Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: EMC installed... I've lost my paddle

Hi Chris

I was asked this very question only a few days ago - A couple of modules
need to be loaded before the printer port can be "seen" by linux. Do not
worry about it. As long as a parallel port exists, EMC can use it.

To use the IO_Show script in standalone mode, open a console and type in the
following two commands:

cd /usr/local/emc
tcl/scripts/IO_Show.tcl

It helps if you run one of the EMC scripts first, either by clicking ONCE on
an icon or manually at the command line prompt. Some links are automatically
created that are required by some of the tcl scripts.

Regards, Paul.

On Thursday 13 December 2001 8:22 pm, Chris Clough wrote:
> I'll remember to 'snip' from now on...
> Now, I've got a couple things. First - my printer port is not showing up
> in the IO-Display pane; should it be? It works fine in Windows, and
> everything else in Linux is working quite well. ???
> Also - I'm trying to 'run' the 'IO_Show.tcl' however I can't run it -
> what's the command string I should be using to make it happen?
> Thanks,
> -Chris Clough