Re: Problem

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "mmurray70" <mmurray70@n...>
wrote:

> I was just setting up TurboCNC to use with my Xylotex board and the
> board calls for sterp/dir pins 11 and 13 for the Z axis but

TurboCNC

> will not allow me to use these pins. What should i do to fix this?
> Does it have something to do with port type? What type should it be
> on? Please help me out. Thanks.

By my understanding pins 11 & 13 on an original parallel port were
status input only - see the following url which you will have
to 'unsplit'

http://www.google.co.uk/search?
q=cache:D_4b2bSCvbwC:www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ih/doc/par/+%22parallel+port%
22+interfacing&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Andrew Mawson
Bromley,
Kent,
UK