Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: EMC Parallel port config, please help

Lance Hopper wrote:

>Thanks for the replies Jon and Peter.
> I'm running the BDI TNG (RH7.2 based). I hope the patch works on
>the EMC version I'm running, as it's the only one I had any luck with.
>
> I'm curios about the "digital out bits" section of the .ini. I'm
>not understanding how the bit number relates to what I'm calling the
>pin number. Is bit '0' pin 1 or something?
> Also, I've got an 'init' output (pin 16) that needs to be mapped to
>machine on/off button in EMC. I don't see any definition for it in the
>.ini, or in the handbooks' layout of the default pin configuration
>and what each pin is mapped to. To what pin do you wire "machine on/off"
>to? It seems that there are only settings for spindle and coolant
>outputs in the .ini.
>
>
>

Bit 0 is pin 2, bit 1 is pin 3 .... bit 7 is pin 9 (these are the
printer data bits)
There are more bits that can be assigned.

See the emc documentation for more info. This page
http://emc.sourceforge.net/Handbook/node22.html
seems to be nearly what you are looking for.

Jon