RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] 'step and direction' motor driver

set the direction pin, pulse the step pin.

John Guenther
'Ye Olde Pen Maker'
Sterling, Virginia

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> From: rdenn25 <rdenn25@...> [mailto:rdenn25@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 16:04 PM
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>
> OK,
>
> what does this mean, exactly?
>
> if I want to move the X axis motor,
> what do I do with pin 2 and pin 3 on
> the parallel port
>
> Do you you set the direction pin then
> pulse the step pin on and off?
>
> I want to write a snippet of code to move
> the X axis of a cnc mill a small distance
>
> I'm using visual basic 6, and I have found the
> DLportIO dll to control the parallel port, but
> I'm not sure what to do with the pins? Do you set
> one and pulse the other, pulse them both, what?
>
> thanks for any help...
>
>
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