Hi Mike,
that xml raises a few questions.
First I see that you have two ports defined, port one at address 0x3 and the second at 0x4. You show just the one board, ie enough for one port and not two.
Secondly those port addresses look all wrong.
Do you actually have two ports on your PC? If not, and I suspect not then disable port two in Config/Ports an Pins.
Next go to Device Manager and get the correct port address, I'm going to guess if its a built in port the address will be 0x378.
Next you will have to run DriverTest.exe to see if your port is playing ball. Just as a matter of interest what PC are you using?. You will need a 32 bit OS Windows7
or earlier.
I see that you have THC ON, THC UP and THC DOWN all assigned to pins in port two but not enabled. Is this correct?
I see you have three outputs assigned. Output#1 is port 2 pin 8, but do you really have a port 2? Outputs#2 and #3 are assigned to port 1 pins
10 and 11. Both of those are input pins! They CANNOT be used as outputs. Worse port 1 pin 10 is also your Estop, a clash!
I see on Config/Spindle Setup page you've assigned output#1 to M3,M4,M7 and M8??? What is it that you want output#1 to do...it can do one thing not four?
I note that you have not assigned any switches for limits or homes. Is this correct?
I think you need to get:
http://www.machsupport.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Mach3Mill_Install_Config.pdf and read it. Then read it again. Then read it a third time.
Once you've digested that then we will start. The first thing will be establish the port and using DriverTest.exe to confirm its operation.
Then we will assign ONE input, an Estop. The only really essential input. All the rest can wait until we're ready to cross that bridge.
Then we will assign motor outputs, ONE motor at a time. Maybe women can multitask and do four motors at once but YOU CAN'T.
One motor at a time and test before going on to the next one.
Then assign home switches. If you don't have enough IO it may be time to get some more hardware or ditch that Chinese board and get
something else, there are many better choices.
Then and only the do we start to look at controlling the plasma.
If CNC were plug and play then anyone could do it but its seldom plug and play. You can blame piece of s*********t this, or piece of s*********t that or blame the supplier
or the Chinese or God Himself but in the end YOU have to learn sufficient to solve your problems. Its a steep learning curve but very satisfying.
Craig