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General Mach Discussion / Re: noob - help on breakout card and parallel port card

« on: May 28, 2009, 04:40:40 AM »

Hi Hood, Thanks for that but nothing came up in the notepad sheet. It is certainly becoming frustrationg when a PnP printer works on the port but cant find the address.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: noob - help on breakout card and parallel port card

« on: May 27, 2009, 09:39:25 PM »

Hi Hood,
Thanks, Tried that but Mach3 icon on the start menu does not have the option for the get port address. I only have Mach 3 Loader and Uninstal otions. Is there somewere else I could find it or do I need to reinstall the software? Thanks again Hood for the Time. Ron

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General Mach Discussion / Re: noob - help on breakout card and parallel port card

« on: May 27, 2009, 05:41:05 PM »

Hi, Im Ron From Australia, Am New to CNC and am having troubles Not very computer literate but am impressed with the boudless tasks that can be done with CNC. I have purchased a board and downloaded Mach3. The Computer I have does not have a Parallel Port so I have had to Purchase and fit a pci EPP/ECP Paralle Port. When I open the device properties there is no Resorces tab to find the allocated I/O Address. However, there is a multifunction device tree with the correct numbers of the card and comes up with an address in the resource tab but this still will not get my unit to work. When I do a port settings check the stepper motors jump briefly, so I know they get a signal at some stage. I have followed the manual for mach 3 to no avail with the address. Can any one help please?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: May 27, 2009, 11:02:24 AM »

Hi, Im Ron From Australia, Am New to CNC and am having troubles Not very computer literate but am impressed with the boudless tasks that can be done with CNC. I have purchased a board and downloaded Mach3. The Computer I have does not have a Parallel Port so I have had to Purchase and fit a pci EPP/ECP Paralle Port. When I open the device properties there is no Resorces tab to find the allocated I/O Address. However, there is a multifunction device tree with the correct numbers of the card and comes up with an address in the resource tab but this still will not get my unit to work. When I do a port settings check the stepper motors jump briefly, so I know they get a signal at some stage. I have followed the manual for mach 3 to no avail with the address. Can any one help please?