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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: AROCKY on December 09, 2015, 10:25:22 PM

Title: Help with duel boards
Post by: AROCKY on December 09, 2015, 10:25:22 PM

Hello

I have a dilema where I run functions such as auto zero, spindle speed, mist/flood, water cooling, etc. Currently I operate all these manually as there is no free pins on my breakout board! I have a cheap breakout board lying around and am thinking of installing another parallel port in my comp and run this board as additional so I can utilize the pins for these functions.

My question - Is this possible?

I have noted that in the ports and pins config in Mach3 it allows for a second port to be selected, is this intended for this purpose? or is there a completely different path I should be looking at to utilise the second port function when adding pins?


Can anyone pass on some info?


Thanks Guys

Title: Re: Help with duel boards
Post by: Tweakie.CNC on December 10, 2015, 01:27:19 AM

Hi Arocky,

Yes, it is possible to do exactly as you suggest.

When you purchase the new PCI parallel port card it may be best to get one which has 5 volt TTL outputs (as opposed to 3.3 volt TTL outputs). This thread may be of interest to you https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,11300.0.html


Tweakie.