On 11 July 2018 at 21:36, Joe Hildreth <[email protected]> wrote:


> On this chart or table, it shows for the "in" column that pin 14 is an input 
> pin.  I think this is in error and should be labelled as an output.  To test 
> my theory, I installed a second PCI PP in a computer and run the stepper 
> config wizard.  I set up the first port as output and the second as input.
>
> In both output modes and input modes (for the ports) pin 14 is labelled as an 
> output pin.  This would make sense considering that pins 1, 14, 16 and 17 
> belong to the control group.

Wikipedia shows pin 14 as bidirectional.

I can't help feeling that someone else would have noticed by now if
the parallel port driver didn't work?

https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/master/src/hal/drivers/hal_parport.c#L707
Shows all the control group being set as inputs or outputs.

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