So I ought to use breakout boards if I have SS or PP.
On running Mach's driver test, my PC was rated good to excellent for pulse, so does this mean I don't really need an off-board controller/pulse generator?
My (motion control products msd415) drives have , and I quote: " TTL compatible and optically isolated input signals". I will mail them to ask, but does that mean I don't need a breakout board? It's starting to sound like all I need to do is tear up an old PP cable and wire my drivers to it. For 6 axes, I'll need another parallel port though, right? Would a PCI parallel port work identically to my on board one? No issues to look out for?
I ought to check that my PC is producing 5V not 3.3V to the parallel port. No idea how to do this, can I do this in xp sp3? A link to a walkthrough would be a help.
I think that's all!
Thanks for advice so far, I really appreciate this,
RB