Enabling StarTech PEXIP2 Parallel Port Card (AX99100)

Thanks for the response. I hadn't seen it come in.

The testing I am doing is just trying to air cut the LinuxCNC logo. I got annoyed fighting with lack of progress and borrowed an old motherboard that has an LPT header on it. I was able to use this but since it is a loaner, I won't be able to use it for long.

What I found is that I could control the milling machine with this motherboard when I used the default Sherline mm based control. However, when I tried to generate the .hal file, and use it, that didn't work. I looked a bit for where the default .hal file is to see the difference but could not identify it. As a result, I am not sure if the problem with the card is because .hal file generation is not working for that card or if the card just cannot work.

At the same time, I tried to get assistance from StarTech support but they indicated the distribution was too "custom" to allow the build to succeed though they could not tell me what the differences were that might prevent the driver from building.

So, as a result, I am still not able to use my StarTech card or confirm if the built in LinuxCNC driver could actually work.