Alex; ON my Intel-based 5i25 based mill, I have a Mesa 5I25 driving a Gecko G540, and a parallel port-based pendant on the old motherboard LPT port.
I did have to set up the lpt port with a little program, here: http://cnc-for-model-engineers.blogspot.ca/2013/01/intel-motherboards-and-parallel-port.html that makes the port work well with the pendant. I really like the way the whole system went together. Email back, of course, if you want more information. John A. Stewart On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Alexander Newman <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks, Marius. I'll porbably go for the Mesa card, per my previous two > replies. > > Cheers, > Alex. > > On 19/6/13 at 3:37 PM, [email protected] (Marius Liebenberg) wrote: > > > I use the MW with the on board port and any old PCI LPT. As long as the > > LPT can do EPP mode it should be OK. > > > > On 2013/06/19 07:06 AM, Alexander Newman wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > > > I am currently constructing a CNC box (well, I've been at it for > > > over a year now) which is in the final stages of completion. > > > > > > The box contains an Intel D525MW mobo, a SoundLogic "combo" > > > breakout board, a PMDX-135-20 power board and four Gecko 203V > > > drives. I recently got a 4-axis pendant (ISSMM1468) and am > > > wanting to install it. The D525MW only has one lpt port, and one > > > PCI slot. The best bet would seem to be to install a > > > port-remappable twin parport PCI card of some sort so that I can > > > run both the BoB and the pendant off the PCI bus. > > > > > > So far I have found three options: > > > > > > 1. Mesa 5126 "superport"; > > > > > > 2. This twin port item > > > here<http://oceancontrols.com.au/COV-301.html> which is OOS and > > > possibly unavailable; > > > > > > 3. This single port card here > > > <http://www.sunix.com/sppd.php?cid=1&kid=16&gid=63&pid=1026> > > > which Sunix claim is remappable - but only under DOS(!). > > > > > > Has anyone go any suggestions for a twin paraport remappable lpt > > > card that will be remappable under Ubuntu *and* is available - > > > and works well? The Mesa card seems to be the best fit but I'm > > > uncertain what I should use between it and the pendant. > > > > > > Your sincerely, > > > Alex. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > > > > > Build for Windows Store. > > > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Emc-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
