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Need help urgently.
« on: May 04, 2017, 09:12:47 PM »
Hello, new here...

My main Mach 3 Computer Died, so i had to make a new Computer.
It is running Windows 7 home 32bit
dose not have a on board parallel port on board so I installed This one ( https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B001Q7X0Z8/ )

Here is my I/O Range, and ports and pins page.
http://i.imgur.com/mmhVIqY.png


I am unable to control my cnc, and I am all out of Ideas on how to fix this... Anyone see any glaring problems?



Thank you
Re: Need help urgently.
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2017, 02:29:14 AM »
The 1284 PCie Parallel Card PEX1P is 3.3v

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Re: Need help urgently.
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2017, 03:41:07 AM »
The 3.3 volt parallel port output could be the problem if your BoB / Driver is expecting a 5 volt TTL signal.

What make and model breakout board / driver are you using ?

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Re: Need help urgently.
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2017, 06:43:42 PM »
Hi,
if you open Device Manager I would expect to see Machs parallel port as a physical device.. something like 'Mach Pulse Engine' or similar.
It is one of the indications that Machs PP is NOT in fact a parallel printer port but is in fact tied to some very tricky low level software competing
with or at least in co-operation with Windows Kernel.

Craig
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Re: Need help urgently.
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2017, 01:16:45 AM »
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Here is a pic showing how to tell if it is 3 or 5 volts.

Thanks for the information Phame.

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