Re: Eureka!

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, Alan Marconett KM6VV <KM6VV@a...>
wrote:

> Alan,

and all, thanks for the help. All I needed was an earth from pin 18
and away she went. One more question, is it necessary to shield the
short lengths of wire carrying the step and direction signals from
the
the female connector to the board?
Thanks again, Terry

> Terry,
>
> I think I found your problem. The "MAXNC - PRO S & D" software,

which I

> believe you have, comes with a a port.exe program. As I mentioned
> before, you will have to set the software to the parallel port you

use.

> Sounds like you use 378H. Run PORT.EXE, and select your port's

group.

> I had to set mine to 278h to work. It's also easy to confuse the
> versions, I have both, and first tried an old copy of the phase

drive

> version (which I *THOUGHT* was S/D). I saw two of the phases on

pins 2

> & 3; that's why they both changed! Using the proper version, mine
> works.
>
> run TIMESET.EXE to determine your machine's speed.
>
>
> The Limit switch POSITIVE and Limit switch NEGATIVE (pins 10 & 12)
> aren't active yet, so I suspect some other setup is required.
>
> Hope this gets you going.
>
> Alan