On Sunday 06 December 2009, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >>On Sunday 06 December 2009, Peter C. Wallace wrote: >>>Snip____________________________________________________________ >>> >>>>>>>Yes, the 9805 chipset is buggy and there's nothing any driver can do >>>>>>>about it. >>>> >>>>Humm, then is this Rosewell branded card usable? I installed it >>>> thinking of my lathe. >>> >>>Its fine for Step and direction, and general purpose I/O but likely no-go >>>for interfacing with the 7I43, Pluto or Jon Elsons cards (All of which >>> use the parallel ports EPP mode, which is broken in the NetMos 98xx >>> chips) >> >>Thanks Peter. If and when I get around to using it, I'll come back for >>advice on configuring it for the correct mode. > >If you're talking about configuring it for use with hal_parport, there >won't be much to do.
That is probably the path, I have more xylotex drivers & motors. >Just use the parallel port number (0, 1, 2 ...) if >you're using a git checkout, or if you wait for 2.4. If you'd plan to >use it with a smart board attached, it isn't a matter of configuration, >it's just not going to work. There is a bug in the hardware which isn't >correctable by the driver or BIOS options. > >In either case, there won't be much configuring work to do :) > >- Steve > Thanks Steve. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> Don't let people drive you crazy when you know it's in walking distance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
