Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port
Alan Thanks for reply. I am using steppers, so do I add my read and writes to the servo thread or the base thread? My .hal file still has all the original configuration lines in, which I know work... will it run once I make these changes or is there still more to do? Aaron - Original Message - From: Alan Condit [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:36:54 -0700 Aaron, Since you indicated that you are adding a second port you need both ports in your config statement: loadrt hal_parport cfg=0x0378 0x9000 Here is how I set up my reads and writes: (not using steppers requires adding them to the base-thread not the servo-thread). # next connect the parport functions to threads # read inputs first addf parport.0.read base-thread 1 addf parport.1.read base-thread 2 # hook functions to base thread (high speed thread for step generation) addf stepgen.make-pulses base-thread # write outputs last addf parport.0.write base-thread -1 addf parport.1.write base-thread -1 # The following two lines are needed if you are running Double step addf parport.0.reset base-thread addf parport.1.reset base-thread Alan --- Alan Condit 1085 Tierra Ct. Woodburn, OR 97071 Email -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home-Office (503) 982-0906 On Jun 12, 2008, at Jun 12, 2008--5:44 PM, emc-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kirk I have added.. loadrt hal_parport cfg=0x9000 addf parport.0.read servo-thread addf parport.0.write servo-thread to my hal file (hopefully in the right places). Can I not configure the pins through the step config wizard? Aaron - Original Message - From: Kirk Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:56:00 -0700 On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 06:11 +, aaron Moore wrote: Hi You guys are going to haveto hold my hand here I run lspci -v and I get.. :00:06.0 Parallel controller: Timedia Technology Co Ltd: Unknown device 7268 (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [ECP]) Subsystem: Timedia Technology Co Ltd: Unknown device 0103 Flags: stepping, medium devsel, IRQ 9 I/O ports at 9000 [size=8] I/O ports at 9400 [size=8] which is the address and where do I find the hal file to put it in Thanks Aaron - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Powered by Outblaze - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port
aaron Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Alan Thanks for reply. I am using steppers, so do I add my read and writes to the servo thread or the base thread? My .hal file still has all the original configuration lines in, which I know work... will it run once I make these changes or is there still more to do? Aaron Aaron, It was supposed to say Note: Using steppers requires adding them to the base-thread not the servo-thread. Sorry about that (can I blame it on my spell checker)? Alan - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port
On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 17:07 +, aaron Moore wrote: Alan Thanks for reply. I am using steppers, so do I add my read and writes to the servo thread or the base thread? The step (and direction) pulses that steppers or step/direction servo and stepper controllers use, need to be very fast, so if your step and direction signals are coming through your parport, your parport driver needs to run as fast as possible. The base thread is the fastest thread. The servo thread is a little slower and among other things, monitors and controls what goes on in the base thread. The servo thread also is used to control things that don't need to to be fast or particularly accurate timing wise. If you are not connecting your steppers to the new parport, you most likely can run the driver for the new parport in the servo thread. My .hal file still has all the original configuration lines in, which I know work... will it run once I make these changes or is there still more to do? Aaron When you mention that your original .hal file worked fine, it makes me think that your steppers are already being controlled, So what will you be connecting to your new parport? -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending Craftsman AA 109 restoration Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC) - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port
Hi You guys are going to haveto hold my hand here I run lspci -v and I get.. :00:06.0 Parallel controller: Timedia Technology Co Ltd: Unknown device 7268 (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [ECP]) Subsystem: Timedia Technology Co Ltd: Unknown device 0103 Flags: stepping, medium devsel, IRQ 9 I/O ports at 9000 [size=8] I/O ports at 9400 [size=8] which is the address and where do I find the hal file to put it in Thanks Aaron - Original Message - From: Alan Condit [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:56:32 -0700 Aaron, I bought my 2 parallel port pci card from Newegg. It is uses a netmos nm9815cv chip. After physically plugging it into the computer, I ran lspci -v from a terminal window to locate the port addresses. Thus far it was just plug and play. The next step is to edit the .hal file. You need add the port address to the hal_parport config statement and to add read and write functions to the appropriate thread (since I am running steppers it was the base-thread). Then you need to add the pin and signal connections to do what ever provoked the need for a second port. Alan --- Alan Condit 1085 Tierra Ct. Woodburn, OR 97071 Email -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home-Office (503) 982-0906 On Jun 11, 2008, at Jun 11, 2008--1:59 PM, emc-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: aaron Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday2008June 11 Wednesday2008June 111:48:15 PM PDT To: EMC userslist emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller \(EMC\) emc- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Can some one tell me what I need to do to install a second parallel port apart from physically plugging it into the computer or will it just 'plug and play' Thanks for any help in this. Aaron - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Powered by Outblaze - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port
On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 06:11 +, aaron Moore wrote: Hi You guys are going to haveto hold my hand here I run lspci -v and I get.. :00:06.0 Parallel controller: Timedia Technology Co Ltd: Unknown device 7268 (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [ECP]) Subsystem: Timedia Technology Co Ltd: Unknown device 0103 Flags: stepping, medium devsel, IRQ 9 I/O ports at 9000 [size=8] I/O ports at 9400 [size=8] which is the address and where do I find the hal file to put it in Thanks Aaron When you start EMC, which configuration do you chose? The .hal file for that configuration is most likely in your home directory under .../emc2/configs. So, something like: /home/aarons_home/emc2/configs/stepper/stepper.hal The EMC start screen lists the available configurations based on the names of .ini files. The .ini file you choose has a place to set which .hal files get loaded. You should open the .ini file and check for the HALFILE= lines to see the files names. The lines that start with # (comment tag) are commented out, so they don't count. Usually there is only one .hal file loaded and its name matches the configuration name. To load the parport driver you need to have a line in your .hal file like: loadrt hal_parport cfg=0x9000 (loads only your PCI parport as parport.0) or loadrt hal_parport cfg=0x0378 0x9000 (loads the motherboard port as parport.0, and the PCI port as parport.1) This should load the driver and make the functions parport.X.read and parport.X.write available to EMC. You need to have EMC run these functions in your servo thread by adding to your .hal file: addf parport.0.read servo-thread addf parport.1.read servo-thread (if you have a second port) (usually at the beginning of the addf lines) addf parport.0.write servo-thread addf parport.1.write servo-thread (if you have a second port) (usually at the end of the addf lines) After EMC starts these functions, you will have the HAL parport pins, signals and parameters available. These are listed here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//hal_drivers.html#sec:Parport Most likely in your case if you loaded only one parport it will be parport.0 so to connect the flood coolant button to pin one, you would add a line: net Flood iocontrol.0.coolant-flood = parport.0.pin-01-out Other iocontrol signals are here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//man/man1/iocontrol.1.html If you start EMC and toggle the Flood button you can check pin one with a voltmeter to see if the voltage toggles with the button. If it doesn't, you can try address 0x9400. Good luck. -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending Craftsman AA 109 restoration Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC) - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port
Thanks or very detailed reply. I will try it later today. One thing...I am using steppers, do I need to run the functions for the servo threads? Thanks again Aaron - Original Message - From: Kirk Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:56:00 -0700 On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 06:11 +, aaron Moore wrote: Hi You guys are going to haveto hold my hand here I run lspci -v and I get.. :00:06.0 Parallel controller: Timedia Technology Co Ltd: Unknown device 7268 (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [ECP]) Subsystem: Timedia Technology Co Ltd: Unknown device 0103 Flags: stepping, medium devsel, IRQ 9 I/O ports at 9000 [size=8] I/O ports at 9400 [size=8] which is the address and where do I find the hal file to put it in Thanks Aaron When you start EMC, which configuration do you chose? The .hal file for that configuration is most likely in your home directory under .../emc2/configs. So, something like: /home/aarons_home/emc2/configs/stepper/stepper.hal The EMC start screen lists the available configurations based on the names of .ini files. The .ini file you choose has a place to set which .hal files get loaded. You should open the .ini file and check for the HALFILE= lines to see the files names. The lines that start with # (comment tag) are commented out, so they don't count. Usually there is only one .hal file loaded and its name matches the configuration name. To load the parport driver you need to have a line in your .hal file like: loadrt hal_parport cfg=0x9000 (loads only your PCI parport as parport.0) or loadrt hal_parport cfg=0x0378 0x9000 (loads the motherboard port as parport.0, and the PCI port as parport.1) This should load the driver and make the functions parport.X.read and parport.X.write available to EMC. You need to have EMC run these functions in your servo thread by adding to your .hal file: addf parport.0.read servo-thread addf parport.1.read servo-thread (if you have a second port) (usually at the beginning of the addf lines) addf parport.0.write servo-thread addf parport.1.write servo-thread (if you have a second port) (usually at the end of the addf lines) After EMC starts these functions, you will have the HAL parport pins, signals and parameters available. These are listed here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//hal_drivers.html#sec:Parport Most likely in your case if you loaded only one parport it will be parport.0 so to connect the flood coolant button to pin one, you would add a line: net Flood iocontrol.0.coolant-flood = parport.0.pin-01-out Other iocontrol signals are here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//man/man1/iocontrol.1.html If you start EMC and toggle the Flood button you can check pin one with a voltmeter to see if the voltage toggles with the button. If it doesn't, you can try address 0x9400. Good luck. -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending Craftsman AA 109 restoration Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC) - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Powered by Outblaze - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port
On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 08:42 +, aaron Moore wrote: Thanks or very detailed reply. I will try it later today. One thing...I am using steppers, do I need to run the functions for the servo threads? Thanks again Aaron If you are going to use your parport to drive the step and direction inputs to your stepper drivers, the parport functions will need to be added to the faster base thread like in this example: http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/lxr/source/configs/stepper/standard_pinout.hal I believe the file below needs to be loaded with the standard_pinout.hal above: http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/lxr/source/configs/common/core_stepper.hal and load functions in the base and servo threads that create the signals that are connected to your parport HAL pins. More information on your set up might help. -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending Craftsman AA 109 restoration Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC) - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port
Kirk I have added.. loadrt hal_parport cfg=0x9000 addf parport.0.read servo-thread addf parport.0.write servo-thread to my hal file (hopefully in the right places). Can I not configure the pins through the step config wizard? Aaron - Original Message - From: Kirk Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:56:00 -0700 On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 06:11 +, aaron Moore wrote: Hi You guys are going to haveto hold my hand here I run lspci -v and I get.. :00:06.0 Parallel controller: Timedia Technology Co Ltd: Unknown device 7268 (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [ECP]) Subsystem: Timedia Technology Co Ltd: Unknown device 0103 Flags: stepping, medium devsel, IRQ 9 I/O ports at 9000 [size=8] I/O ports at 9400 [size=8] which is the address and where do I find the hal file to put it in Thanks Aaron When you start EMC, which configuration do you chose? The .hal file for that configuration is most likely in your home directory under .../emc2/configs. So, something like: /home/aarons_home/emc2/configs/stepper/stepper.hal The EMC start screen lists the available configurations based on the names of .ini files. The .ini file you choose has a place to set which .hal files get loaded. You should open the .ini file and check for the HALFILE= lines to see the files names. The lines that start with # (comment tag) are commented out, so they don't count. Usually there is only one .hal file loaded and its name matches the configuration name. To load the parport driver you need to have a line in your .hal file like: loadrt hal_parport cfg=0x9000 (loads only your PCI parport as parport.0) or loadrt hal_parport cfg=0x0378 0x9000 (loads the motherboard port as parport.0, and the PCI port as parport.1) This should load the driver and make the functions parport.X.read and parport.X.write available to EMC. You need to have EMC run these functions in your servo thread by adding to your .hal file: addf parport.0.read servo-thread addf parport.1.read servo-thread (if you have a second port) (usually at the beginning of the addf lines) addf parport.0.write servo-thread addf parport.1.write servo-thread (if you have a second port) (usually at the end of the addf lines) After EMC starts these functions, you will have the HAL parport pins, signals and parameters available. These are listed here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//hal_drivers.html#sec:Parport Most likely in your case if you loaded only one parport it will be parport.0 so to connect the flood coolant button to pin one, you would add a line: net Flood iocontrol.0.coolant-flood = parport.0.pin-01-out Other iocontrol signals are here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//man/man1/iocontrol.1.html If you start EMC and toggle the Flood button you can check pin one with a voltmeter to see if the voltage toggles with the button. If it doesn't, you can try address 0x9400. Good luck. -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending Craftsman AA 109 restoration Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC) - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Powered by Outblaze - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port
aaron Moore wrote: Kirk I have added.. loadrt hal_parport cfg=0x9000 addf parport.0.read servo-thread addf parport.0.write servo-thread to my hal file (hopefully in the right places). Can I not configure the pins through the step config wizard? No, you can't use stepconf to configure this. Stepconf is intended to make it easy to set up simple machines, or to provide a starting point for more complex machines. When you get to the need for multiple parallel ports or other hardware interfaces, the number of options grows so large that stepconf would no longer be easy to use if it were to support all that. You can learn about how HAL is configured behind the scenes by looking at the HAL sections of EMC2 manual, and looking at the .hal file that stepconf generated. It's pretty easy to get going, the hardest part is remembering that you're free to do just about anything :) - Steve - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port
This is where Stepconf can help the someone less versed in the config files though - you can make multiple machine setups and then go through the .hal and .ini files and marry the two together to get the results you want without really having to know the details of the hal and ini files. I created my benchtop mill setup with stepconf on the motherboard parport, then when I wanted to add a second port I made another mill configuration that only had the items I wanted (the limits and other sensors, a few output controls) and then just took those pin assignments and changed the parport.0 to parport.1 and pasted into my benchtop config file - saved a lot of time and guessing. The hardest part was getting the addresses correct for two ports - I think for my card I have 3 addresses loaded but it only creates 2 ports - I forget where I got that hint from but the card needed 2 addresses to fully address everything. When I go home tonight maybe I can remember to offload a copy of my config file and post the header to give you some help. Greg Michalski www.distinctperspectives.com Kirk I have added.. loadrt hal_parport cfg=0x9000 addf parport.0.read servo-thread addf parport.0.write servo-thread to my hal file (hopefully in the right places). Can I not configure the pins through the step config wizard? No, you can't use stepconf to configure this. Stepconf is intended to make it easy to set up simple machines, or to provide a starting point for more complex machines. - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port
Aaron, Since you indicated that you are adding a second port you need both ports in your config statement: loadrt hal_parport cfg=0x0378 0x9000 Here is how I set up my reads and writes: (not using steppers requires adding them to the base-thread not the servo-thread). # next connect the parport functions to threads # read inputs first addf parport.0.read base-thread 1 addf parport.1.read base-thread 2 # hook functions to base thread (high speed thread for step generation) addf stepgen.make-pulses base-thread # write outputs last addf parport.0.write base-thread -1 addf parport.1.write base-thread -1 # The following two lines are needed if you are running Double step addf parport.0.reset base-thread addf parport.1.reset base-thread Alan --- Alan Condit 1085 Tierra Ct. Woodburn, OR 97071 Email -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home-Office (503) 982-0906 On Jun 12, 2008, at Jun 12, 2008--5:44 PM, emc-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kirk I have added.. loadrt hal_parport cfg=0x9000 addf parport.0.read servo-thread addf parport.0.write servo-thread to my hal file (hopefully in the right places). Can I not configure the pins through the step config wizard? Aaron - Original Message - From: Kirk Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:56:00 -0700 On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 06:11 +, aaron Moore wrote: Hi You guys are going to haveto hold my hand here I run lspci -v and I get.. :00:06.0 Parallel controller: Timedia Technology Co Ltd: Unknown device 7268 (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [ECP]) Subsystem: Timedia Technology Co Ltd: Unknown device 0103 Flags: stepping, medium devsel, IRQ 9 I/O ports at 9000 [size=8] I/O ports at 9400 [size=8] which is the address and where do I find the hal file to put it in Thanks Aaron - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port
for the port, if it is a PCI or newer card, it will probably just work. Some old ISA and earlier cards had to be jumppered, but instructions came with them. Now 'just work' is another issue. The board can work, but you still have some HAL configuration to do to let EMC know how to deal. I hope that helps! -- Predictions Are Difficult.Especially When They Are About The Future Niels Bohr -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of aaron Moore Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:48 PM To: EMC userslist Subject: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port Hi Can some one tell me what I need to do to install a second parallel port apart from physically plugging it into the computer or will it just 'plug and play' Thanks for any help in this. Aaron -- Powered by Outblaze - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port
aaron Moore wrote: Hi Can some one tell me what I need to do to install a second parallel port apart from physically plugging it into the computer or will it just 'plug and play' Thanks for any help in this. Aaron Check back in the archives to about the sixth (five days ago). - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port
Aaron, I bought my 2 parallel port pci card from Newegg. It is uses a netmos nm9815cv chip. After physically plugging it into the computer, I ran lspci -v from a terminal window to locate the port addresses. Thus far it was just plug and play. The next step is to edit the .hal file. You need add the port address to the hal_parport config statement and to add read and write functions to the appropriate thread (since I am running steppers it was the base-thread). Then you need to add the pin and signal connections to do what ever provoked the need for a second port. Alan --- Alan Condit 1085 Tierra Ct. Woodburn, OR 97071 Email -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home-Office (503) 982-0906 On Jun 11, 2008, at Jun 11, 2008--1:59 PM, emc-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: aaron Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday2008June 11 Wednesday2008June 111:48:15 PM PDT To: EMC userslist emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller \(EMC\) emc- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Can some one tell me what I need to do to install a second parallel port apart from physically plugging it into the computer or will it just 'plug and play' Thanks for any help in this. Aaron - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
