Hello all. My router table is finished and ready to go! I have the controller card installed, Mach3 (and TurboCNC as a backup) both trying to get it to come to life, but there's no joy!
My controller card needs pins 8, 9, and 14 to be low to "activate" the three axes, and it steps/dirs with 2-3, 4-5, and 6-7 which seems pretty standard.
As a troubleshooter, I have a great little program that shows every pin of my LPT port and lets me toggle it high or low by clicking on it. If you'd like it, it's available at
http://www.geekhideout.com/parmon.shtml.
By doing so I can enable each axis individually, change its direction, and step the motor attached to it.
What I CANNOT do is get Mach3 (or TurboCNC) to activate the axes and step/dir them. No matter WHAT I enter into the configs... I've been through the Mach tutorial five times and I've swapped the Active Low settings for grins, and and and - no joy
What the heck could I be doing wrong?