Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] 2 Axis Motion at Last, Plasma machine

"Toddy, Terry L CUBA" wrote:

> No, I do not have the second parallel port yet. I have tried several old ISA
> IO cards but none seem to work on my system. What I did was change the
> address for the on board parallel port to match the IO port set in the ini
> file just to see if the IO stuff would work. Using IO_Show I can see INDEX
> 10 switch with the e-stop but can't get other bits to switch with the
> spindle, coolant, mist etc.
>
> The screen display does show the spindle running. I got the part about
> specifying an S word to go with the M03.

Hmm, well, I don't know why estop would work, but the spindle bits don't.
Are you sure you are looking at the right pins? It should be pin 3 for
forward and pin 2 for reverse.

Jon