Andy, and others; On 2012-09-19, at 4:12 PM, andy pugh wrote: > > There are many PCI io options, and ethernet (RTNet) ones on the way. > Besides, the P-Port has been about to disappear for decades, and still > seems to be there.
As I'm putting together my 2nd LinuxCNC machine, I'm putting in 2 parallel ports in this box. *but* I read of pico cards, mesa cards, and other things, like the real time component of Linux CNC and hardware interrupting giving real time errors. At least I know parallel port cards, and my current cnc mill works. Or at least appears to. Is there anything out there, web page wise, that outlines the benefits of something better than the parallel port to a Gecko G540 (or equiv?) Simple stuff, like "this generates the keep alive 10khz signal", is one simple question that I have, but I get lost in all the technical data and don't know what to really look for. Simple stuff, like "why pay $$$ when parallel port cards work". Questions like that. I know that the above is simple stuff, but I wonder how many others, besides me, get lost, and just stick to the old, but faulty, parallel port card solutions? John Alexander Stewart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
