John Stewart wrote: > Jon; > > On 2013-01-29, at 10:15 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > > >> ... Even though it is set >> to this mode in the BIOS, it may not actually be in EPP mode on a lot >> of motherboards. This program is at >> http://pico-systems.com/codes/pcisetup >> You can also find the source code in the same directory. >> Most of the LinuxCNC drivers for EPP devices do this (writing 0x80 to the >> I/O register 0x402 higher than the parallel port base register) to >> enable EPP mode. >> >> > > Your timing on this was impeccable; with my 5i25 upgrade, my parallel port > MPG went to the main Intel D525MW parallel port. > > And, of course, even with latest (Jan 13 2013) BIOS update, nothing worked. > From looking at the HAL pins, it was obvious that the port was actually stuck > in that "normal" mode, despite reading and trying all that the hal_parport > document said. > > > So I took your little program, changed the include file, allowed one to hard > code in the port address, put it so it runs on (re)boot; and put it in my > little blog: > > http://cnc-for-model-engineers.blogspot.com > > Hopefully the mention of you in there is ok. > > Sure. What is the new include file that worked, and what version of Ubuntu are you using?
My hal_ppmc driver does this automatically, I thought the Mesa drivers also had this in their code. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
