Okay here is the latest:
I could not get win7 to run everything looked good
I verified the com port address it is a 32 bit processor
so I quit with that after an hour...
I went back to the XP fresh this morning
I left ports and pins alone
I left just the way they were given in XML file
which was: X- and X home enabled and active lows for each
the same for all the axis enabled and active lows enabled
I then went to Homing and limits screen
x axis I reversed with home negative off
y axis I reversed with home neg checked on
z axis off with home negative off
the machine now homes and zero's out
and the machine now jogs at the right speed
before when all this was going on the thing was
just dragging in speed at jog
but now it has the right jog speed
Hood, I know you were following this at one time
what do you think is going on here
I never did take the cover off that controller
they used some kind of crazy screw with an uncommon head
I am not sure what kind of wrench is needed to take if off
it's not torx, not hex.....
If it was intended for a user to be able to change a fuse maybe sometime...
looks like they would have used a common phillips or something just for an access
anyway it is homing
but, I don't really understand???
sorry for the long email......