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Re: Does this screenshot mean that pins 12 & 13 are fried on my PC??
« Reply #40 on: July 30, 2009, 06:37:43 PM »
That is weird indeed, do you have a screenshot of the device manager showing it? Its not that I am not believing you, just I may see something.
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Re: Does this screenshot mean that pins 12 & 13 are fried on my PC??
« Reply #41 on: July 30, 2009, 06:56:36 PM »
This is after I uninstalled the port in device manager, turned off the computer (not a restart), turned o the computer, went into the root menu/integrated devices/parallel port and went through the options of   'off,at,ps/2/epp,ecp' stopped at EPP and saved changes and exited.   When windows opened, I tried to open add hardware under control panel, but it said I had to wait as it was already installing hardware.   Low and behold, the hardware it was installing was the ECP port.......again.  So, I again tried to scan for hardware changes and got nothing.

On a side note though....While in the bios I saw that under the option of ecp port, it asks if I would like the DMA channel on or off??

Is that of any significance?
Re: Does this screenshot mean that pins 12 & 13 are fried on my PC??
« Reply #42 on: July 30, 2009, 06:59:23 PM »
Thanks for being so quick to respond BTW.

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Re: Does this screenshot mean that pins 12 & 13 are fried on my PC??
« Reply #43 on: July 30, 2009, 07:14:28 PM »
DMA is direct memory access, cant recall ever seeing that in the BIOS associated with the parallel port but suppose I have just missed it. I would try with it in both states, more likely to be disabled though.
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Re: Does this screenshot mean that pins 12 & 13 are fried on my PC??
« Reply #44 on: July 30, 2009, 09:13:01 PM »
STill no change.  I rechecked pins at the back.  It is still apparent aht 12 & 13 don't work on this computer.  15,13, & 11 are good.  At this point, I'll try to reconfigure with that until I can get a pci card for this pc.  (it's one of those little desktop Dells that has a different length of slot cover due to it's small size).  I'm going to change my configure to x--=11, y--=15 and all others run series to 10.  I'll share 11&15 as homes for x & y.  The rest can be set as soft limits, right?  

What, exactly, is the method of checking the direction and pulse pins?

Edit:  I will search for that as I'm sure it's been covered.

ReEdit: Hood, just so happens you're the one answering the question there too.  LOL

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,10213.msg63230.html#msg63230

I've been meaning to ask if you ever sleep....

Next step if that is successful.........hooking up to the control box.

Both of you guys have been a great help.

Thanks,
Rooney
« Last Edit: July 30, 2009, 09:50:52 PM by rooney »

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Re: Does this screenshot mean that pins 12 & 13 are fried on my PC??
« Reply #45 on: July 31, 2009, 03:18:13 AM »
So when you say
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15,13, & 11 are good.
you are meaning the LEDs change state when you short them to ground?
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Re: Does this screenshot mean that pins 12 & 13 are fried on my PC??
« Reply #46 on: July 31, 2009, 09:48:47 AM »
Yes,

Pins 12 & 13 would do nothing no matter active high or active low configured. 

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Re: Does this screenshot mean that pins 12 & 13 are fried on my PC??
« Reply #47 on: July 31, 2009, 11:09:21 AM »
I am meaning if you short the pins to a gnd pin does the state of the LED in Mach change?
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Re: Does this screenshot mean that pins 12 & 13 are fried on my PC??
« Reply #48 on: July 31, 2009, 11:33:17 AM »
Yes.  Under the diagnostic tab in Mach the LED does change off and on when I short to ground.  All except 12 and 13.   Wchich doesn't change configured as active high or as active low. 

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Re: Does this screenshot mean that pins 12 & 13 are fried on my PC??
« Reply #49 on: July 31, 2009, 11:50:21 AM »
Ah OK then the port has to be bad as that means Mach is seeing the correct port.
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