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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: rbarr110 on February 13, 2014, 03:32:10 AM
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I had to get a new PC for my CNC (Mach 3 w/G540). The PC does not have a parrellel port so I purchased an addon card (Rosewill Rc-304). I have it installed on the new PC (Win 7 32 bit) and drivers installed and device manager has everything noted as working fine.
I tried to update the ports in Mach to what device manager shows but I get nothing when I try to jog the machine.
Here is what device manager has on the add-on card:
LPT1
I/O 9C00 - 9c07
I/O 9800 - 9807
LPT2
I/O 9400 - 9407
I/O 9000 - 9007
I have tried all those number in Mach using the 0x9C00 etc with no results.
Any suggustions?
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I have attached my XML file
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Sorry attached wrong XML file. This is the correct one.
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Mach works with a printer port address 0x378. Try to select a EPP or ECP port on your windows config. Also try to run the DriverTest.EXE file which is located in your Mach3 installation directory. This file will tell you if Mach3 is under control of your system or not
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Mach works with a printer port address 0x378.
Mach3 works with any address, as long as it's the correct one.
Have you tried entering 9C00 and 9400?
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Try to select a EPP or ECP port on your windows config.
Is this setting within device manager or BIOS? Because in the BIOS there are absolutely no com or printer ports listed, just USB as far as peripheral ports on this Dell pc.
Mach works with a printer port address 0x378.
Mach3 works with any address, as long as it's the correct one.
Have you tried entering 9C00 and 9400?
I have tried that as well as adding the 0x as well, but no luck.
This has been very frustrating since the machine completely worked prior to the old PC dieing. I am glad I had prepared for the old PC's death by having my mach files and settings backed up, but pulled a completely bonehead move by not checking to see if this PC had a printer port. I found the post on here where people suggested the addon card I purchased, but I don't know why the resource numbers I enter in are not working.
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. Also try to run the DriverTest.EXE file which is located in your Mach3 installation directory. This file will tell you if Mach3 is under control of your system or not
The file does not run at all, I click it, and nothing happens.
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Run the driver test again and see if it runs this time, you have to double click it or right click and select open.
If nothing then open Mach and look on the Diagnostics page and see if it has any values for time in int and Frequency.
Are you 100% sure it is 32bit W7?
Hood
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Are you 100% sure it is 32bit W7?
Hood
I am 100% positive, I installed it myself on a new hard drive, using the disc labeled 32 bit.
When I transferred my old mach files over, I just did a complete folder copy and placed onto the new hard drive. Should I re-download mach and run the setup again? I am trying to avoid re-configuring all the mach settings I have been using for the last 2 years.
Also, I did double click the driver test multiple times and it never ran.
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You need to install Mach so that is your probblem. You can save your xml etc and place them back after the install.
Hood
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What Hood said is correct but you should try first to see if your new pc supports parallel port
I may be wrong but what I suspect is that your new PC may not support parallel port and that is why you cant see it on the BIOS. On my XP pc I went to the BIOS to set my printer port.
Perhaps you can try on the Device Manager under printers to see if a parallel port exist and if not try to add a Device and select parallel port or something similar
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You will not see a PCI Parallel Port showing in the BIOS, only onboard ports will show there.
Hood
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I reinstalled mach, but couldn't get Drivertest to run. I finally figured out that I had to run it as an "Administrator" and it ran. It ran and at first it said it was ok, but then it said it was pulsing too fast. After messing around with it for an hour. I said the hell with it, bought a new computer with a parrellel port and was up and running in about 30 minutes back to where I was before the last PC died.
Even though I couldn't get it to work with the add-on card, I really appreciate the help.