Hello all, I have been doing a series of tutorials for newbies to LinuxCNC. The current one I am working on is using stepconf. While using this software, you can select if you have one or two parallel ports installed in the machine. I have selected two.
The first parallel port dialog allows you to enter either an enumerated port or the address of the port in the field. All work as expected. The second parallel port dialog, allows you to select if the port will be used as either input or output, but you cannot enter the hardware address of the port. When the hal file is written, it assumes the next enumerated port in the list for this second port. I am not a programmer, but it seems to me that I should have the ability to add the address of the port. The documentation for the second port reads, "You may specify the address as a hexadecimal (often 0x378) or as Linux’s default port number (probably 1)." So this looks like an oversight? I am putting the video tutorial on hold for now. Can this be fixed, or should I explain these details to the novice user. Any input would be appreciated. Regards, Joe Hildreth _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
