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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 / PMDX-422 Setup for Dummies
« on: February 27, 2015, 07:47:14 AM »
Art's video about configuring his Darwin parallel port driver is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6SU5JVTpik
Keep in mind that a large part of this video is specific to Darwin
plug-in configuration dialogs which will be different from those
for the PMDX-422. There is much more configuration in the Darwin
plug-in than in the PMDX-422 plug-in because Darwin has loads of
optional features.
The PMDX plug-in configuration philosophy is to not duplicate any
of the configuration setup that is available directly within Mach4
so there is no guessing who is in charge of a particular setting. In
the rare cases, such as motor reversal being the same thing
in reality as direction signal polarity, we make sure that the
selections made in either place show up in both places.
Mach4 setup has a more generalized concept of access to motors
and signals than was used in Mach3. Motors are identified by number
and then assigned to a plug-in and signal. Signal names are determined
by the plug-in and do not have to be in the old "port" and "pin"
style inherited from the parallel port model, though we still use
that model for the PMDX-422 since it mimics a parallel port.
The portion of Art's video which relates to selecting the Mach4
motion device and configuring things in Mach4 itself begin at about
16:30 in Art's video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6SU5JVTpik
Keep in mind that a large part of this video is specific to Darwin
plug-in configuration dialogs which will be different from those
for the PMDX-422. There is much more configuration in the Darwin
plug-in than in the PMDX-422 plug-in because Darwin has loads of
optional features.
The PMDX plug-in configuration philosophy is to not duplicate any
of the configuration setup that is available directly within Mach4
so there is no guessing who is in charge of a particular setting. In
the rare cases, such as motor reversal being the same thing
in reality as direction signal polarity, we make sure that the
selections made in either place show up in both places.
Mach4 setup has a more generalized concept of access to motors
and signals than was used in Mach3. Motors are identified by number
and then assigned to a plug-in and signal. Signal names are determined
by the plug-in and do not have to be in the old "port" and "pin"
style inherited from the parallel port model, though we still use
that model for the PMDX-422 since it mimics a parallel port.
The portion of Art's video which relates to selecting the Mach4
motion device and configuring things in Mach4 itself begin at about
16:30 in Art's video.