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Steve @ PMDX told me that if I can get the 2nd port to work, we can configure it with his #145 board that just came out.

I have seen a lot of problems with the  CNC4pc c22 board.

One guy said that  he  had to find some  ( Pull-up resistors ???) on the board and bypass them to get it to work.

I have searched and there are a lot of people having trouble getting it running.

I'll see what Steve says about it now.

Stay tuned,

JAckal :)

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Hood,

It works ok with the P-port driver installed, when you add the brains for the pendant & CNC4PC C-22 card, the "Config Motors" goes away.



You have to remove the P-port driver & brains, then re-install  Mach & sometimes re-install Windows, to get the motor adjustment back.

I do have the 2nd parallel port working now. ;D

JAckal

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Another 2nd parallel port question
« on: October 19, 2011, 08:38:46 PM »
  After reformatting, and installing the drivers and the CNC4PC brain that goes with my pendant, the motor tuning config box still won't open.

I removed  the drivers for the 2nd parallel port, and the CNC4pc brains for the C22 board & pendant.

Now I can run the motor config again.


JAckal

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After removing the drivers for the parallel port, and the pendant brains from CNC4pc, the motor tuning will open now.

I guess my machine will only work with the PMDX 145 board for a pendant

JAckal :(

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Everything is set back up. Windows XP, Mach 3  with my last good working .XML file, etc.

The motors jog ok,and  the motor tuning page opened up, too.



Now it wont, after I added the CNC4pc brains, and the 2nd parallel port.

It seems to me, like it is the port drivers, or the CNC4pc brains.

Stay tuned, after I remove  those extras and check it.

JAckal ;)



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General Mach Discussion / Re: Another 2nd parallel port question
« on: October 19, 2011, 01:31:53 PM »
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2) Mach anomaly (may or may not still be with us in current versions)   For me, Mach would not tolerate changing the address in the config unless I first zeroed the address, disabled the port and closed and restarted Mach. Upon restarting Mach, I could then enable the port, put in a new port address and Mach would use it. Note that this is just an observation and I do not know why it happens this way. I might speculate that this is because the port driver has a death grip on the port while running as a separate process outside Mach, but whatever the cause, I found you have to slap Mach in a face to get it to let go of the address it is clinging to before it will consider changing to a new port address.

That is VERY helpful.

It seemed strange to me that I was getting (2) set of address numbers for each port

Ex:

Port #2

       A800-A807
       AC00-Ac07

Port #3

       A00-A007
       A400-A407

Someone  else had told me to use just the first numbers before the (-).

That re-starting Mach  sounds like a good trick.

Simpson,

I sure  do thank you very much,

JAckal  ;D

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Another 2nd parallel port question
« on: October 19, 2011, 11:18:40 AM »
Thanks Simpson, :)

I got the drivers from the Moschip site and tried them.

Steve from PMDX had me  disconnect my B_O_B and try it on the other (2) added ports ( Rosewill), while changing and going through all the addresses and calling them Port#1.

It never would recognize.

I started having problems with Windows going crazy, and re-formatted the computer. After everything is back to where it was (there is  a good back up of my .xml), I will start again with the port thing.

Thanks for replying,

I really appreciate all of the help on here, :)

JAckal

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Hood,

I didn't go through the basic steps for a first time installation. It was re-booted like you are supposed to do.

Would it still jog the servos if the driver wasn't installed?

My thinking was that the driver test, and other stuff was to see if the computer was compatible with Mach. :-[

Today, I'll remove & reinstall the driver.

Thanks,

JAckal

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During my  mission to get Mach to recognize the #2 parallel port, Windows XP went crazy. >:D

It kept saying "new hardware device found" every 10 seconds, and doing other wild stuff.

My .xml file was saved/backed-up, so I just reformatted my computer.

Now,I have loaded Mach 3 and  the .xml with all of my tuning.

For some strange reason when I go into the "Config" tab, it shows the motor tuning, but the motor tuning page won't open.

It is something I hit by mistake. :-[

Thanks a lot,

JAckal

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Another 2nd parallel port question
« on: October 14, 2011, 09:32:59 PM »
Steve Stallings replied to my E-mail. Steve gave me a few things to change and had me remove the .xml file and save it. Then install a factory  Mach3 .Xml file and see if Mach recognizes the 2nd port. It didn't .

Also, he said to remove any PMDX Plug-ins. These are for expanded mode only, and  configure the second port on the unused pins of Port 1. < I didn't' have any of these.

Pmdx came out with a #145 card for pendants about a month ago, but there isn't a users manual out, yet.  When asked   about this, Steve said  he didn't want to give up on my 2nd Port just yet.

This is a common problem and is necessary for any hardwired pendant.

After changing several drivers found online, the LED on the pendant stays on now. ;)

I installed The cnc4pc .xml on the computer in the house just to see the port and pins settings.

My thoughts are  to add these changes to the pins & ports, etc on  my mill and see if it works. I can always change to the back-up .xml if needed.

All comments, ideas, experiences, and warnings appreciated. ;D

Stay tuned,

JAckal

JAckal

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