> From: andy pugh [mailto:[email protected]] > On Sat, 20 Jul 2019 at 00:18, John Dammeyer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > If I connect my parallel port cable to the board I just plugged in and > > modify the hal file > > loadrt hal_parport "cfg=3000" > > > Do you still get the error message with > cfg = "0x3000 out" > Yes. I still get that error. Very odd since the port actually works. If I configure the hal file for that address and plug into that card LinuxCNC functions.
At the moment it's not a serious problem. Mostly because the PC hardware is far newer than WIN-XP and I can't find a driver for WIN-XP and that parallel card. I'm going to put it into a WIN-7 system and see if a driver can be loaded. If so then I'll update the WIN-XP part of the dual boot to be WIN-7 which I'm told will still run parallel port MACH3. On the LinuxCNC side I'm just about ready to start on the MESA 7i92H and the system is still just using one parallel port. The whole point here still is to create an upgrade document for MACH3 users who's PC has died and like the one I'm using can't run WIN-XP because some of the hardware is too new. The on board Gigabyte Network hardware has that same issue and WIN-XP needs a driver off the web for it. That makes my Windows Home Server Recovery disk an issue too since it doesn't have the driver. At the moment, MACH3, WIN-XP, Parallel port (or 2) to WIN-10 with Ethernet Smooth Stepper is an almost $500 option when you include the PC with WIN-10. I'm seeing the MESA 7i92H for $89 with LinuxCNC a much lower cost alternative. John Dammeyer _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
