pluto P setup questions > Chris Radek <ch...@...> writes: > >> >> We've found the pluto just doesn't work on some parallel ports. At >> cnc workshop last year, mine would work on 2 out of the 5? machines we >> tried. We did not figure out why. >> >> Also the netmos chipset doesn't do EPP right. Maybe you have one of >> those? >> > > That's discouraging. I don't know the chipset is. > Hmmm... > > Tom > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, > CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the > Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source > participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: > SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.2/1964 - Release Date: 02/21/09 11:05:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
