Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: LPT1

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Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 4:11 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: LPT1


> Keith,
>
> I have no idea whether a USB to LPT converter will provide the
> required voltage, but you should also consider the software you are
> planning to use. For example, TurboCNC ONLY runs under pure DOS and
> unless you have DOS drivers with the USB to LPT connector that will
> allow you to output to the standard LPT addresses, I bet you will be
> out of luck. If your software is Windows based as I understand some
> are (Maybe Mach??), this may not be a concern.
>
> Chris
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Keith Bucklitch
> <keith.bucklitch@w...> wrote:
>> I am interested in the comment that sufficient voltage is
> available from a
>> USB port. I was looking to purchase a new laptop the other day to
> drive my
>> CNC interface, and was surprised to find that this particular make
> (Acer)
>> did not have a parallel port as standard. The salesman tried to
> sell me a
>> USB to Parallel converter, but as I was unsure that such a device
> would put
>> out sufficient volts, I declined the sale.
>>
>> Can you confirm that the voltage from one of these USB-parallel
> converters
>> will put out sufficient volts?
>>
>> Keith
>>
>>
>>
>> At 05:19 08/08/2005, you wrote:
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>> >In a message dated 8/7/2005 7:31:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
>> >dave_mucha@y... writes:
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>> >You can get 5v from the PC if the PC has 5V, but if you have
> less, that may
>> >be a problem.<<
>> >On newer PC's, you can steal 5VDC from a USB port. If you don't
> have those,
>> >there is almost-surely an unused "disk-drive power-plug" inside
> (the white
>> >things with the red, yellow, and two black wires). The Red wire
> should be 5
>> >VDC. The blacks are Gnd. (-ve). The yeller is 12 VDC.
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