So new problem. Using the config program I've made up a 4 axis parallel port hal/ini with just the one parallel port since importing the MACH3 config blows up with the second parallel port issue. I'll work on that later.
The PMD_126 BoB has the Charge Pump mapped to net charge-pump => parport.0.pin-17-out and this prevents any physical motion. As the PC boots (regardless of WIN-XP or LinuxCNC) the charge pump outputs remains low. Once MACH3 starts it starts toggling this output. If MACH stops. So does the charge pump. LinuxCNC should be the same. The config program generated this: ############################## loadrt charge_pump net estop-out charge-pump.enable iocontrol.0.user-enable-out net charge-pump <= charge-pump.out ############################## I don't think I want the ESTOP controlling the charge pump enable. If I understand the above line net estop-out charge-pump.enable iocontrol.0.user-enable-out The value of estop-out (TRUE or FALSE) is connected to charge-pump.enable and iocontrol.0.user-enable-out So if the estop-out is true then the little machine power button beside the stop button is enabled and so is the charge pump? John _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
