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Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Parallel port

on 2004-08-13 08:45:22 UTC
On Friday 13 August 2004 01:13 am, Gene wrote:
> I have been trying to get my motors to turn but have had no luck yet. I
> am running EMC with geckos and steppers. I can get the display to start
> counting with the jog function but no movement of the motors. I looked
> in Kmenu/settings/information/I/O port information, and no parport is
> listed under 0x378 or any other number. Does this mean the parport is
> inactive? How do I add a parport?

This sounds like your system isn't seeing it at all. Go into CMOS setup (the stuff you get to right after powerup or a reset) and see if it's been disabled in there. If so, enable it and then you should see it...

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Gene 2004-08-12 22:12:20 UTC Parallel port Roy J. Tellason 2004-08-13 08:45:22 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Parallel port