The problem that I had starting off with the other gentleman was the limit switch plug on the rear, the pinout does not seem defined anywhere, and looking at his XML file, he had his e-stop defined as pin 10... Which was the same as his x++/x-- limit switch pins....
After giving him some advice and some mcodes to try to define the other pins (establish the other output pins other than 2,3(xaxis),4,5(xaxis), 6,7(zaxis)... And try to establish the input pins it transpired that he was getting no movement dispite dros moving etc.... Hence it was time to check that he had the right port address for the LPT port (which is an addin card as the PC came without an LPT port)
And that is where it has rested (since last week...)
It would be so much easier setting up a Mach workshop in the Northwest (UK) as it would take minutes to get the basic setup sorted.
Rob