I ordered the Rosewill parallel port that was recommended and tested by Simpson:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815166007My Mach is up and running with a PMDX 126 board & 107 spindle controller. I have the machine where it will jog around on all 3 axis.
Spindle & VFD are working fine.
The computer won't recognize the 2nd port. I've installed and removed the drivers, 2 or 4 times.
The pendant is a cnc4pc :
http://www.cnc4pc.com/Store/osc/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=162It is connected by this pendant board recommended by Arturo at cnc4pc:
http://www.cnc4pc.com/Store/osc/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=159I have installed all of the brains associated with the c22 card and pendant. Disabled and enabled all or some of them, at various points.
The port doesn't seem to be recognized. I don't want to mess with running the sample .xml from cnc4pc, because all of my settings for my motors and VFD/spindle are already there.
When you turn on the PC/Controller for the machine, the red led on the pendant lights up. As windows starts to boot up, the led goes out.
The address for the 2nd parallel port card is :
A800-A807
AC00-AC07
A00-A007
A400-A407
I only use the first part of the address # ex: A800
In the hardware manager, there is (2) new ports listed: Port #2 & Port#3
The pin connector on the board must be for a ribbon connector to add another port through the header.
Why is it showing 4 addresses for (2) new ports?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I am running the pmdx in "normal mode" with charge pump.
Is this asking too much for a second parallel port, to have a pendant on it?
Not sure how many open inputs I have left, or outputs either.
The C22 board is supposed to intercept all of the commands and communicate through the second port.
There may be some conflict between pins on the pmdx board and the CNC4pc c22 board.
Thanks for all of the help,
JAckal