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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: Jimchi52 on June 08, 2013, 07:28:32 PM
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Tried using a smoothstepper but I could not get it to work so I went back to a port.I go to set the port setting but in control panel it does not show one all it has are LPT's, also I cannot run driver test
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Parallel ports are LPTs.
John Champlain
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What numbers do I put in for the port address all It shows is lpt3
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In most instances it's 0378 but check your LPT port resources page.
Tweakie.
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I went back to the smoothstepper usb because I am running windows 7 64 bit. It seems to be working but nothing moves except the numbers on the screen, I cannot get rid of the estop, I dont even have one operating yet
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If you do not have an E-Stop connected (not the best idea but.... ) you will have to change the active state of the E-Stop input in Ports and Pins, Inputs page.
However your above statement confuses me as you say the numbers are moving but you say you cant get rid of the E-Stop. If you cant get Mach out of reset then the axis should not be jogging and DROs should not be changing.
Hood
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My mistake no numbers moving and try getting rid of the estop but nothing works
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Did you change the active state of the E-Stop entry in Ports and Pins, Inputs?
Hood
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Yes I did clicked it off and it is set to 10
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I set the ports and pins to 1 and 11 and active low and now it works, but I do not have an estop hooked up yet