Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC W/PCI card

On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 13:09, Paul wrote:
> Hi Ken
>
> This very subject has been discussed in the last day or to on the emc-users
> list.. First off, EMC does not use external parallel port drivers, nor does
> it care if it as an ISA or PCI card.
> Second, The standard Linux parallel port drivers generally pick up on PCI
> cards should you need to use one for a printer (with the large range of
> kernels, it is unlikely the supplier would have a driver that worked anyway).
>
> Plug the card in, boot up as normal, then do the following :-
>
> cat /proc/pci
>
> Look for something like this :-
>
> Bus 0, device 8, function 0:
> Communication controller: PCI device 9710:9815 (rev 1).
> IRQ 11.
> Master Capable. Latency=32.
> I/O at 0xb000 [0xb007].
> I/O at 0xb400 [0xb407].
> I/O at 0xb800 [0xb807].
> I/O at 0xbc00 [0xbc07].
> I/O at 0xc000 [0xc007].
> I/O at 0xc400 [0xc40f].
>
> Here we have a dual parallel port card that claims to be at several
> addresses. I used 0xb000 and 0xbc00 for Step/Dir and IO respectively.
> Luckily, this worked first time - If it hadn't, it would be a case of trying
> each address in turn with IO_Exercise.tcl.
>
>
> Regards, Paul.
>
>
> On Monday 28 July 2003 7:53 pm, kdntool wrote:
> > Does anyone have experience with using EMC/Linux on a pc with a PCI
> > parallel port card instead of the motherboard parallel connection?
> > The card I am contemplating does have a Linux driver available. Info
> > states it is configurable for standard ISA port addresses.(0278/0378)
> > Just curious if anyone has this type of set-up running.
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Kim Lux <lux@...>