Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Parallel port pins

Thanks Tim. I knew I had seen this somewhere.
Darrell

> From: "Tim Goldstein" <timg@...>
>
> Go to http://206.19.206.56/parallel.htm for a diagram and pinout chart.

That

> will answer your questions on the Home and Axis switches. For the E-stop
> switch you need to look at your .ini file at the bottom. Here is a snip

from

> the generic.ini:
> external digital inputs, outputs are always 0 for 0V, 1 for 5/24V
>
> ; digital in bits
>
> ESTOP_SENSE_INDEX = 1
> LUBE_SENSE_INDEX = 2
>
> ; digital in polarity, 0 is inverted, 1 is normal
> ; controller compares with polarity, equal means on, not equal means off
>
> ESTOP_SENSE_POLARITY = 0
> LUBE_SENSE_POLARITY = 1
>
> ; digital out bits
>
> SPINDLE_FORWARD_INDEX = 1
> SPINDLE_REVERSE_INDEX = 0
> MIST_COOLANT_INDEX = 6
> FLOOD_COOLANT_INDEX = 7
> SPINDLE_DECREASE_INDEX = 8
> SPINDLE_INCREASE_INDEX = 9
> ESTOP_WRITE_INDEX = 10
> SPINDLE_BRAKE_INDEX = 11
>
> Now, if I remember correctly here is how you make sense of this. Look at

the

> parallel port picture on my website:
> The sense ports are referring to S3 = 0 and S4 = 1
> The digital out bits are as follows 0-7 = D0 - D7 and 8-12 = C0 - C3
>
> Hope this helps you make sense of it all.
>
> Tim
> [Denver, CO]
>