M100 to M199 User Defined Commands

Checked the instructions in the user manual for setting up for
M100 to M199 User Defined Commands. Copied the examples
and tweaked them for the port and pin I wanted.

M101 contains
#!/bin/sh
# file to turn on parport 1 pin 09 to open the collet closer
halcmd setp parport.1.pin-09-out True
exit 0

M102 contains
#!/bin/sh
# file to turn off parport 1 pin 09 to open the collet closer
halcmd setp parport.0.pin-09-out False
exit 0

These are executable and is in the correct directory
PROGRAM_PREFIX = /home/me/emc2/nc_files

But when I step through my test G code
G0 X-0.25 Y0.25
M0
M101
G0 X-0.5 Y0.5
M0
M102
G0 X-0.0 Y0.0
M2

HAL Meter shows no change on parport 1 pin 09
So what is missing???

Hi

Without your .hal file hard to guess.

Is parport.1.pin-09 an out pin, or was that second parport set up as "in"?

Is parport.1.pin-09 already linked to a signal?

See

linuxcnc.org/docs/2.5/html/hal/basic_hal...setp_a_id_sub_setp_a

regards

Parport 1 is set for OUT and pin 09 is not linked to any other pin or signal.

Is there a posablity that I have to tell the Linux OS that it's OK to execute
these bash files?

YOU are absolutely RIGHT !!! What a blunder, I should not be writing this
stuff at 1:00 AM.

Thanks much