Marius, Well I have only one parallel port in this laptop and I want that the 7i43 that is connected to it to the port at the address 0x3BC.
When I connect the same 7i43 to an atom based workstation it works well because the address of the port is 0x378. Matthieu. On 02/09/2014 12:32 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: > Matthieu > > The HAL file is correct. The PNCCONF utility will load the Mesa card > drivers as it does. > > What you are wanting to do is load an extra parallel port. This is not > the same as the 7i43 card but rather a parport. You should add to your > HAL file the following stuff. > > Have a look at this first > http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.4/html/hal_parallel_port.html > > loadrt hal_parport cfg="0x378 out" > > setp parport.0.reset-time 5000 > > loadrt stepgen step_type=0,0,0 > > addf parport.0.read base-thread > > addf stepgen.make-pulses base-thread > > addf parport.0.write base-thread > > addf parport.0.reset base-thread > > addf stepgen.capture-position servo-thread > > > > > On 2014-02-09 09:41, Matthieu Patou wrote: >> Hi Marius, >> >> See the attached file, I don't see anything related to loading the >> parport driver. >> It seems that the hm2_7i43 module is trying to use the default address. >> >> I get this on the dmesg >> hm2_7i43.0: board at (ioaddr=0x0378, ioaddr_hi=0x0778, epp_wide ON) >> not found! >> >> I suspect that I should change the line from: >> loadrt hm2_7i43 config="firmware=hm2/7i43-2/SVST4_4.BIT num_encoders=0 >> num_pwmgens=0 num_3pwmgens=0 num_stepgens=3 " >> to >> loadrt hm2_7i43 config="ioaddr=0x3bc firmware=hm2/7i43-2/SVST4_4.BIT >> num_encoders=0 num_pwmgens=0 num_3pwmgens=0 num_stepgens=3 " >> >> If it is the case then it's confirmed that PNCConf has a bug because >> it should generate this kind of configuration when a non default >> address is specified for the parallel port. >> >> Matthieu. >> On 02/05/2014 12:57 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: >>> See if the address that is used when the parport driver is loaded in the >>> HAL file is what you expected it to be. You can also post you HAL file >>> here so we can have look at that for you. >>> >>> >>> On 2014-02-05 10:10, Matthieu Patou wrote: >>>> Hello All, >>>> >>>> I have an atom desktop with a partport at 0x378 and a 7i43 + 7i42 >>>> hooked >>>> to it and it's working well with LinuxCNC 2.5.3. >>>> On a thinkpad laptop I have a PCMCIA parport card at 0x3bc and when I >>>> try to run Axis, after configuring this laptop for the same card, I got >>>> errors about missing card at address 0x378 even though I configured it >>>> to 0x3BC. >>>> >>>> Did I miss something or is the port specified during PNCConf ignored ? >>>> >>>> Matthieu. >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications >>>> Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. >>>> Read the Whitepaper. >>>> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Emc-users mailing list >>>> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >>>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications >> Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. >> Read the Whitepaper. >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
