Re: [Emc-users] Installing an MPG Pendant

2012-06-19 Thread N. Christopher Perry
Snip: > On 19 June 2012 12:27, N. Christopher Perry > wrote: > > What is the syntax for doing that? > > http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html/hal/parallel_port.html > > Suggests that > loadrt hal_parport cfg="0 1 in" > Ought to work. > > -- > atp Atp, Thank you for the info and pointer. Read

Re: [Emc-users] Installing an MPG Pendant

2012-06-19 Thread andy pugh
On 19 June 2012 12:27, N. Christopher Perry wrote: > What is the syntax for doing that? http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html/hal/parallel_port.html Suggests that loadrt hal_parport cfg="0 1 in" Ought to work. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto --

Re: [Emc-users] Installing an MPG Pendant

2012-06-19 Thread N. Christopher Perry
I did reboot the system and recheck the address reported by lspci, which was the same. That may not be very definitive, but at least serves as a data point. Unfortunately the card doesn't appear to show up in the bios setup. I'll check again. N. Christopher Perry On Jun 19, 2012, at 1:19, An

Re: [Emc-users] Installing an MPG Pendant

2012-06-19 Thread N. Christopher Perry
What is the syntax for doing that? N. Christopher Perry On Jun 19, 2012, at 6:26, andy pugh wrote: > On 19 June 2012 06:19, Anders Wallin wrote: > >> some googling suggests that PCIe parallel ports don't have any >> standard address, and the address may even change at each bootup, > > If tha

Re: [Emc-users] Installing an MPG Pendant

2012-06-19 Thread andy pugh
On 19 June 2012 06:19, Anders Wallin wrote: > some googling suggests that PCIe parallel ports don't have any > standard address, and the address may even change at each bootup, If that is the case, then referring to the parports as "0" and "1" rather than by address in the loadrt hal_parport lin

Re: [Emc-users] Installing an MPG Pendant

2012-06-18 Thread Anders Wallin
> I updated my HAL file accordingly: > > loadrt hal_parport cfg="0x378 0xec00 in" # Added 2012-Jun-18, NCP > some googling suggests that PCIe parallel ports don't have any standard address, and the address may even change at each bootup, or it may be software configurable on the PCIe card. I'm gue

Re: [Emc-users] Installing an MPG Pendant

2012-06-18 Thread N. Christopher Perry
> Debug file information: > custom.hal:16: parameter or pin 'axis.N.jog-vel-mode' not found This looks like simple typo, the N should be 0,1,2 etc depending the axis Opps... You're right on that point.  I forgot to update the custom HAL content for my machine. Unfortunately, after doing that I

Re: [Emc-users] Installing an MPG Pendant

2012-06-18 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 19 Jun 2012, N. Christopher Perry wrote: Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 03:47:25 + (GMT) From: N. Christopher Perry Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Subject: [Emc-users] Installing an MPG Pendant I'm havin

[Emc-users] Installing an MPG Pendant

2012-06-18 Thread N. Christopher Perry
I'm having some trouble getting my system configured to accept a pendant.  I've got a ECS TIGT-I2 motherboard with an Atom D410 processor and built in parallel port.  That seems to work fine controlling my mill.  The hitch is that the motherboard only has a PCIe bus on it. Having seen some post