Re: "No board" error with the DRO kit

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I would have suspected some such user error, either in the build or
software configuration as well, which is why I tried the board in my
486. The confusing thing to me is that the DRO board IS recognized and
no errors are reported (error=0) when the first screen appears when I
run it in the 486. Its only when I try to run the same board and software in
the 386 that I get the 'no board' error. Is there something in another
area that could compete with the board for recognition? I think that my
next step will be to remove all the boards from the ISA slots that I
don't need, and try a slot that I know works (like the one the video
card is installed in now) for the board, and remove the rest.
I have revised the dro.cfg file each time I moved the jumper. Is there
a possibility that the hex code for the location should be used instead
of the 544 type number? I used the 'edit dro.cfg' command in DOS to edit
and save the file which seemed to work fine.

Brad Heuver
Mechanical Sub-Systems fax 734-523-6052
734-52-33480 bheuver@...
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From: "Dan Mauch" <dmauch@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 08:37:22 -0700
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] "No board" error with the DRO kit

From: "Dan Mauch" <dmauch@...>

I just ran a new test with the "new dro software"from tom on my old 386-16
sx2 " I tested the board that I am sending to Fred Proctor. It ran fine on
both my 486-66 dx2 and my 386.
I susspect that if the softaware inn.t configured correctly that would do
it. Look at Toms web site for the addresses that match the jumper settings.
I use the second set from the left which is 544.
One other problem may be that you may have a folded pin or you installed the
74ls138 backwards.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Heuver <bheuver@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 6:09 AM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] "No board" error with the DRO kit

>From: Brad Heuver <bheuver@...>
>
>to: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com
>
>Dan/Tom: I've built the 4 axis controller, and now have my first hurdle
>to overcome. When I install the board into my 486 PC in the house, it is
>recognized fine, and seems to work well (I don't have my encoders yet..)
>When I take the same board out to the 386 in the shop, that is the
>intended PC to be dedicated to the DRO, I can't seem to get the board to
>be recognized. I get the same error with the board in different ISA
>slots, and with the jumper in 4 different address locations. (I think I
>tried 544, 512, 640, and 7XX) The machine is a 386-DX (I'm not sure of
>the DX) with 16M memory, and no math co-processor. The error=1, which is
>the same thing I get in the 486 when I run the program without the board
>installed in it. Any hints or ideas?
> I then tried to run the program in an older 286 machine, to see if it
>would recognize the board, but the program just caused the machine to
>lock up. It seems that DOS 3.3 is not able to run the txt_dro.exe
>program. The 286 I don't really care about, although it was the backup,
>2nd machine. Maybe if I upgrade the DOS level it will run the program
>(?)
> So, the board seems OK, but I can't get the 386 to recognize it.
>
>Brad Heuver
>Mechanical Sub-Systems fax 734-523-6052
>734-52-33480 bheuver@...
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