For that to work you would need something like this in your hal file: loadrt hal_parport cfg="0 out 1 out 2 out"
>From what I gather you have two ports, one for a mill and one for a lathe. So you would have two separate configs and one would have: loadrt hal_parport cfg="0 out" And the other would have: loadrt hal_parport cfg="1 out" And BOTH would have parport.0.pin-nn-out etc. etc. Because BOTH have only one parport therefore it is the first parport in the config. > On 20 Dec 2019, at 6:15 pm, R C <cjv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I tried changing that in that .hal config file by changing all occurrences: > > > parport.0.pin-02-out to parport.1.pin-02-out and parport.2.pin-02-out > (for LP1, LPT2 and LPT3 respectively) > > > linuxcnc doesn't seem to like that, throws errors > > > (A long time ago I used turbocnc for trying to get some things to work) > > > > On 12/19/19 11:50 PM, Phillip Carter wrote: >> It "should" work using 0,1 or 2 if not then you may need to enter the actual >> address >> >> parport.0 refers to the first port configured in the hal file, if you had >> two ports they would be parport.0 and parport.1 >> >>> On 20 Dec 2019, at 5:43 pm, R C <cjv...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Ok, so I don't use the "standard/typical" address? >>> >>> 0: 0x3bc 1: 0x378 2: 0x278 ? >>> >>> >>> So I would want to use lp1 for my lath and lp2 for my mill. From what >>> I understand I need to create two profiles, which is fine >>> >>> >>> I see stuff in Paxton-Patterson_Lathe.hal like >>> >>> net xdir => parport.0.pin-02-out >>> net xstep => parport.0.pin-03-out >>> net ydir => parport.0.pin-04-out >>> net ystep => parport.0.pin-05-out >>> net zdir => parport.0.pin-06-out >>> net zstep => parport.0.pin-07-out >>> net adir => parport.0.pin-08-out >>> net astep => parport.0.pin-09-out >>> >>> >>> I kinda have the impression, it should be partport.1 for the next parallel >>> port and port.2 for the last one? >>> >>> >>> >>> thanks, >>> >>> >>> Ron >>> >>> On 12/19/19 10:57 PM, Phillip Carter wrote: >>>> In the Base Information page you can select the number of parallel ports >>>> >>>> Then in the Parallel Port 1 page you can select the parallel port using >>>> the numbers 0,1 or 2 in the Parport BaseAddress entry >>>> >>>> Then in the Parallel Port 2 page you can select the parallel port using >>>> the numbers 0,1 or 2 in the entry that has no label in the bottom centre >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 20 Dec 2019, at 4:45 pm, R C <cjv...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> when I run stepconf, it creates a *.hal file. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It seems that the parallel port used in there by default is "parport0" >>>>> (I have 3 parallel ports, 0, 1 and 2). >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> can I create a config for a specific port? or di I manually need to edit >>>>> them? >>>>> >>>>> (I would like to have one machine on lp1/partport1 and the other on >>>>> lp2/partport2 and not use parport0) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> thanks, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ron >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Emc-users mailing list >>>>> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Emc-users mailing list >>>> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Emc-users mailing list >>> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
